Mount the GParted ISO via the “Add CD/DVD Device” option.
Launch the VirtualBox application, select default VM and click on the “Settings” gear on top.We recommend at least 64GB vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/disk_resized.vdi -resize. Resize the newly cloned VDI volume to the desired capacity.In order to resize the Docker disk volume, first clone the VDI volume from the default VMDK volume vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/disk.vmdk /full/path/to/disk_resized.vdi -format VDI -variant Standard. Stop the Docker virtual machine docker-machine stop default.īoot2Docker package installer ships with a VMDK volume, which VirtualBox’s native tools cannot resize.
Your system must now be ready to use, with extended allocations !! $ lvextend -L +100G /dev/mapper/myfs-vg-cloudįilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on for Ubuntu running on virtual-machine : use GParted)Ĥ) Extend the filesystem - lvextend -L +50G Even after expansion, not readily available inside the vmdk's OS (step 3,4,5)ġ) convert to ".vdi" first - VBoxManage clonehd v1.vmdk v1.vdi -format vdiĢ) expand the size using command-line (Ref: tvial's blog for step by step info)Įxpand from the Virtual Media Manager in VirtualBox.ģ) Expand the size of drive, with new allocation (e.g.Rather fixed size allocation (step 1,2).