Re: support for writing file systems on sparse disk images

[Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen%roguewrt.org@localhost>]

On 9/10/2009 2:05 PM, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> On 8/10/2009 8:14 AM, Antti Kantee wrote:
> > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail %Cap Mounted on
> > /usr/home/pooka/wd0.img%PART:a% 338471 256211 65337 79% /puffs
> > === SNIP ===
> >
> > So you specify the partition number as %PART:n%, where is n is obviously
> > the partition number. Other than that, things work as usual. No vnconfig
> > etc. necessary.
>
> Nice ... it's much easier to know what's going on at a glance :)
>
> Just to clarify, you can mount sparse images with no issue using this
> method?

Sorry ... I just reread the subject ... it was a late night ;)

It'd be nice to have something like this for the xen infrastructure ... 
but I have no idea how efficient each method is comparatively.

Sarton