Re: [Libguestfs] libguestfs question - multiple partitions in the guest

-----Original Message----- From: libguestfs-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:libguestfs-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:34 PM To: libguestfs(a)redhat.com Cc: 'Smudde, Mark Alan (Mark)'; 'Tockstein, James E (Jim)' Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] libguestfs question - multiple partitions in the guest > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:54:01PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > (1) You could look at tell-tale signs to see which root device has > > most recently been mounted. Probably the simplest thing is to look at > > the date of /var/log/messages in each potential root, and choose the > > most recent one (since /var/log/messages is reliably and frequently > > updated when a guest boots and runs). > > As in the attached program. Neat!! I just looked at it - very nice!! We will give it a try and report our findings! If it does work, we will have to convert it to Python (preferred).