[Libguestfs] --rbd volume access--

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 02:14:48PM +0500, Shumaila Naeem wrote:
> but when i try to do the same from command line it failed:
> 
> firstly i run command
> 
> guestfish -- add /dev/null : config -set
> drive.hd0.file=rbd:ssd-clonetest-rule5/ubuntu-12.04--1.raw.img : run :
> inspect-os
> 
> this is returning me :
> /dev/ubuntu-1204-vg/root
> 
> when i pass this output to get-distro , it failed
> 
> guestfish -- add /dev/null : config -set
> drive.hd0.file=rbd:ssd-clonetest-rule5/ubuntu-12.04--1.raw.img : run :
> inspect-get-distro /dev/ubuntu-1204-vg/root
> libguestfs: error: no inspection data: call guestfs_inspect_os first
> 
> this time i have called run

You're starting a new guestfish process.  This creates a completely
new handle.  Any state in the old handle and old process is lost, so
the fact you called inspect-os previously is not relevant.

Rich.

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