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Install Ubuntu server from scratch with the size you actually want. Use the Ubuntu Server Live Image to resize the partition. For this case ...

You can not resize the partition using GParted while Ubuntu is running. You will need to attach the GParted ISO's as a CD to the VM machine and ...

To expand a partition, you must first delete information about it. To do this, enter d and specify the partition (3 for /dev/sda3).

In the toolbar underneath the Volumes section, click the menu button. Then click Resize Filesystem… or Resize… if there is no filesystem. A dialog will open ...

1. Resize the virtual disk in VMware. 2. Use growpart to extend the partition. 3. Use resize2fs to resize the filesystem.

This tool can resize a filesystem, not a partition. Partitions and filesystems are different concepts. You need to make the partition larger first.

Right click the partition square in your Disks screen and select Resize. I think the two overlapping ones (stacked in the UI) can both be ...

Just run GParted, click on the partition you want to change, and click on resize/move in the menu that pops up. You can expand it into unused space.

You need to get out of the partition and then resize it. Easiest method is - A) Backup all important files then B) jump into a live disc.