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Thread: How to use existing free space in Ubuntu 11.10 for dual booting without data loss?

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hi,

have 120 gb sata hard disk , entire hard disk has ubuntu 11.10 installed ,mount point /. below details of current partition:

sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: uuid="dcb382b9-c8aa-441e-8a16-8e2f81d3ec4a" type="ext4"
/dev/sda5: uuid="4e2c2ec4-4b03-48a9-ac2f-6f6cc5b09393" type="swap"

sudo fdisk -l:

disk /dev/sda: 120.0 gb, 120034123776 bytes

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/sda1 * 2048 232366079 116182016 83 linux
/dev/sda2 232368126 234440703 1036289 5 extended
/dev/sda5 232368128 234440703 1036288 82 linux swap



filesystem size used avail use% mounted on
/dev/sda1 110g 59g 46g 57% /
udev 1.5g 8.0k 1.5g 1% /dev
tmpfs 604m 1.2m 603m 1% /run
none 5.0m 8.0k 5.0m 1% /run/lock
none 1.5g 428k 1.5g 1% /run/shm

ouput of discus command :

anirban@zion:~$ discus
mount total used avail prcnt graph
/ 109.06 gb 58.43 gb 50.63 gb 53.6% [*****-----]
/sys 0 kb 0 kb 0 kb 0.0% [----------]
+onnections 0 kb 0 kb 0 kb 0.0% [----------]
+rnel/debug 0 kb 0 kb 0 kb 0.0% [----------]
+l/security 0 kb 0 kb 0 kb 0.0% [----------]
/dev 1.46 gb 8 kb 1.46 gb 0.0% [----------]
/run 603.4 mb 1.1 mb 602.2 mb 0.2% [----------]
/run/lock 5.0 mb 8 kb 5.0 mb 0.2% [----------]
/run/shm 1.47 gb 428 kb 1.47 gb 0.0% [----------]
+infmt_misc 0 kb 0 kb 0 kb 0.0% [----------]
+block-fuse 0 kb 0 kb 0 kb 0.0% [----------]

want use remaining 46 gb available space in /dev/sda1 install fedora 16 without losing existing data.i

please advise how proceed
please let me know if additional details needed.
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1. need make full backup of data. shrinking partitions carries risk of data loss.
2. need boot computer ubuntu cd in live mode (not hdd), open gparted , shrink /dev/sda1 space want. aware can't shrink of 46gb free because ubuntu not work if root partition 100% full. can't leave without free space.
3. when have unallocated space left after shrink, install fedora onto it. select not install bootloader during fedora install , after during first ubuntu boot run update-grub , detect , create entry in boot menu. leave grub2 ubuntu on mbr.

make sure fedora doesn't install lvm or something, not sure how installs these days. that's job investigate , know doing.


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