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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
