Merging two linux partitions

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

On 2019-05-13 21:51, Phil wrote:
> I'm asking for advice so that I don't create additional problems for 
> myself.

Heh.  Glad you asked!  Because you're overthinking this, and making it 
w-a-y harder than it really is.  What you want to do:
* Delete your new, empty partition
* Resize your partition with data on it
Done!  Gparted will happily help you with the resize.

-Ken

> I've cloned my 120GB SSD to a 1TB SSD and now I want to extend the
> Linux partition so that it uses all of the extra space of the drive.
> 
> I have formatted (using gparted) the remaining 800GB to ext4 so now I
> have three partitions Windows, Linux and the new partition. So, the
> question is how do I merge the Linux partition with the new partition
> without losing any data?
> 
> The easiest solution would be to delete my Linux partition and create
> a new larger / partition and then reinstall. That would be a lot of
> effort even though I have a backup of my home directory.
> 
> One other question. Towards the end of the Clonezilla options was a
> question asking whether to copy 400 odd bytes to the first sector of
> the new drive. I selected yes, but now a reboot brings up a menu with
> two options. Selecting either does not reboot the computer. Shutting
> down and restarting works as usual.
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Phil