Changing Partition Size on hard drive

arky89 · 05-26-2008, 10:42 AM

Hi guys,

sorry if this sounds like an obvious question, but i'm having a slight problem. I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and when I was making the partition, I left Windows with only 60GB of Hard Disk space and the rest (about 250GB) was left for Linux. I actually wanted to make it the other way round. I installed Gnome Partition editor and tried to unmount the volume to adjust the partition size but it says I need to do it manually as another partition may be mounted on the mountpoints.

I tried to unmount manually but when I do that, an error message appears saying I am not privileged to do so. Is there any way round this?

Thanks for your time.

Saxon · 05-26-2008, 10:48 AM

Download the LiveCD of Gparted an do it with that.

arky89 · 05-26-2008, 10:55 AM

Thanks for the quick reply... I am downloading the Live Version of GParted now. Do i mount the image on CD and run the CD when it reboots?
Sorry, First time i have used linux

Saxon · 05-26-2008, 12:24 PM

Yes, burn it to a disk an then restart your computer and boot from CD like you did when you installed Linux or any OS.

Mak213 · 05-26-2008, 01:22 PM

Burn the ISO to CD.

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farinha · 05-27-2008, 01:26 PM

use "sudo umount <mount point>". The "sudo" gives you administrator privileges.

05-26-2008, 10:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
arky89 Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	Changing Partition Size on hard drive Hi guys, sorry if this sounds like an obvious question, but i'm having a slight problem. I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and when I was making the partition, I left Windows with only 60GB of Hard Disk space and the rest (about 250GB) was left for Linux. I actually wanted to make it the other way round. I installed Gnome Partition editor and tried to unmount the volume to adjust the partition size but it says I need to do it manually as another partition may be mounted on the mountpoints. I tried to unmount manually but when I do that, an error message appears saying I am not privileged to do so. Is there any way round this? Thanks for your time.

05-26-2008, 10:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Saxon call me... tater salad Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,752	Re: Changing Partition Size on hard drive Download the LiveCD of Gparted an do it with that. __________________ 8GB DDR2 800, Asus M2N-SLI, AMD 4200+ X2, 500GB SATA + 250 SATA, Asus 8500GTS silent 512mb, Debian Linux, FreeBSD7, Solaris. Isaac is coming...

05-26-2008, 10:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
arky89 Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Changing Partition Size on hard drive Thanks for the quick reply... I am downloading the Live Version of GParted now. Do i mount the image on CD and run the CD when it reboots? Sorry, First time i have used linux

05-26-2008, 12:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Saxon call me... tater salad Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,752	Re: Changing Partition Size on hard drive Yes, burn it to a disk an then restart your computer and boot from CD like you did when you installed Linux or any OS. __________________ 8GB DDR2 800, Asus M2N-SLI, AMD 4200+ X2, 500GB SATA + 250 SATA, Asus 8500GTS silent 512mb, Debian Linux, FreeBSD7, Solaris. Isaac is coming...

05-26-2008, 01:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Trotter's Basement Posts: 17,392	Re: Changing Partition Size on hard drive Burn the ISO to CD. Burning ISO Images with ImgBurn - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki __________________ Google...USE IT \| There is a EDIT button. Use It and don't multiple post. \| Image created by CarnageX \| You've been Mak'd!

05-27-2008, 01:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
farinha True Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 174	Re: Changing Partition Size on hard drive use "sudo umount <mount point>". The "sudo" gives you administrator privileges.

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