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diff --git a/notes/qemu_ntfs_resize.mdwn b/notes/qemu_ntfs_resize.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d49efda --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/qemu_ntfs_resize.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The normal approach to resizing an ntfs partition (losetup cfdisk, +losetup -o32256 ntfsresize) will not work as you would expect because losetup +and qemu, in the absense of real hardware, will invent disagreeing drive +geometries which Windows' boot sector depends upon to start. It is conceptually +simplest to find a means of running (c|s|)fdisk and ntfsresize from inside qemu +itself. + +http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php + +If you are using a qcow2 image, you probably need to + +* qemu-img old.qcow2 new.raw +* truncate -s 100GiB new.raw # or what have you +* qemu-img new.raw old.qcow2 + +It is not clear why qcow2 images do not support resizing. |