how to partition an existing partition in linux?

bhavisavla · 09-08-2011, 04:28 AM

how is it possible to partition an existing used partition on linux without formatting and rebooting , and make a new partition to use the free space in the orginal partition.

Thanks and Regards!

Cultist · 09-08-2011, 05:43 AM

you can resize the existing partition to drop the empty space and turn what you save into a new partition, but you can't just directly divide a partition into multiple partitions. Any of the usual partitioning tools should be able to do this (cfdisk, gparted, etc).

bhavisavla · 09-08-2011, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cultist

you can resize the existing partition to drop the empty space and turn what you save into a new partition, but you can't just directly divide a partition into multiple partitions. Any of the usual partitioning tools should be able to do this (cfdisk, gparted, etc).

thanks a lot!!!