# to increase a partition on a linux box using vmware

download gparted iso: http://gparted.org/
launch vmware
select the vm instance you wish to grow
right-click instance and click "settings"
click Hard Disk (SCSI)
click the Expand button (located on the right)
type a larger drive size (in this case, increasing from 25 to 30)
hopefully it will be successful. 
click ok. 
click CD/DVD (SATA)
Select: Use ISO image file: (browse to gparted ISO location)
click ok, ok. 
then start the vm and boot to gparted (may need to change boot order...quickly spam F2)
choose GParted Live
follow prompts:
	leave keymap
	33 (for english)
	0 to start x
	

	
{
  may have to run these commands first inside of linux:
  run df -h to verify partition name
  sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 (to use up the entire available partition)
  sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 25G (to specify new partition size)
  sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1 25400M (for 25.4B)
}