[ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

[Daniel Drummond]

On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 12:32 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 12:00 +0100, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> > On 23 May 2010 08:57, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at googlemail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > boot volume, 22.5GB. So I emailed them to ask what this was. 
> > > However, even if it turns out to be genuine idle space that I could
> > > bring into use, merging it with the volume that is configured for 
> > > user files (now about two-thirds full), as opposed to merging it 
> > > with the volume configured for operating system use, might be 
> > > difficult.
> > We can take a look at that. Can you paste the output of the following
> > command:-
> > sudo fdisk -l
> > Where that's a lower case L at the end. This will simply list out the
> > partitions on your system. Cheers, Al.
> 
> Al, I can't paste from the terminal, but I have copied what it says,
> adding dots to make sure the tabulation stays straight:
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xd968820c
> 
> Device.....Boot...Start...End....Blocks......Id..System
> /dev/sda1....*.......1....2918....23438803+..83..Linux
> /dev/sda2.........2919....5836....23438835...83..Linux
> /dev/sda3.........5837....6322.....3903795...82..Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda4.........6323...30401...193414567+...5..Extended
> /dev/sda5.........6323...30401...193414536...83..Linux 
> 
> best,
> R
> 
> 

In the terminal use Ctrl-Shift-C to copy, after making a selection with
the mouse.  To paste into the terminal you can use Ctrl-Shift-V.
That'll save you some typing :-)

Daniel