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Is there a way to extend the root partition?
You may even extend the root partition using GParted. But you need to unmount your root partition before you work on it. I mean you should work offline (using a liveUSB).
How can I change the UUID of my root partition?
From there, start GParted, turn off swap if necessary, right click on the extended partition and resize it to suit your needs. Then, follow the steps mentioned as needed to resize root and add back swap. In the event that your root partition UUID gets changed, you can update Grub by executing these steps in the live mode:
Is there a way to expand the partition in sda9?
Reduce the size of the /dev/sda9 /home partition, and , then expand the /dev/sda10 partition. Though moving all the partitions in /dev/sda4 to left, then moving the swap and expanding the partition, should work as well.
How to increase the root partition in LVM?
You will need to boot in an external OS (e.g. using a live-CD) to perform these tasks. I would recommend you to backup any sensible data before doing anything with the partitions. If you can use GUI, then with a help of system-config-lvm this can be made in an easy graphical way.
Root partition is one of those things that shouldn’t be messed with while the system is running. Boot from a LiveUSB and perform all operations from there. SystemRescueCD is a good option, but you can use anything as long as it has parted (or equivalent), lvm2, e2fsck and resize2fs.
How big is the root partition in Fedora?
Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-root: 50 GiB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-swap: 7.8 GiB, 8321499136 bytes, 16252928 sectors Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-home: 191.8 GiB, 205898383360 bytes, 402145280 sectors I have 20GB unallocated space and want to extend root partition to it. Is it possible to do so with above partition?
How can I free up space in my root drive?
Removing 3 or 4 older kernels will usually free up about a GB of space in your root drive. It finds all files bigger than 50 MB and ” du -h ” make a better list of files and “sort -n ” after pipe make list numerically sorted by file size.
How can I free up disk space for Ubuntu?
In Ubuntu, each folder can have its own filesystem. That means you can move any folder onto its own partition, another disk or even on a remote network. This is particularly popular for home directories, since that means you can reinstall Ubuntu without changing your personal settings or loosing any files.