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Unable to partition drive (Linux Mint 17.2) - clark.dll - Jul 15, 2015
I am running Linux Mint on a three year old laptop and I'd like create a 200GB partition on the HDD but for some reason the option to do so is grayed out and I'm not sure why. Here's what it looks like for me.
![[Image: fc74548a9a59b128b5fd13eb9a969e6b.png]](https://i.gyazo.com/fc74548a9a59b128b5fd13eb9a969e6b.png)
Does anybody know why it's greyed out? Suppose it was working and I wanted 200GB of space, where would I put 200000 MiBs? Would it go in the "New Size" text box or what?
* - Κirito - Jul 15, 2015
It would go in new size... Not free space. You could probably drag the bar at the top to resize the partitions as well.
* - clark.dll - Jul 15, 2015
(Jul 15, 2015 11:46 PM)MyPenisIsSlightlyErect Wrote: It would go in new size... Not free space. You could probably drag the bar at the top to resize the partitions as well.
Okay thanks.
I tried that, but sadly it didn't work.
If Im reading this correctly, it's saying that I cannot partition this drive because it's my main drive with my OS on it?
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html
* - scam. - Jul 16, 2015
Your drive is lvm.
[img=550x700]http://cdn3.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lvm-cheatsheet.png[/img]
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36568/what-is-logical-volume-management-and-how-do-you-enable-it-in-ubuntu/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/40702/how-to-manage-and-use-lvm-logical-volume-management-in-ubuntu/
* - clark.dll - Jul 17, 2015
(Jul 16, 2015 10:54 PM)Mael Wrote: Your drive is lvm.
[img=550x700]http://cdn3.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lvm-cheatsheet.png[/img]
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36568/what-is-logical-volume-management-and-how-do-you-enable-it-in-ubuntu/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/40702/how-to-manage-and-use-lvm-logical-volume-management-in-ubuntu/
Those links were extremely helpful, thank you.