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diskutil repairDisk script for fixing a VM boot disk's partition map.
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#!/bin/bash
# Fix VM boot disk's partition map. This is necessary
# to allow the boot drive to grow after cloning a VMDK.
#
# Issue documented here:
# https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2069255
# http://osxadmin.blogspot.com/2014/03/expand-os-x-virtual-disk-in-esxi.html
# repairDisk asks for a y/n confirmation before running,
# so the yes command is piped into the command to answer
# "yes" to the confirmation dialog.
/usr/bin/yes | /usr/sbin/diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk0
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