I just inherited this server (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) and am confused as to how this happened and how to fix it. The server is in a VM using VMWare and the space was recently added 50GB. I thought it would be simpe enough to use parted to extend the partition but when printing the table this is what I see:
How could partition 2 and 5 have the same start and end? And how would I go about expanding the partition 1 to the extent?
Regards.
Code:
:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p
Model: VMware Virtual disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 53.7GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 12.9GB 12.9GB primary ext4 boot
2 12.9GB 17.2GB 4314MB extended
5 12.9GB 17.2GB 4293MB logical linux-swap(v1)Regards.