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 VM (virtual machines).

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Virtualization projects.

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VMware, VirtualBox, QEMU, Bochs, DosBox.

VirtualBox.

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About VirtualBox.

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  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes

                Guest OSes support status for VirtualBox.

Copy and resize VirtualBox disk.

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I have clear copies of several OSes for VirtualBox. When I need new one I copy

and resize them to get desired size.

To copy I make a copy::

  $ vboxmanage clonehd /path/to/Hurd.vdi /path/to/Hurd-new.vdi

determine size::

  $ vboxmanage showhdinfo /path/to/Hurd-new.vdi

  UUID:                 63b87983-3130-4db3-cd8c-6d693dcfd92b

  Accessible:           yes

  Logical size:         2996 MBytes

  Current size on disk: 1660 MBytes

  Type:                 normal (base)

  Storage format:       VDI

  Format variant:       dynamic default

  In use by VMs:        Hurd (UUID: f7591848-2c60-4c7c-3886-b66bdb35e425)

  Location:             /path/to/Hurd-new.vdi

and then apply new size (in MiB)::

  $ vboxmanage modifyhd --resize 35000 /path/to/Hurd-new.vdi

Next I mount ``parted-magic`` and boot to it and use ``gparted`` to extend

existing fs to free space.

VMWare.

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VMWare remote graphical client.

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::

  $ vmware-vmrc.exe -h 192.168.1.2 -u user -p passwd "dir/file.vmx"