How do I add free space to root partition in Linux?

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1. Open GParted.
2. Right click on /dev/sda11 and select Swapoff.
3. Right click on /dev/sda11 and select Delete.
4. Click on Apply All Operations.
5. Open a terminal.
6. Extend the root partition: sudo resize2fs /dev/sda10.
7. Go back to GParted.
8. Open the GParted menu and click on Refresh Devices.

How do you increase the size of Dev Mapper RHEL root?

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1. Delete some unnecessary files from root so that you can store the backup of /home in this directory.
2. Backup the contents of /home as:
3. Test the backup tar -tvf /root/home.tgz.
4. Need to unmount /home umount /dev/mapper/rhel-home.
5. Remove home logical volume lvremove /dev/mapper/rhel-home.

How do I create a Windows partition in Linux?

Steps to create a NTFS partition

1. Boot a live session (“Try Ubuntu” from the installation CD) Only unmounted partitions can be resized.
2. Run GParted. Open the Dash and type GParted to run the graphical partitioner from the live session.
3. Select partition to shrink.
4. Define size of the new partition.
5. Apply changes.

How do I add unallocated space to the root partition?

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1. Take a full system backup using CloneZilla Live¹
2. Boot a live environment of gparted.
3. Move sda3 to the left (this will move both sda5 and sda6 as well)
4. Extend sda3 with the now free space at the end.
5. Move sda6 to the end of sda3.
6. Extend sda5 still leaving 10\% of the disk space unallocated between sda5 and sda6 ²

How do I increase the partition size of ubuntu installed under Windows?

In GParted, find your Ubuntu partition. To its left should be a block of unallocated space (the space you freed up when shrinking the Windows partition), and to the left of that should be what’s left of the Windows partition. Click the Ubuntu partition, and click the Shrink/Move option.

How do I extend my dev Mapper root?

TL;DR

1. Check available space on the VG: vgdisplay . If enough go to 4.
2. If you don’t have space add a disk and create a PV: pvcreate /dev/sdb1.
3. Extend the VG: vgextend vg0 /dev/sdb1.
4. Extend the LV: lvextend /dev/vg0/lv0 -L +5G.
5. Check: lvscan.
6. Resize the file system: resize2fs /dev/vg0/lv0.
7. Check: df -h | grep lv0.

How do I increase the size of my EXT4 partition?

The size of Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems can be increased by using the resize2fs command when the file system is mounted. The size of an Ext3 file system can also be increased by using the resize2fs command when the file system is unmounted.