resize partition...

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Fred Roller<froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:
>
> Open a terminal
>
>        Applications->Accessories->Terminal
>
> and enter the following command:
>
>        sudo apt-get install gparted
>
> enter your user password.  Once the process ends then go to:
>
>        System->Administration->Parted
>
> This GUI partition editor is fairly straight forward and you should be
> able to expand your partition.  Back up your data just in case.
>
> --
> Fred R.

It is not possible to resize mounted partitions with GParted.

You should boot your system from GParted Live CD -
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php - and only then fiddle with
the partitions.

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