VMWare - Kali - Out of space

VMWare - Kali - Out of space

• Create a COPY not snapshot of the VM, just in case (as you will need to delete all snapshots before expanding the hard disk)

• In VMWare: VM -> Settings -> Hard Disk -> Expand

• Start VM

• If VM hangs on a black screen:

  • Restart VM and choose Advanced options during boot and choose Recovery Mode
  • Enter root password
  • Check your partitions to ensure they are correctly set up.
    sudo fdisk -l
    This will show the current partitions. Look for /dev/sda1 and verify its size. If it doesn’t span the entire disk, you'll need to resize it.

• Resize the Partition (If Necessary) If the partition does not span the full disk, follow these steps:

• Use fdisk to modify the partition:
  sudo fdisk /dev/sda

• Type p to print the current partition table and verify that /dev/sda1 exists.

• Delete the partition (this won’t erase your data, just the partition table entry):

  • Type d and choose the partition (likely /dev/sda1).

• Recreate the partition:

  • Type n to create a new partition.
  • Choose p for primary.
  • Select the default options to create a partition that spans the entire disk (make sure it uses the entire space).
  • Do NOT delete the Signature, when prompted, enter N
  • Type w to write the partition table.

• Resize the Filesystem After recreating the partition, you need to resize the filesystem to match the new partition size.

• Resize the filesystem: Run the following command to resize the filesystem on /dev/sda1:

sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1  

This will resize the filesystem to use the newly available space.

sudo reboot