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[Gaurav Gupta <gauravgupta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also, I recently opened a bug about boot-from-volumes:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/884984

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Gaurav Gupta <gauravgupta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've been playing with boot from volume for a bit. You can use it from the
> 'euca-run-instances', use the '-b, --block-device-mapping' option to
> specify the volume (or snapshot) e.g.
> #euca-run-instances -b /dev/sda=vol-0000000f -b /dev/sdb=vol-0000000c
> ami-00000015 -t m1.tiny --kernel aki-00000014 --ramdisk ari-00000013
>
> I recently added the functionality in novaclient to boot from volume (or
> snapshot) using the OS API. The changes are still pending review. But you
> can pull from my public repository to get the changes:
> https://github.com/rackspace/python-novaclient/
>
> The usage is:
> root@server9-clone:~/openstack/creds/novaadmin# nova boot ---help
> usage: nova boot [--flavor <flavor>] [--image <image>] [--meta <key=value>]
>                  [--file <dst-path=src-path>] [--key_path [<key_path>]]
>                  [--key_name <key_name>] [--user_data <user-data>]
>                  [--availability_zone <availability-zone>]
>                  [--security_groups <security_groups>]
>                  [--block_device_mapping <dev_name=mapping>]
>                  <name>
>
> The format of mapping is:
> <dev_name=<id>:<type>:<size(GB)>:<delete_on_terminate>
>
> e..g
> nova boot --flavor 1 --image 50 --block_device_mapping
> /dev/vda=10:snap:10:True
>
> Hope it helps!
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya <vishvananda@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Passing this on to the main openstack list because I'm not sure that the
>> boot from volume athours and users are on this mailing list.
>> On Nov 3, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Renuka Apte wrote:
>>
>> Hello,****
>> ** **
>> What is the current state of “boot from volume”? Is there any
>> documentation about how it works, design etc. Who is the best point of
>> contact for more information?****
>> ** **
>> Is anyone in the community currently using this feature?****
>> ** **
>> Thanks,****
>> Renuka.****
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