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Is there a way to make the main partition extend above the original point?



I created ubuntu-installer with unetbootin in my c disk along my windows, and installed ubuntu in my e disk which was empty, during installation i managed my partition so i can retrieve my files from windows,everything worked fine i installed my ubuntu managed all my files and then deleted the c disk/windows primary partiton and the system reserved, all other data and updated grub so now i run a simple ubuntu system with no dual boot or unetbootin loader, but the problem is i have this sda1 and sda2 over my sda3 iba linux partition, or sda 1 sector stars at 2048 and extends till sda 2 sector sector and sda 3(iba) starts at the end of sda 2 which is pretty clumsy.



or should i set the 57gb primary partion(sda1) as my swap and 500mb primary partion(sda2) as boot. All other partition within my sda3(iba) extended is logical



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  • I do not like moving partitions left, but you can. You have the additional complication of / (root) is inside the extended partition as logical and sda1 is a primary partition. Will this drive ever be used in a newer UEFI system? Most desktops do not need separate /boot partitions and now Ubuntu uses a swap file, so no swap partition. If drive is only Ubuntu or later may be in UEFI system, I prefer to use gpt over 35 year old MBR(msdos), but not worth changing unless reinstalling.

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Is there a way to make the main partition extend above the original point?



I created ubuntu-installer with unetbootin in my c disk along my windows, and installed ubuntu in my e disk which was empty, during installation i managed my partition so i can retrieve my files from windows,everything worked fine i installed my ubuntu managed all my files and then deleted the c disk/windows primary partiton and the system reserved, all other data and updated grub so now i run a simple ubuntu system with no dual boot or unetbootin loader, but the problem is i have this sda1 and sda2 over my sda3 iba linux partition, or sda 1 sector stars at 2048 and extends till sda 2 sector sector and sda 3(iba) starts at the end of sda 2 which is pretty clumsy.



or should i set the 57gb primary partion(sda1) as my swap and 500mb primary partion(sda2) as boot. All other partition within my sda3(iba) extended is logical



Gparted Scr










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  • I do not like moving partitions left, but you can. You have the additional complication of / (root) is inside the extended partition as logical and sda1 is a primary partition. Will this drive ever be used in a newer UEFI system? Most desktops do not need separate /boot partitions and now Ubuntu uses a swap file, so no swap partition. If drive is only Ubuntu or later may be in UEFI system, I prefer to use gpt over 35 year old MBR(msdos), but not worth changing unless reinstalling.

    – oldfred
    Jan 27 at 15:14














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Is there a way to make the main partition extend above the original point?



I created ubuntu-installer with unetbootin in my c disk along my windows, and installed ubuntu in my e disk which was empty, during installation i managed my partition so i can retrieve my files from windows,everything worked fine i installed my ubuntu managed all my files and then deleted the c disk/windows primary partiton and the system reserved, all other data and updated grub so now i run a simple ubuntu system with no dual boot or unetbootin loader, but the problem is i have this sda1 and sda2 over my sda3 iba linux partition, or sda 1 sector stars at 2048 and extends till sda 2 sector sector and sda 3(iba) starts at the end of sda 2 which is pretty clumsy.



or should i set the 57gb primary partion(sda1) as my swap and 500mb primary partion(sda2) as boot. All other partition within my sda3(iba) extended is logical



Gparted Scr










share|improve this question
















Is there a way to make the main partition extend above the original point?



I created ubuntu-installer with unetbootin in my c disk along my windows, and installed ubuntu in my e disk which was empty, during installation i managed my partition so i can retrieve my files from windows,everything worked fine i installed my ubuntu managed all my files and then deleted the c disk/windows primary partiton and the system reserved, all other data and updated grub so now i run a simple ubuntu system with no dual boot or unetbootin loader, but the problem is i have this sda1 and sda2 over my sda3 iba linux partition, or sda 1 sector stars at 2048 and extends till sda 2 sector sector and sda 3(iba) starts at the end of sda 2 which is pretty clumsy.



or should i set the 57gb primary partion(sda1) as my swap and 500mb primary partion(sda2) as boot. All other partition within my sda3(iba) extended is logical



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  • I do not like moving partitions left, but you can. You have the additional complication of / (root) is inside the extended partition as logical and sda1 is a primary partition. Will this drive ever be used in a newer UEFI system? Most desktops do not need separate /boot partitions and now Ubuntu uses a swap file, so no swap partition. If drive is only Ubuntu or later may be in UEFI system, I prefer to use gpt over 35 year old MBR(msdos), but not worth changing unless reinstalling.

    – oldfred
    Jan 27 at 15:14



















  • I do not like moving partitions left, but you can. You have the additional complication of / (root) is inside the extended partition as logical and sda1 is a primary partition. Will this drive ever be used in a newer UEFI system? Most desktops do not need separate /boot partitions and now Ubuntu uses a swap file, so no swap partition. If drive is only Ubuntu or later may be in UEFI system, I prefer to use gpt over 35 year old MBR(msdos), but not worth changing unless reinstalling.

    – oldfred
    Jan 27 at 15:14

















I do not like moving partitions left, but you can. You have the additional complication of / (root) is inside the extended partition as logical and sda1 is a primary partition. Will this drive ever be used in a newer UEFI system? Most desktops do not need separate /boot partitions and now Ubuntu uses a swap file, so no swap partition. If drive is only Ubuntu or later may be in UEFI system, I prefer to use gpt over 35 year old MBR(msdos), but not worth changing unless reinstalling.

– oldfred
Jan 27 at 15:14





I do not like moving partitions left, but you can. You have the additional complication of / (root) is inside the extended partition as logical and sda1 is a primary partition. Will this drive ever be used in a newer UEFI system? Most desktops do not need separate /boot partitions and now Ubuntu uses a swap file, so no swap partition. If drive is only Ubuntu or later may be in UEFI system, I prefer to use gpt over 35 year old MBR(msdos), but not worth changing unless reinstalling.

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