Can not resizepartition with Gparted

**deepakdeshp** · January 15th, 2012

I am using Mint12 and df -k shows 9 percent usage. But when I try to resize it, it is greyed out even though my boot partition isnt mint.

**nothingspecial** · January 15th, 2012

Moved to Other OS/Distro Talk.

**drs305** · January 15th, 2012

Depending on where the partition is on the disk, other partitions may need to be unmounted as well. Generally I find it easiest to do partitioning from a LiveCD, but even then you will have to unmount the swap partition before accomplishing the resizing operation(s).

And don't forget to backup important data before accomplishing any disk partitioning.

**Double.J** · January 15th, 2012

Originally Posted by drs305

Depending on where the partition is on the disk, other partitions may need to be unmounted as well. Generally I find it easiest to do partitioning from a LiveCD, but even then you will have to unmount the swap partition before accomplishing the resizing operation(s).

And don't forget to backup important data before accomplishing any disk partitioning.

+1

Usually greyed out means that the partition is currently mounted, and you right click > unmount to get access to it; this can often happen if you've opened the filesystem in the file manager to see what's on it? As drs305 says, you may also need to swap off, again - right click and swapoff.

I also advise using a live CD - it gives you full access to the drive. Just remember the golden rule - whenever you do any partitioning - back up everything on that device - it's really not worth the hassle of not!

**deepakdeshp** · February 16th, 2012

Originally Posted by gnu/mirow

+1

I also advise using a live CD - it gives you full access to the drive. Just remember the golden rule - whenever you do any partitioning - back up everything on that device - it's really not worth the hassle of not!

Thats a very sound advise about backing up. And thank you for the other details too.