Re: [Openstack] Why is an image required when booting from volume

2012-05-28 Thread Oleg Gelbukh
lto: > openstack-bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula@lists.launchpad.net] *On > Behalf Of *Vishvananda Ishaya > *Sent:* Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:35 PM > *To:* Lorin Hochstein > *Cc:* openstack@lists.launchpad.net (openstack@lists.launchpad.net) > *Subject:* Re: [Openstack] Why is an

Re: [Openstack] Why is an image required when booting from volume

2012-05-27 Thread Gabriel Hurley
] On Behalf Of Vishvananda Ishaya Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:35 PM To: Lorin Hochstein Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net (openstack@lists.launchpad.net) Subject: Re: [Openstack] Why is an image required when booting from volume If there is a separate kernel and ramdisk needed for the boot from

Re: [Openstack] Why is an image required when booting from volume

2012-05-26 Thread Vishvananda Ishaya
If there is a separate kernel and ramdisk needed for the boot from volume, it is pulled from image properties. Otherwise it is basically useless. Vish On May 26, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Lorin Hochstein wrote: > I'm trying to figure out boot from volume, both so I can use it and so I can > add it to

[Openstack] Why is an image required when booting from volume

2012-05-26 Thread Lorin Hochstein
I'm trying to figure out boot from volume, both so I can use it and so I can add it to the docs. It seems that when calling "nova boot" or using Horizon, you need to specify an image. Why is that? I naively tried to create a volume image by creating a volume and then doing on my volume serv