How do I increase the size of my ext4 partition?

If you’re going to be increasing the size of both the partition and the filesystem, then first run fdisk to increase the size of the partition, and then run resize2fs to increase the size of the filesystem. If you’re going to be shrinking the size of both, run resize2fs first and then run fdisk .

Can you resize a mounted partition?

In Linux, there isn’t a way to actually resize an existing partition. One should delete the partition and re-create a new partition again with the required size in the same position.

How do I resize a partition in Linux terminal?

Procedure

  1. Run the fdisk -u command to open the partition table for the disk in sector mode.
  2. Type p at the prompt to list the partitions on the disk.
  3. Type d to delete this partition.
  4. Type n to re-create the partition.
  5. Type p to select the primary partition type.
  6. Type 1 to select partition number 1.

How do I resize a mounted partition in Linux?

Procedure

  1. Unmount the partition:
  2. Run fdisk disk_name.
  3. Check the partition number you wish to delete with the p.
  4. Use the option d to delete a partition.
  5. Use the option n to create a new partition.
  6. Check the partition table to ensure that the partitions are created as required using the p option.

How do I resize a partition?

Cut a part of the current partition to be a new one

  1. Begin -> Right click Computer -> Manage.
  2. Locate Disk Management under Store on the left, and click to select Disk Management.
  3. Right click the partition you want to cut, and choose Shrink Volume.
  4. Tune a size on the right of Enter the amount of space to shrink.

How do I resize with Gparted?

How to do it…

  1. Select the partition with plenty of free space.
  2. Choose the Partition | Resize/Move menu option and a Resize/Move window is displayed.
  3. Click on the left-hand side of the partition and drag it to the right so that the free space is reduced by half.
  4. Click on Resize/Move to queue the operation.

Can I resize partitions in Linux?

The primary way of resizing drive partitions in Linux is to delete the old one and create a new one, using the previous starting sector (you can think about it like “left bound of the new partition”). Then you need to simply modify the file system properties to fit the new bounds.