$ rpm -qa virt-manager
virt-manager-0.9.0-28.el6.x86_64

SL 6.6 x64


Hi All,

1) In virt-manager, when I allocate a new a new hard drive,
    I have a check-e-do that says "allocate entire disk now".
    It then goes on the create a new hard drive for me.
    Whether or not that check-e-do is checked, I get the
    entire size.  Do I misunderstand that check box?  I was
    thinking that unchecked meant that it was dynamically
    expanding up to the maximum allocated.  Am I wrong?

2) When allocating a new hard drive, I have a choice of
    IDE, and two Virtio Disks.  Do I need to have the
    KVM guest additions (spice-guest-tools and virtio-win)
    installed for Virtio disks to work?

3) What is the difference between and IDE and a Virtio
    disk?  It the Virtio disk any faster?

Many thanks,
-T

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