? on Ubuntu 9.1

[johnshaw1917]

I have had some spare time lately, so i decided to finally run the upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 and have to say that so far I'm impressed! My question is this. When I originally installed 9.04 I allocated 5 gig's of HDD space for the Linux partition, but now with 9.10, I'd like to expand the Linux partition if possible. Can I do that without going through a total re-install from a live cd?

Thanks, John

[Alboguy]

Well It depends...Basically you have to resize your Linux partition by taking space from another one. Give me details about your partition table and we'll see what we can do...

[johnshaw1917]

I have a 160 gig HDD that has Windows XP installed first, then Linux Ubuntu, which takes up the last 5 gig's of space at the end of the HDD. I have used G Parted to free up an additional 50 gig's of unallocated space just before the Linux partition, but haven't been able to figure out how to resize and expand the Linux partition into it.

[Alboguy]

Yeah man but I need more details. How much partitions did you have before installing Ubuntu and how much do you have right know? And explain the type of partitions. And what about your swap partition?

[johnshaw1917]

Yeah man but I need more details. How much partitions did you have before installing Ubuntu and how much do you have right know? And explain the type of partitions. And what about your swap partition?

HDD has one NTFS partition with Windows XP and a second partition at the end for Linux, which was created when I installed Ubuntu. I don't know what you mean by a swap partition.

[hellnoire]

If you don't know, don't worry. Swap partitions are usually made automatically, and are just partitions that Linux uses to swap files on if you run out of RAM to use.

I had enough details from your second post on this thread.

If you can, download and burn to a disk, Parted Magic. Make sure to burn it either as an ISO, a Image File, etc. If you don't understand, download it under Ubuntu then just click on it once done. It walks though though an ISO burn without issues. Then reboot with the disk in the drive, and boot off of it.

Once you've booted into it, open up the Partition Editor on the desktop, and wait for it to scan your hard drive. Should take about maybe two minutes, tops.

Then, right click on your Linux Partition, should be appearing a bluish shade, and select Resize/Move. From there, it's the easy task of just filling in the numbers you'd like in the proper box. Hit the button at the bottom to set it as a task, then hit Apply on the task bar... and let it fly.

Shouldn't take longer then four hours to do so.

This isn't the only way to do it, mind you, but it's the easiest and the safest. Otherwise, you're going to risk corrupting your Linux install because of needing to unmount the partition to resize it.

Keep in mind, if you don't have any spare CDs, the CD/DVD you used to install Ubuntu will have Gparted on it too, and you can use it to the same effect.

[johnshaw1917]

Thanks hellnoire! I am downloading Parted Magic as I write this. I've burned quite a few ISO images to cd, so that's not a problem. Sounds like a simple op after I boot up the cd, when it's burned.

John

[hellnoire]

Believe me John, it's easy alright. All you need is math and if you don't know math like me, use a calculator lol

[johnshaw1917]

Believe me John, it's easy alright. All you need is math and if you don't know math like me, use a calculator lol

The last math class I took was as a senior in high school, almost 40 years, but my profession requires that I use it everyday, so all is not lost lol! Mission is accomplished and I now have another 30 gig's of HDD space allocated for Linux. Thanks for the help!

John

[hellnoire]

Not a problem