[xubuntu-users] Partition problem!

[Alex Johns]

On 25/11/23 10:03, Gérald Jean wrote:
> Hello everyone,
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> I am stuck in some sort of a mess!
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> I mostly run Xubuntu 22.04, it's in dual boot with Debian 10. Both are 
> installed on the same SSD, 250 GB.
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> It ran well for a few years, before 22.04, I had 20.04.  But about a 
> month ago Xubuntu wouldn't boot anymore.  After some searching and 
> booting in rescue mode I found out it was out of space.  Since then I 
> run Debian but I like my Xubuntu.
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> Attached I have a snapshot of what my partitions look like. Xubuntu is 
> on /dev/sda5, which I temporarily mounted from Debian to see I could 
> get rid of stuff, I can't really, it's pretty much all system stuff, 
> and on my "home", Thunderbird is taking over 3Gb, the rest is small.  
> Debian is on /dev/sda7 and /dev/sda6 is for backing up an HDD which is 
> also mounted at startup.
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> As you can see I have unallocated space at the end, apparently it 
> can't be merged since one partition is logical and the other primary.  
> I thought that if there was a way to merge them, I would roughly get 
> 45 Gb of free space, which would be enough for Xubuntu   IF SOMEONE 
> COULD EXPLAIN TO ME HOW TO  MOVE IT THERE!!!!
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> I would appreciate any insights, thanks,
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>
> Gérald
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Download a copy of gparted and use it to move stuff around