runmd wrote:
I would like to know if it is possible to resizing Xen para-virtualized guest partition. For example, I created a para-virtualized guest as 10GB. Later down the road I would like to grow it to 20GB. Can I do this with it being just a file on Dom0.The only possible solution I can think of is creating a new domU as 20GB andthen doing a dd command and copying one virutal disk to another. But I would like to just grow the guest, if possible.
Ignoring LVM (which might make things different), you can enlarge the underlying file with a careful incantation of dd. Practice elsewhere first, and/or back it up.
Something like this, but do read the docs: dd of=whatsit skip=<biggernumber> count=0Then do whatever you do to fix a real disk after using dd to copy disk to bigger disk.
btw You can create sparse files in the first place: dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/ext-fs seek=$((4*1024*1024)) count=0 mke2fs -F -q /tmp/ext-fs then ls -Slosh /tmp/ext-fs -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa coco merseine nu Z1aaaaaaa coco merseine nu Please do not reply off-list