HOW: Force VDI increase of existing dynamic storage

[MikeInGenSan]

I have a Linux VB running on a Linux host.
The original VDI was set to 8GB normal with 6.98 used.
I used the "Tools/Hard disks" menu option in the VB manager to increase the size to 16GB.
The 'settings/storage" reports" the 16GB

Yet, when I boot the client and run df I get:

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mike@whitebox:~$ df
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
...
[b]tmpfs             813644    3172    810472   1% /run/user/1000[/b]

What am I doing wrong?

[mpack]

See step 2 in FAQ: How to resize a Virtual Drive.

[MikeInGenSan]

Thanks. I missed step #2. However gparted does not seem to offer what I needed. The 16GB of drive looks like this:
[dev/sda1 7.04GB] -- [ dev/sda2 extended (975MB) dev/sda5 linux-swap (same 975MB)] -- [unallocated 8.23GB]

I can't move the sda2/sda5 swap partition to the end and if blocks the sda1 from extending to the unallocated.

[mpack]

You should Google for how to move the swap partition.

Had it been me I would not started where you are now. I would have done the original resize using CloneVDI, which has a function to move the swap partition aside (see readme notes).

[MikeInGenSan]

Yes, but I was following the instructions in the comment:

See step 2 in FAQ: How to resize a Virtual Drive.

Anyway. I just decided to create a new guest and blow off the old one once the new one was up and running. Ends up being pretty much less of a hassle.

[scottgus1]

I was following the instructions in the comment:

See step 2 in FAQ: How to resize a Virtual Drive.

Step 2 says:

The only step that VirtualBox is concerned with is step 1. After that you need to seek additional information on the partition manager you wish to use from the vendor of the partition manager.

So how to use the position manager is not discussed in step 2. That needs to be a web search.

A quick spot of web searching showed me very quickly how to move a swap position in Gparted.