Change disk image size #2636

Valexr · 2021-06-25T07:52:20Z

Сan i expand the disk space after create image & installing system on it?
Ubuntu not enough space...🤓

wxw-matt · 2021-06-25T23:24:08Z

Instead of expanding the disk (disk file) itself, you can add a new disk (disk file) to the Ubuntu and mount the new disk as a new mount point or a subfolder.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mount-drive-from-command-line-ubuntu-linux/
If you are using LVM to manage your space, you can follow the article to extend the storage

Valexr · 2021-06-26T04:21:39Z

tx @wxw-matt 🤓

conath · 2021-08-03T19:57:43Z

Duplicate of #16

johnsaigle · 2021-09-18T17:03:42Z

Found a simple answer in the support Discord that worked for me:

qemu-img resize /path/to/your/something.qcow2 +SIZE

Then use e.g. gparted within the VM to expand your drive to use the new space.

fffx · 2021-09-27T08:56:28Z

For UTM on macOS:

qemu-img resize ~/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/<YOU VM>.utm/Images/disk-0.qcow2 +10G

see also: https://superuser.com/questions/24838/is-it-possible-to-resize-a-qemu-disk-image

jcrf84 · 2021-11-15T16:02:40Z

hey, had tried it several times on my M1 MacBook Air with an Windows 11 VM but somehow it won't work, could you help me?

f1yankees · 2021-11-18T02:47:48Z

Same, this breaks the image. For me, it creates a "display output is not active" error at login

samuela · 2021-12-22T07:00:28Z

Thank you! This is great. Furthermore, I found https://codenotary.com/blog/enlarge-a-disk-and-partition-of-any-linux-vm-without-a-reboot/ useful to resize my linux guest partitions and file system without having to shutdown.

xJkit · 2022-01-15T03:18:38Z

@jcrf84 @f1yankees

It works on my M1 MacBook Air but with a subtle approach.

I have no qcow2 named disk-0.qcow2, but you can find your own by opening the package contents.

Find your qcow2 file.

What you should to is go to the path ~/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/<YOU VM>.utm ,right click on your UTM file and choose Show Package Contents. Afterwards, find the qcow2 inside the Images/<YOUR OWN NAME>.qcow2, copy that name and do the following command again.

Increase your disk volume

qemu-img resize ~/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/<YOU VM>.utm/Images/<YOUR OWN NAME>.qcow2 +100G

where +100G is your option.

Allocate the disk

Inside the VM(WIndows 11 ARM), go to Settings > Create and format hard disk partitions, and you will see extra spaces you just created.

therene · 2022-02-09T22:42:07Z

ok, but after that, when I got ,,image resized" in terminal, - what I need to do? Cause in vm windows 11 I see my extra space in ,,create and format hard disk partition", I can do the partition of new disk space, but in the and, when I was try to install big file (60gb game), system inform that ,,im run out of space and choose other disk". Im choosing new disk but nothings change .. :/

SirusWolf · 2022-04-29T03:21:09Z

The same thing, was able to resize but still no change in disk space at all.
tried to create a new mounted-storage but it didn't appear in the VM.
please see attached screenshots.

Note: in the above terminal command you must change the to the name youve given to your vertual machine like i did it to windows, so final command would read ".....Documents/Windows.vm......"

robigan · 2022-07-07T09:58:17Z

Out of curiosity, where are you guys getting the proper qemu-img binary from? I installed utm from homebrew but no qemu-* (or more specifically, no qemu-img) binaries are found on my path??

Valexr · 2022-07-07T10:05:10Z

actual version 👍🏻 in App Store

robigan · 2022-07-08T10:03:59Z

Interesting, I thought that adding binaries to the path is against apple ToS when using apps on the app store

verisence · 2022-08-09T12:58:50Z

I had to restart the Windows 11 ARM VM for the changes to take efffect.

francois-spectre · 2022-08-30T08:54:05Z

This worked for me except it was for ubuntu and I had to follow this tutorial to resize the partition:
https://packetpushers.net/ubuntu-extend-your-default-lvm-space/#:~:text=Select%20your%20%2Fdev%2Fsda3%20partition,to%20confirm%2C%20and%20hit%20ENTER.

git0uttaHereIci · 2022-09-06T08:17:36Z

qemu-img resize ~/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/Star\ Wars\ Yoda.utm/Images/data.qcow2 +10G
Image resized.

git0uttaHereIci · 2022-09-06T08:38:18Z

I did this but am having trouble resizing the image with parted. I don't have enough diskspace to install gparted or grow part.

mattpopovich · 2022-10-25T05:50:34Z

For anyone looking to increase their disk image size with an Ubuntu VM, this is 100% the article that you've been looking for. Step by step instructions for a M1 Mac using UTM: https://linux.afnom.net/install_apple/m1.html

I've been trying to figure this out for the last couple hours, and that article got me the solution in ~5mins. People were saying to "use gparted" or a "partition manager", which is correct, but this article actually tells you how to do that.

Hope this helps others as much as it helped me.

mig8447 · 2023-02-20T04:20:04Z

For me the macOS command above didn't work, I instead did

qemu-img resize ~/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/<VM_NAME>.utm/Data/disk0.img +10G

duongel · 2023-06-30T21:38:23Z

Worked for me, but the VM does not recognise the increased disk space. Any ideas?

larsut · 2023-08-29T14:28:25Z

Updated link: https://linux.afnom.net/install_apple/apple_silicon.html#expanding-your-utm-vms-storage-a-nameutm-storage-expanda

philmarion · 2023-10-21T16:09:08Z

(...2 years laters ) yes, you can!

if your UTM apps is from github, there's no qemu-img command, but :
brew install qemu will provide it . then, qemu-img /path/disk.qcow2 +10G will resize +10Go
with qemu and an iso of gparted:

qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 \ 
 -boot d -cdrom /download_path/gparted-live-1.5.0-6-amd64.iso \
 -usb \
 -device usb-tablet \ 
 -drive file=/path2/disk.qcow2,if=virtio

(path2=/Users/me/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/myVM.utm/Data)
note1: be patient with qemu (~30s of blackscreen before boot on gparted)
note2: on linux, I use to resize fs in cli with virt-resize (from libguestfs-tools), but it seems there's no way to get it on macos ?

petapika · 2023-12-14T21:32:08Z

I tried a lot of the above with an Arch Linux install as an IMG disk using Apple Virtualization and I was unable to resize my disk.

I was finally able to do it using CloneZilla operating on an imported IMG--> GCOW from Arch and cloning to a fresh disk created in UTM. I moved the new GCOW disk to a new VM without Apple Virtualization and booted from it with a new size and everything worked great.

msart-it-vision · 2024-05-08T09:21:44Z

I tried to Clone the HD but any App i tried to install on my Win11 ARM in UTM failed either to install or run.

So i tried the mentioned CloneZilla Arm Version as ISO and worked from the first Boot as it should.

Addet NVME Bigger Space in UTM and USB CD with the CloneZilla ISO moved the CD Up in the List booted direct and choosed Pro (r Option to Scale the Source to Destination Size was already selected).

Freakin fast btw.

Without the ability to use the bigger space and scale the Partition it makes no sense, so cloning with a bootable iso is working best.

xD

/clonezilla-live/experimental/arm/3.1.2-6

You can easy Resize in the GUI on Mac:

5alv1 · 2024-05-08T16:37:15Z

Is there a way to do that with Apple virtualization?

msart-it-vision · 2024-05-09T08:18:16Z

You can just go to the Edit of the VM in UTM:
(Mac MBA M2 16GB/1TB/10C)

Then Click on the HD in the Sidebar and Resize via the GUI:

Then use e.g. gparted within the VM to expand your drive to use the new space.

Or Just start a CloneZilla CD ISO Image and Clone on a NEW NVME with a bigger Size.
This shoud work with any VM.

sontt9 · 2024-11-12T13:56:12Z

Resize on the UTM GUI
Going to the VM, then

# Determine which partition to resize
fdisk -l

# Go into the parted command
parted /dev/vda
# then print the list of partition
print

# resize the partition, with 1 refier to partition number, 100% tell parted to expand to fill the remaining space
resizepart 2 100%

# Exit parted
quit

# Resize the filesystem
resize2fs /dev/vda2

# Verify the new size
df -h

Worked with Macbook Pro M1, and Arch VM

lloeki · 2024-12-12T10:05:33Z

@5alv1 No, so I opened a dedicated issue for that not-QEMU case: #6891

You'll find how to do it manually over there.

Valexr added the enhancement New feature or request label Jun 25, 2021

osy changed the title ~~Сan i expand the disk space?~~ Change disk image size Jul 5, 2021

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Change disk image size #2636

Change disk image size #2636

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xJkit commented Jan 15, 2022 • edited Loading

Find your qcow2 file.

Increase your disk volume

Allocate the disk

therene commented Feb 9, 2022

Find your qcow2 file.

Increase your disk volume

Allocate the disk

SirusWolf commented Apr 29, 2022

Find your qcow2 file.

Increase your disk volume

Allocate the disk

robigan commented Jul 7, 2022

Valexr commented Jul 7, 2022

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verisence commented Aug 9, 2022

Find your qcow2 file.

Increase your disk volume

Allocate the disk

francois-spectre commented Aug 30, 2022

Find your qcow2 file.

Increase your disk volume

Allocate the disk

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