VM: 'No space left on device' while high Virtual Memory

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helpagirlout
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VM: 'No space left on device' while high Virtual Memory

Post by helpagirlout »

I have created a virtual machine with Linux (Ubuntu) in Virtual Box on my Mac. In this VM I am trying to install Anaconda. Anaconda itself was downloaded and installed except for the loading of the packages. At this step I get an error:

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Anonymous@Anonymous-VirtualBox:~$ bash /home/anonymous/Downloads/Anaconda3-2021.05-Linux-x86_64.sh -u

Welcome to Anaconda3 2021.05

In order to continue the installation process, please review the license
agreement.
Please, press ENTER to continue
>>>
===================================
End User License Agreement - Anaconda Individual Edition
===================================
...
The following packages listed on Anaconda are included in the repository accessible through Anaconda Individual Edition that relate
 to cryptography.

Last updated April 5, 2021

Do you accept the license terms? [yes|no]
[no] >>> yes

Anaconda3 will now be installed into this location:
/home/anonymous/anaconda3

  - Press ENTER to confirm the location
  - Press CTRL-C to abort the installation
  - Or specify a different location below

[/home/felicia/anaconda3] >>>
PREFIX=/home/felicia/anaconda3
Unpacking payload ...
Failed to write all bytes for tcl/clock.tcl
fwrite: No space left on device
[2396] INTERNAL ERROR: cannot create temporary directory!
(I skipped the whole license thing using the dots)

My first VM was a fixed disk of 10 GB, this one I cloned to a dynamic disk, which still has an actual size of 9.23 GB but of which I increased the virtual size to 33.20 GB.

Now, I wonder why my VM is not using this virtual size/memory to increase its actual size so I could install the packages and continue work in this virtual machine.
Does it have anything to do with my Mac settings? Did I do something wrong? How can I solve this?

Thank you very much!
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Re: VM: 'No space left on device' while high Virtual Memory

Post by scottgus1 »

See How to Resize a Drive. The internal partition needs to be resized.
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