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Still "no space"?

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  • Started 2 months ago by mimitam
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mimitam
Posts: 5

I Gparted Vista and in Ubuntu OS Properties, I saw used and free space on the pie chart and text. There is plenty of space.

However, I still cannot run anything in Ubuntu due to "not enough free disk space".

When I used 'df' to look at the disk, the partition was shown as 100% Used. I also looked at the System Monitor, it also said available disk space: 0 bytes.

I thought I did not have to repartition Ubuntu after I repartitioned Vista and that Ubuntu knows to use the free space. Is this true?

Any ideas and suggestions will be very much appreciated.

Thanks...Mimi

I Gparted Vista and in Ubuntu OS Properties, I saw used and free space on the pie chart and text. There is plenty of space.

However, I still cannot run anything in Ubuntu due to "not enough free disk space".

When I used 'df' to look at the disk, the partition was shown as 100% Used. I also looked at the System Monitor, it also said available disk space: 0 bytes.

I thought I did not have to repartition Ubuntu after I repartitioned Vista and that Ubuntu knows to use the free space. Is this true?

Any ideas and suggestions will be very much appreciated.

Thanks...Mimi

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LH
LH
Posts: 7510

Have a look in Vistas Disk Management.

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mimitam
Posts: 5

I could not use Vista Partition Tool because it wouldn't let me. It displayed zero for free space. Therefore, I resorted to using GParted.

After I GParted Vista (/dev/sda6, ext3), I could not expand Ubuntu (/dev/sda3, nfs).

The Resize/Move Ubuntu partition didn't even take a higher MiB number if my input is greater then what's displayed.

I could shrink and expand /dev/sda3 nfs where Vista is, however.

Am I using GParted incorrectly? How can I fix this?

Please HELP.

Thanks...Mimi

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Narf
Posts: 11

You can not resize a partition if it is mounted.

And you can not add free space in front (to the right) of a partition....

So

boot the the Ubuntu desktop CD

Run gparted.

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