Hello,
I have some problem identifying how to shrink a Linux VMWare machine (guest) that is running on VMWARE server environment on XP(host). Normally, when the VMWARE guest machine is an XP, I simply start the VMWARE Toolbox on it and shrink the disk. But when I start the VMWARE Toolbox on my linux machine as root, the Shrink tab contain no "partitions" to shrink...
If I try to perform the steps directly from the Windows machine, using the command "vmware-vdiskmanager -p mymachine.vmdk", it immediately returns with the error:
Failed to prepare the disk mounted at 'mon-qalinux2.vmdk' for shrinking.
After reviewing the documentation that come with the linux toolbox, it appears that the tool should be used to shrink on linux, but I it doesn`t show any partition in the list.
Anyone have an idea what I am not doing properly?
Thanks,
Pierre
Guest: Ubuntu Linux
Host: Windows XP with VMWARE Server 2
Vmware tools fo Linux Version 7.7.6 build-203138