+ dd if=/dev/zero of=foo bs=1M count=1 seek=2000 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 1048576 bytes (1.0 MB, 1.0 MiB) copied, 0.00122621 s, 855 MB/s + sudo kpartx -s -v -a foo + sudo parted foo -s -- mklabel msdos + sudo parted foo -s -- mkpart primary ext4 2M 2G + sudo kpartx -s -v -a /dev/loop0 add map loop0p1 (252:0): 0 4093952 linear 7:0 4096 + sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/mapper/loop0p1 mke2fs 1.43.1 (08-Jun-2016) Discarding device blocks: 4096/511744 done Creating filesystem with 511744 4k blocks and 128000 inodes Filesystem UUID: 022fc90c-6325-41ae-a480-564600ca533c Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912 Allocating group tables: 0/16 done Writing inode tables: 0/16 done Creating journal (8192 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/16 done + sudo sfdisk -l foo Disk foo: 2 GiB, 2098200576 bytes, 4098048 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x88cf66dd Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type foo1 4096 4098047 4093952 2G 83 Linux + sudo kpartx -s -v -d foo del devmap : loop0p1 loop deleted : /dev/loop0 + qemu-img resize -f raw foo 8G Image resized. + sudo kpartx -s -v -a foo add map loop0p1 (252:0): 0 4093952 linear 7:0 4096 + sudo kpartx -s -v -d /dev/loop0 del devmap : loop0p1 + sudo growpart /dev/loop0 1 CHANGED: partition=1 start=4096 old: size=4093952 end=4098048 new: size=16773087,end=16777183 + echo 0 0 + sudo kpartx -s -v -a /dev/loop0 add map loop0p1 (252:0): 0 16773087 linear 7:0 4096 + sudo e2fsck -f -y -E discard /dev/mapper/loop0p1 e2fsck 1.43.1 (08-Jun-2016) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/mapper/loop0p1: 11/128000 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 17736/511744 blocks + sudo resize2fs /dev/mapper/loop0p1 resize2fs 1.43.1 (08-Jun-2016) Resizing the filesystem on /dev/mapper/loop0p1 to 2096635 (4k) blocks. The filesystem on /dev/mapper/loop0p1 is now 2096635 (4k) blocks long. + sudo zerofree /dev/mapper/loop0p1 + sudo kpartx -s -v -d foo del devmap : loop0p1 loop deleted : /dev/loop0 + rm foo