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RE: [Xen-users] Limited number of phy disks?

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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Limited number of phy disks?
From: christoffer@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:04:46 +0100 (CET)
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Thank you both - I was unaware of that limitation. Guess I'll have to
check out those PV drivers everyone are talking about - I always wondered
what they are... =)

P.S. Im running packaged Xen (3.2-1? I'm terrible on numbers) on Lenny and
yes it's HVM, which I forgot to mention. =(

>>
>> I assume you're running as an HVM?  What version of Xen are you using?
> As
>> far as I know, Xen only support IDE drives in HVM domUs, and it only
>> supports a total of four drives - hda, hdb, hdc, and hdd.
>>
>
> PV drivers will allow you to have more drives.
>
> James
>



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