# Disk Management ## Grow non-LVM ext4 partition ATTENTION: Please note that the partition to enlarge has to be the last one with the free space after it. SSH into the VM. - run `lsblk` check if the disk size has changed - if not `reboot` the virtual machine In the following it is assumed that the partition to enlarge is `/dev/sda2` - change the size of the partition with `parted /dev/sda` - inside of parted run `print free` and check where the free space after your partition ends - run `resizepart` and follow the instructions; End is the number you checked in the last step - `quit` parted Now you need to resize the filesystem with `resize2fs /dev/sda2`. ## Error solving ### sudo: unable to open ... Read-only file system source: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/197459/how-to-fix-sudo-unable-to-open-read-only-file-system] Ususally the filesystem will go into read-only mode whe the system is running and there is a consistency error. To fix it run: - `sudo fsck -Af -M` - check all filesystems If `fsck` gets stuck after its version banner: `fsck from util-linux 2.20.1` you may want to try using the ext4-specific fsck: - `fsck.ext4 -f /dev/sda1`