Fortunately I was able to accomplish this using fdisk without having to
install anything new. One thing I haven't been able to figure out though,
when I attach it to one of my appVMs, I don't know where to find it. This
page <https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/external-device-mount-point/> mentions
/run/media/user/ but I don't see /run/media directory. Is there somewhere
else I should be looking?

Thanks!

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Ted Brenner <grizt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for your help. I assume fdisk can do all this right? And that
> does appear to be in dom0.
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:58 PM, <aperi.auc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 1:26:01 AM UTC+1, Ángel wrote:
>> > Ted Brenner wrote:
>> > > What is the best way to add and partition disks in dom0? I just added
>> > > some hard drives that I'd like to format and partition and then pass
>> > > those to a guest VM for storing my person files. With xfce, I don't
>> > > see any GUI based disk utility. Does this have to be done via the
>> > > command line?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > >
>> > I would recommend you to simply attach the disks to be formatted into a
>> > VM and format them there. What's the point of exposing dom0 to them?
>> > You can later attach them to the same or different VM for usage.
>>
>> Is it reliable though? For example will the result always be exactly the
>> same as if the drive was managed in Dom0? Does the used file-system matter
>> if applied through a VM or are any possible factors completely unaffected?
>> For example is there a difference to manage BTRFS, ZFS, NTFS, EXT4, random
>> exotic FS, RAID of any build kind, HDD/SSD, old or new cutting edge drive
>> technologies, or any other possible factor, through a VM compared to a bare
>> metal OS?
>> Anything at all to look out for if undertaking changes on a drive through
>> a VM?
>>
>> Does it pose a risk change in the rate of bit errors? For example from
>> file system or drive error odds with an 1 in 10^15, to 1 in 10^7 risk
>> increase?
>> It is after all better to be proactive to prevent possible issues, than
>> it is to leave it unknown, when it comes to precious irreplaceable
>> important data.
>>
>> Best practice in terms of security, yes sure, but is it also best
>> practice in terms of data integrity? Is there any possible trade-offs here
>> to be aware of?
>>
>> There may be no difference at all, or there may be. But the point is, for
>> those not in the knowing, which one is it? It would be great to be
>> reasonably certain when using new technology where important data is
>> involved, where common sense may need an update, rather than being among
>> the first victims due to outdated assumptions, relics of an old age in an
>> ever faster changing world.
>>
>> So taking all that into account, all possible factors included, is it
>> really just as reliable to manage drives in VM's as when done in Dom0?
>>
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