Partitioning setup error during CentOS 5.2 setup as guest

[Amos Shapira]

2008/7/31 Admin Admin <qmt9z3 at yahoo.com>

>
> Thanks for your response!
>
> I thought this done via xen-create-image script.
> I was able to access  partitions identified in
> the (xen) config file and was able to assign the
> mount lables (such as /, /usr, /var, etc) during
> the install. When I try to leave the area of
> 'Creating Custom Paritions', I get the above error.
>
> If what you are referring to is not the same as
> the above, then could you please point me to some
> documentation on how I can create parition table
> inside the LV?


To create the partition table, I think "fdisk" on the Dom0 with the LV's
name could do that for you.

Before you do that you should allocate an entire LV for the DomU's disk to
contain all the partitions.

A useful tool to access the DomU's partitions from the Dom0 (after "fdisk",
e.g. to mount partitions) is kpartx.

It's all based on a guess that the CentOS installation process depends on
finding a partition table, something that the Debian/Ubuntu Xen
configuration tools usually don't do.

Just be aware that the way Ubuntu configures Xen guests is different from
the way that CentOS does it - and when crossing this border you should
expect some mismatches and adjustments to close the gaps.

Cheers,

--Amos
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