enlarging the / partition in crowded context
by Herve5 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6GCWR)
Hello,
I am in trouble with an Ubuntu lapto where the / partition is now too small, but without space 'at right' to enlarge it.
The partitioning order is the following : efi, swap, / and /home.(I also have a second internal HD, with lots of space)
df -h gives the following :
- I cannot move or expand / without booting from elsewhere (at least this is not available in GParted)
- it would be very dangerous, and long, to try moving the enormously filled /home
- maybe it is similarly bad to touch the / itself, even though it's smaller.
Any ideas on how to proceed?
As far as I can see, the latest Ubuntu upgrade won't pass, because of the lack of space...
Thank you!
Herve
I am in trouble with an Ubuntu lapto where the / partition is now too small, but without space 'at right' to enlarge it.
The partitioning order is the following : efi, swap, / and /home.(I also have a second internal HD, with lots of space)
df -h gives the following :
~$ df -hI understand, maybe wrongly, that
size user avail used on
/dev/nvme0n1p3 50G 45G 1,7G 97% /
/dev/nvme0n1p1 512M 5,0M 507M 1% /boot/efi
/dev/sda1 1,8T 1,4T 453G 75% /datadisk
/dev/nvme0n1p4 882G 201G 681G 23% /home
/home/frederique/.Private 882G 201G 681G 23% /home/frederique
- I cannot move or expand / without booting from elsewhere (at least this is not available in GParted)
- it would be very dangerous, and long, to try moving the enormously filled /home
- maybe it is similarly bad to touch the / itself, even though it's smaller.
Any ideas on how to proceed?
As far as I can see, the latest Ubuntu upgrade won't pass, because of the lack of space...
Thank you!
Herve