[libvirt-users] How to mount / use a hard disk partition for libvirt instead of created a new virtual disk

[Roland Giesler]

I change the topic to be more descriptive.  I hope this doesn't break
the message threading of this list!

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Roland Giesler <roland at giesler.za.net> wrote:
> Surely there must be someone here that knows how to do this?  Maybe
> someone that has used some other partition type in this way?
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Roland Giesler <roland at giesler.za.net> wrote:
>> I'm running Ubuntu desktop 12.10 with libvirt and virt-manager (gui).
>>
>> I have been led to believe that it is possible to use and existing partition
>> as the disk storage volume for a virtual machine.
>>
>> The windows partition is /dev/sda2, but if I use fs: Pre-formatted Block
>> Device I can select the partion.  What I can't figure out is how to tell the
>> vitual machine to use this volume.
>>
>> I tried with virt-manager, but the only options I have are
>>
>> * Local media
>> * Network install
>> * Network Boot
>> * Import Existing Disk Image
>>
>> How can I do this?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Roland Giesler
>>