Re: [Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-10 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Michael H. Warfield (m...@wittsend.com): > On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 08:48 -0500, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Michael H. Warfield (m...@wittsend.com): > > > On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 08:45 +, Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 wrote: > > ... > > > I use to do something similar a lot under the old l

Re: [Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-10 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 08:48 -0500, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Michael H. Warfield (m...@wittsend.com): > > On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 08:45 +, Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 wrote: > ... > > I use to do something similar a lot under the old linux-vservers project > > (now defunct for several years -

Re: [Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-10 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Michael H. Warfield (m...@wittsend.com): > On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 08:45 +, Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 wrote: ... > I use to do something similar a lot under the old linux-vservers project > (now defunct for several years - mailing list is now dead). They used a > COW (Copy On Write) syst

Re: [Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-10 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 08:45 +, Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 wrote: > Hello, > I have a question regarding containers and their supporting rootfs. Is > there an option for lxc-create that will use a default path (or other > backing store) as rootfs? It can be done but must be done very carefully.

Re: [Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-09 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 (b43...@freescale.com): > Hello, > > I have a question regarding containers and their supporting rootfs. Is there > an option for lxc-create that will use a default path (or other backing > store) as rootfs? > > I understand that by specifying -B ... it will try

Re: [Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-07 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question regarding containers and their supporting rootfs. Is there > an option for lxc-create that will use a default path (or other backing > store) as rootfs? Not that I know of. However if you don't need

[Lxc-users] Sharing container rootfs

2013-06-07 Thread Purcareata Bogdan-B43198
Hello, I have a question regarding containers and their supporting rootfs. Is there an option for lxc-create that will use a default path (or other backing store) as rootfs? I understand that by specifying -B ... it will try to _create_ the rootfs in an alternate place. In my scenario, I plan