Thread: Need help expanding partition in vmware

hello all,

i'm pretty new linux , need expand ubuntu vm disk. been fighting day , decided see if can help.

have ubuntu (11.04) desktop running under vmware player (4.0.1 build-528992) on win7-64 machine. vmware disk file 16gb 8.6gb of unused space (as reported system | administration | disk utility.



of i've seen points me toward gparted change partition sizes when run gparted, sees 1 allocated volume.



here output sudo fdisk -l:

ignoring extended partition 3

disk /dev/sda: 16.1 gb, 16106127360 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders, total 31457280 sectors
units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
disk identifier: 0x0002f173

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/sda1 * 2048 12584959 6291456 83 linux
partition 1 not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 12587006 14678015 1045505 5 extended
partition 2 not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 14683410 31455269 8385930 85 linux extended
/dev/sda5 12587008 14678015 1045504 82 linux swap / solaris

pointers on should go next? help....

hi there , welcome forums!

gotta admit, use vbox time, i've not tried changing partitions once installed. can change them during install though must possibe - have installed vmware tools? can't see how this'd help, tools , additions seem perfomr miracles!

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