From febad0d7ec1bdfb56694f5e5812a0543bef55913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:07:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] SoftwareUpdateVM changed Add note about reclaiming dom0 disk space after deleting files in template --- SoftwareUpdateVM.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/SoftwareUpdateVM.md b/SoftwareUpdateVM.md index db069128..d5de0e31 100644 --- a/SoftwareUpdateVM.md +++ b/SoftwareUpdateVM.md @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ The default template is called **fedora-14-x64** in Qubes R1 and **fedora-20-x64 The side effect of this mechanism is, of course, that if you install any software in your AppVM, more specifically in any directory other than `/home` or `/usr/local` then it will disappear after the AppVM reboot (as the root filesystem for this AppVM will again be "taken" from the Template VM). **This means one normally install software in the Template VM, not in AppVMs.** +Unlike VM private filesystems, the template VM root filesystem does not support discard, so deleting files does not free the space in dom0. See [these instructions](/wiki/FedoraTemplateUpgrade#Compactingtemplatesroot.img) to recover space in dom0. + Installing (or updating) software in the template VM ----------------------------------------------------