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I have a dual-booting Windows and Linux installed and I am running out of space on nvme0n1p5 / root partition. So I want to extend this partition with space either from nvme0n1p3 (78G unused) or swap partition nvme0n1p8 (10G total). But both of them are not neighbor partition of nvme0n1p5. There are small partitions in between them (p4 and p7), used for Windows recovery and /boot partition I think.

So even though I shrink nvme0n1p3 and make available some unallocated space, I can't merge it into nvme0n1p5 by dragging the slider left to cover the unallocated space.

Is there any way to extend the root partition without requiring a full clean install?

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  • You are mentioning /root which is not the / or root partition, but a directory used to hold root user files which is usually only KB in size. /root and the root directory / are different things.
    – guiverc
    Apr 9, 2022 at 5:51
  • You can only expand a partition to use contiguous space, so if the space has a partition (p4) between it, that partition will need to be moved first.. (so the space is next to the partition you want to expand) which may have implications on other systems depending on how the moved partition is actually used. Why you plan out what you'll need before you install your OS.
    – guiverc
    Apr 9, 2022 at 5:54
  • @guiverc sorry for the confusion, it should be / the root partition. I was following the instructions from your linked answer, have tried gparted on a live CD, but I'm not sure how to do that with non-adjacent partitions.
    – oeter
    Apr 9, 2022 at 6:32
  • So I guess I'll have to do a reinstall and redo the whole partition, hopefully it can be organized in a better way this time.
    – oeter
    Apr 9, 2022 at 6:41
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    Does this answer your question? How can I add more space to my non adjacent Linux partitions?
    – karel
    Apr 9, 2022 at 10:49

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What you can do is shrink p3. Move p4 to the left. Move p5 to the left, so you end up with with the unallocated space to the right of it. Then enlarge p5.
I would not go through the hassle of adding the 57 Mb unallocated space (located at the end of the disk), because it is so small.

Make backups first.

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