Vboxmanage/compact: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

Version vom 6. Januar 2023, 12:20 Uhr

Reduce vdi file size size

dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/bigemptyfile bs=4096k
rm /var/tmp/bigemptyfile

or

telinit 1 
mount -o remount,ro /dev/sda1 zerofree -v /dev/sda1

sdelete.exe c: -z

replace C: with the drive letter of the VDI

Shutdown the guest VM

vboxmanage modifymedium --compact /path/to/thedisk.vdi

VBoxManage.exe modifymedium --compact c:\path\to\thedisk.vdi

VBoxManage modifymedium --compact /path/to/thedisk.vdi 
VBoxManage is located here: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage

# vboxmanage modifymedium --compact windows10.vdi
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%

@@ Zeile 6: / Zeile 6: @@
 ; Steps
 # Run defrag in the guest (Windows only)
-# Nullify free space:
-; Linux Guest'''
+== Nullify free space ==
+=== Linux Guest ===
   dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/bigemptyfile bs=4096k
   rm /var/tmp/bigemptyfile
@@ Zeile 16: / Zeile 16: @@
   mount -o remount,ro /dev/sda1 zerofree -v /dev/sda1
-; Windows Guest
+=== Windows Guest ===
 # download [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443 SDelete] from Sysinternals
-# and run this:
   sdelete.exe c: -z ''
 ''replace C: with the drive letter of the VDI''
-# Shutdown the guest VM
 === Vboxmanage ===
+Shutdown the guest VM
 ==== Linux Host ====
   vboxmanage modifymedium --compact /path/to/thedisk.vdi