I'm trying to expand the storage space on my VM, following the instructions on this page: https://www.linuxbabe.com/virtualbox/how-to-increase-virtualbox-disk-size-for-dynamically-allocated-disks
At the point where it says
Although your virtual disk size is increased, your guest OS cant use all of them right now. So you need to boot your virtual machine from a Live CD/DVD that contains Gparted to enlarge the file system of your guest OS.
To boot your virtual machine from a Live CD/DVD, follow these steps.
Open you virtual machine settings and click Storage on the left pane.
Under storage tree, click Controller: IDE then click the optical drive icon to add a Live CD/DVD image file. I use the ubuntu live ISO file because it contains Gparted.
Now click System on the left pane, in Boot Order, make sure Optical is first on the list. Save your settings and start your virtual machine.
The instructions stop working. I've put a live DVD into the optical drive, but the VM doesn't seem to register it, so I can't follow the last four steps.
At the point where it says
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Although your virtual disk size is increased, your guest OS cant use all of them right now. So you need to boot your virtual machine from a Live CD/DVD that contains Gparted to enlarge the file system of your guest OS.
To boot your virtual machine from a Live CD/DVD, follow these steps.
Open you virtual machine settings and click Storage on the left pane.
Under storage tree, click Controller: IDE then click the optical drive icon to add a Live CD/DVD image file. I use the ubuntu live ISO file because it contains Gparted.
Now click System on the left pane, in Boot Order, make sure Optical is first on the list. Save your settings and start your virtual machine.