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How to extend / partition with not adjacent unallocated space?

I need to extend the / partition with all the unallocated space. The problem is that they are not adjacent so it can't be done directly from the UI. How can I proceed via terminal? Update du -hsx --...
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i want to create another partition but i can't switch to a different partition

i want to dual boot windows with ubuntu but i need to shrink my partitions. I only have one partition and a total of 1 MB of unallocated space please help i have no idea what i am doing. Here is and ...
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Gparted won't resize Ubuntu partition [duplicate]

I have 2 partitions, 1 for boot and 1 for Ubuntu. I'm trying to shrink the Ubuntu partition to create one for Win11. But Gparted won't let me: every time I assign a new value to the size of the ...
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How to extend ext3 filesystem without lvm? [duplicate]

There are some informations of my system. My disk has 59.7GB. I have already used 28GB. It remains about 30GB. Now, I want to add this 30GB to /dev/mmcblk1p1 which's mountpoint is /. I have already ...
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increase root space

I have a problem with the "computer" space. I get constantly an error message signaling the lack of space. There are several drives on the computer, one with Windows OS on it, with a lot of ...
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Low disk space on Filesystem root despite having plenty of space in `home`

I just got this warning I tried to follow this and this questions, but I fail to understand why this is happening when I still have a lot of space available in home: df -h Filesystem ...
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Resizing Ubuntu Partition [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 alongside Windows 11, initially giving Ubuntu 33GB. Now I want to install larger programs, thus my 33 GB are not enough. I went on Windows and I removed 80 GBs from the ...
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How do I extend root partition? [closed]

My root partition is 90% full because, when I installed Ubuntu, I thought that my /home partition needed more space. So right now I have a 20 GB root partition, 150 GB for my /home partition, and 40 ...
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Error: No space left on device [duplicate]

Desktop properties: free space 56.5 mb, same for all other folders. Running off a USB, looking to solve memory capacity issue. Ubuntu 20.04.3 LT
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How to expand a root partition without of removing any data?

I'm running ubuntu 18 cli server and I'm totally new The server provider gave me 50G more disk space but I need to add it myself. I know how to add with removing my data and configs but I want to keep ...
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How to increase the home partition of Ubuntu using another partition without reinstalling? [duplicate]

I was on dual boot, then i formatted the other partition to use it with the current ubuntu partition. the 2 partitions i want to make as 1 partition How to do that safely without losing any data
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Disk full after sudo apt-get dist-upgrade [duplicate]

I ran into this problem and did sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. In the middle of the process my disk was full. Here I am suggested to sudo apt-get clean. I was also told somewhere in the process to run '...
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Make Home Partition Size Larger and Reduce Root Partition Size

My Root Partition is of 418 GB and the home partition is of 464 GB. My Home Partition is now almost full while the Root Partition is only 20 GB used. So, I want to Decrease size of Root Partition and ...
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What to do when my disc can fail? Should merge partitions?

I am coming across a problem with my disc space, but when I try to resize or merge my partitions I cannot. I've tried many solutions like using GParted to resize or merge, but it is locked and I do ...
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How to remove dual boot and select Ubuntu as the primary and only os deleting windows

My question is about boot I'm totally new to Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu from a usb drive. Now I want to completely wipe out windows from my laptop and run ubuntu as my only os. And another thing ...
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