Dave Voutila <d...@sisu.io> writes: > Manuel Giraud <man...@ledu-giraud.fr> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I can't find the information on this list (or elsewhere). Is it >> possible to have a vm that access a disk through its device? The >> following does not seem to work: >> >> # vmctl start -cL -m 1G -b /bsd.rd -d /dev/sd1c myvm >> vmctl: start vm command failed: Unknown error: -1 > > No, passing file descriptors to devices over ipc sockets isn't currently > allowed by the kernel. You'd need to use the raw character device, too, > afaik if passing them were allowed.
Ok, noted. BTW I have the same error passing the raw character device. >> What would be the alternatives? > > None I know of. FTR, I end up creating a disk image, configure as vnd and copy my files here. I could then use this image as vmctl disk. Thanks. -- Manuel Giraud
