shrink o resize file system linux vmware machine – ridimensionare file system vmware

{ giugno 21, 2010 @ 10:46 am } · { Ubuntu }
{ Tags: resize file system vmware, shrink file system, shrink file system linux vmware }

1) Turn on virtual machine
2) open bash and type this command
dd if=/dev/zero of=/empty_file; rm /empty_file
3) shutdown virtual machine
4) mv name_disk.vmdk name_disk-unshrinked.vmdk
5) vmware-vdiskmanager -r name_disk-unshrinked.vmdk -t 0 name_disk.vmdk
6) rm -f name_disk-unshrinked.vmdk

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