Docker for mac qcow2 vs raw

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# delete the disk - this unfortunately deletes all images and containers $ git commit -s -m 'increase size to 128GiB'ġ file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) # The 64-linux/disk/size file (and the disk dir) may not exist. HEAD is now at 8635944 last-start-time changed at 1480009710 $ cd ~/Library/Containers//Data/database/ # I can increase or decrease the default cap by: Image: /Users/djs/Library/Containers//Data/64-linux/Docker.qcow2 $ /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/MacOS/qemu-img info ~/Library/Containers//Data/64-linux/Docker.qcow2 If you are getting the error: No space left on deviceĬonfiguring the qcow2 size cap is possible in the current versions: # my disk is currently 64GiB

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UPDATE: The instructions here are no longer necessary! Resizing the disk image is now possible right from the UI since Docker for Mac Version 17.12.0-ce-mac49 (21995). Set the default size for new Docker for Mac disk images