[CentOS-virt] Resizing EXT3 partition in guest instance CentOS5

[Poh Yong Hwang]

Hi,

Thanks but my issue is i do not have enough diskspace to create another
partition of the size that i needed. Is there a way for me to reduce the
actual image size?

Thanks!

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:09 AM, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:

> Well, I can tell you how I do it. Might help…
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> 1) create a new storage volume of the size you want with Virtual Manager.
> (Host details>Storage tab)
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> 2) shut down the VM and add the new volume to the VM ( it now has two
> virtual drives - the original and the new)
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> 3) boot with clonezilla, clone one drive to the other. Then boot gparted
> and resize as needed
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> 4) delete both drives from the vm, and then add back the new volume. Boot.
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> 5) keep the old, smaller volume around for a while as backup.
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> When you add a volume, Virtual Manager assigns a device name to it: hda to
> the first drive, hdb to the second, ect.
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> 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.
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