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RE: [Xen-users] shrink or grow disk image?

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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] shrink or grow disk image?
From: "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:44:35 -0600
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>Problem is my img file is a lot bigger than needed for some uses. Is
>there a way to shrink an img file? Or, if I create a new "template"
>server that is smaller, can the img file be grown when needed?

Have you used lvm in the install? Never used sles...
Only thing I can think of is to mount the image, and dump/rsync it into another 
mounted image.

jlc

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