move and resize partitions

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On 11/1/2013 7:34 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
>
> You can boot your system using liveCD, install gparted, backup and 
> resize your partition.
>
> Istimsak abdulbasir
>
> On Nov 1, 2013 7:41 PM, "Bob" <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net 
> <mailto:ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net>> wrote:
>
>     When I first installed Ubuntu I did not choose the best partition
>     sizes.  Now I
>     need to resize them which will require at least moving one
>     partition.  There is
>     another system installed and dual booted.
>
>     I first tried to backup the current partitions.  I got a message
>     "Temp space
>     has 11960320 available, backup needs approx 68157440."  The temp
>     space seems to
>     be what is free on /home.  I could not find a way to change where
>     backup
>     acquires its temp space.
>
>     I installed gparted and the "resize/move" menu option is not
>     active.  I assume
>     this is because I am booted from the partition I want to move.  So
>     I am looking
>     for suggestions on how to resize and move these partitions.  I
>     have a partition
>     for / and /home along with a swap.  My preference is to backup
>     everything and
>     if neccessary do a restore, I do not want to reinstall.
>
>     --
>     Robert Blair
>
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Just use Gparted from a live CD, no need to install it.
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