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My root file system has recently become full, and I was hoping to allocate some more space to it. In the picture linked below, Partition 5 is my root file system, but I am unable to add the 78G that I have free to it. I have tried booting from a usb drive and modifying it through the build in disk utility, but that it just would only let me decrease size. I am aware the picture says there is memory available, but this was after I nuked docker images and reinstalled it. It is currently at no space available.

Alternatively, is there a way I can make docker user memory from my filesystem with more memory?

Current Partition Allocations:

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Note: If you've got a recent UEFI computer, your SSDs/HDD should be in GPT format.

Note: From Windows, download Samsung Magician from here, and check the firmware in your Samsung SSDs.

Make sure that you have a good backup of your important Ubuntu files, as this procedure can corrupt or lose data.

Keep these things in mind:

  • always start the entire procedure with issuing a swapoff on any mounted swap partitions, and end the entire procedure with issuing a swapon on that same swap partition

  • a move is done by pointing the mouse pointer at the center of a partition and dragging it left/right with the hand cursor

  • a resize is done by dragging the left/right side of a partition to the left/right with the directional arrow cursor

  • if any partition can't be moved/resized graphically, you may have to manually enter the specific required numeric data (don't do this unless I instruct you to)

  • you begin any move/resize by right-clicking on the partition in the lower pane of the main window, and selecting the desired action from the popup menu, then finishing that action in the new move/resize window

Do the following...

Note: if the procedure doesn't work exactly as I outline, STOP immediately and DO NOT continue.

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, in “Try Ubuntu” mode
  • start gparted
  • move /dev/sda6 partition all the way right
  • resize /dev/sda5 right side all the way right
  • click the Apply icon
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