[virt-tools-list] [PATCH] Update tips for Checkbox "Allocate entire	disk now"
    Chen Hanxiao 
    chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com
       
    Thu Feb 21 05:27:55 UTC 2013
    
    
  
From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
As discussed in:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2013-February/msg00154.html
There is a bug when creating disk image as qcow2, enable
fully allocating but get the minimal sparse image.
We should give users a notification which describing this.
Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 src/virtManager/uihelpers.py |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/virtManager/uihelpers.py b/src/virtManager/uihelpers.py
index 13cc4c1..6267219 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/uihelpers.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/uihelpers.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ def set_sparse_tooltip(widget):
                    "but the OS install phase will be quicker. \n\n"
                    "Skipping allocation can also cause space issues on "
                    "the host machine, if the maximum image size exceeds "
-                   "available storage space.")
+                   "available storage space. \n\n"
+                   "Tip: Storage format qcow2 and qed "
+                   "could not support full allocation.")
     util.tooltip_wrapper(widget, sparse_str)
 
 def host_disk_space(conn):
-- 
1.7.1
    
    
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