On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 13:20 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
I can't believe virt-manager insists on placing image files under /var. They take lots of space. I'd expect to be able to pick a place to put the disk image.
If you'd prefer not to use /var you can create a new storage pool to hold guest image volumes.
Right click on your host (localhost qemu) in the virt manager interface. Select "Details". In the dialog which pops up select the "Storage" tab. In the lower left corner there is a "+" sign for adding a storage pool. Select a device or a directory like /home/you/Guests perhaps.
This process could probably be more obvious. The plus sign could be a "Add Storage Pool" button instead for example.
See also: * `virsh help | grep pool` * http://www.libvirt.org/formatstorage.html
Also, if you are using selinux, be aware it expects images to live in /var/lib/libvirt/images by default. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SVirt_Mandatory_Access_Control
This fedora-virt mailing list doesn't have a pointer in the list of mailing lists on the fedora mailing list web page at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate
It does now. Thanks.