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Re: [Xen-users] Can't add second sparse image file to win2k3 domU

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Can't add second sparse image file to win2k3 domU
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:43:00 +0100
Cc: James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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How did you create the guest initially?  What dom0 system are you running on?

Recent versions of virt-manager use Xend's managed domains.  Old versions of 
virt-manager do not, so things behave a bit differently (like the location of 
the active config file).

Cheers,
Mark

On Tuesday 13 May 2008, James Pifer wrote:
> I have a Windows 2003 domU that is using a sparse image file for drive
> c. Using virt-manager I created another sparse image file and added it.
> I booted the domU and it does not see it.
>
> So I shut down the domU and modified the config for it. I made this
> change:
>
> disk=[ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/server1/disk0.img,hda,w', ]
> to
> disk=[
> 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/server1/disk0.img,hda,w','file:/var/lib/xen/image
>s/server1/disk1.img,hdb,w' ]
>
> The windows 2003 domU still does not see the extra disk. The disk1.img
> file is there.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
>
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