VBoxManage modifymedium --resize does not work and doesn't give ANY output

nikhil123 · Post by **nikhil123** » 17. Sep 2020, 23:31

I am getting the below error when I am trying to resize the Virtual machine from 50gb to 80 GB. The command I am using is below

Nikhils-MacBook-Pro:MacOS nikhil$ VBoxManage modifyhd - resize 80000 /Users/nikhil/VirtualBox\ VMs/Nikhil\ Windows\ 10/Nikhil\ Windows\ 10.vdi

Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 6.0.22
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Usage:
[disk|dvd|floppy] <uuid|filename>
[--type normal|writethrough|immutable|shareable|
readonly|multiattach]
[--autoreset on|off]
[--property <name=[value]>]
[--compact]
[--resize <megabytes>|--resizebyte <bytes>]
[--move <path>]
[--setlocation <path>]
[--description <description string>]

Syntax error: unknown option: -

Post by **scottgus1** » 17. Sep 2020, 23:57

nikhil123 wrote:Syntax error: unknown option: -

nikhil123 wrote:VBoxManage modifyhd {- resize} 80000

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nikhil123 wrote:--resize <megabytes>

nikhil123 · Post by **nikhil123** » 18. Sep 2020, 00:06

I am also getting the same error. Can anyone help me with this, please??

Nikhils-MacBook-Pro:Nikhil Windows 10 nikhil$ VBoxManage modifyhd --resize 80000 /Users/nikhil/VirtualBox\ VMs/Nikhil\ Windows\ 10/Nikhil\ Windows\ 10.vdi
0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED
VBoxManage: error: Failed to resize medium
VBoxManage: error: Resizing to new size 83886080000 is not yet supported for medium '/Users/nikhil/VirtualBox VMs/Nikhil Windows 10/Nikhil Windows 10.vdi'
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED (0x80bb0009), component MediumWrap, interface IMedium
VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleModifyMedium(HandlerArg *)" at line 768 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp
Nikhils-MacBook-Pro:Nikhil Windows 10 nikhil$

Post by **scottgus1** » 18. Sep 2020, 00:14

nikhil123, please stop posting on the end of old topics with new problems. Use the 'NEWTOPIC' button.

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