diff -r 7f88f37a30be -r 3aba55c3a7b4 vm.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/vm.rst Fri Oct 05 23:05:51 2012 +0300 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*- +.. include:: HEADER.rst + +======================== + VM (virtual machines). +======================== +.. contents:: + +VirtualBox. +=========== + +About VirtualBox. +================= + + http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes + Guest OSes support status for VirtualBox. + +Copy and resize VirtualBox disk. +-------------------------------- + +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. +======= + +VMWare remote graphical client. +=============================== +:: + + $ vmware-vmrc.exe -h 192.168.1.2 -u user -p passwd "dir/file.vmx" +