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diff --git a/tools/virt-resize b/tools/virt-resize index 709d0b0a..7ee3f271 100755 --- a/tools/virt-resize +++ b/tools/virt-resize @@ -995,6 +995,22 @@ sub canonicalize $_; } +=head1 ALTERNATIVE TOOLS + +There are several proprietary tools for resizing partitions. We +won't mention any here. + +L<parted(8)> and its graphical shell gparted can do some types of +resizing operations on disk images. They can resize and move +partitions, but I don't think they can do anything with the contents, +and they certainly don't understand LVM. + +L<guestfish(1)> can do everything that virt-resize can do and a lot +more, but at a much lower level. You will probably end up +hand-calculating sector offsets, which is something that virt-resize +was designed to avoid. If you want to see the guestfish-equivalent +commands that virt-resize runs, use the C<--debug> flag. + =head1 SEE ALSO L<virt-list-partitions(1)>, @@ -1007,6 +1023,7 @@ L<pvresize(8)>, L<lvresize(8)>, L<resize2fs(8)>, L<virsh(1)>, +L<parted(8)>, L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>, L<http://libguestfs.org/>. |