Expanding Home Partition Linux 14.04 LTS

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  1. lifehags

    lifehags MDL Member

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    #1 lifehags, Jun 5, 2014
    I need to expand my home partition cuz its out of space but when I use G-Parted there is a key next to the home partition and it doesnt let me unmount it.
    Please help!
    Thanks in advance
     
  2. CaffeinePizza

    CaffeinePizza MDL Junior Member

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    #2 CaffeinePizza, Jun 5, 2014
    You cannot unmount the partition if you're booted with it mounted via fstab. Get you a copy of Linux with Gparted included (all Ubuntu distros and derivatives) and do it from there.
     
  3. lifehags

    lifehags MDL Member

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    #3 lifehags, Jun 6, 2014 (OP)
    I tried gparted live CD but which one is the home partition ?
    Thanks