From 77ca0ae9decbdcb8958c20f16d35ec34372b6efe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hollie Teal Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:49:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added Fred's suggestions. Signed-off-by: Hollie Teal --- docs/sources/articles/b2d_volume_resize.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/articles/b2d_volume_resize.md b/docs/sources/articles/b2d_volume_resize.md index 5ee0d21f49..81d66a6408 100644 --- a/docs/sources/articles/b2d_volume_resize.md +++ b/docs/sources/articles/b2d_volume_resize.md @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ with are very large, your pulls might start failing with "no space left on devic the Boot2Docker VM's volume fills up. The solution is to increase the volume size by first cloning it, then resizing it using a disk partitioning tool. -We'll use [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php) -since it's a free ISO and works well with VirtualBox. +We recommend [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/index.php)-- the ISO +is a free download and works well with VirtualBox. ## 1. Stop Boot2Docker Issue the command to stop the Boot2Docker VM on the command line: - $ boot2docker stop + `$ boot2docker stop` ## 2. Clone the VMDK image to a VDI image @@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ instead create a VDI volume and clone the VMDK volume to it. Using the command line VirtualBox tools, clone the VMDK image to a VDI image: - $ vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/boot2docker-hd.vmdk /full/path/to/.vdi -—format VDI -—variant Standard + `$ vboxmanage clonehd /full/path/to/boot2docker-hd.vmdk /full/path/to/.vdi -—format VDI -—variant Standard` ## 3. Resize the VDI volume Choose a size that will be appropriate for your needs. If you’re spinning up a lot of containers, or your containers are particularly large, larger will be better: - $ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/.vdi —-resize + `$ vboxmanage modifyhd /full/path/to/.vdi —-resize ` ## 4. Download a disk partitioning tool ISO -To resize the volume, you'll need a disk partitioning tool like [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/). +To resize the volume, we'll use [GParted](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php/). Once you've downloaded the tool, add the ISO to the Boot2Docker VM’s IDE bus. You might need to create the bus before you can add the ISO. **Note:** It's -important that the partitioning tool you choose is available as an ISO so that +important that you choose a partitioning tool that is available as an ISO so that the Boot2Docker VM can be booted with it. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ the Boot2Docker VM in VirtualBox. ## 8. Start the Boot2Docker VM Fire up the Boot2Docker VM manually in VirtualBox. The VM should log in automatically, but -the credentials are ``docker/tcuser`` if it doesn't. Using the ``df -h`` command, verify +if is doesn't, the credentials are `docker/tcuser`. Using the `df -h` command, verify that your changes took effect.