Soon enough, you’ll be right inside of macOS, where you’ll be able to start using your mac virtual machine on Windows. Having a virtualbox mac OS is the easiest method of using mac as and when you need it. In addition, using virtualbox is far less complicated than the dual boot hackintosh method we have looked at previously. Running both Ubuntu and OS X at the same time will “slow down” your Mac. Let’s get started! First, go Ubuntu download page and download the 64-bit version of Ubuntu. Now download and install VirtualBox. Visit their download page and click the link titled “x86/amd64” When VirtualBox opens, click the New button. On Mac and Linux hosts, functionality is limited when using AirPort (the Mac's wireless networking) or any Wireless Linux device to bridged networking. Currently, VirtualBox supports only IPv4 over Mac's AirPort or Linux Wireless devices. For protocols such as IPv6 and IPX, you must choose a wired interface. Some adapters strip VLAN tags in.
While Creating some virtual machine on VirtualBox, we have an option to create a Virtual hard disk for a guest operating system of our own choice, that is really great. However, once it created and VM installed using it then expansion of the same virtual disk drive’s size would be a little complex if you don’t know how to do it. Here we let you know the way to use vboxmanage modifymedium command to increase the disk space or size of Virtual hard disk in VirtualBox installed on Ubuntu (Linux)/MacOS or Windows. This tutorial allows you to expand VDI or VHD or VMDK file-based virtual hard disks size.
How to increase VirtualBox disk space in Ubuntu, Windows & MacOS
#In Windows 10/8/7 :
Step 1: Run Command Prompt as administrator
Press Win Key + R to open the RUN box. In the run box type cmd and then press CTRL+Shift button and press ENTER button. When the system asks for your permission to run command prompt under administrator right click on YES button.
Step 1: Switch to VirtualBox directory
As we know the application we install on the Windows platform, by default, its files go to the C: Drive. Thus, we open VirtualBox directory inside the Command Prompt for that just copy the below command and paste inside CMD and press enter button.
Step 3: Open VirtualBox
After opening VirtualBox directory in the Command Prompt leave it as it is. Now, go and open your VirtualBox. From the left side of the VirtualBox select the Virtual Machine (VM) which actual Virtual Disk size you want to increase.
Step 4: Copy the Path of your VDI/VHD/VMDK Virtual Drive
Under the settings select Storage and then your VM’s VDI/VHD/VDMK virtual hard disk and as you select it some info about it will appear on the right side. What we need here is the location of our Virtualbox’s VM drive. Thus, double click on the location, right-click to copy and paste in NotePad and then close the VirtualBox.
Step 5: Now increase Virtualbox disk size
To increase the size of the VM disk drive the command is:
VBoxManage.exe modifymedium ” paste the above step copied disk drive path” –resize value in MB
In the above command replace the green colour text “paste the above step copied. path” with the path of a virtual drive we copied and pasted in notepad. While the value in MB will replace the amount of size you want to add to your virtual disk drive. For example, we want to add around 60GB to our existing VDI disk then in our case the command will be like this
Note: Remember in above command the VM drive path is our and you have to replace it with yours.
Step 6: Check increased VirtualBox disk size
Open VirtualBox again, select the VM from the left side -click on Settings-> Storage-> select the Disk drive and in right side info, you will see the increased amount of storage.
#In Ubuntu 19.04, 18.04, 16.04, 14.04… :
The method we used to increase the size of the VirtualBox virtual drive above, the same will apply in Ubuntu too.
Step 1: Open the VirtualBox on Ubuntu and copy drive path
Open Ubuntu VirtualBox and select the Virtual machine which size you want to increase then go to Settings ->Storage->select virtual disk-> copy the disk location.
Step 2: Expand Ubuntu VirtualBox disk size
Finally, open the Command Terminal on Ubuntu you can use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ATL+T. In Command Terminal use the command
Replace the green text with your VM drive path and amount with the size of storage you want to add or expand for the Virtual drive.
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Step 3: See the increased Ubuntu VB virtual drive size
Again go to setting of the VM, select the drive and see the amount of storage size this time. You can see in step 1 the size of drive was around 20 GB and now it is around 50GB.
#Increase VirtualBox disk size in Mac OS
Step 1: Copy the Path of VM disk drive
You can see how to copy the path of the drive which size you want to increase in above steps for windows & Ubuntu, which will be the same for MacOS too. After copying the path, jot down it somewhere and then shut down the VM and quit VirtualBox.
Step 2: Open the Terminal app on MacOS
On MacOS terminal paste the below command in order to navigate to VirtualBox app directory:
Step 3: Increase the Size of Mac VirtualBox disk drive
For example, let’s say we want to increase the size of some windows guest such as Windows 10 VM VDI file that is located at /Users/h2s/Documents/VM/Windows10.vdi. And we want to add 30GB into our existing virtual disk drive the syntax would be like this:
VBoxManage modifymedium “/Users/h2s/Documents/VM/Windows10.vdi” –resize 30000
Step 4: Relaunch the VirtualBox
When this time you open the VirtualBox on your MACOS, you will see the increase in the size of VM disk drive.
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What is VirtualBox?
Oracle VM VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application developed by the Oracle Corporation. It allows users to install operating systems on virtual hard disks such as Windows, macOS, Solaris and Linux.
As an example, you can run Windows and Linux on your Mac, run Windows server on your Linux server, or run Linux on your Windows PC while running your other existing applications.
Disk space and memory are the only problems that you'll face when installing multiple virtual machines.
Why You’ll Need It
- Oracle’s VirtualBox is easy to install and use
- It's free
- You can run and experience any operating system safely
- If you’re a developer, VirtualBox can be used as a tool for safely testing your own development projects in multiple OS environments
- It can run everywhere from small embedded systems to laptops
- It's good for testing and disaster recovery as it can be easily copied, backed-up, and transported between hosts
VirtualBox Installation
VirtualBox can be downloaded here: VirtualBox Downloads
Why Ubuntu?
- It's free
- Easy customization: The GNOME desktop environment helps you customize easily
- It's secure
- Ubuntu is open-source
- Friendly and supportive community
- Low system requirements
- According to FOSSBYTES, Ubuntu is the second best Linux distro for programming and developers [2019 Edition]
- It's beginner friendly
Setup for Ubuntu
First, open VirtualBox, then click 'New' to create a virtual machine.
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Enter 'Ubuntu' as the name, select 'Linux' as the type, and select Ubuntu (64-bit) as the version.
NOTE: Select any amount of memory you wish, but don't add more than 50 percent of your total RAM.
Check the 'Create a virtual hard disk now' option so we can later define our Ubuntu OS virtual hard disk size.
Now, we want to select 'VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)'.
Next, we'll dynamically allocate storage on our physical hard disk.
We want to specify our Ubuntu OS's size. The recommended size is 10 GB, but you can increase the size if you wish.
After creating a virtual hard disk, you'll see Ubuntu in your dashboard.
Now, we have to set up the Ubuntu disk image file (.iso).
The Ubuntu disk image file can be downloaded here: Ubuntu OS download
To set up the Ubuntu disk image file, go to settings and follow these steps:
- Click 'Storage'
- In storage devices, click 'Empty'
- In attributes, click the disk image and 'Choose Virtual Optical Disk File'
- Select the Ubuntu disk image file and open it
Click OK.
Your Ubuntu OS is ready to install in VirtualBox. Let's start!
NOTE: Ubuntu VirtualBox installation and actual OS installation steps may vary. This guide helps you to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox only.
Let's install Ubuntu!
Click Install Ubuntu.
Select your keyboard layout.
In the 'Updates and other software' section, check 'Normal installation' and continue.
In 'Installation type', check 'Erase disk and install Ubuntu'.
Click 'Continue'.
Choose your current location.
Now, set up your profile.
You'll see Ubuntu installing.
After the installation, restart it.
After logging in, you'll see the Ubuntu desktop.
We have successfully installed Ubuntu in VirtualBox. It's ready to use for your future development projects.
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Let's verify the installation.
Open your terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and type in the commands below and check if they work.
- pwd: This will print the current working directory
- ls: This will list all items in your current directory
After checking those, power off your machine by using the following command.
Conclusion
VirtualBox is free and is a great tool for running multiple operating systems on a single OS. Ubuntu has many benefits. If you're a beginner to Linux, I would recommend you use Ubuntu as it's beginner friendly.
Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
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