Sometimes, it is necessary to change your partition layout in order to create new partitions or extend an existing partition, for example after a VPS / VDS upgrade.
This tutorial shows how to easily change your partition layout on your VPS or VDS.
Please be advised to perform a backup of all important data before proceeding ! Changes to the partition table always bear the risk of complete data loss.
Linux
Step 1:
Boot your VPS / VDS into the rescue-system, this can be done within your customer control panel.
You will need to connect through VNC.
After you have established a connection login as “root”.
Step 2:
To perform changes on the partition easily we are going to use gparted.
To start the GUI type “startxfce4” within your VNC console and wait a few seconds until the graphical interface appears.
