I am having a problem in Gparted. I am running Ubuntu 16.04. I need to expand my main partition, containg "/", into unallocated space. I have used a live DVD with 18.04 to try to use Gparted to expand the partition. I believe that I have unmounted the partition because the "lock" symbol disappeared and I swich linuxswap partion to Off. Despite my best efforts the partition is not changeable in size. It's shown as Full in Gparted and I am wondering if this condition is somehow inhibiting my desired expansion of the partition. Can anyone suggest what I am failing to do correctly?
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You need to boot up a "live" session from an installation media such as a USB device or a DVD like the one you used to install ubuntu.
Once you boot up into your "live" session, select the option to try Ubuntu without installing.
Finally, open gparted and resize the partition because it will not be in use or mounted during the live session unless you choose to mount it first.
You can download the 64 bit live session DVD (or USB) iso from here.
You may need to delete the swap and any other unused partitions that are after the partition (to the right) to free up some unallocated space. Just do not forget to create a new swap partition when you are done because running without swap is not recommended.
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