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@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ IDs and the host.  It's not easy to automate this because you need
 extra details about the guest itself in order to get to its
 UID->username map (eg. /etc/passwd from the guest).
 
-BufferIn
---------
-
-BufferIn should turn into <char *, int> and simple strings in other
-languages that can handle 8 bit clean strings.
-
-Limit on transfers would still be 2MB for these types.
- - then implement write-file properly
-
 febootstrap / debootstrap inside appliance
 ------------------------------------------
 
@@ -119,6 +110,7 @@ Ideas for extra commands
     findfs
     logsave
     mklost+found
+    ext2undelete
 
   SELinux:
     chcat
@@ -212,16 +204,6 @@ ntfsclone
 Useful imaging tool:
 http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html
 
-Standard images
----------------
-
-Equip guestfish with some standard images that it can load
-quickly, eg:
-
-  load ext2
-
-Maybe it's better to create these on the fly?
-
 virt-rescue pty
 ---------------
 
@@ -271,3 +253,90 @@ List filesystems by UUID or label.
 Mount filesystems by UUID or label.  (I'm not really sure if we can do
 this at the moment but we ought to be able to do it, and perhaps make
 it easier by having a direct command).
+
+Map filesystems to disk blocks
+------------------------------
+
+Map files/filesystems/(any other object) to the actual disk
+blocks they occupy.
+
+And vice versa.
+
+Is it even possible?
+
+Integration with host intrusion systems
+---------------------------------------
+
+Perfect way to monitor VMs from outside the VM.  Look for file
+hashes, log events, login/logout etc.
+
+http://www.ossec.net/
+http://la-samhna.de/samhain/
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide/
+http://osiris.shmoo.com/
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/
+
+-N option should be generated
+-----------------------------
+
+'-N' option should be generated code, and should generate
+documentation in guestfish(1) manpage.
+
+Fix 'file'
+----------
+
+https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-June/msg00053.html
+https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-June/msg00079.html
+
+Regression test on virt-inspector
+---------------------------------
+
+Occasionally we break virt-inspector through some change.  We should
+add a regression test for it.  However this is hard because we'd need
+to avoid having to carry huge images.
+
+Freeze/thaw filesystems
+-----------------------
+
+Access to these ioctls:
+http://git.kernel.org/linus/fcccf502540e3d7
+
+Tips for new users in guestfish
+-------------------------------
+
+$ guestfish
+Tip: You need to 'add disk.img' or 'alloc disk.img nn' to make a new image.
+Type 'notips' to disable tips permanently.
+><fs> add mydisk
+Tip: You need to type 'run' before you can see into the disk image.
+><fs> run
+Tip: Use 'list-filesystems' to see what filesystems are available.
+><fs> list-filesystems
+/dev/vda1
+Tip: Use 'mount fs /' to mount a filesystem.
+><fs> mount /dev/vda1 /
+Tip: Use 'll /' to view the filesystem or ...
+><fs> ll /
+
+New guestfish commands
+----------------------
+
+'list-filesystems' => list mountable filesystems
+
+Could we make guestfish interactive if commands are used without params?
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+><fs> sparse
+[[Prints man page]]
+Image name? disk.img
+Size of image? 10M
+
+Common problems
+---------------
+
+How can we solve these common user problems?
+
+- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/374931.html
+  In guestfish, specified -m non-existent filesystem.  We could suggest
+  a list of filesystems, or suggest they run the virt-list-filesystems
+  command.