Cannot resize root partition

i used gparted live in order to maximize the size of root partition but i can't
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 718847 358400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 718848 586656347 292968750 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 612048894 976771071 182361089 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 586657792 612046847 12694528 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 967215104 976771071 4777984 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 612048896 967213055 177582080 83 Linux
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 368MB 367MB primary ntfs
2 368MB 300GB 300GB primary ntfs boot
4 300GB 313GB 13.0GB primary ext4
3 313GB 500GB 187GB extended
6 313GB 495GB 182GB logical ext4
5 495GB 500GB 4893MB logical linux-swap(v1)
i minimize the size of sda6(home folder) in order to give more space to my root partition sda4 but i can't .gparted don't give the option to add the unallocated space to sda4.when i tried to adjust the partitions the swap partition was off
Last edited by kosgeter (2014-04-30 21:52:13)

That's a no-no, you can't do that
To increase the size of sda4, there must be continuous free space after it.
In your case it's like
sda4
sda5
sda6
You first reduce sda6 and you get free space after it, you need to move sda6(not just resize it). Also you will need to delete sda5(which is your swap) and remake it.
Example:
sda4 - 10GB
sda5 - 4GB
sda6 - 100GB
delete sda5 and resize sda6:
sda4 - 10GB
4GB free space
sda6 - 50GB
50GB free space
move sda6:
sda4 - 10GB
50GB free space
sda6 - 50 GB
4GB free space
resize sda4 and create swap(sda7):
sda4 - 60GB
sda6 - 50 GB
sda7 - 4GB
Might I suggest that you use console tools instead of gparted(imho gparted is buggy). The tools in the arch install iso should do fine. Also you can't resize mounted partitions, so you shouldn't try to touch your arch root partition while using it
Last edited by rand_x0r (2014-05-01 16:06:31)

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