I want to extend sda5 using sda8 with out losing any data.
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David Foerster
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Hamdy Fouad
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We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors so Mint is off-topic here as well. However, on [unix.se], a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at all varieties of Linux and Unix, so you might be better off there. ;-) – Fabby Dec 09 '15 at 00:16
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@Fabby: However, questions about using Ubuntu to resize partitions while conserving the integrity of other OS is on topic. ;-] – David Foerster Dec 09 '15 at 10:57
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2Possible duplicate of How do I resize root partition? – David Foerster Dec 09 '15 at 10:59
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@DavidFoerster: true! (I wish I could change everyone's vote to a duplicate – Fabby Dec 09 '15 at 14:32
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@Fabby: Let's vote to re-open then. – David Foerster Dec 09 '15 at 20:03
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@DavidFoerster: voted: remind me to vote to close again too, please! – Fabby Dec 09 '15 at 20:34
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Possible duplicate of How can I resize an ext root partition at runtime? – Wilhelm Erasmus Dec 10 '15 at 11:13
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@Fabby reminder to close :D – Ravan Dec 11 '15 at 03:43
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I can apparently only vote to close once... @Ravan – Fabby Dec 11 '15 at 06:39
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You won't be able to resize any partitions that are actively in use (i.e. the packaged version of Gparted is typically used for changing partitions of external storage devices).
To extend your partition, you should reboot into a live environment. The Gparted project provides one such Debian-based live ISO that is used for this purpose. Simply burn the ISO to any boot-able media:
for CDs use sudo dd if=/path/to/gparted-live-xxxxx.iso of=/dev/sr0
for USB devices use sudo dd if=/path/to/gparted-live-xxxxx.iso of=/dev/sdX, where X is the letter of your particular device. Make sure this is correctly identified. USB devices are usually NOT /dev/sda.
for DVDs use sudo wodim -eject -tao dev=/dev/sr0 /path/to/gparted-live-xxxxx.iso
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