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portable ubuntu space allocation on HDD

Asked by jasper hopkins

i have installed ubuntu portable on a 120G external HDD. everything seems to run fine. my problem is that i have 80G free on my HDD but i cannot allocate anymore to ubuntu. how to i add space to ubuntu.
right now it states i only have 1.8G (after i just installed ubuntu)

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jasper hopkins (jasper-hopkins) said : 		#1

i want to add more of my HDD disk space to ubuntu 500MB is not enough, u was thinking 25G. i just do not know how to allocate more space. please help asap

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You can resize partitions in live CD if that's what you mean?

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jasper hopkins (jasper-hopkins) said : 		#3

this boots and runs directly over windows from my external hard drive. i do not have a live cd.

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Best Rohith Kumar (rohithkumar-av) said : 		#4

Make it FAT file by formatting it

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#5

Are you using Wubi, i.e. you installed Ubuntu inside Windows disk partition ?

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jasper hopkins (jasper-hopkins) said : 		#6

Thanks Rohith Kumar, that solved my question.