I have a single partition for Ubuntu and I would like to resize it so I can install Windows alongside Ubuntu. The problem is when I boot the Ubuntu installation disk and run GParted my partition is full however it's not, here is the screenshot:
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You've seen this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/126153/how-to-resize-partitions – KhoPhi Nov 02 '15 at 18:56
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You can try this link or this link. – Tony Lancer Nov 02 '15 at 18:58
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It's clearly full. – Star OS Nov 02 '15 at 19:10
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The physical partition /dev/sda2 is a container for the logical partition /dev/sda5.
Follow the steps below:
Right click over the partition /dev/sda5 LVM - Logical Volume Management and choose the option "Resize/Move" from context menu.
Set the field "Free Space After" in megabytes to release some space. The field "Free Space Before" is 0 because the logical partition is using all physical partition /dev/sda2.
Create a new Logical partition into /dev/sda2 physical partition, or...
Resize the physical /dev/sda2 releasing free space to create your new Physical partition to Windows.
Some partitions perform more operations when unmounted and inactives, but you'll need a bootable USB pendrive or a Live DVD.
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