Description of problem: virt-resize: error: [device]: unknown partition table type Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.18.0 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a ppc guest. 2. Try to use virt-resize to resize it. 3. Additional info: The partition table type is "mac". $ virt-resize /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC.old /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC --resize /dev/sda2=512M --expand /dev/sda3 -d command line: virt-resize /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC.old /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC --resize /dev/sda2=512M --expand /dev/sda3 -d Examining /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC.old ... libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC.old" "readonly:true" libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0 libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC" "readonly:false" libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0 libguestfs: trace: launch libguestfs: trace: launch = 0 libguestfs: trace: lvm_set_filter "/dev/sda" libguestfs: trace: lvm_set_filter = 0 libguestfs: trace: available "ntfsprogs ntfs3g" libguestfs: trace: available = 0 libguestfs: trace: available "btrfs" libguestfs: trace: available = 0 libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getss "/dev/sdb" libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getss = 512 libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 "/dev/sda" libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 = 10737418240 libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 "/dev/sdb" libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 = 11811160064 libguestfs: trace: part_get_parttype "/dev/sda" libguestfs: trace: part_get_parttype = "mac" /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC.old size 10737418240 bytes /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC size 11811160064 bytes partition table type: mac virt-resize: error: /dev/vg_pin/Ubuntu1204PPC.old: unknown partition table type virt-resize only supports MBR (DOS) and GPT partition tables. If reporting bugs, run virt-resize with the '-d' option and include the complete output. libguestfs: trace: close libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync = 0 libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess = 0
I've tried it with PPC64 Fedora 21, it worked probably because installer created dos partition table. So I tried it with Ubuntu 14.10 PPC64 and that worked too - installer created gpt partitions.