move and resize partitions

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

You can boot your system using liveCD, install gparted, backup and resize
your partition.

Istimsak abdulbasir
On Nov 1, 2013 7:41 PM, "Bob" <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:

> When I first installed Ubuntu I did not choose the best partition sizes.
>  Now I
> need to resize them which will require at least moving one partition.
>  There is
> another system installed and dual booted.
>
> I first tried to backup the current partitions.  I got a message "Temp
> space
> has 11960320 available, backup needs approx 68157440."  The temp space
> seems to
> be what is free on /home.  I could not find a way to change where backup
> acquires its temp space.
>
> I installed gparted and the "resize/move" menu option is not active.  I
> assume
> this is because I am booted from the partition I want to move.  So I am
> looking
> for suggestions on how to resize and move these partitions.  I have a
> partition
> for / and /home along with a swap.  My preference is to backup everything
> and
> if neccessary do a restore, I do not want to reinstall.
>
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