How to resize a VirtualBox VDI disk
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How to resize a VirtualBox VDI disk
1. Backup the current disk. (Optional but highly recommended).
$ cd ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/OL6 $ ls -al |grep OL6.vdi -rw------- 1 ichamma1 1089479487 26034171904 May 16 09:18 OL6.vdi $ VBoxManage clonehd OL6.vdi OL6_cloned.vdi 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: c0ee892e-add5-4c6f-8deb-1a7c04d2a2ae # http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-modifyvdi # $ VBoxManage modifyhd <path to your vdi> --resize <new size in megabytes> $ VBoxManage modifyhd OL6.vdi --resize 61440 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
After you’ve physically resized your drive, both VirtualBox and your OS should know about the changes.
[oracle@ol6 ~]$ df -k Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg_ol6-lv_root 25907508 20923632 3667832 86% /
If your VM OS is Windows, you may have to run the Disk Management too to refresh the disk size.
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