merge unallocated partition

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I am unable to merge my unallocated partition to my /dev/sda1.

I tried gparted etc. but no success so far. I need you help to extend my /dev/sda1 disk size using my unallocated space. Please suggest.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 11 '16 at 02:18

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I agree with Chandra. You cannot merge the unallocated space to partitions unless it is right next to the partition.

answered May 11 '16 at 02:18

Judy William

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this helped me merging two spaces. because there was a middle unused block. I deleted it and was able to merge both of them – Nimish Bansal Apr 18 '21 at 11:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '16 at 19:47

Simply you cannot alter the partition on which the current OS is running.

The solution is to make a bootable DVD or USB and boot your system with it. then you can alter the partition (sda1).

Yet, you should be careful about one thing: most probably the UUID of sda1 will get changed after alteration. Therefore, you should update you fstab and grub for the new UUID.

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited May 11 '16 at 01:46

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I think the simple solution is, back up all your data on the current partition, delete them all, recreate new one.

edited May 11 '16 at 01:46

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answered May 11 '16 at 01:44

Chandra

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