#!/usr/bin/guestfish -f sparse /tmp/test.img 10M run part-disk /dev/sda mbr mkfs ext3 /dev/sda1 mount-options user_xattr /dev/sda1 / touch /test echo "Extended attributes before setting" getxattrs /test setxattr user.test hello 5 /test echo "Extended attributes after setting" getxattrs /test