RE: [Xen-users] Dump an image based domU to a logical volume

To:	Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>, "Simon Hobson" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [Xen-users] Dump an image based domU to a logical volume
From:	"James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:32:18 +1100
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> 
> Easier with kpartx.
> See: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems
> 

In my experience, losetup with an offset is safer for some ntfs operations than 
kpartx. Kpartx seems to get some of the metrics wrong and has toasted my ntfs 
filesystems before.

James

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