[Libguestfs] virt-edit Guestname /boot/grub/grub.conf error

[Sandeep Raman]

Ok thanks. What is the alternate method to achieve this? Use Qemu Manager
or Virtmanager?

Sandeep.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 09:11:41PM +0530, Sandeep Raman wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I get the following message on virt-edit Guestname /boot/grub/grub.conf.
> > I have executed the command.
> > guestmount –ro -a /var/lib/nova/instances/instance-00000001/disk -m
> > /dev/sda1 /mnt
> > guestmount -d instance-00000001 -i –ro /mnt
> >
> > root at compute:~# virt-edit instance-00000001 /boot/grub/grub.conf
> > libguestfs: error: error: domain is a live virtual machine.
> > Writing to the disks of a running virtual machine can cause disk
> corruption.
> > Either use read-only access, or if the guest is running the guestfsd
> daemon
> > specify live access. In most libguestfs tools these options are –ro or
> > –live respectively. Consult the documentation for further information.
> > root at compute:~#
> >
> > Please help how to get past this.
>
> As the error says, this can't be done.  You can't use virt-edit on
> live virtual machines.
>
> Rich.
>
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