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Added Fred's suggestions.

Signed-off-by: Hollie Teal <hollie@docker.com>

Hollie Teal authored on 2014/08/28 03:49:26
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 the Boot2Docker VM's volume fills up. The solution is to increase the volume size by 
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 first cloning it, then resizing it using a disk partitioning tool. 
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-We'll use [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php) 
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-since it's a free ISO and works well with VirtualBox.
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+We recommend [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php)-- the ISO 
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+is a free download and works well with VirtualBox.
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 ## 1. Stop Boot2Docker
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 Issue the command to stop the Boot2Docker VM on the command line:
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-    $ boot2docker stop 
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 ## 2. Clone the VMDK image to a VDI image
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 Using the command line VirtualBox tools, clone the VMDK image to a VDI image:
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-    $ vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/boot2docker-hd.vmdk /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi -—format VDI -—variant Standard
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+    `$ vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/boot2docker-hd.vmdk /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi -—format VDI -—variant Standard`
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 ## 3. Resize the VDI volume
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 Choose a size that will be appropriate for your needs. If you’re spinning up a lot of containers, 
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 or your containers are particularly large, larger will be better:
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-    $ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi —-resize <size in MB>
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+    `$ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/<newVDIimage>.vdi —-resize <size in MB>`
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 ## 4. Download a disk partitioning tool ISO 
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-To resize the volume, you'll need a disk partitioning tool like [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/). 
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+To resize the volume, we'll use [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/). 
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 Once you've downloaded the tool, add the ISO to the Boot2Docker VM’s IDE bus. 
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 You might need to create the bus before you can add the ISO. **Note:** It's 
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 the Boot2Docker VM can be booted with it.
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 ## 8. Start the Boot2Docker VM 
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 Fire up the Boot2Docker VM manually in VirtualBox. The VM should log in automatically, but 
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-the credentials are ``docker/tcuser`` if it doesn't. Using the ``df -h`` command, verify 
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+if is doesn't, the credentials are `docker/tcuser`. Using the `df -h` command, verify 
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 that your changes took effect.
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 <img src="/articles/b2d_volume_images/verify.png">