Resizing the boot partition in Ubuntu

[spoilt-the-programmer]

My boot partition(ext4) is of around 8 GB...Now I need more space on it. I am thinking of resizing it using Gparted live...Just want to know whether this is the right procedure or it would corrupt my installation of Ubuntu 11.04??

[lmarmisa]

Welcome to the forums. :D

The resize of your boot partition is only one of the possible options.

Please, open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal), type these commands and post the results:



sudo fdisk -l
mount
df -h
sudo du -h --max-depth=1 /


Best regards,

Luis

[spoilt-the-programmer]

Welcome to the forums. :D

The resize of your boot partition is only one of the possible options.

Please, open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal), type these commands and post the results:



sudo fdisk -l
mount
df -h
sudo du -h --max-depth=1 /


Best regards,

Luis

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x21735800

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 13 7841 62873600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 7841 22598 118541312 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 22599 38913 131049313+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 25396 38913 108577792 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 22963 24057 8787968 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 22599 22963 2928640 82 Linux swap / Solaris


/dev/sda6 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/mrafay/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=mrafay)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /root/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev)

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 8.3G 6.5G 1.4G 83% /
none 1.2G 696K 1.2G 1% /dev
none 1.2G 416K 1.2G 1% /dev/shm
none 1.2G 96K 1.2G 1% /var/run
none 1.2G 0 1.2G 0% /var/lock
df: `/root/.gvfs': Permission denied



148K ./.pulse
224K ./.adobe
16K ./.android
824K ./.gstreamer-0.10
104K ./.kde
4.0K ./.themes
12K ./.mission-control
20K ./.mono
4.0K ./.dnacache
136K ./.macromedia
4.0K ./Podcasts
4.0K ./Templates
64K ./.armagetronad
4.0K ./.nautilus
4.0K ./Music
222M ./My Programs
4.0K ./Audiobooks
4.0K ./.icons
44M ./.config
12K ./.dbus
4.0K ./Ubuntu One
4.0K ./Public
72K ./.gconfd
36K ./.pki
4.0K ./Videos
4.0K ./Pictures
2.2M ./Documents
96K ./.gnome2
12K ./Desktop
164K ./.fretsonfire
2.0G ./Downloads
4.0K ./.gnome2_private
1.1M ./.libreoffice
48K ./.swt
2.7M ./.thumbnails
100K ./.fontconfig
164K ./workspace
du: cannot access `./.gvfs': Permission denied
65M ./.mozilla
68K ./.compiz
192M ./.cache
3.0M ./.gconf
2.0M ./.local
2.5G .

[lmarmisa]

Apparently you have no unallocated space on your hard drive. So you would need to shrink the 108 GB NTFS partition (/dev/sda5) before to enlarge your boot partition (/dev/sda6). Gparted (System -> Admin -> Gparted) is a good tool for the shrink operation. If Gparted it is not installed, type this command:



sudo apt-get install gparted
If you wish to enlarge the boot partition, use Gparted too. But you will need to boot your system into an Ubuntu Live CD / USB.

Gparted is a reliable tool but resizing operations are risky. So, consider to make a backup of your system before any change on your partitions.

Best regards,

Luis

[spoilt-the-programmer]

Apparently you have no unallocated space on your hard drive. So you would need to shrink the 108 GB NTFS partition (/dev/sda5) before to enlarge your boot partition (/dev/sda6). Gparted (System -> Admin -> Gparted) is a good tool for the shrink operation. If Gparted it is not installed, type this command:



sudo apt-get install gparted
If you wish to enlarge the boot partition, use Gparted too. But you will need to boot your system into an Ubuntu Live CD / USB.

Gparted is a reliable tool but resizing operations are risky. So, consider to make a backup of your system before any change on your partitions.

Best regards,

Luis

Well all is done and i am set to go....have created unallocated space and everything..

Now i have burnt a GParted Live CD based on Debian Live...
When I am booting from it, it is asking for username and password...
the site mentions that username is: "user"
and password is: "live"

but they aren't working...i have tried root and toor but they aren't working too...please help...:(

[lmarmisa]

Well all is done and i am set to go....have created unallocated space and everything..

Now i have burnt a GParted Live CD based on Debian Live...
When I am booting from it, it is asking for username and password...
the site mentions that username is: "user"
and password is: "live"

but they aren't working...i have tried root and toor but they aren't working too...please help...:(

Hmmm. You do not need any Gparted Live CD. Use a standard Ubuntu Live CD and select the option "Try Ubuntu" at startup.

Then you will be able to use Gparted for resizing your Ubuntu root partition /dev/sda6.

[spoilt-the-programmer]

Well thanks for all the help and contributing your time :)