re re-partition Kubuntu 3-partitions on 40gb

[Nils Kassube]

Ray Burke wrote:
> I run Kubuntu on a 40gb with three partitions 8gb sdb1/1gb swap area
> /38gb sbd3 /home! but my sdb1 is always 100% full, and I want to
> partition it to 20gb sdb1
> 1 gb swap
> 19gb sdb3 /home
> therefore reduce the 38gb sdb3 back to 19gb
>                  and the   8gb sdb1 up to    20gb
>                  leaving the swap area as 1gb.
>
> does anyone no of app or program that is able to do this without
> destroying any of the data???
> as I have it connected to a dual boot 80gb xp pro/Kubuntu 40gb,
> as I dont want to re-install Kubuntu and loose any data?????????

It can be done with gparted. It might be possible with qtparted as well, 
but I prefer gparted. However I would suggest you make backups anyway 
before you change the partitioning of a disk. You can't use the running 
system to do what you want, so you should use e.g. the Ubuntu LiveCD 
which has gparted included. After you have started the LiveCD turn off 
swap with the command

sudo swapoff -a

in a terminal because your swap area is used by the LiveCD automatically. 
And be prepared to wait a long time until the resizing is finished.


Nils