--- In [email protected], Ray Drouillard <ray-lists@...> wrote: > > If that doesn't work, unmount the swap partition. > > To do that, select the swap partition, then select 'Swapoff' under the > 'Partition' dropdown. It's in the same place on the menu as the > 'Unmount' command. > > If you are using the swap partition, and the swap partition is inside an > extended partition, you won't be able to resize the extended partition. > > Ray Drouillard > > > > On 01/12/2011 09:53 PM, James Jolin wrote: > > > > Thanks, Roy. The part about the unallocated being adjacent is the part > > that > > was missing.. The live cd of ubuntu 10.10 does not have gparted on it, but > > I as able to download it. Might try PartedMagic. > > Jim > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Roy <linuxcanuck@... > > <mailto:linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > Work from the Live CD since you cannot work on a mounted file > > system. Use > > > gparted in your distro's live CD or a distro dedicated to this such as > > > PartedMagic. Once you are in your Live CD do not mount the > > partition. Open > > > the partition editor such as Gparted and select the device in the menu. > > > Then > > > it will display the partitions is a graphical ribbon. Right click on the > > > partion you want to resize and increase the size in the drop down. > > You can > > > only do this if the unallocated space is adjacent. If it is not adjacent > > > then you will have to add the step of moving the partition so that it is > > > adjacent. Then hit apply and wait till it is complete. I tend to only do > > > one > > > thing at a time. eg. Move then Apply. Resize then Apply. This is only > > > because I have had more success this way and it saves time in the end. > > > > > > Roy > > > > > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > > > Location: Canada > > > > > > > > > On 12 January 2011 20:06, james_jolin <james.jolin@... > > <mailto:james.jolin%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know this topic came up awhile ago, but I looked in the archives > > and I > > > > could not find an answer to my particular question. > > > > I went into Windows XP partition and resized Windows so I would have a > > > new > > > > chunk of unallocated space for linux. I brought up Ubuntu and ran > > gparted > > > > and saw the new unallocated space. Now comes the tough part. I > > know I had > > > to > > > > do this without mounting the harddive so I took the live cd and ran > > > > that...also downloded gparted but I could move the ext4 partition into > > > the > > > > new unallocated space. So, how do I do this?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > > > [email protected] > > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com> & you will be > > removed.Yahoo! > > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
Hey, um i know it should go without saying but.... backup first. I fried my data when I did that, ended up reinstalling. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
