[Tfug] gparted problem SOLVED!!! well ... er ... ummm

[Jeff Breadner]

earljviolet at deserthowler.com wrote:
> There is a problem however.  Before I did the partition enlargement I had
> 10 GB free.  After the partition enlargement I still have 10 GB free.  I
> forced fsck.  Still only 10 GB free.  Any suggestions?
>
> Earl
>
>   
Once you extend the partition, you still have to extend the filesystem.  
Ubuntu 9.10's default filesystem is ext4, but the same commands that 
worked on ext2/3 will work on ext4 as well.

Use gparted to push the partition size out to where you want it, then run:

resize2fs /dev/sda1        (substitute with your actual partition, of 
course)

If you don't specify a size then it will just use the partition size.  
You can do this while the filesystem is mounted.  When it's done 
running, 'df' should show you the extra space.

cheers
  Jeff