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3 An error during partition resizing can lead to irreversible data loss. It is recommended to create a backup beforehand and to take a snapshot on the hypervisor side after expanding the virtual hard drive.
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6 It is possible to enlarge the system partition afterwards; to do so, proceed as follows:
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8 1. **Set up an admin account for the terminal**
9 To do this, navigate to {{status title="kommbox"/}}→ {{status title="System/Users"/}}→ {{status title="Root-Terminal-Password"/}}, and activate the admin account."
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11 1. **Start the terminal**
12 Go to **{{status title="Kommbox"/}}**→ {{status title="Tools"/}}→ {{status title="Start Terminal"/}}, or use the keyboard shortcut  {{status title="CTRL"/}} + {{status title="alt"/}} + {{status title="shift"/}} +{{status title="t"/}}. Log in with the newly created admin account.
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14 1. **Display existing partitions**(((
15 (% id="cke_bm_11121S" style="display:none" %) (%%)Use the following command to display all partitions on the storage device /dev/sda:
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18 sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
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21 (% id="cke_bm_11760S" style="display:none" %) (%%) Then, make a note of the start sector of /dev/sda2.
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25 **Start Fdisk**
26 Start Fdisk for the storage device /dev/sda using the following command:
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29 sudo fdisk /dev/sda
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32 1. **Delete old partition and create a new one**
33 Enter the following commands and confirm each with Enter:(((
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35 |(% style="width:35px" %)d|(% style="width:493px" %)Delete partition
36 |(% style="width:35px" %)2|(% style="width:493px" %)Select the 2nd partition
37 |(% style="width:29px" %)n|(% style="width:1953px" %)Create a new partition
38 |(% style="width:29px" %)p|(% style="width:1953px" %)Primary partition
39 |(% style="width:29px" %)2|(% style="width:1953px" %)Partition number: 2
40 |(% style="width:29px" %)......|(% style="width:1953px" %)Start sector: the one noted in step 4
41 |(% style="width:29px" %)Enter|(% style="width:1953px" %)Set the last sector of the partition to the maximum value
42 |(% style="width:35px" %)n|(% style="width:493px" %)No, do not remove the signature
43 |(% style="width:35px" %)w|(% style="width:493px" %)Save the changes to the partition
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45 [[image:03_partition_extend.png]]
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47 1. **Adjust the file system to the new partition size**
48 Use the following command to resize the file system to match the new partition size: (((
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50 sudo resize2fs /dev/sda2
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53 1. **Restart Client**