Increasing partition on virtual Debian install (GUIDE)

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So, I've seen a few posts regarding this, and I had time to have a play and test.

There will be other ways to achieve this, but this is the one most user-friendly to me and probably a lot of others.

I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY TO ANYONE WHO BREAKS THEIR 3CX - BACK UP YOUR 3CX BEFORE ATTEMPTING.

You will need to download the GParted ISO https://gparted.org/

BEFORE



1. Increase your VHD in Hyperv.

2. Boot to GParted and follow on-screen instructions until you get to the GParted app - It will look like this.



3. Click on the sda2 extended and hit the resize/move partition


4. Drag to partition to the end and press resize/move



It will look like this




5. Select the swap file and press resize/move again.

Once in, change "align to" to cylinder then select the white space to move the partition from left to right and press resize/move then OK the warning.








you should now have this

 

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6. Click on to the extended container and hit resize/move



Change the “align to” to cylinder.

Move to left arrow all the way to the right, as far as it will go and press resize/move.







If you end up with a little unallocated space between the two, it’s fine, it'll disappear once restarted.



Select sda1, resize/move and expand it to the end.



Change “Align to” to cylinder








Press the green tick to apply

 

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Remove the ISO and reboot in to normal mode.

 

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Nice guide, but realistically backing up and restoring to a new VM would take less time I think and be fully supported.

 

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Nice guide, but realistically backing up and restoring to a new VM would take less time I think and be fully supported.

I agree. But this way is much more fun and could be quicker for those with GBs of recordings.