[Lguest] Aufs as blockdevice?

[Earlence Fernandes]

nfsroot is an option but I would prefer something that doesn't require a
functioning network.
I'll start by taking a look at the available implementations of 9p.
>From the discussion, I understand that the lguest daemon should double as a
9p server?

-Earlence


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:39 PM, ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> wrote:

> 9p servers are out there. You can get one from libixp, or from the Go
> 9p implementation, and there's one written in Python, ...
>
> there's lots of them. But if you don't want to bother with 9p, just
> set up an nfs root.
>
> ron
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
> wrote:
> > Earlence Fernandes <earlenceferns at gmail.com> writes:
> >> can you give me some pointers on how to go about implementing this?
> >> Why is it not possible to pass in a filesystem? Could I change the
> lguest
> >> userspace daemon to use a mounted fs rather than a file?
> >>
> >> -Earlence
> >
> > Well, you need to implement a 9p server.
> >
> > Eric would have more idea on how difficult this would be in lguest.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rusty.
> >
> >> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Earlence Fernandes <earlenceferns at gmail.com> writes:
> >>> > Can I specify a union mounted filesystem (aufs) as the blockdevice
> >>> > parameter for lguest?
> >>>
> >>> Well, the blockdevice parameter is a file, not a filesystem.
> >>>
> >>> You might want to use plan9fs, in which case you'll have to implement
> it
> >>> for lguest.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Rusty.
> >>>
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