Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:31:34 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QEMU: increase image size with FreeBSD partitions ... Message-ID: <gho5q6$ou2$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <1EBF6B0D0F2CD9C5E4255890@ganymede.hub.org> References: <4CF66154353CD7ABCB17FB03@ganymede.hub.org> <ghld08$e5h$1@ger.gmane.org> <1EBF6B0D0F2CD9C5E4255890@ganymede.hub.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4BE9293672D63465145C2AD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Marc G. Fournier wrote: >=20 >=20 > --On Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:15:45 +0100 Ivan Voras <ivoras@freeb= sd.org>=20 > wrote: >=20 >> Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>> I have FreeBSD 7 running in a QEMU VM ... works like a charm, but I'm= >>> wondering if there is some way of *increasing* the size of the image= beyond >>> what I configured it for? I'm only finding stuff pertaining to NTFS= /FAT32, >>> but nothing about Unix in general, or FreeBSD specifically ... >>> >>> Is there any way of doing this, or do I have to build a new, larger i= mg, and >>> copy the data from diskA -> diskB, and reboot on diskB? Doable, but = time >>> consuming ... >> I don't think there's anything automatic but you can grow the virtual >> disk, then modify the last partition size by hand, then use growfs. >=20 > 'k, that is what I figured, but how do I grow the virtual disk? I've ch= ecked=20 > the qemu-img man page, and there doesn't appear to be a method of doing= this ... >=20 I think I've incorrectly assumed you're using plain raw disk images - from the context I'd say that you're actually using one of qemu's own formats, right? The only thing I've found is this: http://kev.coolcavemen.com/2007/04/how-to-grow-any-qemu-system-image/ --------------enig4BE9293672D63465145C2AD0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJP5qIldnAQVacBcgRArDPAKC4zwq/t/AsweOsbJQu2Am2kkzlrgCgqHdn INhAvNAhTfE/bUKnSdZ5Q4U= =iVzs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4BE9293672D63465145C2AD0--
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