young solar
I just got done with deleting my Windows partition, but I can't somehow use that unallocated space to my Linux. I've tried to resize my Linux partition but all that does is make an extended partition with unallocated space inside of it, do you guys know how to get out of/fix this? Picture for reference:
supple jewel
What partition are you resizing to take up that Unallocated Space?
young solar
What partition are you resizing to take up that Unallocated Space?
my /sda4, or the whole Linux partition for that matter
supple jewel
This setup looks pretty confusing to me, wait a minute.
young solar
ok
lucid elm
you have to resize using live mode.
with gparted
ensuring nothing has the key icons , which mean in-use
young solar
Where is the live mode?
young solar
so boot from a different iso like in a USB?
supple jewel
you have to resize using live mode.
I hope I'm not disturbing, why is unallocated, /dev/sda5, and /dev/sda6 in a dropdown under sda4?
lucid elm
cuz it's all contained in an extended partition
young solar
so boot from a different iso like in a USB?
I'll try to boot back up again on my mint installer
supple jewel
cuz it's all contained in an extended partition
I might be dumb, but that sure is the first time I've heard of one. 
young solar
Alright so I did some simple resize -> and put that thing inside of the extended partition again, what should I do next?
lucid elm
move the thing with esp flag to the far left within the extended partition
then move the linux partition,
then grow it (resize) it toward right, click drag its right edge
young solar
The EFI?
lucid elm
esp
young solar
Where to?
lucid elm
put 0 in first field, then hit Tab
young solar
It gave me a warning, that my system wouldn't boot
lucid elm
always oes that
young solar
Alright so "OK" button it is
Should I click the ✅ symbol now or should I do something before doing that?
young solar
Oh okay, should I resize my ext4 so it takes up the unallocated space right? I almost forgot
lucid elm
yep
young solar
lucid elm
yeah that looks right
young solar
Should I do something with /sda1, /sda3, and the last unallocated space (though that one was normal, I heard) before leaving the iso? Because i think they are leftovers from Windows
lucid elm
apply the big checkmark first
young solar
Yeah it's doing the magic rn
lucid elm
i'd just leave the others alone
if you're dying to get the 423 MB back, u can read up on how to grow an extended partition. Wouldn't touch p1 tho
young solar
Alright it's done, I log off and go to the actual OS now?
young solar
how is it looking, <@1230509996043927592> ?
Yeah everythings all good now, nothing changed and now I can finally use Mint as a daily now, thank you !
I can finally format my friends shady USB back to FAT32 and give it back lol
lucid elm
you could even from here delete sda3, and make a new volume there
and put daily comics there.
or slap some mp3s in it
lucid elm
I can finally format my friends shady USB back to FAT32 and give it back lol
it's a good idea to get one of your own. keep the Mint ISO as an emergency environment if ever needed.
young solar
I'll probably just format them too and extend the partition once more tbh, if I had the time to boot from USB again
young solar
it's a good idea to get one of your own. keep the Mint ISO as an emergency envir...
Yeah, I'm looking for an 8GB drive atm but ironically they are quite hard to find on online stores lmao
lucid elm
you can buy a bigger one, ventoy it. then u can have it bootable and keep backup files or whatever on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mev24M-Bs8 << Techhut, Setup Ventoy from Linux