Re: xen domU read only filesystem

[Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>]

On Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 11:10:21 -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote:

> OK.  That was stupid of me not to look at /etc/fstab.  

  Ignoring the error message was an oversight, but not a stupid one.

> But, why are  
> xen-tools creating a read only domU file system by default in the first  
> place? 

  The default xen-tools installation creates *ext3* filesystems by
 default.  Since your post mentioned reiserfs you were no longer
 using the default.

  There are options to handle the different filesystem mount
 options.  You can see those in /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf:

   $ grep _options /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf

> Why create an install that is, for all practical purposes, useless by  
> default?  I just don't understand. 

  I don't believe the configuration is broken by default.

  I also don't believe any that any "default" can be reasonable
 for all users when it comes to virtualization - if only because
 people have different ideas about networks, filesystems, and
 packages.

  (ObDisclaimer: I wrote xen-tools.)

Steve
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