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Re: Linux domU disk questions



On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:12:07 +0100
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 07:08:52PM +0000, Gerard Lally wrote:
> > NetBSD 5.1 amd64
> > Xen 3.3.2 from pkgsrc-2010Q3
> > 
> > I want to install a Slackware domU under my NetBSD dom0. I am
> > following the Xen howto guide at NetBSD and the Xen wiki tutorial
> > cached at aydogan.
> > 
> > I have two 36GB SCSI disks - the first is for the dom0 and a number
> > of NetBSD domUs.
> > 
> > I want to use the second for a Slackware 13.1 i386 domU.
> > 
> > Do I fdisk and disklabel this second disk in NetBSD or just leave it
> > blank for Slackware's fdisk to partition?
> 
> If you want to dedicate the whole drive to Slackware, just leave it
> blank and export it to the domU via phy:/dev/sd1d

One more question - how would I export a partition on the first disk?
If I partition this using Slackware's fdisk can I include it in
NetBSD's disklabel and export it as, for example, /dev/sd0e ? Is it
safe to disklabel a partition created in Linux?

-- 
Gerard Lally

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