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page_description: Resizing a Boot2Docker Volume in VirtualBox with GParted
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page_keywords: boot2docker, volume, virtualbox
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-# Getting “no space left on device” Errors with Boot2Docker?
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+# Getting “no space left on device” errors with Boot2Docker?
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-If you're using Boot2Docker with a large number of images, or the images you're working
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-with are very large, your pulls might start failing with "no space left on device" errors when
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-the Boot2Docker VM's volume fills up. The solution is to increase the volume size by
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-first cloning it, then resizing it using a disk partitioning tool.
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+If you're using Boot2Docker with a large number of images, or the images you're
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+working with are very large, your pulls might start failing with "no space left
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+on device" errors when the Boot2Docker volume fills up. The solution is to
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+increase the volume size by first cloning it, then resizing it using a disk
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+partitioning tool.
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-We recommend [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php)-- the ISO
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-is a free download and works well with VirtualBox.
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+We recommend [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php).
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+The tool comes as a bootable ISO, is a free download, and works well with
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+VirtualBox.
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## 1. Stop Boot2Docker
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@@ -20,8 +22,9 @@ Issue the command to stop the Boot2Docker VM on the command line:
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## 2. Clone the VMDK image to a VDI image
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-Boot2Docker ships with a VMDK image, which can’t be resized by VirtualBox’s native tools. We will
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-instead create a VDI volume and clone the VMDK volume to it.
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+Boot2Docker ships with a VMDK image, which can’t be resized by VirtualBox’s
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+native tools. We will instead create a VDI volume and clone the VMDK volume to
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+it.
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Using the command line VirtualBox tools, clone the VMDK image to a VDI image:
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@@ -29,8 +32,9 @@ Using the command line VirtualBox tools, clone the VMDK image to a VDI image:
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## 3. Resize the VDI volume
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-Choose a size that will be appropriate for your needs. If you’re spinning up a lot of containers,
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-or your containers are particularly large, larger will be better:
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+Choose a size that will be appropriate for your needs. If you’re spinning up a
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+lot of containers, or your containers are particularly large, larger will be
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+better:
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`$ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi —-resize <size in MB>`
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@@ -38,9 +42,11 @@ or your containers are particularly large, larger will be better:
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To resize the volume, we'll use [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/).
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Once you've downloaded the tool, add the ISO to the Boot2Docker VM’s IDE bus.
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-You might need to create the bus before you can add the ISO. **Note:** It's
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-important that you choose a partitioning tool that is available as an ISO so that
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-the Boot2Docker VM can be booted with it.
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+You might need to create the bus before you can add the ISO.
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+
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+**Note:**
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+It's important that you choose a partitioning tool that is available as an ISO so
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+that the Boot2Docker VM can be booted with it.
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<table>
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@@ -53,41 +59,41 @@ the Boot2Docker VM can be booted with it.
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## 5. Add the new VDI image
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-In the settings for the Boot2Docker image in VirtualBox, remove the VMDK image from
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-the SATA contoller and add the VDI image.
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+In the settings for the Boot2Docker image in VirtualBox, remove the VMDK image
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+from the SATA contoller and add the VDI image.
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<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/add_volume.png">
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## 6. Verify the boot order
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-In the **System** settings for the Boot2Docker VM, make sure that **CD/DVD** is at
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-the top of the **Boot Order** list.
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+In the **System** settings for the Boot2Docker VM, make sure that **CD/DVD** is
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+at the top of the **Boot Order** list.
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<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/boot_order.png">
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## 7. Boot to the disk partitioning ISO
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-Manually start the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox, and the disk partitioning ISO should start up.
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-Using GParted, choose the **GParted Live (default settings)** option. Choose the
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-default keyboard, language, and XWindows settings, and the GParted tool will start
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-up and display the VDI volume you created. Right click on the VDI and choose
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-**Resize/Move**.
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+Manually start the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox, and the disk partitioning ISO
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+should start up. Using GParted, choose the **GParted Live (default settings)**
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+option. Choose the default keyboard, language, and XWindows settings, and the
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+GParted tool will start up and display the VDI volume you created. Right click
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+on the VDI and choose **Resize/Move**.
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<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/gparted.png">
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-Drag the slider representing the volume to the maximum available size, click **Resize/Move**,
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-and then **Apply**.
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+Drag the slider representing the volume to the maximum available size, click
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+**Resize/Move**, and then **Apply**.
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<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/gparted2.png">
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-Quit GParted and shut down the VM. Remove the GParted ISO from the IDE controller for
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-the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox.
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+Quit GParted and shut down the VM. Remove the GParted ISO from the IDE controller
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+for the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox.
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## 8. Start the Boot2Docker VM
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-Fire up the Boot2Docker VM manually in VirtualBox. The VM should log in automatically, but
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-if is doesn't, the credentials are `docker/tcuser`. Using the `df -h` command, verify
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-that your changes took effect.
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+Fire up the Boot2Docker VM manually in VirtualBox. The VM should log in
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+automatically, but if it doesn't, the credentials are `docker/tcuser`. Using
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+the `df -h` command, verify that your changes took effect.
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<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/verify.png">
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