Re: Boot VM from a zvol using qemu and nvmm?

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 10:45, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
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> ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost (Chavdar Ivanov) writes:
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> >On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 08:57, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
> >> >-drive file=/tank/volumes/my-disk.qcow2
> >> >Should this work?
> >>
> >> On NetBSD it does not.
>
> >Sorry, I have to disagree. Each and every nvmm guest I have running
> >gets started like:
>
> Please check your zvol, it apparently uses 512 byte sectors.

Perhaps; perhaps not optimal, but works.

>
> That depends on the backing storage used for the zpool
> and how the zvol is configured (ashift value).
>

The backing storage was a single 240 gb sata ssd, I've not done
anything to modify the default ashift value.

>
> Greetings,



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