Hi, The linux swap is miles to big. This is what I would do. 1. backup - data etc 2. boot off life cd or usb 3. may need to turn swap off on harddisk if live cd use it (swapoff /dev/sda7) 4. reduce the swap partion(create new partion - 1Gb, delete old partion - miles to big anyway) towards the fat partion and leave the free space towards the /home (could turn swap backon - swapon //dev/sda?) 5. reduce/move(create new partion, copy the data, delete old partion) the home partion towards the swap 6. grow the home partion 7. update /etc/fstab on your orginal installation to reflect new partion numbers if they have changed 8. reboot
The alternative is to see how big some of the directories are in the root partion create a partion in the spare space for the biggest directory and relocate that directory there, effectively freeing space in the root partion. Some distros install files for application and updates can grow quite large over a period of time and need the dead wood cleaned out. Have fun Maurice > -----Original Message----- > From: Kerry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 7:02 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: resizing a full partition > > > Hi all, > > I've nearly run out of disk space on the root partition of my > Kubuntu 9.04 > machine. I have around 10G of unallocated space at the end of > my drive and I > am wondering how I can safely allocate some of this space to root? > > I've taken a screenshot of the partition on gparted and you > can check that our > here: http://manukadesign.co.nz/assets/Images/screen_shot_gparted.png > > I've had a pit of a google but all info seemed to be a few years old > > Thanks in advance, > Kerry
