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I am trying to delete my linux-swap partition /dev/sda5 and allocate the free space to /dev/sda6.

But when i try to delete sda5 GParted gives an error "You have to umount sda6". But i can not umount sda6. I gives me the error "umount: /: target is busy" If i reduce the size of sda5 i can not allocate the unallocated space to sda6.

Can anyone give me some advice on how to do this the right way?

I have a multi-boot system with windows and Linux. (Grub2)

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Dafnie
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    Neither of those addresses his problem. – Thomas Dickey Jun 13 '18 at 23:08
  • If you happen to be running a remote (no direct access) system, live media is of limited usefulness. If the system had been setup to use LVM, you *could* have changed that swap partition to another chunk of the volume group containing **`/`**, and extended the filesystem with little impact. – Thomas Dickey Jun 13 '18 at 23:50
  • @Dafnie, first you'll need to get the last sector of your swap partition. Review the output of `parted /dev/sda unit s print`. If the start/end sector range of your swap partition is not AFTER the start/end range of your `/` partition, abort this procedure. Otherwise make a note of the end sector of the swap partition. Next, turn off your swap partition with `swapoff -a`. Next, edit `/etc/fstab` and remove the entry for your swap partition... – Emmanuel Rosa Jun 14 '18 at 15:26
  • ...Next, delete the swap partition with `parted /dev/sda rm 5` Removing that partition will likely change the partition number for `/`, so run `lsblk` to get the correct partition number for `/`. Next, resize the `/` partition with `parted /dev/sda unit s resizepart ROOT_PART_NUMBER_HERE LAST_SECTOR_HERE`. Finally, you can grow the filesystem online with `resize2fs /dev/sdaROOT_PART_NUMBER_HERE`... – Emmanuel Rosa Jun 14 '18 at 15:27
  • ...Before running any of these commends, I highly recommend you have backups for everything; Basically you accept the possibility of wrecking your entire disk. And that you read the documentation for the commands so you know what they do and can adjust accordingly. – Emmanuel Rosa Jun 14 '18 at 15:27
  • @EmmanuelRosa please post that as an answer now that the question has been reopened. – terdon Jun 15 '18 at 09:20

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As you can see in the image, sda6 is an ext4 partition that's mounted as /. That's the main node of your system, so it will stay busy as long as the system is up. You need either a live USB/DVD session or to connect the drive under another running system and perform the operation from there.

  • Thanks for the answars. I booted on a Linux USB and removed the swapdrive this way. 1. Disabled swap by rightkliking the swapdrive. 2. Unmount the swapdrive. 3. Delete the swapdrive. 4. expand the / drive 5. Edit /etc/fstab and remove the entry for your swap partition. – Dafnie Jun 16 '18 at 19:28
  • @Dafnie Well done. –  Jun 16 '18 at 19:30
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Here's how you can remove your swap partition and use the free/unallocated space for your / partition.

Warning

But first... Before running any of these commands, I insist you have backups for everything. This is so important it's worth mentioning twice: no backups? Do not proceed.

By proceeding you accept the possibility of wrecking your entire disk. That's the nature of manipulating partitions.

Procedure

  1. Get the last sector of your swap partition. Review the output of parted /dev/sda unit s print. If the start/end sector range of your swap partition is not AFTER the start/end range of your / partition, abort this procedure. Otherwise make a note of the end sector of the swap partition.

  2. Turn off your swap partition with swapoff -a.

  3. Edit /etc/fstab and remove the entry for your swap partition.

  4. Delete the swap partition with parted /dev/sda rm 5. Removing that partition will likely change the partition number for /, so run lsblk to get the correct partition number for /.

  5. Resize the / partition with parted /dev/sda unit s resizepart ROOT_PART_NUMBER_HERE LAST_SECTOR_HERE.

  6. Grow the filesystem online with resize2fs /dev/sdaROOT_PART_NUMBER_HERE

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