If you are not using LVM you might be better off creating a brand new image > 7G and then copying the files from the existing image into the new image. The, once that is complete, simply boot into the new, larger image. I am not sure how to otherwise increase an image based installations storage space unless you are using LVM (which you said you are not). Cheers, Fred. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Dharmesh Kamdar <<a href="mailto:kamdard71@yahoo.com">kamdard71@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I tried the steps described in the link u sent me.. but at the end I am getting the following error: $>lvextend -L+3G /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 Extending logical volume LogVol00 to 10.03 GN device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend LogVol00 My Fedora-8 guest is running following: kernel -->2.6.21-2950.fc8xen Device-Mapper--> device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-11.fc7 device-mapper-libs-1.02.22-1.fc8 device-mapper-1.02.22-1.fc8 LVM-->lvm2-2.02.28-1.fc8 The last few lines of /var/log/messages (after attempting to "lvextend" the logical volume), as follows: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [root@localhost ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Mar 20 22:49:12 localhost dhclient: bound to <a href="http://192.168.122.199" target="_blank">192.168.122.199</a> -- renewal in 1373 seconds. Mar 20 22:52:04 localhost kernel: device-mapper: table: device 202:2 too small for target Mar 20 22:52:04 localhost kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed Mar 20 22:52:04 localhost kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Mar 20 22:53:18 localhost kernel: device-mapper: table: device 202:2 too small for target Mar 20 22:53:18 localhost kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed Mar 20 22:53:18 localhost kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Mar 20 23:07:52 localhost kernel: device-mapper: table: device 202:2 too small for target Mar 20 23:07:52 localhost kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed Mar 20 23:07:52 localhost kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Will appreciate any further feedback. Thanks, kamdard. I googled on "reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument",found a few hits describing this to be a possibly kernel or DM bug. <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> --- Todd Deshane <<a href="mailto:deshantm@gmail.com">deshantm@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Dharmesh Kamdar > <<a href="mailto:kamdard71@yahoo.com">kamdard71@yahoo.com</a>> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've installed Fedora 8 as a guest OS on > Fedora-7+XEN. > > The host info: > > $> uname -a > > Linux hojo 2.6.21-7.fc7xen #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 > 12:32:24 > > EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux > > > > CPU: mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP-M 1400+ > > RAM: 1GB > > ARCHITECTURE: x86 (32 bit) > > > > While creating the guest, I specified the storage > as > > /var/lib/xen/images/f8_xen.img (of about 7 GB). > > > > Unfortunately the guest OS is running out of > storage > > space and I want to add more storage to it (file > > system based, no LVM or partition etc). > > > > I did manage to increase the size of the image > file > > via "dd" with dd as follows: > > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/lib/xen/images/F8_XEN.img > > bs=2M seek=4096 conv=notrunc count=2048 > > 2048+0 records in > > 2048+0 records out > > 4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 124.617 s, 34.5 > MB/s > > [root@hojo images]# > > [root@hojo images]# ls -ltr > > total 12398420 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12884901888 2008-03-20 > 19:30 > > F8_XEN.img > > [root@hojo images]# > > > > Now, I want to add some more storage space to the > > guest OS. > > > > So how do I do it ? > > > > Will appreciate if someone can provide some > pointers. > > > > <a href="http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=resize+disk" target="_blank">http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=resize+disk</a> > > > > > > Thanks, > > kamdard. > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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