Extending my Root Paritition
You have to move the unallocated space just above to the /dev/sda2
so that you can get the unallocated space into the extended partition.
Follow the below steps to increase the size of /root
partition and make sure that you had not mounted any partitions,
Boot Ubuntu live disk and open gparted partition editor.
Now right-click on the
/dev/sda3
partition and select Resize/Move option.Now move the dragger to the extreme right so that the unallocated space will comes above the/dev/sda3
partition.Follow the above step to move the unallocated space just above to the
/dev/sda2
.Now right-click on the extended partition and select the Resize/Move option.Now you can be able to add the unallocated space to the extended partition.
After adding that,the space comes just below to the
/dev/sda6
.Now right-click on the
/dev/sda6
partition and select Resize/Move option to add the unallocated space to your/root
partition.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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cipher over 1 year
I've Win8/Ubuntu Dual boot. I already have 4 partition so i cannot create a new partition and mount it elsewhere. So, this (How can I increase a partition's size?) question did not help.
Here's a screen shot of my Gparted (run on Ubuntu Live)
How can I extend
/dev/sda6
so that i can make use of unallocated space ? (w/o failing my current grub) -
cipher over 10 yearsWhat is the expected time to complete that?
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Avinash Raj over 10 yearswithin 15 mins.