- How to easily change your partition layout on your VPS or VDS.
Backup of all important data before proceeding! Changes to the partition table always bear the risk of complete data loss.
- Boot your VPS / VDS into the rescue-system
- Now connect through VNC (How to use VNC to connect to your VPS and VDS)
- Login as “root”
- To perform changes on the partition easily use gparted
- To start the GUI type “startxfce4” within VNC console and wait a few seconds until the graphical interface appears
- On the upper left side you will see “Applications”, open it and select “Run Program”
- Type “gparted” within the application finder and the app should start immediately
- Now you can resize and create new partition with unallocated space.