I'm VERY sorry for posting this simple question but I've hit a brick wall with my research.

Running Ubuntu 14.04

I'm trying to resize "UP" the boot partion on my small SSD drive.
Booted from Live CD, run Gparted.
(I have resized "UP" on the 1000G drive with no problem.)

However with the SSD I can't find a way of resizing UP (only down?)
I have tried doing this mounted and unmounted.

PLEASE what am I missing?????


Model: ATA SanDisk SDSSDP06 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 64.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 25.0GB 25.0GB primary ext4 boot
2 25.0GB 30.0GB 4999MB extended
5 25.0GB 30.0GB 4999MB logical linux-swap(v1)


Model: ATA WDC WD10EFRX-68J (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 470GB 470GB primary ext4

You can't increase it because your swap partition is in the way. You need to move or delete it first.

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You will also need to delete the Extended partition because as you can see, they are the same size and the swap is the only thing in the Extended. You need to unmount a partition before resizing.

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Hi Both thanks very much I did'nt know these points.

So the first step is I think is:-

Delete the 5Gig logical linux swap partition

I see in Gparted that there is also a 5Gig extended partition do I then delete that?

then resize the boot partition

then recreate the swap partion

1. Your first step will be to turn off swap.
2. I've never tried moving an extended partition with internal partitions, but I'd try it. If it can't be done, I'd
2a. just delete the swap partion
2b. then the extended partition
3. then resize the boot partition
4. I wouldn't create an extended partition since you've got a small SSD and are presumably going to be using most of it for your boot partition; I'd
5. just recreate a swap partition

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Thank you.

Yes /home is on the 1000G drive.

Small SSD is only for the OS.

Will try these steps tomorrow.

Or post screen shot of gparted for us to be sure.

Thanks will get a screenshot

Here is the Gparted screeshot

Highlight sda5, the swap partition then go to the Partition tab and in the options select swapoff. After that with sda5 still highlighted go back to the Partition tab and select Delete. The selections should show in the bottom part of the window. Select Apply (the green check mark) at the top of the window. When it finishes, highlight sda2, go to the Partition tab and select Delete and then Apply. Then highlight sda1, go to the Partition tab again and select resize and set to the size you want and click the Apply check mark.

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100% thanks to yourself and Rootdoctor

Then do I just simply recreate a swap partition (I think I read somewhere to make it about 2-3 times the RAM size?)

If you have unallocated space available now you can use GParted to create swap. If you have a lot of RAM you may not need it but unless you do a lot of graphics or RAM intensive activity, 2-4GB is more than enough.

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May have to fix boot config to mount for new swap.

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