Can't make partition, gparted shows 450 gb unused [duplicate]

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I'm using ubuntu 16.04. I can't create new partition on sda 2, gparted shows 450 gb unused but still i can't do partition. Please let me know what's the problem?



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  • You will need to shrink a partition first. Currently, the whole disk is used by (nearly empty) partitions. Shrinking a partition (resizing) will make room for a new one.
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  • Little key icons say partitions are mounted. You cannot change mounted partitions. Generally best to use gparted from Ubuntu live installer or use a gparted live flash drive, so all partitions are unmount. Live installer may mount swap, so umount it with swap-off if necessary.
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  • sda can have partitions added, since it's the whole drive. sda2 (with a number at the end) is a partition. It can't have partitions added to it. You have to make sda2 smaller and then use the empty space left over to add a new partition.
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I'm using ubuntu 16.04. I can't create new partition on sda 2, gparted shows 450 gb unused but still i can't do partition. Please let me know what's the problem?



enter image description here




16.04 partitioning disk




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marked as duplicate by karel, David Foerster, Fabby, Chai T. Rex, Zanna May 19 at 18:13


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  • You will need to shrink a partition first. Currently, the whole disk is used by (nearly empty) partitions. Shrinking a partition (resizing) will make room for a new one.
    – Jos
    May 17 at 12:00











  • Little key icons say partitions are mounted. You cannot change mounted partitions. Generally best to use gparted from Ubuntu live installer or use a gparted live flash drive, so all partitions are unmount. Live installer may mount swap, so umount it with swap-off if necessary.
    – oldfred
    May 17 at 15:37










  • sda can have partitions added, since it's the whole drive. sda2 (with a number at the end) is a partition. It can't have partitions added to it. You have to make sda2 smaller and then use the empty space left over to add a new partition.
    – Chai T. Rex
    May 19 at 8:15













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I'm using ubuntu 16.04. I can't create new partition on sda 2, gparted shows 450 gb unused but still i can't do partition. Please let me know what's the problem?



enter image description here




16.04 partitioning disk




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I'm using ubuntu 16.04. I can't create new partition on sda 2, gparted shows 450 gb unused but still i can't do partition. Please let me know what's the problem?



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marked as duplicate by karel, David Foerster, Fabby, Chai T. Rex, Zanna May 19 at 18:13


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  • You will need to shrink a partition first. Currently, the whole disk is used by (nearly empty) partitions. Shrinking a partition (resizing) will make room for a new one.
    – Jos
    May 17 at 12:00











  • Little key icons say partitions are mounted. You cannot change mounted partitions. Generally best to use gparted from Ubuntu live installer or use a gparted live flash drive, so all partitions are unmount. Live installer may mount swap, so umount it with swap-off if necessary.
    – oldfred
    May 17 at 15:37










  • sda can have partitions added, since it's the whole drive. sda2 (with a number at the end) is a partition. It can't have partitions added to it. You have to make sda2 smaller and then use the empty space left over to add a new partition.
    – Chai T. Rex
    May 19 at 8:15

















  • You will need to shrink a partition first. Currently, the whole disk is used by (nearly empty) partitions. Shrinking a partition (resizing) will make room for a new one.
    – Jos
    May 17 at 12:00











  • Little key icons say partitions are mounted. You cannot change mounted partitions. Generally best to use gparted from Ubuntu live installer or use a gparted live flash drive, so all partitions are unmount. Live installer may mount swap, so umount it with swap-off if necessary.
    – oldfred
    May 17 at 15:37










  • sda can have partitions added, since it's the whole drive. sda2 (with a number at the end) is a partition. It can't have partitions added to it. You have to make sda2 smaller and then use the empty space left over to add a new partition.
    – Chai T. Rex
    May 19 at 8:15
















You will need to shrink a partition first. Currently, the whole disk is used by (nearly empty) partitions. Shrinking a partition (resizing) will make room for a new one.
– Jos
May 17 at 12:00





You will need to shrink a partition first. Currently, the whole disk is used by (nearly empty) partitions. Shrinking a partition (resizing) will make room for a new one.
– Jos
May 17 at 12:00













Little key icons say partitions are mounted. You cannot change mounted partitions. Generally best to use gparted from Ubuntu live installer or use a gparted live flash drive, so all partitions are unmount. Live installer may mount swap, so umount it with swap-off if necessary.
– oldfred
May 17 at 15:37




Little key icons say partitions are mounted. You cannot change mounted partitions. Generally best to use gparted from Ubuntu live installer or use a gparted live flash drive, so all partitions are unmount. Live installer may mount swap, so umount it with swap-off if necessary.
– oldfred
May 17 at 15:37












sda can have partitions added, since it's the whole drive. sda2 (with a number at the end) is a partition. It can't have partitions added to it. You have to make sda2 smaller and then use the empty space left over to add a new partition.
– Chai T. Rex
May 19 at 8:15





sda can have partitions added, since it's the whole drive. sda2 (with a number at the end) is a partition. It can't have partitions added to it. You have to make sda2 smaller and then use the empty space left over to add a new partition.
– Chai T. Rex
May 19 at 8:15











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sda2 is already a partition which is being used as your main file system formatted as ext4. IT IS NOT UNALLOCATED SPACE
Gparted is only telling you that it has 450GB unused.



However if you want to add a new partition , you would have to shrink your current sda2 partition and then create a new partition in the new UNALLOCATED SPACE



https://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHXdH7Wo3s






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    sda2 is already a partition which is being used as your main file system formatted as ext4. IT IS NOT UNALLOCATED SPACE
    Gparted is only telling you that it has 450GB unused.



    However if you want to add a new partition , you would have to shrink your current sda2 partition and then create a new partition in the new UNALLOCATED SPACE



    https://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHXdH7Wo3s






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      sda2 is already a partition which is being used as your main file system formatted as ext4. IT IS NOT UNALLOCATED SPACE
      Gparted is only telling you that it has 450GB unused.



      However if you want to add a new partition , you would have to shrink your current sda2 partition and then create a new partition in the new UNALLOCATED SPACE



      https://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted



      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHXdH7Wo3s






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        up vote
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        down vote



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        up vote
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        sda2 is already a partition which is being used as your main file system formatted as ext4. IT IS NOT UNALLOCATED SPACE
        Gparted is only telling you that it has 450GB unused.



        However if you want to add a new partition , you would have to shrink your current sda2 partition and then create a new partition in the new UNALLOCATED SPACE



        https://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted



        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHXdH7Wo3s






        share|improve this answer












        sda2 is already a partition which is being used as your main file system formatted as ext4. IT IS NOT UNALLOCATED SPACE
        Gparted is only telling you that it has 450GB unused.



        However if you want to add a new partition , you would have to shrink your current sda2 partition and then create a new partition in the new UNALLOCATED SPACE



        https://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted



        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHXdH7Wo3s







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