Installed Ubuntu on 12.04 on my MacBook Air now I want to expand the partition
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I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a 40GB partition on my Mac Book Air (5,2). I'm having so much fun with it, I'm ready to make the switch permanently and replace it as the primary OS on my machine.
I realize I can wipe the machine and start from scratch, but I'm looking for alternatives since I like my current setup. Options are...
Create a backup and restore the back up to a larger partition (Assuming I should keep the default OS X install for firmware updates)
Create a backup and restore to the entire drive (create a restore usb stick for OSX - not sure if that's possible?)
re-size my current partition and wipe the OS X partition and either, A. re-install OS X (similar to option 1) or B. create the USB key (similar to option 2).
Thoughts? Any other suggestions?
Would also like thoughts on the "optimal" or "best practice" for partitioning Ubuntu.
Thanks!
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