If you use xen-tools and you've ever wanted to be able to setup arbitrary partitions within your new guests you can do so now.
skx@vain:~$ sudo xen-create-image --boot --hostname=pt.my.flat --partitions=sample-server
...
...
General Information
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Hostname : pt.my.flat
Distribution : etch
Partitions : swap 2G (swap)
/ 1G (ext3)
/var 4G (xfs)
/opt 1.5G (xfs)
/usr 4G (xfs)
/tmp 0.5G (xfs)
/home 1G (xfs)
/var/tmp 1.5G (xfs)
...
How cool is that? Many thanks to Sascha Kettler for the patch.
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