Question: How Do I Add Space to an Existing Partition in Linux?
Contents How Do I Add More Space to an Existing Partition in Linux? How to Do It… Select the Partition with Plenty of Free Space. Choose the Partition |...
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How do I add more space to an existing partition in Linux?
How to do it…
- Select the partition with plenty of free space.
- Choose the Partition | Resize/Move menu option and a Resize/Move window is displayed.
- Click on the left-hand side of the partition and drag it to the right so that the free space is reduced by half.
- Click on Resize/Move to queue the operation.
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How can I add free space to an existing partition in Linux?
You might need to use “Edit → Apply All Operations” for Swapoff to have effect. After this you can shift the unallocated space inside the extended volume, then resize the /dev/sda5 volume to add the unallocated space.
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