Hi, Thanks. Yes I am also using gnome and using VNC to access it. But I could not find a simple way to connect the guest's CD to the ISO file. The option under boot option is only either harddisk, CD or PXE. So how can I connect the guest CD to the ISO file? Thanks! YongSan On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:18 PM, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote: > Place the gparted iso file somewhere you can access it from the VM. I would > recommend placing it on the Centos server that hosts the VM. I keep all my > ISO files in a folder named ISOs. > > > > I run the gnome desktop on my servers, so I use VNC to remote control the > server. I would run the virt-manager gui to shut down the VM guest, connect > the guest’s CD to the iso file, and change the boot options to boot from the > CD. Of course, you can do all this from the command line, and I’m sure you > can google information of how to do it that way. > > > > With gparted, I think you can backup the VM over the network to a share. > So, I would first backup the VM, then resize the VM disk with gparted and > make sure it boots, then backup the VM again, create a new smaller disk for > the guest, and restore the smaller backup image. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* centos-virt-bounces at centos.org [mailto: > centos-virt-bounces at centos.org] *On Behalf Of *Poh Yong Hwang > *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2010 1:25 AM > *To:* Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS > *Subject:* Re: [CentOS-virt] How do I reduce a disk size of a particular > VM? > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to boot that particular VM which I want to resize using gparted > ISO. May I know how can I boot a VM using a ISO file? > > > > Thanks! > > > > YongSan > > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Victor Padro <vpadro at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Poh Yong Hwang <yongsan at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > But I would like the diskspace to be release to the hardware node so > >> > that i > >> > can create another VM as my hardware node is running out of diskspace. > I > >> > presume that using Gpart only reduce the diskspace on the VM but it > will > >> > not > >> > be release to the hardware node? > >> > Thanks! > >> > YongSan > >> > > >> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Victor Padro <vpadro at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Poh Yong Hwang <yongsan at gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > Hi, > >> >> > As per subject, is there a way to reduce diskspace for a VM. I have > a > >> >> > VM > >> >> > with 200GB but would like to reduce the diskspace to 100GB. > >> >> > Please advise. > >> >> > Thanks! > >> >> > Yongsan > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > CentOS-virt mailing list > >> >> > CentOS-virt at centos.org > >> >> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Perhaps shriking the partition using gparted inside the VM? > >> >> > >> >> Otherwise I can't figure out how to shrink a raw, qcow file under KVM > >> >> for example... > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Linux User #452368 > >> >> http://twitter.com/vpadro > >> >> > >> >> "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an > >> >> understanding of ourselves" > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> CentOS-virt mailing list > >> >> CentOS-virt at centos.org > >> >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > CentOS-virt mailing list > >> > CentOS-virt at centos.org > >> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > >> > > >> > > >> > >> What are you using to virtualize those VMs? > >> > >> -- > >> Linux User #452368 > >> http://twitter.com/vpadro > >> > >> "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an > >> understanding of ourselves" > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS-virt mailing list > >> CentOS-virt at centos.org > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-virt mailing list > > CentOS-virt at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > > > I can only think of creating a smaller qcow file, clonning using dd > the contents of the oversized qcow/raw HD to that newly qcow > file...although is not the best solution. > > Maybe someone else could bring a better solution because there's no > much info on KVM just a little under Xen... :( > > > > -- > > Linux User #452368 > http://twitter.com/vpadro > > "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an > understanding of ourselves" > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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