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| - Input the amount of space you want to remove from the partition, and complete the prompts. | - Input the amount of space you want to remove from the partition, and complete the prompts. | ||
| - Once the partition has been shrunk, and the unallocated space has been created, restart the computer and boot into Ubuntu | - Once the partition has been shrunk, and the unallocated space has been created, restart the computer and boot into Ubuntu | ||
| - | - Once in Ubuntu, go to either Disk or GParted (whichever you have installed or prefer) | + | - Once in Ubuntu, go to either Disks or GParted (whichever you have installed or prefer) |
| - Select the unallocated space and create a new ext4 partition using all of the available space. | - Select the unallocated space and create a new ext4 partition using all of the available space. | ||
| :!: **Note:** If your Ubuntu partition is larger than the new partition, you will want to shrink Ubuntu to be smaller. Ubuntu partition **must be** smaller than the new partition for the cloning process to work | :!: **Note:** If your Ubuntu partition is larger than the new partition, you will want to shrink Ubuntu to be smaller. Ubuntu partition **must be** smaller than the new partition for the cloning process to work | ||
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| ===== CloneZilla ===== | ===== CloneZilla ===== | ||
| - | To run CloneZilla, you will need the program installed on a USB thumb drive. It can be easily done by anyone using [[https://rufus.akeo.ie/|Rufus]] and the .iso file type install of [[https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=alternative|Clonezilla]]. There is also a currently working CloneZilla thumb drive in IT, but we request that anyone who needs to use it stays in IT while running it. | + | To run CloneZilla, you will need the program installed on a USB thumb drive. It can be easily done by anyone using [[https://rufus.akeo.ie/|Rufus]] and the .iso file type install of [[https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=alternative|Clonezilla]]. There is also a currently working CloneZilla thumb drive in IT, but we request that anyone who needs to use it stays in IT while running CloneZilla. |
| + | - Insert CloneZilla thumb drive into USB port and start the computer. | ||
| + | - Upon seeing the Dell logo, continuously press the key F12 until the screen displays "Preparing one-time boot menu" in the top right corner. | ||
| + | - Once the boot menu appears, select the USB device option (often will have the name of the USB thumb drive's manufactured name) | ||
| + | * for example, IT's installer appears as: UEFI: KingstonDT 100 G2 1.00, Partition 1 | ||
| + | - Once selected, let it run (it will likely beep) | ||
| + | - Select CloneZilla live (Default settings) | ||
| + | - Select English | ||
| + | - Keep default Keyboard layout | ||
| + | - Start CloneZilla | ||
| + | - To work on partitions on the same disk, select Device-device (second option) | ||
| + | - Select Beginner mode | ||
| + | - Because changes are on a single disk, select Part_to_local_part (second option) | ||
| + | - Will list all partitions, select the partition that Ubuntu is currently on | ||
| + | - Next, select the partition that was just created | ||
| + | * :!: If Ubuntu partition is larger than the new partition, this step will fail. | ||
| + | - Select the first option | ||
| + | - Select the first option | ||
| + | - Press Enter | ||
| + | - Answer Y, followed by Y again by the following prompt | ||
| + | - The screen will run through some code before getting to a PartClone window | ||
| + | - Once the PartClone installation window is complete, follow the prompts to reboot. | ||
| + | ===== Back to Ubuntu ===== | ||
| + | - Once the system reboots, load into Ubuntu | ||
| + | - Reopen either the Disks app or GParted | ||
| + | - Once in the program, there should be two visible copies of Ubuntu partition | ||
| + | - Select the partition on the "right," either select the minus button below the volume (Disks), or right click and select Delete (GParted) | ||
| + | - Once the partition is deleted, the remaining Ubuntu partition can be resized. | ||