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Compact/compress the size of an Ubuntu VDI file on VirtualBox
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| # Compact/compress the size of an Ubuntu VDI file on VirtualBox (v7.0) | |
| # Run this script in the Ubuntu VM running in VirtualBox | |
| # Shut down the VM after then run "compact.bat" on the Windows host | |
| df -h | |
| echo "Nullifying free space..." | |
| sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/bigemptyfile bs=4096k status=progress ; sudo rm -f /var/tmp/bigemptyfile |
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compact.bat is available here.