diff --git a/gofurther/resize.md b/gofurther/resize.md
index f2c79b8..a6dad6d 100644
--- a/gofurther/resize.md
+++ b/gofurther/resize.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
title: Resize an existing virtual disk
description:
published: true
-date: 2024-07-13T13:11:07.613Z
+date: 2024-07-13T13:33:59.560Z
tags:
editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2021-11-13T11:41:29.087Z
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ A virtual machine's disk may have to be resized, typically due to lack of space.
> In-place expansion is not supported. A new disk of the desired size has to be created.
{.is-info}
-* Navigate to the location that contains the existing image.
+* Navigate to the location that contains the existing image
```
cd /var/lib/libvirt/images
@@ -33,24 +33,31 @@ Use the following command to create a disk of 20 GB called `guest_20G.img`.
qemu-img create -f raw guest_20G.img 20G
```
-* Identify the filesystem layout of the existing disk
-
-
-
-
-* Expand the root partition
-
-> *This command expects the root partition to be located on the vda3 partition. It has only been tested against the `ext4`filesystem.*
-{.is-warning}
+* Identify the filesystem layout of the existing disk `guest.img`
```
-virt-resize --expand /dev/vda3 phyllome.img phyllome-bigger.img
+# virt-filesystems -a -l -h guest.img
+Name Type VFS Label Size Parent
+/dev/vda1 filesystem vfat EFI 133935104 -
+/dev/vda2 filesystem ext4 boot 366869504 -
+/dev/vda3 filesystem ext4 root 9933475840 -
+```
+
+One can tell that the root partition is located under `/dev/vda3`. This is the one that will need to be expanded.
+
+* Copy the formet old data to the new disk and expand the root partition of the said disk
+
+> This command is cabable of expanding different kinds of filesystems, including `ext4` and `btrfs`
+{.is-info}
+
+```
+# virt-resize --expand /dev/vda3 guest.img guest_20G.img
```
-* The following should appear
+* Review the changes
```
-[ 0.0] Examining phyllome.img
+[ 0.0] Examining guest_20G.img
**********
Summary of changes:
@@ -59,12 +66,12 @@ Summary of changes:
/dev/vda2: This partition will be left alone.
-/dev/vda3: This partition will be resized from 5G to 15G. The
+/dev/vda3: This partition will be resized from 10G to 20G. The
filesystem ext4 on /dev/vda3 will be expanded using the ‘resize2fs’
method.
**********
-[ 2.1] Setting up initial partition table on phyllome-bigger.img
+[ 2.1] Setting up initial partition table on guest_20G.img
[ 12.9] Copying /dev/vda1
[ 13.1] Copying /dev/vda2
[ 13.4] Copying /dev/vda3
@@ -75,15 +82,47 @@ Resize operation completed with no errors. Before deleting the old disk,
carefully check that the resized disk boots and works correctly.
```
-* *Switch to the new disk for your virtual machine*
+* Switch to the new disk for your virtual machine
-*To-do*
+Now that the new disk has been created, it can be used in the virtual machine.
+
+```
+# virsh edit guest
+```
+
+Locate the source line for the existing disk `guest.img`:
+
+```
+[...]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[...]
+```
+
+Edit the said line so that it points to the new disk `guest-20G.img`:
+
+```
+[...]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[...]
+```
+
+Start the virtual machine and ensure that it is working properly. If it does, the former disk could be removed.
## Resources
As per the software description : "*qemu-img allows you to create, convert and modify images offline. It can handle all image formats supported by QEMU.*"
-* *Installation*
+* Installation
On Fedora-related distributions, `virt-resize` is provided by the `guestfs-tools` package :