Thursday, January 13, 2011

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: Resizing Linux

 



--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Ray Drouillard <ray-lists@...> wrote:
>
> If that doesn't work, unmount the swap partition.
>
> To do that, select the swap partition, then select 'Swapoff' under the
> 'Partition' dropdown. It's in the same place on the menu as the
> 'Unmount' command.
>
> If you are using the swap partition, and the swap partition is inside an
> extended partition, you won't be able to resize the extended partition.
>
> Ray Drouillard
>
>
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> On 01/12/2011 09:53 PM, James Jolin wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Roy. The part about the unallocated being adjacent is the part
> > that
> > was missing.. The live cd of ubuntu 10.10 does not have gparted on it, but
> > I as able to download it. Might try PartedMagic.
> > Jim
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Roy <linuxcanuck@...
> > <mailto:linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > Work from the Live CD since you cannot work on a mounted file
> > system. Use
> > > gparted in your distro's live CD or a distro dedicated to this such as
> > > PartedMagic. Once you are in your Live CD do not mount the
> > partition. Open
> > > the partition editor such as Gparted and select the device in the menu.
> > > Then
> > > it will display the partitions is a graphical ribbon. Right click on the
> > > partion you want to resize and increase the size in the drop down.
> > You can
> > > only do this if the unallocated space is adjacent. If it is not adjacent
> > > then you will have to add the step of moving the partition so that it is
> > > adjacent. Then hit apply and wait till it is complete. I tend to only do
> > > one
> > > thing at a time. eg. Move then Apply. Resize then Apply. This is only
> > > because I have had more success this way and it saves time in the end.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> > > Location: Canada
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12 January 2011 20:06, james_jolin <james.jolin@...
> > <mailto:james.jolin%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I know this topic came up awhile ago, but I looked in the archives
> > and I
> > > > could not find an answer to my particular question.
> > > > I went into Windows XP partition and resized Windows so I would have a
> > > new
> > > > chunk of unallocated space for linux. I brought up Ubuntu and ran
> > gparted
> > > > and saw the new unallocated space. Now comes the tough part. I
> > know I had
> > > to
> > > > do this without mounting the harddive so I took the live cd and ran
> > > > that...also downloded gparted but I could move the ext4 partition into
> > > the
> > > > new unallocated space. So, how do I do this??
> > > >
> > > >
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Hey, um i know it should go without saying but.... backup first. I fried my data when I did that, ended up reinstalling.

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