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The partitions can't be merged because they don't see each other

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1281 / 1 Year ago, thu, march 30, 2023, 5:36:59

I have the following

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where /dev/sda2 - Windows7 and "unallocated" is the partition I want to add to my current Linux installation at /dev/sda6. But I can't do this for some reason. Even when I format unallocated partition and then I click Resize, I can only make it smaller. The same thing is true for /dev/sda6.

In other words, /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda6 don't see each other.

So how can I merge /dev/sda1 into /dev/sda6?

There is no much menu item "resize" on /dev/sda3, although it's not mounted:

a@a ~ $ sudo umount /dev/sda3

umount: /dev/sda3: not mounted

a@a ~ $ sudo umount /dev/sda6

umount: /dev/sda6: not mounted

a@a ~ $ sudo umount /dev/sda5

umount: /dev/sda5: not mounted

UPDATE2:

$ sudo lsblk

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

sda      8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk 

├─sda2   8:2    0 829.8G  0 part 

├─sda3   8:3    0     1K  0 part 

├─sda5   8:5    0   3.6G  0 part [SWAP]

└─sda6   8:6    0  98.2G  0 part 

sdb      8:16   1  14.6G  0 disk 

└─sdb1   8:17   1  14.5G  0 part /cdrom

sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  

loop0    7:0    0   1.1G  1 loop /rofs

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Clicking on /dev/sda3 and choosing "resize"
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answered 1 Year ago urvedcaly · Accepted Answer

To merge 718 GB unallocated space with the /dev/sda6, you have to follow the below steps.

First boot from Ubuntu live disk and mark sure that all the partitions are unmounted.Gparted won't resize a mounted partition.

Now right-click on the /dev/sda2 partition and click on resize.Move the dragger to the extreme left, so that the unallocated space will come just below to the /dev/sda2 partition.

Right-click on the extended partition (/dev/sda3) and select Resize option.Now you can be able to add the unallocated space to your extended partition.

Now the Unallocated space will comes inside your extended partition ie, just below to the /dev/sda5 partition.

Right-click on the /dev/sda5 partition, select Resize option and move the dragger to extreme right.So that the unallocated space will come just above to the /dev/sda5 partition.

Now you can be able to resize your /dev/sda6 Ubuntu partition.