This is how my hard drive (where I have Xubuntu 12.10) is formatted currently, based on a recent GParted screenshot:I want to expand sda6 (4) to take up the free 11.72 GiB unallocated space. But I can't do it. This is what I did and gathered so far:I can't add another primary partition as I have 4 already. I didn't know that prior to starting up GParted and right-clicking the unallocated 11.72 GiB space. ://dev/sda5 is swap./dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3 are Windows partitions and need to remain as they are.I am a bit clueless on how to enhance /sda6 now, I have definitely not enough basic knowledge on how to proceed. :( I don't even know if I have to keep the swap partition but that thought is moot anyway as I can't create another primary partition. Help! I'd appreciate it a lot. :)I'd even be willing a tutorial which could help me get forward via the terminal.
How to repartition disk to use non-allocated space?
partition;gparted
Your question doesn't explicitly say what you want to do, but I guess you want to use that spare 11GB of space to expand /dev/sda6. You won't be able to do this while you are running Linux from the sda6 partition - the usual solution is to use a LiveCD, perhaps SystemRescueCD, to run GParted.The best way to do this is:Resize/Move your extended partition, sda4, so that it includes that 11GB of spaceMove sda5 so that it comes before the free space in the extended partition (i.e. by changing the free space preceding value in the Move window to 0)Resize sda6 so that it uses up all the free space.Alternatively:Resize/Move your extended partition, sda4, so that it includes that 11GB of spaceCreate a new logical partition, sda7, using that 11GB of space, and mount that as the folder where you need most space (likely as /home).