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I am only running ubuntu 14.04 on my system. I am trying to partition my drive using Gparted but it does't allow me to resize my drive.

Here is what I did:

  1. Run Gparted
  2. Select my current partition. [partition: /dev/sda1, File System: ext4, Size: 694 GB, Unused: 503 GB, Flags: boot]
  3. Select resize

At step 3 it does not allow me to resize. I cannot drag the bar or type in my free size box.

What should I do to create a new partition?

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This answer is based on the assumption that you are trying to modify the partition which you are booted off and currently using (/dev/sda1), from what you described. Gparted won't allow you to modify a partition that is mounted and in use.

To modify your /dev/sda partitions you can boot from a live CD or other boot media that has Gparted installed on it (your Ubuntu live media will have it installed already) and perform the same procedure that you mentioned in your question. In theory this should work absolutely fine because the /dev/sda partitions shouldn't be in use.

Before going ahead with this I highly advise to **back up any data that you need** as it may be lost if you do an operation incorrectly when modifying the partitions.

Kind regards,

jkrix

jkrix
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