Sometimes I create a VirtualBox disk for usage in a VM with a certain size. I think it will be enough for what I want to use the VM for. After using the VM for a while, it happens (often) that I need more space than I initially assigned. For example if want to install additional software. In this blog I describe the steps I’ve done to increase the size a VirtualBox Ubuntu guest disk without loosing data. I’ve done a pretty default Ubuntu 16.04 installation as guest in VirtualBox. If your partition layout differs, the steps to take are … Continue reading Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox: How to increase the size of a disk and make small(er) exports for distribution