Failed to resize medium, Resizing to new size is not yet supported for medium
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Failed to resize medium, Resizing to new size is not yet supported for medium
so, i am trying to modify my kali linux vm vdi from 45GB to 120GB so at first i tried through virtual media manager and got this error
and next up i tried doing it from CMD as Admin but also got same error and yes i made sure no snapshots where there also state is powered off and while doing second attempt that virtual box was closed too please help?-
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Re: Failed to resize medium, Resizing to new size is not yet supported for medium
It's not by any chance a fixed-size disk? Fixed size disks can't be resized.
You can clone a fixed-size disk to a dynamic disk using Mpack's CloneVDI. This tool will also expand the cloned vdi to the desired larger size, and may be able to adjust the data partition, too.
You can clone a fixed-size disk to a dynamic disk using Mpack's CloneVDI. This tool will also expand the cloned vdi to the desired larger size, and may be able to adjust the data partition, too.
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Re: Failed to resize medium, Resizing to new size is not yet supported for medium
yes it is a fixed-sized disk and currently i am letting Mpack do the magic and will edit reply once it's done, thanks a lotscottgus1 wrote:It's not by any chance a fixed-size disk? Fixed size disks can't be resized.
You can clone a fixed-size disk to a dynamic disk using Mpack's. This tool will also expand the cloned vdi to the desired larger size, and may be able to adjust the data partition, too.
resulted in same disk size even though i did the following settings
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Re: Failed to resize medium, Resizing to new size is not yet supported for medium
The settings look good. Does the disk size look correct in Virtualbox's Virtual Media Manager, but the OS inside the VM doesn't see the new space?damon salvatore wrote:resulted in same disk size
If so, it could be that CloneVDI couldn't expand the partition. Mpack would have to say if this is the case.
Boot the VM with a Gparted ISO and try expanding the clone's partition. How to Resize a Drive step 2
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Re: Failed to resize medium, Resizing to new size is not yet supported for medium
See the CloneVDI release notes: CloneVDI can't resize a Linux partition. It can (and does, with those settings) however move other partitions aside so that GParted has a very easy job to do.