How can I expand root "/" partition by that 4.48GB unallocated partition?
I have LiveCD with GParted, but I dont know how to shift that partition.
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1Are you using LVM? – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Sep 27 '16 at 18:13
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maybe no, i just installed standard ubuntu – tomsk Sep 27 '16 at 18:15
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@karel no this is different situation – tomsk Sep 27 '16 at 18:16
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1I would say you have too much Windows, too little Ubuntu... – Sep 27 '16 at 18:43
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@CelticWarrior I dont understand – tomsk Sep 27 '16 at 19:06
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@tomsk First of all, the machine is yours, you do as you wish. I wouldn't install any current (modern desktop) Linux distro in less than 16GB total, preferably 32GB. – Sep 27 '16 at 19:13
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It is for testing and learning, later I will wipe Windows :) And in Windows partition I have unmoveable files, so it is quite hard to increase size. – tomsk Sep 27 '16 at 19:15
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Warning: Make sure you have a backup in case anything goes wrong.
Quick step-by-step:
- Boot to live media. Do not mount any hard drives or partitions.
- Run gparted. Choose swapoff for swap partition by right-clicking swap.
- Expand/Resize
Extended partition (sda2)to take up 4GB of remaining unallocated space. - Move
swap partition (sda7)to end of Extended partition. - Move
/home (sda6)next to swap partition. - Expand/Resize
/ (sda5)to take up rest of space between sda5 and sda6.
Hope this helps!
Terrance
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@tomsk Highlight the partition, then click on Partition in the menu, then choose Resize/Move and drag that partition to the right so free space appears in front of it. – Terrance Sep 27 '16 at 18:27
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@tomsk If you see the little Key that means it is still mounted and cannot be moved or resized. Right-click and choose Unmount, then you can Move or Resize the partitions. – Terrance Sep 27 '16 at 18:37
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