# How to resize the root partition after disk upgrade
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131
**Category:** Advanced use case
**Tags:** english
**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131 "2021-09-11T12:02:53Z")
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### Author:  [@gittbuh](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/gittbuh)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/1 "2021-09-11T12:02:54Z")
### My YunoHost server
**Hardware:** VM running inside Proxmox
**YunoHost version:** 4.2.8.3
**I have access to my server :** Through SSH | through the webadmin |
**Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance ?** : no
### Description of my issue
I would to like to resize the root partition after a disk upgrade (increased size from 30 to 40 GiB). I have ran out of space and cannot install new apps, do backups or even do updates.
I have found a very similar post in the forum, but the solution does not work for me: https://forum.yunohost.org/t/added-extra-diskspace-is-not-used/12537/9
```auto
ROOT_DEV=$(findmnt / -o source -n)
resize2fs $ROOT_DEV
```
Here the info from the command line:
root@yuno:/home/admin# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 40 GiB, 42949672960 bytes, 83886080 sectors
Disk model: QEMU HARDDISK
Units: sectors of 1 \* 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x4e9597bd
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 \* 2048 62916607 62914560 30G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 62918654 67106815 4188162 2G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 62918656 67106815 4188160 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
root@yuno:/home/admin# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 2.9G 0 2.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 597M 16M 581M 3% /run
/dev/sda1 30G 24G 4.2G 86% /
tmpfs 3.0G 36K 3.0G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.0G 0 3.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 597M 0 597M 0% /run/user/1007
---
### Author:  [@ljf](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ljf)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/2 "2021-09-11T13:03:33Z")
## Identify the root partition
```auto
findmnt / -o source -n
```
You should get something like /dev/sda1 or /dev/vda2. If you receive /dev/mapper/something, you probably use lvm, and this tutorial won’t be enough.
## Display the partition table with some information
```auto
root@vps:~# parted /dev/vda
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/vda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vda: 6442MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 5369MB 5368MB primary ext4 boot
```
## Resize the partition
```auto
(parted) resizepart
Partition number? 1 << the number of the partition you want resize
Warning: Partition /dev/vda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
Yes/No? Yes
End? [5369MB]? 100% << 100% means we want use all the space available
```
## Check the change has been done correctly
```auto
(parted) print
Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vda: 6442MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 6442MB 6441MB primary ext4 boot
(parted) q
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
```
## Resize the file system
```auto
root@vps:~# resize2fs /dev/vda1
resize2fs 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017)
Filesystem at /dev/vda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 1, new_desc_blocks = 1
The filesystem on /dev/vda1 is now 1572608 (4k) blocks long.
```
---
### Author:  [@gittbuh](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/gittbuh)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/3 "2021-09-11T13:49:52Z")
Thank you for the quick reply and this very detailed solution. I got stuck at the “resize” part of the instructions, see below the details, I do not know how to proceed… it seems there is an overlap… parted is not seeing the extra disk space over which extend the root partition or the extended partition/swap is getting on the way?
root@yuno:/home/admin# findmnt / -o source -n
/dev/sda1
root@yuno:/home/admin# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type ‘help’ to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: QEMU QEMU HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 64.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 32.2GB 32.2GB primary ext4 boot
2 32.2GB 34.4GB 2144MB extended
5 32.2GB 34.4GB 2144MB logical linux-swap(v1)
(parted) resizepart
Partition number? 1
Warning: Partition /dev/sda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
Yes/No? yes
End? [32.2GB]? 100%
Error: Can’t have overlapping partitions.
(parted)
---
### Author:  [@ljf](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ljf)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/4 "2021-09-11T14:01:15Z")
It’s because you have the swap partition in the middle of your disk (between 32.2GB and 34.4GB).
So you probably should turn off the swap with `swapoff --all` and delete this extended partition before.
---
### Author:  [@gittbuh](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/gittbuh)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/5 "2021-09-11T14:05:50Z")
I see, that is what I thought… is it not a bad idea to delete the swap partition? do I need it? can it be re-built later on? and how do I delete it anyway? with parted?
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### Author:  [@ljf](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ljf)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/6 "2021-09-11T15:30:30Z")
> [@gittbuh](#):
>
> is it not a bad idea to delete the swap partition? do I need it?
The swap partition could be replace by a swapfile if you need it. [https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-add-a-swap-file-howto/](https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-add-a-swap-file-howto/)
I guess it’s possible to delete your swap patition with parted (see the help command when you are in parted).
---
### Author:  [@gittbuh](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/gittbuh)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/7 "2021-09-11T17:38:27Z")
thank you, i deleted the swap partition and your instructions solved my problem. cheers!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-resize-the-root-partition-after-disk-upgrade/17131/8 "2021-10-11T17:38:48Z")
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