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How to expand Ubuntu VM root partition In this post I have expanded the virtual disk of a Ubuntu VM via VirtualBox Media Manager. The OS inside the VM will not automatically use the additional space. In this post I will show how to expand the root partition to make use of the additional space. There are multiple ways to expand a partition in Linux, in this post I will document how to do it using GParted.  Change the VM configuration to boot using Ubuntu installer.  Boot the VM using the Ubuntu ISO installer Run GParted - in the warning dialog that says not all space is used, hit on the Fix button Select the partition to resize and click Resize/Move partition button Expand the partition to the desired size The hit on Apply All Operations Shutdown the VM, remove/detach ISO, then reboot the computer   .end.

How to expand virtual hard disk in VirtualBox To expand a virtual disk in VirtualBox open Oracle VM Virtual Manager then do File | Virtual Media Manager... (Ctrl+D) menu option. Then select the disk you wanted to expand. Note that VirtualBox does not support expanding a snapshot - you can expand but it will not work. You either have to delete all the snapshots or create a full clone of the snapshot. In the screen capture below I have created a full clone of Ubu2110 to Ubu2110-C1 and adjusted the size from 10GB to 12GB. In the next post , we will explore how to expand storage of a Ubuntu VM to make use of the additional space. Keywords: VirtualBox Ubuntu Expand

Resolve Windows NetBIOS name in Ubuntu 20.04 It is very common to have a mix of Windows and Ubuntu/Linux in an enterprise environment. There are scenarios where Ubuntu can get IP via DHCP but not enroll the machine to DNS. To resolve Windows NetBIOS machine name in Ubuntu in a workgroup environment do the following. Install nss-winbind like below $: sudo apt install libnss-winbind Then update /etc/nsswitch.conf . On Ubuntu 20.04, this will be line 12, which should look like below: hosts: files wins dns Refs: https://8thstring.blogspot.com/2010/05/resolve-netbios-name-in-ubuntu.html

Your emulator is out of date, please update by launching Android Studio I sometimes run Android emulator from the command line, like: c:\>emulator -avd Pixel_2_API_30 Most of the time I would see the following on the console output WARNING | unexpected system image feature string, emulator might not function correctly, please try updating the emulator. INFO | added library vulkan-1.dll INFO | configAndStartRenderer: setting vsync to 60 hz ERROR | Failed to open /qemu.conf, err: 2 HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode. INFO | Started GRPC server at 127.0.0.1:8554, security: Local INFO | Advertising in: C:\Users\u1\AppData\Local\Temp\avd\running\pid_14608.ini INFO | Your emulator is out of date, please update by launching Android Studio: - Start Android Studio - Select menu "Tools > Android > SDK Manager" - Click "SDK Tools" tab - Check "Android Emulator" checkbox - Click "OK" INFO | boot comple