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diff --git a/tools/virt-resize b/tools/virt-resize index b3185d3e..a70492e8 100755 --- a/tools/virt-resize +++ b/tools/virt-resize @@ -61,7 +61,22 @@ L<virt-list-filesystems(1)> and L<virt-df(1)>, we recommend you go and read those manual pages first. -=head1 BASIC USAGE +=head1 EXAMPLES + +Copy C<olddisk> to C<newdisk>, extending one of the guest's partitions +to fill the extra 5GB of space. + + truncate -r olddisk newdisk; truncate -s +5G newdisk + virt-list-partitions -lht olddisk + # Note "/dev/sda2" is a partition inside the "olddisk" file. + virt-resize --expand /dev/sda2 olddisk newdisk + +As above, but make the /boot partition 200MB bigger, while giving the +remaining space to /dev/sda2: + + virt-resize --resize /dev/sda1=+200M --expand /dev/sda2 olddisk newdisk + +=head1 DETAILED USAGE =head2 EXPANDING A VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK |