how to remove windows install i dont need it now.

[ytkuser12]

i figured it out will be doing it here shortly . had one more question how do i adjust screen brightness?.

[ytkuser12]

deleted it but had to put it back as i could not get the ubuntu install to extend to the new unallocated space. any ideas?

[wilee-nilee]

deleted it but had to put it back as i could not get the ubuntu install to extend to the new unallocated space. any ideas?

From a live cd post a screenshot of gparted.

[ytkuser12]

here you go i hope this helps.

[wilee-nilee]

So as of now there is no free space.

The Ubuntu is in a extended partition as I mentioned sda2, this has to be resized before the sda5 can be.

The swap needs to be unmounted as well, this will unmount the extended, and then it can be resized.

You may loose your ubuntu boot when you move the front of it to the left so be prepared for this, an easy fix so just a heads up.

You can fix this ahead of time by by tweaking the fstab, open it with this command.

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Then remove the UUID and number and replace it with.

/dev/sda5

The UUID would look something like this.

UUID=540fba4f-32b3-460c-a3f4-7f9598fc9b25

You will have a boot then as long as the partition is sda5

[ytkuser12]

ok so after i do all this will i need to re install the boot loader ?

[wilee-nilee]

ok so after i do all this will i need to re install the boot loader ?

If you change the fstab you should boot in alright, it may be, that you still will even if you don't change the fstab as well. Although on a couple occasions myself with moving the front of a Ubuntu partition I have had to reload grub to the mbr.

Couple of ways to get around this supergrub is one, it should boot you straight into a Ubuntu system that does not boot.

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/

From the installed desktop you can from the terminal reload the mbr with these commands.

sudo fdisk -lu

First command identifies the partitions and the HD, you just want to confirm the HD here, whether it is sda, or sdb etc. The next command puts grub in the mbr, the X is just the missing HD confirmation letter.

sudo grub-install /dev/sdX

Then

sudo update-grub

[ytkuser12]

lol i goofed it up had to do fresh install lol you live and learn.