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My / partition ran out space. I don't know how to extend this partition. Please help. Thanks.

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edwinksl
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darakhmao
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  • Boot from a LiveCD (or put your drive in another computer with a partition editing tool temporarily), install + run gparted and then do it. You have to move the rest of the partitions all the way to the right to make the space available to resize the first one. It'll take a while, might want to get it started before you go to bed. – Jason C Sep 11 '16 at 03:59
  • Reduce the size of the extended partition sda2 first, there is much unallocated space in it's beginning. This will not take much time, there is no data to move, it,s done in a minute. After that you increase the size of sda1, you may fill up the unallocated space between sda1 and sda2 which you created in the first step. This will not take much time, no data to move, the whole thing will be done in a few minutes... – mook765 Sep 11 '16 at 05:05
  • Why do you have a separate non-volatile partition for /tmp? I can understand having /tmp as a part of / (the default set-up) but if you go through the hassle to set up a separate partition use tmpfs. If you're worried your virtual memory (RAM+swap) may be to small for that, increase swap space accordingly (e. g. use the former /tmp partition as swap). – David Foerster Sep 11 '16 at 07:38
  • Thanks everyone. I'll try to find livecd if I can get one. – darakhmao Sep 12 '16 at 14:15

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I've helped many a person resolve partitioning issues... but in looking at your gparted screenshot... oh, well... where do I start?!?

Really, truly... I'd backup any data that you have, then wipe the disk and start all over! DON'T make separate partitions for / and /boot and /home and /tmp. You've got a smallish hard disk. Just install Ubuntu by selecting erase entire disk. Really.

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