VMWare Fusion How to Grow Disk Linux to Free Up Space

This Article shows youHow to Free Up some Space or Grow the Disk on a Mac VMware Fusion Virtual-Machine.
The Description is Made As Easy as Possible and Comprehends all the Process Screenshots.

This will be the Only Praticable Solution to Free Up Some Space In Case of your Virtual Machine Do Not Boot Up Any More.

To Successfully Grow the VMware Virtual Disk you will Need to Utilize also GParted-Live, below you Find Get GParted Live Partition Manager.

1. Grow the VMware Virtual Disk

   su 

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

   cd /Users/USERNAME/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized

   /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager -x GB ./.vmdk

   Example:
   /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager -x 30GB ./Mageia Linux.vmdk

2. Download the GParted Live .iso Release
   Contains the Link to GParted Download

3. Set-Up VMware Fusion to Boot with GParted

   Select Startup Disk.

   

   Select CD/DVD.

   

   Browse the GParted-Live .iso.

   

4. Boot Virtual Machine with GParted 4 Partitioning
   

   Select Resize/Move.

   You will Need to Find How to Moving & Resizing your Partitions Until you Arrive to Properly Utilizing the Unallocated Disk Portion.

   Hint: If you have a Logic Partition with Sub-Partitions you will Need to Select the Master One…

   

   The Final Result should be Something like Here Below.

   

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