I recently installed OpenSuse 11.0 together with two OpenSuse 11.0 DomU´s. Now i want to update the complete system to OpenSuse 11.1. I had no problem´s to update the Dom0 system to OpenSuse 11.1. However updating the DomU´s seems to be a problem.
The first install of the DomU´s was a install into directory with whole LVM´s partitions exported as disks.
My layout is as follows:
disk= ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_root,xvda,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_boot,xvdb,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_usr,xvdc,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_opt,xvdd,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_var,xvde,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_src,xvdf,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/domX/daolin_tmp,xvdg,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/data/home,xvdh,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/data/foto,xvdi,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/data/imap,xvdj,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/data/news,xvdk,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/data/squid,xvdl,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/data/srv,xvdm,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/hda1,xvdn,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/backup/backup,xvdo,w’
, ‘phy:/dev/sr0,xvdy:cdrom,r’
, ‘phy:/dev/sr1,xvdz:cdrom,r’]
for the initial install i did mount the lvm volumens to subdirs of /tmp/install and did a install into this directory.
The fstab of the system contains entry like /dev/xvda for mountpoints (i.e a whole disk, not a partition)
This was working fine.
But i don´t know how i know can update this system to 11.1. Installation into a directory seems to only can handle fresh installs.
I created a special startup file for xen with allows a disk install of OpenSuse 11.1. However this doesn´t work because the exported disks are not recognized as expected. When i choose the update option, the installer shows no partitions at all.
I have no idea to solve this problem. Do i really have to partition an exported lvm volume first in the DomU before using it as a mountpoint ?