On 2/22/06, Darren Birkett <darren.birkett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have xen-3 running on fc5t3, with 3 domU fc5t3 guests. fdisk is unable to
> see the virtual disk inside a guest, but parted is able to see it when run.
> Why is this, and is it likely to be fixed?
>
> Darren
>
fdisk -l doesn't see it, but it does seem to edit it:
[root@xen1 ~]# fdisk -l
[root@xen1 ~]# fdisk /dev/xvda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1305.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/xvda: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/xvda1 * 1 1239 9952236 83 Linux
/dev/xvda2 1240 1304 522112+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
