this will be my second question on ubuntu, a follow up on my first problem... as i use UBUNTU I am encountering a low disk space reminder, so I decided to extend the partition that is causing low disk space. Booted up a USB that i used to install my UBUNTU, then run gparted. (the above pic is gparted taken on installed UBUNTU not on USB) I resized first the ext4 /home into 100gig after clicking ok, It shows an error that i wont be able to boot. I ignored the error and clicked the arrorw button but error is still there but I proceed. Then next I resize the swap. Adjust it to the right most to give the 60gig for ext4 /. When i click the arrow button it gives an error and it just revert back to their original sizes. Afraid of losing my files I immediately restart and remove the USB. what could be the problem or is there a mistake on my process? How will I expand ext4 / and resize ext4 /home.
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Note: The size of sda4 is probably excessive, as you're only using it to transfer files between Windows and Ubuntu. You may wish to resize sda4 at some point.
Make sure that you have a good backup of your important Ubuntu files, as this procedure can corrupt or lose data.
Keep these things in mind:
always start the entire procedure with issuing a swapoff on any mounted swap partitions, and end the entire procedure with issuing a swapon on that same swap partition
a move is done by pointing the mouse pointer at the center of a partition and dragging it left/right with the hand cursor
a resize is done by dragging the left/right side of a partition to the left/right with the directional arrow cursor
if any partition can't be moved/resized graphically, you may have to manually enter the specific required numeric data (don't do this unless I instruct you to)
you begin any move/resize by right-clicking on the partition in the lower pane of the main window, and selecting the desired action from the popup menu, then finishing that action in the new move/resize window
Do the following...
Note: if the procedure doesn't work exactly as I outline, STOP immediately and DO NOT continue.
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, in “Try Ubuntu” mode
- start
gparted - resize the right side of sda8 partition and reduce sda8 by 35G
- move sda8 partition all the way right
- move sda7 partition all the way right
- resize the right side of sda6 partition all the way right
- click the Apply icon
