feat: add resize disk guide #3539
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Signed-off-by: Animesh Pathak <[email protected]>
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The file name should be disk.md and should cover other disk operations too
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gotcha! I'll rename and add other options too. Also in this case it make sense to include both the Linux and MacOS instructions, (previous assumption was only for MacOS)
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| 1. Sufficient free disk space on your host. | ||
| 2. Using `Qemu` VM type for the lima. | ||
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| ## Steps to Resize Lima VM Disk |
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This should be used:
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@AkihiroSuda i have made the necessary changes, but since i primarily use |
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| title: Resize Disk Size | |
| title: Disks |
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| ## Option 1: Resize Disk Using limactl | ||
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| Lima supports editing the disk size of an existing instance using the `--disk` flag with the `limactl edit` command. |
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| Lima supports editing the disk size of an existing instance using the `--disk` flag with the `limactl edit` command. | |
| Starting with v1.1, Lima supports editing the disk size of an existing instance using the `--disk` flag with the `limactl edit` command. |
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| > - Increasing disk size is supported, but shrinking disks is not recommended. | ||
| > - The instance may need to be stopped before editing disk size. | ||
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| ## Option 2: Manually Resize Lima VM Disk |
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Documentation Update:
This pull request introduces a new documentation page to guide users on resizing the disk size of a Lima VM running on macOS. The guide provides a step-by-step process, including prerequisites, commands for successful resizing.
Issue resolve: #3418