partition issues

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

The partition is like this

sda1
sda2
      UNALLOCATED 6.2mb
      sda6
      unallocated 2.47 mb
      sda5  linux swap

Neither unallocated can be expanded into even if aligned to cylinder option
is selected.

I think this answers your question.

garyk




> You removed sda6 so now it should look like this:
>
> sda1 16.04 LTS
> sda2 extended partition
> sda5 linux-swap
> sda6 doesn't exist anymore, it is replaced by
>      "regular" unallocated sectors, aka free space
> _But_ somewhere is an "irregular" unallocated sector, not part of the
> "regular" unallocated sectors.
>
>




> I don't know if actually the unallocated sector is the issue, did you
> e.g. shrink the extended partition, after moving the other partitions,
> to provide the unallocated space to extend the primary partition?
>
> Again, we need details.
>
> >Also I have 9.2 gigs of swap in SDA 5.  That seems excessive or even
> >totally unnecessary.  Ok to remove?
>
> Yesno, but don't let us operate on two construction zones. Let's solve
> your issue step by step.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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