Wyvernslay3r · February 21, 2024 13:35
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 I needed to increase my Kali VM's drive space from 7GB to 30GB because I ran out of space.  I use VirtualBox, so here's how I increased the size of the virtual disk.

 The virtual disk was in the vmdk format, so I had to clone that and change it to vdi so that I could expand it.  Here's how I did that:
 VBoxManage.exe clonehd "C:\Users\maravedi\VirtualBox VMs\Kali\Kali-disk1.vmdk" "C:\Users\maravedi\VirtualBox VMs\Kali-disk1.vdi"
 VBoxManage.exe modifyhd "C:\Users\maravedi\VirtualBox VMs\Kali\Kali-disk1.vdi" --resize 30720

 Next, I had to expand the root partition within the OS.  I found two resposnes on AskUbuntu that, when combined, helped me solve this problem:
 https://askubuntu.com/a/116367
 https://askubuntu.com/a/109224

 1. Run swapoff /dev/sda5

 2. Run sudo fdisk /dev/sda

 3. Use p to list the partitions. Make note of the start cylinder of /dev/sda1

 4. Use d to delete first the swap partition (2) and then the /dev/sda1 partition. This is very scary but is actually harmless as the data is not written to the disk until you write the changes to the disk.

 5. Use n to create a new primary partition. Make sure its start cylinder is exactly the same as the old /dev/sda1 used to have. For the end cylinder agree with the default choice, which is to make the partition to span the whole disk.

 6. Use a to toggle the bootable flag on the new /dev/sda1

 7. Review your changes, make a deep breath and use w to write the new partition table to disk. You'll get a message telling that the kernel couldn't re-read the partition table because the device is busy, but that's ok.
 Reboot with sudo reboot. When the system boots, you'll have a smaller filesystem living inside a larger partition.

 8. Run sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 - this will default to making the filesystem to take all available space on the partition.
	I needed to increase my Kali VM's drive space from 7GB to 30GB because I ran out of space. I use VirtualBox, so here's how I increased the size of the virtual disk.

	The virtual disk was in the vmdk format, so I had to clone that and change it to vdi so that I could expand it. Here's how I did that:
	VBoxManage.exe clonehd "C:\Users\maravedi\VirtualBox VMs\Kali\Kali-disk1.vmdk" "C:\Users\maravedi\VirtualBox VMs\Kali-disk1.vdi"
	VBoxManage.exe modifyhd "C:\Users\maravedi\VirtualBox VMs\Kali\Kali-disk1.vdi" --resize 30720

	Next, I had to expand the root partition within the OS. I found two resposnes on AskUbuntu that, when combined, helped me solve this problem:
	https://askubuntu.com/a/116367
	https://askubuntu.com/a/109224

	1. Run swapoff /dev/sda5

	2. Run sudo fdisk /dev/sda

	3. Use p to list the partitions. Make note of the start cylinder of /dev/sda1

	4. Use d to delete first the swap partition (2) and then the /dev/sda1 partition. This is very scary but is actually harmless as the data is not written to the disk until you write the changes to the disk.

	5. Use n to create a new primary partition. Make sure its start cylinder is exactly the same as the old /dev/sda1 used to have. For the end cylinder agree with the default choice, which is to make the partition to span the whole disk.

	6. Use a to toggle the bootable flag on the new /dev/sda1

	7. Review your changes, make a deep breath and use w to write the new partition table to disk. You'll get a message telling that the kernel couldn't re-read the partition table because the device is busy, but that's ok.
	Reboot with sudo reboot. When the system boots, you'll have a smaller filesystem living inside a larger partition.

	8. Run sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 - this will default to making the filesystem to take all available space on the partition.
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