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  1. June 5th, 2008, 05:55 PM #1
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    Need more partition space.

     
    Hey, I am running a dual boot system(XP Pro and Ubuntu). I only have 15 gigs partitioned for ubuntu and I was wondering if there was a way to put more space into that partition.

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    Qparted/Gparted/Kparted from your linux distro, or Partiton Magic from your windows partition should allow you to resize the partitions. Or you could add a second hard drive.
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    BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST!

    My suggestion would be don't try to increase the size of the Linux partition but instead reduce the size of the Windows partition and create a new partition from the space you free up. You can then use that additional partition in Linux for storage, or you could mount your /home directory or some other directory on the new partition. You just have to be sure the new partition is properly mounted at boot time.
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    I have better luck with gparted live cd. (image, backup, both!!)
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  5. June 7th, 2008, 12:12 AM #5
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    sound advice from all!!! thank you all !!!!
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