Resizing root partition after install

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Hello,
Recently I upgraded from LEAP 42.3 to 15.0 in the following sequence:
0. /dev/sdf is the Linux dedicated 256GB SSD. /dev/sdf1 is EFI, 2 is LEAP 42.3.

  1. Shrink /dev/sdf2 to 100GB using partitioner
  2. Using LEAP15.0 installation DVD, create a new root partition (ext4 /dev/sdf3) and mount home drive without formatting.
    Installation and upgrade has been successful.
  3. Delete /dev/sdf2
    Now I am stuck.
    I can’t seem to resize/increase the size of /dev/sdf3 by 100GB that is now unpartitioned and free on /dev/sdf

Any suggestions?
Thank you for your time.
-SJL

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The free space needs to be adjacent to the partition that you want to enlarge.

Whether our not you can resize a partition also depends on the file system used for that partition.

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On Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:36:03 +0000, nrickert wrote:

> The free space needs to be adjacent to the partition that you want to
> enlarge.
>
> Whether our not you can resize a partition also depends on the file
> system used for that partition.

AIR, the free space also needs to be not only adjacent to but at the end
of the the partition to be expanded. You probably need to move the
partition you want to expand to get the free space at the end.

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I use Gparted Live for my partition editing needs, particularly for operations on the root partition

https://gparted.org/livecd.php

TSU

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I guess I’ll have to keep this as is until LEAP 15.1 comes out, and I install/upgrade in the same manner.
/dev/sdf3 is from 2/3 to end of the sdf set to ext4.
The beginning of sdf is EFI partition, so I need to move, and resize if I really want to.

I can take others’ advice and boot from gparted or Ubuntu and use gparted.

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What you do is not upgrading, it’s a new install. If you want a bigger rootfs, you would have to remove the existing root partition and /dev/sdf3 , then create a new one in the space left after doing so.