Partitions can't be modified while they're in use -- partitions in use have a key icon next to them. If a partition is mounted, unmount it by clicking the eject button in the file manager. If you have a swap pa
Once a partition is created, it has a specific size, and you're limited to it. Many users realize later that they need more size or their needs simply change and have to shrink specific partitions. Luckily, there are ways you canresizeanUbuntu partitionto expand or shrink its size. In t...
But in this scenario, you have the root filesystem (as anLVMpartition) mounted under an extended partition, not within a primary partition. You just have one primary partition which is mounted on /boot and rest all space is part of that extended partition. Sounds troublesome? Let me show y...
STEP 4: In the GParted window, select the Partition which you want to resize. Right-click on it and choose ‘Resize’. GParted – Resize Partition STEP 5: You can drag the box and resize the partition. Or enter the SWAP size in MB in the box ‘Free space following (MiB). For exa...
Preparing Windows for Dual Boot with Ubuntu 2.Once inCLI, typediskmgmt.mscon prompt, and theDisk Managementutility should open. From here, right-click onC:the partition and selectShrink Volumein order to resize the partition. C:\Windows\system32\>diskmgmt.msc ...
In this chapter, we’ll discuss in detail how to work with disks on a Linux system. You’ll learn how to partition disks, create and maintain the filesystems that go inside disk partitions, and work with swap space. 在第三章中,我们讨论了内核提供的一些顶层磁盘设备。 在本章中,我们将...
enlarge a virtual disk size. However, to make theLinuxrecognize and and use the enlarged disks without rebooting the OS, some actions are needed. In this post, we will use Ubuntu 18.04 as one example, to show how to enlargeLinuxrootpartitionandfilesystemsizes at runt...
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Resize File System Mount the file-system back to same point. # mount /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test /mnt/tecmint_reduce_test/ Mount File System Check the size of partition and files. # lvdisplay vg_tecmint_extra Here we can see the final result as the logical volume was reduce...
In Chapter 3, we discussed some of the top-level disk devices that the kernel makes available. In this chapter, we’ll discuss in detail how to work with disks on a Linux system. You’ll learn how to partition disks, create and maintain the filesystems that go inside disk partitions, ...