extend Disk space

Question

i want extend my disk space :

#df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 403M 17M 387M 4% /run /dev/sda1 19G 18G 183M 99% / tmpfs 1006M 208K 1006M 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 1006M 0 1006M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup Dropbox 465G 391G 74G 85% /media/psf/Dropbox tmpfs 202M 8.0K 202M 1% /run/user/132 tmpfs 202M 20K 202M 1% /run/user/0

#fdisk -l Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 40136703 40134656 19.1G 83 Linux /dev/sda2 40138750 41940991 1802242 880M 5 Extended /dev/sda5 40138752 41940991 1802240 880M 82 Linux swap / Solaris i expand VM Disk space from 20GB to 45GB

#fdisk -l Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 40136703 40134656 19.1G 83 Linux /dev/sda2 40138750 94371839 54233090 25.9G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 40138752 94371839 54233088 25.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris

#df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 403M 6.0M 397M 2% /run /dev/sda1 19G 18G 179M 100% / tmpfs 1006M 208K 1006M 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 1006M 0 1006M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup Dropbox 465G 391G 74G 85% /media/psf/Dropbox tmpfs 202M 8.0K 202M 1% /run/user/132 tmpfs 202M 20K 202M 1% /run/user/0

how Can i expand /dev/sda1

Answer 1

Although you could resize a filesystem with command line tools, I recommend to use GParted. You should be able to install it with your package manager, or you download the CD image, mount it to the VM and reboot to start it.