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  1. My /dev/sda1 is 465.76G space on Gparted which is Mount/Inuse
  2. I need to create a separate partition of 60G space for kali Linux.
  3. The Unallocated space can it be increased and used for installation?

I will be grateful if anyone can help me out with this.

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  • what about increasing the size of the unallocated will that be possible ?
    – 5uk1
    Oct 5, 2017 at 21:37
  • Yes, after you shrink /devsda1.
    – mikewhatever
    Oct 5, 2017 at 21:44
  • Arigatōgozaimashita
    – 5uk1
    Oct 5, 2017 at 21:46

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If by unallocated space you mean there's actually free space outside /dev/sda1 then you can easily create a new partition. However, if /dev/sda1 is your only partition and really spans over your entire HDD, then I'm afraid you should've used LVM to be able to do online resizing.

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  • The unallocated space is about 1.03MB, so i can create a new partition while that is outside /dev/sda1 ? Thanks
    – 5uk1
    Oct 5, 2017 at 21:44
  • if there was more space on the drive, outside /dev/sda1, yes, you could've, but 1.03MB is really not enough for a new partition. shrinking /dev/sda1 live cannot happen without losing data. you can try resize2fs /dev/sda1 <newzize>, but more than surely you'll get a prompt saying online shrinking not supported
    – Alex Austin
    Oct 5, 2017 at 21:52
  • Thanks bro, you have been helpful, have figured it out. Appreciate it.
    – 5uk1
    Oct 5, 2017 at 21:54
  • please do share your solution for others to see
    – Alex Austin
    Oct 5, 2017 at 22:55
  • I created a bootable Gparted on my USB then boot it straight from my PC then got into the Gparted desktop i was able to create a partition of 80G on my /dev/sda1. Then on installation for kali linux i installed it directly into in the 80G space and worked perfectly... Thanks for the Help.
    – 5uk1
    Oct 17, 2017 at 12:44

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