[ale] How do I expand a Linux ext4 partition after hdd cloning?

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On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> I'm replacing a failing hard drive on my laptop.  The old hard drive is
> 500 GB and the new one is 750 GB.  It has a FAT recovery partition put
> there by the maker of the laptop, an NTFS partition with Windows, and EXT4
> partition with Ubuntu, and another NTFS partition for data.  I'm using
> Acronis TrueImage to clone the old hard drive to the new one.  Acronis will
> automatically resize all partitions proportionally to fit the new space.  I
> don't think Windows cares, but I'm wondering if there's anything else I
> have to do to get Ubuntu booting again after the cloning.  I boot from the
> Windows boot loader, then chain over to grub which is on the EXT4
> partition.  Any suggestions as to special steps I need to take?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
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