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Is it possible to resize a QEMU disk image?

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Mar 15, 2026105791 views
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If possible, what happens to the partitions within it? Are they automatically resized as well (doubtful), or is there just a new block of unused space following them?

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A qcow2 image can be resized to grow with a new/current version of qemu. For example, i have a arch.qcow2 thats 2G and I want it to become 50G, in that case i type: then qemu tells me: thats it, I just did this today. redhat actually has some nice d…

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