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@@ -7,39 +7,64 @@ page_keywords: boot2docker, volume, virtualbox
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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, you might run into trouble if the Boot2Docker VM's volume runs out of
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space. The solution is to increase the volume size by first cloning it, then resizing it
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-using a disk partitioning tool. We'll use (GParted)[http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php]
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+using a disk partitioning tool. We'll use [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php)
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since it's a free ISO and works well with VirtualBox.
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-## 1. Stop Boot2Docker’s VM:
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+## 1. Stop Boot2Docker’s VM
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$ boot2docker stop
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-Boot2Docker ships with a VMDK image, which can’t be resized by VirtualBox’s native tools. We will 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 native tools. We will instead
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+create a VDI volume and clone the VMDK volume to it.
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-## 2. Using the VirtualBox command line tools, clone the VMDK image to a VDI image:
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+## 2. Clone the VMDK image to a VDI image
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- $ vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/boot2docker-hd.vmdk /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi —format VDI —variant Standard
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+Using the command line VirtualBox tools, clone the VMDK image to a VDI image:
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-## 3. Resize the new clone volume, choosing a size that will be appropriate for your needs. If you’re spinning up a lot of containers, or your containers are particularly large, larger will be better:
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+ $ vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/boot2docker-hd.vmdk /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi -—format VDI -—variant Standard
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- $ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi —resize <size in MB>
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+## 3. Resize the new clone volume
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-## 4. Download a disk partitioning tool ISO, like (GParted)[http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/]. Add the ISO to the Boot2Docker VM’s IDE bus. You might need to create the bus before you can add the ISO.
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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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-<img src="b2d_volume_images/add_new_controller.png>
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-<img src="b2d_volume_images/add_cd/png">
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+ $ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi —-resize <size in MB>
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-## 5. Add the new VDI image to the Boot2Docker image in VirtualBox.
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+## 4. Download a disk partitioning tool ISO
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-<img src="b2d_volume_images/add_volume.png">
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+To resize the volume, you'll need a disk partitioning tool like [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. You might need to
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+create the bus before you can add the ISO.
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-## 6. Verify in the Settings for the Boot2Docker VM that CD/DVD is the at the top of the **Boot Order** list.
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+<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/add_new_controller.png"></br>
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+<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/add_cd.png">
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-<img src="b2d_volume_images/boot_order.png">
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+## 5. Add the new VDI image
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-## 7. Start the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox, and the disk partitioning ISO should start up. Using GParted, choose the **GParted Live (default settings)** option. Choose the default keyboard, language, and XWindows settings, and the GParted tool will start up and display the new VDI volume you created. Right click on the VDI and choose **Resize/Move**. Drag the slider representing the volume to its maximum size, click **Resize/Move**, and then **Apply**. Quit GParted and shut down the VM. Remove the GParted ISO from the IDE controller for the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox.
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+to the Boot2Docker image in VirtualBox.
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-## 8. Start the Boot2Docker VM, either in VirtualBox or using the command line (`boot2docker start`) to make sure the volume changes took effect.
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+<img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/add_volume.png">
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-## You’re done!
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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 the 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, 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 new VDI volume you created. Right click on the VDI and choose
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+**Resize/Move**. Drag the slider representing the volume to its maximum size, click
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+**Resize/Move**, and then **Apply**. Quit GParted and shut down the VM. Remove
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+the GParted ISO from the IDE controller for the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox.
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+## 8. Start the Boot2Docker VM
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+Either directly in VirtualBox or using the command line (`boot2docker start`), start the Boot2Docker
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+VM to make sure the volume changes took effect.
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+
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+You’re done!
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