Re: [CentOS-virt] Resizing EXT3 partition in guest instance CentOS5
Hi, Sorry to bring this up again. Now i am trying the clonezilla method to downsize one of my VM. I have created a smaller storage volume and added to the VM. I boot up wih clonezilla but have issue cloning the drive over. Should I use Disk-Image or Device-Device? Please advise. Thanks! Yongsan On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:09 AM, compdoc comp...@hotrodpc.com wrote: Well, I can tell you how I do it. Might help… 1) create a new storage volume of the size you want with Virtual Manager. (Host detailsStorage tab) 2) shut down the VM and add the new volume to the VM ( it now has two virtual drives - the original and the new) 3) boot with clonezilla, clone one drive to the other. Then boot gparted and resize as needed 4) delete both drives from the vm, and then add back the new volume. Boot. 5) keep the old, smaller volume around for a while as backup. When you add a volume, Virtual Manager assigns a device name to it: hda to the first drive, hdb to the second, ect. So, you have to delete them both to get Virtual Manager to assign hda to the new one, otherwise the OS will not be able to boot. ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
Re: [CentOS-virt] Resizing EXT3 partition in guest instance CentOS5
Sorry to bring this up again. Now i am trying the clonezilla method to downsize one of my VM. I have created a smaller storage volume and added to the VM. I boot up wih clonezilla but have issue cloning the drive over. Should I use Disk-Image or Device-Device? To make it smaller, you need to resize your partition(s) first with gparted, and then use device-device if you have both 'drives' mounted. This clones the drive. Use Disk-Image only if you want to store a copy of the drive to local or remote storage. This creates a file backup of the disk. ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
Re: [CentOS-virt] Resizing EXT3 partition in guest instance CentOS5
Hi, Thanks! It works! :) Yongsan On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 7:47 PM, compdoc comp...@hotrodpc.com wrote: Sorry to bring this up again. Now i am trying the clonezilla method to downsize one of my VM. I have created a smaller storage volume and added to the VM. I boot up wih clonezilla but have issue cloning the drive over. Should I use Disk-Image or Device-Device? To make it smaller, you need to resize your partition(s) first with gparted, and then use device-device if you have both 'drives' mounted. This clones the drive. Use Disk-Image only if you want to store a copy of the drive to local or remote storage. This creates a file backup of the disk. ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
