http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_disk_manager_shrinking.html
On 3/21/06, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2006, at 5:43 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > > At 05:37 PM 3/21/2006 -0600, you wrote: > >> This is a bit simplified but the disk images are basically just files > >> that vmware treats as disks. they are similar to mounting a file on > >> loopback. > > How similar? > > >> Last I played with them the vmware images were about the same size as > >> the files I put in them. so a full Xandros install would take about > >> 1.2G. Minimal debian install about 50M (or something). > > > > Images will compress for 'transport', but you must uncompress them > > for use. > > I'm just wondering if an image can be expanded. For instance, if I > have an ext2/3 filesystem in a file, then I can expand it by > appending a bunch of zeros followed by resizing the fs. > Specifically, here is how one can expand a knoppix PDI by 100 MB: > > dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=100 >> knoppix.img > resize2fs -f knoppix.img > > Is there a similar way to expand VMWare images? If so, then it would > be relatively simple to create a base install of kubuntu on say a 500 > MB image (small enough for a CD), distribute it, expand it to say 5 > GB, and then install a bunch more stuff using apt-get. > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- The information transmitted (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is intended only for the person(s) or entity/entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
