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--- computing:virtmanagerhell [2022/08/08 20:13] – oemb1905
+++ computing:virtmanagerhell [2022/08/08 20:15] – oemb1905
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-This is all very old fyi and not current or helpful; might delete it soon. Resize an .img with virt-manager, for example, expanding a 64GB disk to a 124GB disk.  Start by installing the optional tools for this:
+These are two different attempts (both with 1 success each) of resizing .img files from the command line. Resize an .img with virt-manager, for example, expanding a 64GB disk to a 124GB disk.  Start by installing the optional tools for this:
   sudo apt install libguestfs-tools
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   kpartx -d debian10.img
-After messing around with this, and succeeding 1 time in resizing the drive this way, I decided that just issuing ''apt install qemu-img kpartx'' and then expanding within the VM's gparted GUI was far easier. It does require moving and/or deprecating swap (or other earlier partitions) or you cannot merge the file system.
+After messing around with this, and succeeding 1 time in resizing the drive this way, I decided that just issuing ''apt install qemu-img kpartx'' and then expanding within the VM's gparted GUI was far easier. It does require moving and/or deprecating swap (or other earlier partitions) or you cannot merge the file system. Also, check ''/etc/fstab'' and make sure that entries reflect changes.
  --- //[[jonathan@haacksnetworking.org|oemb1905]] 2022/08/08 00:37//

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