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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Well, I can tell you how I do it. Might help…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>1) create a new storage volume of the size you want with Virtual Manager. (Host details>Storage tab)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>2) shut down the VM and add the new volume to the VM ( it now has two virtual drives - the original and the new)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>3) boot with clonezilla, clone one drive to the other. Then boot gparted and resize as needed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>4) delete both drives from the vm, and then add back the new volume. Boot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>5) keep the old, smaller volume around for a while as backup.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>When you add a volume, Virtual Manager assigns a device name to it: hda to the first drive, hdb to the second, ect. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>