When I installed ubuntu, I gave it 30 gb think that I wasn’t going to use it much. Well, now I am short on space and I’d like to give it some more. I have a 50 gb chunk sitting in front of the partition that ubuntu is installed on, but I cannot figure out how to add it to the partition.
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1If it's unallocated space then simply boot a live session, run Gparted and resize (expand) the partition into the unallocated space. – ChanganAuto Dec 17 '21 at 21:30
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5Does this answer your question? How to resize partitions? – ChanganAuto Dec 17 '21 at 21:30
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I tried that, the free space is before the Ubuntu partition which is what my problem is, I am using gnome-disk-utility. – puma Dec 17 '21 at 21:32
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ChanganAuto Should I try using gparted instead? – puma Dec 17 '21 at 21:33
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You need to move the partition so the unallocated space is after it, like always. – ChanganAuto Dec 17 '21 at 21:37
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I didnt see a way to do that in gnome disks – puma Dec 17 '21 at 21:39
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2It's much harder to accomplish if the unallocated space is not immediately following. Can you provide a screenshot of your current partition layout? – Nmath Dec 17 '21 at 21:41
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I managed to do it with gparted, I couldn’t figure out how to do it with gnome-disk-utility. Thanks! – puma Dec 17 '21 at 21:45
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You gave no Ubuntu product details; but given the recommend minimum disk size for Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop & later is 25GB you were only 5GB above that which didn't allow for you adding many applications etc. – guiverc Dec 18 '21 at 01:04