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Daryl Spitzer
Asked: 2009-11-15 07:19:11 +0800 CST

How do I resize the partition of my guest Ubuntu OS in a VMware Fusion VM?

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I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 in a VM in VMware Fusion 3.0. I understand how to resize the hard disk (Fusion makes that easy with a GUI). But how do I resize the partition in Ubuntu?

mount -l tells me: "/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) []".

I found Ubuntu: Resize the root LVM(2?) partition, which led me to read the man page for resize2fs, which says I should use lvextend to expand the size of the underlying partition. But Ubuntu: Resize the root LVM(2?) partition talks about pvresize and lvresize. Which should I use? Any other advice?

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  1. Best Answer

    Boot the VM from the live CD, use the partition editor to expand the partition, disconnect the CD and reboot.

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