On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:53:57 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >On Sat, 18 Dec 2010, Leonardo Carneiro wrote: > >> yes, i recall this too. it's a very welcome feature. while virtual >> servers will have lvm or other stuff that allow the management of >> the disk space, virtual desktops will not. it will be a very welcome >> feature. >> >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > as i recall reading (but i'm not sure where), vbox will allow the >> > disk image files to be resized, is that correct? but that useful >> > feature isn't mentioned in the intro to vbox installation in the >> > User Manual (pp. 17-18). it seems that that's an important enough >> > feature that it should be mentioned there. unless i'm simply >> > misremembering. > > let's make sure we agree on what i'm talking about here. when you >create a VM, you select a size for that disk image -- say, 8G -- and >it can be either fixed or dynamically expandable. what i'm asking is >whether you can change your mind later after you've created the VM and >find you're getting close to filling up your virtual disk space. > > working from memory, i could swear i read somewhere that this was a >new feature with 4.0. and if it is, it should be mentioned early on >in the User Manual since it's a fairly significant feature.
Of course it's in the release notes of 4.0 Beta 1 : http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=36748 -- ( Kees Nuyt ) c[_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
