canonical/multipass

Support mounting VHD drives

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#1,923 创建于 2021年1月17日

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描述

What are you trying to do? Most of the hypervisors we support (hyperkit, VirtualBox etc.) support mounting VHD drives(I am not talking about directories, I am talking about virtual hard disk files).

It would be great if we had a command like multipass mountdisk.

What's your proposed solution? If on hyperkit, add the volume to mount when executing the hyperkit command.

If on Virtualbox, add the volume using VboxManage

Additional context

Challenges

  • The instance needs to be restarted
  • Some hypervisors may not support mounting VHD files, I am not sure about them.

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cpp
领域
cliinfrastructure
议题类型
feature
难度面向新贡献者的预计实现难度，1 表示很小改动，5 表示专家级工作。
3
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stale
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mostly clear
前置要求
C++ knowledgeUnderstanding of hyperkitUnderstanding of VirtualBoxMultipass codebase
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35
研究方向
Examine the hyperkit and VirtualBox backend implementations in the Multipass source code. Understand how mount commands are currently executed for each hypervisor. Consider the need to restart the instance and the potential lack of support for VHD files in some hypervisors. The issue body provides initial direction but requires investigation into the specific APIs and code paths.