Hmm...  What is the preferred method of backup for a VM then?  As I
said, I'd rather not install ssh on every guest if I don't have to.

Jonas

Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:00:17PM -0500, Jonas Meyer wrote:
>> It seems to be nearly instant, yes.  If not instant, it is within 2-3
>> minutes.  I am using ext3, so I should be mounting read-only.  I wasn't,
>> but somehow it doesn't seem like messing with the journal a little bit
>> would screw up the system in this manner...  I'll fix the read-only part
>> and keep the list up to date.
> 
> note that by default, ro mounts of ext3 can write to the
> filesystem. if you force a true ro mount (i.e. where the
> kernel may not write to the device) then the mount will
> fail if there are uncommitted journal entries. cf.
>     http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04688.html
> 

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