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Windows 7: VirtualBox virtual drive not staying at desired fixed size.
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16 Feb 2013
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
VirtualBox virtual drive not staying at desired fixed size.
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on VirtualBox with a fixed size of 30 GB. However, when I start up the VM, it says I don't have the required 4.9GB of space to install and in the settings it says there's only 4MB. I've tried Googling around but I couldn't find an answer.
| My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Sound Card Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 PCI and Creative SB X-Fi HD USB
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" (x2)
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Das Keyboard Model S Professional
Mouse Roccat Kova+
PSU Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Hard Drives Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 and Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
Internet Speed Average 3mb/s
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Chrome
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16 Feb 2013
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#2 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
This is a typical error you might get when installing Ubuntu on a vm.
A workaround is to boot to live CD and install Ubuntu from Live Desktop.
1. Boot to Live CD: 
2. Install Ubuntu: 
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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16 Feb 2013
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
I prefer installing it on VirtualBox though. Is there any fix? | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Sound Card Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 PCI and Creative SB X-Fi HD USB
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" (x2)
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Das Keyboard Model S Professional
Mouse Roccat Kova+
PSU Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Hard Drives Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 and Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
Internet Speed Average 3mb/s
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Chrome
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16 Feb 2013
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#4 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by yk7  I prefer installing it on VirtualBox though. Is there any fix? Did you not understand me? I answered you telling how to install it in VirtualBox.
My last post shows exactly how to install it in VirtualBox. Boot your vm to Live CD desktop, install. Those screenshots in my previous post are from installing Ubuntu to a virtual machine.
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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16 Feb 2013
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
Did exactly that but it still says I don't have enough space. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Sound Card Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 PCI and Creative SB X-Fi HD USB
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" (x2)
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Das Keyboard Model S Professional
Mouse Roccat Kova+
PSU Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Hard Drives Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 and Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
Internet Speed Average 3mb/s
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Chrome
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16 Feb 2013
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#6 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Delete your vm, create a new, use dynamic vhd instead of fixed size. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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16 Feb 2013
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
No luck with dynamic size. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Sound Card Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 PCI and Creative SB X-Fi HD USB
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" (x2)
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Das Keyboard Model S Professional
Mouse Roccat Kova+
PSU Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Hard Drives Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 and Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
Internet Speed Average 3mb/s
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Chrome
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17 Feb 2013
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#8 | |
W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi Hafnarfjörður IS |
Hi there
might be obvious but how much disk space do you actually have available ON THE HOST BEFORE installing / creating the VM -- from the OP it seemed you only had 4 MB spare !!!
......................says I don't have the required 4.9GB of space to install and in the settings it says there's only 4MB........................................................
Cheers
jimbo | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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17 Feb 2013
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#9 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Good point, Jimbo.
OP could alternatively try VMware Player instead of VirtualBox. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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17 Feb 2013
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
Host as in my C drive? I have 250 gb. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Sound Card Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 PCI and Creative SB X-Fi HD USB
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" (x2)
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Das Keyboard Model S Professional
Mouse Roccat Kova+
PSU Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Hard Drives Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 and Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
Internet Speed Average 3mb/s
Antivirus Avast Free
Browser Chrome
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