[Leaplist] gparted and KVM quetjuns'(Solved)

[Richard F. Ostrow Jr.]

A simple alternative:

Host the file/directory on another partition that has the space you need,
and symlink it to /var somewhere... or do a 'mount -o bind' if symlinking
doesn't work for some reason.

I used to do this for ridiculously large ebuilds on gentoo, although there
are some variables I could have set in /etc/make.conf that would have
changed the location... the 'mount -o bind' worked fine, though.

On Sun, March 28, 2010 12:08 pm, Whit Hansell wrote:
> Never mind guys.   I think I've figured it out.  Don't need a full 40G
> by any means.  Do need to use /var as that is where libvirt sticks the
> image by default.  And do seem to remember how to do the free space move
> from last time.  And found a place that let's me think that KVM handles
> the file type itself in the image file somehow so don't have to worry
> about formatting anything.
>
> Sorry for the bother but will be glad to take any experiences you've had
> w. this if you'd like to post them.
>
> Thanks and want to thank you all for your postings on stuff in the
> past.  It is always helpful even tho' I lurk mostly.  I learn from you
> all.
> Whit
>
> Whit Hansell wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I've used gparted before but have forgotten what I did and haven't
>> used KVM yet....  I.ve got it installed  but have to set up sufficient
>> "storage" drive space for the new virtual Windows XP OS(guest).
>>
>> Wanting to use KVM to run a couple 'doze apps on my Debian AMD64 box.
>> From what I can tell, it's normal to use /var as the place to set up
>> the "KVM storage area."  If that's the case I need to increase the
>> size of the partition where /var resides.
>>
>> 4G RAM and 250G SATA
>>
>> This is my df -h result:
>>
>> whit at greatstar:~$ df -h
>> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/sda1             662M  252M  376M  41% /
>> tmpfs                     1.9G     0        1.9G   0% /lib/init/rw
>> udev                       10M 1008K   9.1M  10% /dev
>> tmpfs                     1.9G     0        1.9G   0% /dev/shm
>> /dev/sda9              216G   43G    163G  21% /home
>> /dev/sda8              373M   12M   342M   4% /tmp
>> /dev/sda5               4.6G   3.7G   726M  84% /usr
>> /dev/sda6               2.8G  402M    2.3G  16% /var
>>
>> My swap partition is /dev/sda7   5.0G
>>
>> I need to move free space(40G??) from /dev/sda9(home) all the way down
>> thru
>> /dev/sda8, /dev/sda7(swap) to /dev/sda6(/var) and also increase my
>> /usr partition
>> by another 2G too, which is on /dev/sda5.
>>
>> I know I have to move the "new storage area free space" down thru the
>> various partitions but wondered if I can bypass the swap partition, or
>> not?  I think i already know the answer which is yes, but just wanted
>> verification.
>>
>> Also, for you who have set up KVM successfully, is /var, the best
>> place to put it or would it work OK if I just bypassed all this
>> gparted stuff and stuck it in /home?
>>
>> I've "Googled so much about gparted and KVM but just can't find
>> answers to these specific question.
>>
>> One other question.  This one regarding setting up Windows XP.  Do I
>> need to let the install program format the storage space or ignore
>> formatting and just do the install of  the basic OS?   I'm sorry but
>> I'm lost on how this works w. my linux partition set up as ext3 and
>> trying to install Windows on it.
>>
>> As to the 40G I want to move from /home to /var, it's just a guess.  I
>> figured I might want to also do an FC linux guest too for grins so
>> figured a full 40 would be good.  Any recommendations will be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> TIA for any information you can give.  This Virtualization stuff in
>> interesting and I'd like to learn it.  Thanks again.
>> Whit
>>
>>
>>
>>
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