[Fedora-xen] xenguest-install.py with multiple disks?

[Ben]

I wrote it a while ago, but check out the hacked verison of 
xenguest-install.py I attached here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185860

I assume it would still work....

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Robin Bowes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've successfully used xenguest-install.py to do a kickstart install of
> FC5 as follows:
>
> xenguest-install.py --name=guest1 --file=/dev/vg01/lv_guest1_vm
> --ram=384 --location=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/5/i386/os/
> --extra-args="ip=192.168.23.229 netmask=255.255.255.248
> gateway=192.168.23.225 dns=192.168.2.203,192.168.2.204
> ks=http://example.com/kickstart/guest1-fc5.cfg"
>
> This presents a lv to the guest and the kickstart config does all the
> partioning (I use lvm in kickstart too!).
>
> However, I've decided that the best way to use multiple partitions with
> xen guests is to define them as logical volumes on the Dom0 host and
> pass them to the DomU guest as separate partitions.
>
> e.g.
> lvcreate --name guest1_root --size 1.2G /dev/vg01
> lvcreate --name guest1_usr --size 800M /dev/vg01
> lvcreate --name guest1_home --size 5G /dev/vg01
> lvcreate --name guest1_var --size 15G /dev/vg01
> lvcreate --name guest1_swap --size 2G /dev/vg01
>
> Then the Xen guest disk configuration would be something like:
>
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg01/guest1_root,xvda1,w',
>         'phy:/dev/vg01/guest1_usr,xvda2,w',
>         'phy:/dev/vg01/guest1_home,xvda3,w',
>         'phy:/dev/vg01/guest1_var,xvda4,w',
>         'phy:/dev/vg01/guest1_swap,xvda5,w' ]
>
> i.e. each lv on the Dom0 will appear as a separate partition inside the
> DomU guest. The benefit of this is that all partition management will be
> done in Dom0, e.g. To increase a partition size, I can shutdown the
> guest, increase the lv size, grow the FS and restart the guest.
>
> My question is:
>
> How can I specify multiple disks for the Xen0 guest and launch a
> kickstart installation?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> R.
>
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