Re: Move unallocated space to extended partition

[Ravi5kumar]

Can someone help me with this:



I want to add 7.01 unallocated space to my / partition? Is it possible? If yes how to do that?

[howefield]

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[Cheesemill]

It is possible, but it will take a long time.
First make sure you have a backup as any operations involving moving partitions carry an element of risk. Then the procedure would be:

1 - Boot from a Live CD and run gparted.
2 - Right click on sda9 and select Swapoff.
3 - Right click on sda2 and select Unmount (may not be neccesary, ignore if it's already unmounted).
4 - Move sda9 all the way to the right.
5 - Move sda6 all the way to the right.
6 - Move sda5 all the way to the right.
7 - Resize sda2 so that the unallocated space it outside the extended partition.
8 - Move sda1 all the way to the right.
9 - Resize sda3 to use the unallocated space.