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You can resize your primary partition, move it to a larger offset, then resize /boot. You can also move /boot to the end of your disk. gparted supports this stu

by wubrr 3y ago

You can resize your primary partition, move it to a larger offset, then resize /boot. You can also move /boot to the end of your disk. gparted supports this stuff pretty well.

LoganDark 3y ago
There's no way. You cannot just relocate a Linux partition while it's running like you can macOS, unless gparted somehow supports moving a live system into a tmpfs while the operation is performed. Windows software that does this has to completely reboot into a dedicated executable that does the work before the system is actually started.
- wubrr 3y ago
  Not while it's running obviously... you boot into gparted live and do it. And btw, yes you can move partitions while linux is running.
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    > you boot into gparted live and do it. This is not the same as simply running gparted from the partition to be resized. > And btw, yes you can move partitions while linux is running. Not your root partition, unless you can manage to unmount it without having a fatal system crash.
    - wubrr 3y ago
      > This is not the same as simply running gparted from the partition to be resized. Nobody said you have to run it from that filesystem/partition? > Not your root partition, unless you can manage to unmount it without having a fatal system crash. You can resize your root partition using fdisk/partprobe without unmounting it, then move /boot to be after root. I'm sure there are many other ways to do it as well (pivot_root, etc).
- Timshel 3y ago
  You just need to run off a live distro to do it.
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    That's my point. You can't just download and run gparted to resize your root partition, you need to boot from somewhere else in order to do that.
    - wubrr 3y ago
      You can also set up gparted live to be bootable from GRUB from the same drive.
      - LoganDark 3y ago
        That's true, it's not uncommon for me to install Linux by flashing the installer to a small partition on the same disk as the actual install destination. Quite useful for dual/triple-boot without actually requiring any USB flash drives.
    - justinclift 3y ago
      Is it really that hard to boot from external media on the odd occasion of doing stuff like this?
      - LoganDark 3y ago
        No, no it's not.

by wubrr 3y ago

You can resize your primary partition, move it to a larger offset, then resize /boot. You can also move /boot to the end of your disk. gparted supports this stuff pretty well.

LoganDark 3y ago

There's no way. You cannot just relocate a Linux partition while it's running like you can macOS, unless gparted somehow supports moving a live system into a tmpfs while the operation is performed. Windows software that does this has to completely reboot into a dedicated executable that does the work before the system is actually started.

wubrr 3y ago
Not while it's running obviously... you boot into gparted live and do it. And btw, yes you can move partitions while linux is running.
- LoganDark 3y ago
  > you boot into gparted live and do it. This is not the same as simply running gparted from the partition to be resized. > And btw, yes you can move partitions while linux is running. Not your root partition, unless you can manage to unmount it without having a fatal system crash.
  - wubrr 3y ago
    > This is not the same as simply running gparted from the partition to be resized. Nobody said you have to run it from that filesystem/partition? > Not your root partition, unless you can manage to unmount it without having a fatal system crash. You can resize your root partition using fdisk/partprobe without unmounting it, then move /boot to be after root. I'm sure there are many other ways to do it as well (pivot_root, etc).
Timshel 3y ago
You just need to run off a live distro to do it.
- LoganDark 3y ago
  That's my point. You can't just download and run gparted to resize your root partition, you need to boot from somewhere else in order to do that.
  - wubrr 3y ago
    You can also set up gparted live to be bootable from GRUB from the same drive.
    - LoganDark 3y ago
      That's true, it's not uncommon for me to install Linux by flashing the installer to a small partition on the same disk as the actual install destination. Quite useful for dual/triple-boot without actually requiring any USB flash drives.
  - justinclift 3y ago
    Is it really that hard to boot from external media on the odd occasion of doing stuff like this?
    - LoganDark 3y ago
      No, no it's not.