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Date:      Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:30:26 -0800
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Message-ID:  <529E0722.4040007@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <07A86855-DEE6-4B07-8D2E-47E97303B348@hub.org>
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Hi Marc,

> How about disk size?   The Instructions for vmrun.sh state:
>
> ==== 6. Select default console type "vt100" or whatever is
> appropriate for you Install on disk device vtbd0 (appears as a 8GB
> disk device) At the end select "yes" when the "Manual Configuration"
> box appears. ====
>
> I’m assuming that I can change that default, but, if let’s say I
> stick with 8G to start, but decide I want to make it bigger later …
> is there an ability to ‘growfs’ the file system?  Or do I build a
> bigger system, rsync hte files from old to new and ditch the old?  or
> … ?

  Standard tools - truncate(8) on the host to extend the disk image 
file, and then growfs/gpart in the guest to use the extra space.

later,

Peter.



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