Changing Image Tool temporary space location

[aggelosp]

I'm trying to use Image Tool for converting a plain disk VM to an expanding one. However I don't have enough space in my main MBP HDD. Is there a way to redirect the temporary file to another location?

Thank you in advance,
Aggelos

Warning. Before modifying the image of a virtual hard disk, always back it up and make sure you have enough space on the hard disk of your Macintosh computer to allocate a temporary file of this virtual hard disk image.

 

[Stuw]

You can try to create symbolic link to your disk image on another HDD. Parallels Image Tool will process image on HDD where symlink is located

to create simlink type in colnsole
>ln -s <full path to hdd image> <new place>

NOTE: '>' just show that text must be typed in console

For example:
You have two external drives. On is /Volumes/MyHdd1, and second is /Volumes/MyHdd2
Image located on /Volumes/MyHdd1 in folder Parallels/hdds/WinXP.hdd
Drive on /Volumes/MyHdd1 have NOT enough free space.
Drive on /Volumes/MyHdd2 have enough free space.
Just create link:
>ln -s /Volumes/MyHdd1/Parallels/hdds/WinXP.hdd /Volumes/MyHdd2/NewFolder/windows_xp.hdd

In Parallels Image Tool open image from /Volumes/MyHdd2.

That's all

p.s. after Parallels Image Tool finishes it's work you will have a modified copy of your disk image in /Volumes/MyHdd2 and simlink that was not removed by Image Tool (with .copy extension) You can remove this simlink (source image and new image are still alive)

WBR, Stuw