[xen-tools] Re: Non-sparse images

[Sven Hartge]

Um 00:09 Uhr am 16.06.06 schrieb Steve Kemp:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 01:04:10AM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
 
>> Space is allocated when needed. I want all images to occupy exactly the 
>> amount of space which a completly full image would need.
 
>   OK that sounds reasonable.

Right now I use rsync to move my images around, so they would get blown up 
to the full size during such a move. (Yes, I know rsync is able to try to 
handle sparc files efficiently, but this has never worked for me reliable 
so far.)
 
>> Long story short: I'd like to have a config option to switch between 
>> sparse and "solid" images.
 
>   So something like: images=[ sparse | full ] ?

Right.
 
>   I guess this is just a matter of setting "count=xx" for full images
>  and "seek=xx" for sparse ones appropriately?

Yes, I think so.

S°

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