* [Qemu-devel] autoexpand images @ 2007-05-26 11:15 Christian Buhtz 2007-05-26 12:28 ` [Qemu-devel] " Christian Buhtz 2007-05-26 17:53 ` [Qemu-devel] " Tony Nelson 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Christian Buhtz @ 2007-05-26 11:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: qemu-devel Is it possible to create hard-disk images that expand automaticly? Create a 10G image that is realy 2G big, because just 2G are in use but the guest-system see 10G. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: autoexpand images 2007-05-26 11:15 [Qemu-devel] autoexpand images Christian Buhtz @ 2007-05-26 12:28 ` Christian Buhtz 2007-05-26 14:24 ` Jannes Faber 2007-05-26 17:53 ` [Qemu-devel] " Tony Nelson 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Christian Buhtz @ 2007-05-26 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: qemu-devel Christian Buhtz schrieb: > Is it possible to create hard-disk images that expand automaticly? Ah, I found the qcow2 image format. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: autoexpand images 2007-05-26 12:28 ` [Qemu-devel] " Christian Buhtz @ 2007-05-26 14:24 ` Jannes Faber 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Jannes Faber @ 2007-05-26 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 283 bytes --] On 5/26/07, Christian Buhtz <exsudat@gmx.de> wrote: > > Christian Buhtz schrieb: > > Is it possible to create hard-disk images that expand automaticly? > > Ah, I found the qcow2 image format. > > > > Search for sparse files. Might be more what you are looking for. -- Jannes Faber [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 691 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] autoexpand images 2007-05-26 11:15 [Qemu-devel] autoexpand images Christian Buhtz 2007-05-26 12:28 ` [Qemu-devel] " Christian Buhtz @ 2007-05-26 17:53 ` Tony Nelson 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Tony Nelson @ 2007-05-26 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: qemu-devel At 1:15 PM +0200 5/26/07, Christian Buhtz wrote: >Is it possible to create hard-disk images that expand automaticly? >Create a 10G image that is realy 2G big, because just 2G are in use but >the guest-system see 10G. A sparse file will do this for you, on Linux. At least it did it for me. :) If you use QCOW 2, be sure to use trunk rather than the formal release version. Someone will know the revision where QCOW 2's data loss bug got fixed. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@georgeanelson.com> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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