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strong cliff Feb 4, 2025, 10:11 AM

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Hello!
I have a big problem that my root partition is too small, can't even update my system anymore. In the other hand my home partition has way too much unused space. Root partition is 20G and home partition uses the rest of my 512G nvme ssd. I've tried resizing it following this guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Parted#Resizing_partitions
With no success, had to undo all the changes to make my system boot in to the GUI
I was resizing in a live iso. Arch latest iso.

Parted

whole bolt Feb 4, 2025, 2:00 PM

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strong cliff Hello! I have a big problem that my root partition is too small, can't even upda...

how does your disk layout looks like?

strong cliff Feb 4, 2025, 2:02 PM

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This is fdisk -l output:

Device            Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1     2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2  1050624  42993663  41943040    20G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 42993664 957031250 914037587 435.8G Linux filesystem

hallow spear Feb 4, 2025, 4:09 PM

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well thats a problem

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you could either do some moving of the partitions or reinstall the os

strong cliff Feb 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

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How would i go about moving the partitions?

hallow spear Feb 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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https://www.baeldung.com/linux/resize-partitions

Baeldung on Linux

How to Resize and Move Partitions in Linux | Baeldung on Linux

Learn how to resize disk partitions in Linux using some of the actively maintained open-source partitioning tools currently available.

strong cliff Feb 4, 2025, 4:25 PM

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When moving is there a risk of losing data, I'm making a backup any way, but not familiar with moving partitions, how safe is it or are these questions answered in the article?

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