[Solved] Unable to create partition on Xubuntu guest

[emil78]

I have Xubuntu guest machine and the hard disk is not partitioned. I want to partition the hard disk and i tried to use gparted but i think the partition /dev/sda1 have to be unmounted first so i don't think i will be able to partition the hard disk from inside the guest machine. Is it possible to partition the virtual hard disk and how?

[mpack]

That is not a VirtualBox question, and it certainly is not a "Windows Hosts" question.

I suggest that you go to an XUbuntu support site and ask there how to partition a hard disk. In all Linux distros I've tried - which is only the top ones - these steps are done by the OS installer.

Moving this topic to "Linux Guests".

[emil78]

I know how to partition disk during the installation, but this is pre-made virtual hard disk that i am using.

[Perryg]

As on metal you would need to do this the same. Just put the gparted iso in the virtual CD and boot to that. It will see the virtual drive and you can do what ever you want to it just the same as on metal. Of course everything on that drive will be erased and you can do the same thing by just creating a new machine and new virtual drive, but you are the one in the drivers seat.

[mpack]

If you are actually asking how to resize a pre-made disk that is too small then see Howto: Resize a Virtual Drive.

[emil78]

As on metal you would need to do this the same. Just put the gparted iso in the virtual CD and boot to that. It will see the virtual drive and you can do what ever you want to it just the same as on metal. Of course everything on that drive will be erased and you can do the same thing by just creating a new machine and new virtual drive, but you are the one in the drivers seat.

Can you, please, explain in more details how to do that? I attached live usb to Xubuntu guest but when rebooted the guest machine it didn't boot from the live usb.

[Perryg]

You can not boot from USB, at least not easily. Download Gparted iso and attach that to the virtual drive.

[emil78]

Thanks, it worked.