Date: 2024feb1 Keywords: resize Q. Linode: disk size in megabytes for your plan A. When resizing your disk on Linode you need to enter the number MB required for your main disk. But your plan is in GB. And 512MB is taken for swap (probably) if Linux. There are 1024MB in one GB. So... Your plan has 25 GB for all disks, enter 25088 MB for the main disk Calculation: 25 GB * 1024 - 512 MB = 25088 MB Your plan has 50 GB for all disks, enter 50688 MB for the main disk Calculation: 50 GB * 1024 - 512 MB = 50688 MB Your plan has 80 GB for all disks, enter 81408 MB for the main disk Calculation: 80GB * 1024 - 512 MB = 81408 MB In general: Your plan has g GB for all disks, enter m MB for the main disk Calculation: g * 1024 - 512 = m More info https://www.linode.com/community/questions/19799/i-want-to-downsize-my-linode-but-cloud-manager-wont-let-me-how-can-i-make-this-h