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[Xen-users] HVM + physical LVM partitions with xen 4?

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Subject: [Xen-users] HVM + physical LVM partitions with xen 4?
From: Marcus Furlong <furlongm@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:52:57 +1100 (EST)
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Hi,

I am currently trying to use existing LVM partitions as follows:

builder = "hvm"
disk = ['phy:/dev/vg/hvm-disk,ioemu:xvda1,w', 
'phy:/dev/vg/hvm-home,ioemu:xvda2,w', 'phy:/dev/vg/hvm-swap,ioemu:xvda3,w']

but it gives the following error:

Error: Device model isn't ready for commands

and the log files show:

qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `xvda1'
qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `xvda2'
qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `xvda3'

I would like to use VGA Passthrough, which requires HVM. Does this mean that I 
need to convert the above LVM partitions to an image file or is it possible to 
use HVM and physical partitions with xen 4?

Regards,

Marcus.
-- 
Marcus Furlong - VPAC Systems Administrator

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