We should really add a page in the docs for how to automatically add a disk to a qube on boot. I know this was something I struggled with and there have been multiple threads on this list asking the same question.
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:45 AM, decuser <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 8:38:21 PM UTC-6, Unman wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 06:40:15PM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote: > > > On 03/09/2017 05:57 PM, evo wrote: > > > >Hey! > > > > > > > >the last question for today! :D > > > >qubes is really great, but i want to understand some things, that are > > > >new for me. > > > > > > > >i don't understand the storage occupancy in Qubes OS. > > > > > > > >I can give the home-folder more space, but where can i understand how > > > >much space i have already used? where can i see the whole storage > usage? > > > > > > > >and how can i add new SSD to the special VM (for example "work")? > > > > > > > >thanks for help! > > > > > > > > > > When you expand an appVM's storage, you're really changing the maximum > > > limit. The space isn't allocated from dom0 storage until its used (and > > > deletions will cause the space to be returned to dom0). > > > > > > Normal space reporting tools for Linux will show you the overall space > and > > > usage in dom0. For instance, I use the KDE disk space widget on my > desktop. > > > > > > You can attach additional storage to a VM by right-clicking on it in > Qubes > > > Manager and using the attach/detach menu. Or you can use 'qvm-block' > command > > > in dom0. Unfortunately, Qubes doesn't have a way to permanently attach > > > additional volumes to template-based VMs, so this always has to be done > > > manually or via a udev script, etc. > > > > > > > This isn't true - it's pretty straightforward to add volumes at boot, and > > it can be done automatically. > > > > Let's say you want to add /dev/sda4 to work, and mount it at > > /home/user/sda4. (It's ext4) > > > > In dom0 look at the config files in /var/lib/qubes/appvms/work. > > copy work.conf to work2.conf > > edit work2.conf and add a stanza in the "devices" section > > > > <disk type='block' device='disk'> > > <driver name='phy' /> > > <source dev='/dev/sda4' /> > > <target dev='xvde' bus='xen' /> > > </disk> > > > > That's enough to attach the device to the qube. > > If you also want to have it mounted automatically you have to do some > > configuration in the qube. > > Start up the work qube, and create a file /rw/config/fstab > > containing: > > /dev/xvde /home/user/disk ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0 > > > > And then in /rw/config/rc.local add line: > > cat /rw/config/fstab >> /etc/fstab > > mount -a > > > > Remember to chmod +x /rw/config/rc.local > > > > Shutdown work > > > > Now start work with the custom config - > > qvm-start work --custom-config=/var/lib/qubes/appvms/work/work2.conf > > > > work will start up with the drive attached and it will be mounted > > automatically. > > > > This is somewhat clunky - Qubes 4 will have better support for loading > > custom configs. But configure a keyboard shortcut to that "qvm-start" > > command and it's easy to work with. > > > > Note that if you start work without the custom config it will start as > > normal without the volume attached. This may be desirable at times. > > If you want the menu items to start with the custom configs you'll have > > to do some editing of the relevant files: again, that's fairly > > standard stuff. > > > > unman > > This works, but is there a way to get qubes to use the custom config > rather than its default when rebooting qubes and autostarting the VM (or in > the gui)? > > Thanks, > Will > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/qubes-users/2a198845-3630-47e7-9a6f-6d15f9bd1b0f%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from my Desktop -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CANKZutyWJQBOaxOiYo%2BZ%3DBsNGjbTcMmjn7VRE3mM6FxjP81tRQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
