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Created September 25, 2023 06:05 — forked from joseluisq/resize_disk_image.md
How to resize a qcow2 disk image on Linux

How to resize a qcow2 disk image on Linux

This example takes olddisk.qcow2 and resizes it into newdisk.qcow2, extending one of the guest's partitions to fill the extra space.

1. qcow2 format

1.1. Verify the filesystems of olddisk.qcow2




  


  




    


          
    

      

        
        

          

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                How to mount a qcow2 disk image
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
How to mount a qcow2 disk image


This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords,
edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.


Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host


modprobe nbd max_part=8