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Resize VDI VirtualBox
# Verify if the VDI can be resized using the command.
VBoxManage showhdinfo Ubuntu 19.04.vdi
# The result will be
UUID: 5a382024-85c8-4828-ac12-9a4f260ed8be
Parent UUID: base
State: created
Type: normal (base)
Location: Ubuntu 19.04.vdi
Storage format: VDI
Format variant: fixed default
Capacity: 30720 MBytes
Size on disk: 30722 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
Property: AllocationBlockSize=1048576
Note that the format variant is fixed, so you CAN'T RESIZE.
The only way i found to resize the disk was clonning the VDI file
VBoxManage clonehd Ubuntu 19.04.vdi Ubuntu 19.04_new.vdi
Resize the clone that by default will be "resizeable"
VBoxManage modifyhd Ubuntu 19.04_new.vdi --resize 50000
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