Re: [gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work
Am 26.02.2013 01:57, schrieb Joseph: On 02/25/13 16:29, Joseph wrote: I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% The original size was 10G and still is. Actually the storage is showing as 14.6GB so that is correct but when I boot windows I only see about 600Mb free disk space instead of 4+GB Have you resized your Windows partition under Windows as well?
Re: [gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work
On Tuesday 26 Feb 2013 00:57:49 Joseph wrote: On 02/25/13 16:29, Joseph wrote: I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% The original size was 10G and still is. Actually the storage is showing as 14.6GB so that is correct but when I boot windows I only see about 600Mb free disk space instead of 4+GB Stick a gparted LiveCD in the machine (or boot from an image on your drive by pointing the virtual CDROM device to it) and extend the end of the MSWindows partition to fill in the size of the virtual disk you just enlarged. When you reboot into MSWindows (detach the LiveCD first) and then allow MSWindows to run and complete chkdsk - or your data could be lost. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work
On 02/26/13 08:41, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 26 Feb 2013 00:57:49 Joseph wrote: On 02/25/13 16:29, Joseph wrote: I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% The original size was 10G and still is. Actually the storage is showing as 14.6GB so that is correct but when I boot windows I only see about 600Mb free disk space instead of 4+GB Stick a gparted LiveCD in the machine (or boot from an image on your drive by pointing the virtual CDROM device to it) and extend the end of the MSWindows partition to fill in the size of the virtual disk you just enlarged. When you reboot into MSWindows (detach the LiveCD first) and then allow MSWindows to run and complete chkdsk - or your data could be lost. -- Regards, Mick I just realize it, thanks. That is exactly what I did, gparted worked without a problem. -- Joseph
[gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work
I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% The original size was 10G and still is. -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] VBoxManage modifyhd - doesn't work
On 02/25/13 16:29, Joseph wrote: I'm trying to resize XP partition, the procedure suppose to be simple: VBoxManage modifyhd /full/path/to/hd.vdi --resize new_size so, I run: VBoxManage modifyhd /home/joseph/VirtualBox\ VMs/xp-clinic/xp-clinic.vdi --resize 15000 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% The original size was 10G and still is. Actually the storage is showing as 14.6GB so that is correct but when I boot windows I only see about 600Mb free disk space instead of 4+GB -- Joseph
