[virt-tools-list] clone with copy-on-write image

Paul Mansfield paul.mansfield at alertme.com
Tue Jun 7 13:03:01 UTC 2011


On 06/06/11 20:48, Florian Lindner wrote:
> I want to mount an existing partition /dev/sdX from within a virtual machine. 
> If possible I don't want to clone the partition but rather use it like a 
> template and just record the writes (or maybe simply discard them).

could you use a unionfs on dom0 to create an overlay on top, "share" the
new device with the VM and thus record what it does?

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