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I installed Ubuntu with Windows. Before installing, I shrunk the space for Ubuntu. Now I have 3.7GB free in my Ubuntu home.That's not enough for me.

So I shrunk my NTFS partition, it's now unalocated. Then I selected ext4 (Ubuntu home) to resize.

But it is 4GB and GParted not allowed to resize more than 4GB. But my 1GB is unallocated.

GParted screenshot

Tim
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APKCracker
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    See the answer below. Also, you should re size the one below the one you have selected, /dev/sd8 is your ubuntu partition. – Tim Feb 13 '15 at 13:28

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/dev/sda5 is a logical partition inside an extended partition (/dev/sda4), while the unallocated space lies outside of that extended partition.

You need to resize /dev/sda4 to include the unallocated space first, then resize /dev/sda8.

Unfortunately GParted won’t let you touch /dev/sda4 (note the key symbol), because some of its child partitions are still mounted (more key symbols) and you can’t unmount the root file system on /dev/sda7. To circumvent this issue, you need to perform the above procedure from a live system (analogous to How do I resize root partition?).

David Foerster
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  • I can't resize /dev/sda4 (when I right click no option to resize).I can resize the /dev/sda6 but I can't(Minimum and maximum of resize are 15GB). – APKCracker Feb 13 '15 at 13:33
  • I overlooked something there, which I describe in the last paragraph I just added to my answer. – David Foerster Feb 13 '15 at 13:56
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    Note that extending a partition 'backwards' (or something like that - basically expanding it so it fills the space before it) can take a very long time and may damage your data. You will likely want to do backups beforehand. @David great answer :) – Wilf Feb 23 '15 at 08:34