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On Aug 17, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars at seas.harvard.edu> wrote:

>> This is not possible. Sounds like you really want a fix for this bug:
>> 
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/914484
>> 
>> The fix was reverted but hopefully it can be cleaned up and come back in.
> 
> That looks like it would get us where we want to be.  My main goal is
> to have a relatively easy process for someone without administrative
> access to the host to...
> 
> - Uploading an ISO image.
> - Boot an instance from that image.
> - Install an OS onto something.
> - Transform <something> from the previous step into a deployable
>  image.
> 
> Allowing images booted from an ISO to have an attached, snapshottable
> root drive would certainly work.

+1000

Jk0, are you planning on bringing back your patch?

Vish