Hi!
I have installed openSuse 10.3 using VMware. I plan to install some software and Im sure I will run out of diskspace.
This is the output of the df-h:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 5.5G 3.3G 2.2G 60% /
udev 189M 116K 189M 1% /dev
So, where do I begin? Any pointers to a newbie guide or such would also be great.
Regards
Hristo77
Linux newbie
If you haven’t put any personal files on it yet, why not just redo the installation, allocating a bigger “disk” in vmware this time? Faster than trying to extend the disk. I’m not even sure how that can be done in vmware if at all.
Well, I have downloaded some software. Im sure it can be done. I have done it for like two years ago…but cant remember how I did it. :shame:
Yes it can be done but as ken said faster to redo it
/Geoff
Well, I really would like to learn how to do it. Anyone?
I was hoping you would tell us how when you have figured it out. 
hristo77 schrieb:
> I have installed openSuse 10.3 using VMware. I plan to install some
> software and Im sure I will run out of diskspace.
>
> This is the output of the df-h:
>
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda2 5.5G 3.3G 2.2G 60% /
> udev 189M 116K 189M 1% /dev
>
> So, where do I begin? Any pointers to a newbie guide or such would also
> be great.
I did that recently like this:
Download GParted LiveCD ISO image from Sourceforge to your VMWare host
(You’ll need it to resize the partition inside your VM.)
Stop the VM
Make a backup copy of the disk image just in case if you care for your
data at all (and if you don’t, you’d be better off doing a fresh install)
Copy both the .vmdk and -flat.vmdk files!
Grow the VMWare disk image to the desired size with vmware-vdiskmanager
Boot the VM from the GParted image via VMware Console
Resize the sda2 partition with GParted
Reboot the VM
That’s it. If well prepared, it can be done in about half an hour.
HTH
T.