# Expand root partition after the installation

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/expand-root-partition-after-the-installation/249
**Category:** Requests
**Created:** [23 January 2016 10:08 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/expand-root-partition-after-the-installation/249 "2016-01-23T10:08:14Z")
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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [28 May 2022 14:05 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/expand-root-partition-after-the-installation/249/10 "2022-05-28T14:05:03Z")

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You can also do it via `dietpi-drive_manager` or:

```bash
systemctl enable dietpi-fs_partition_resize
reboot

```

Doing this on reboot is a bit safer, and that service/script assures that the kernel is informed about the partition table change before expanding the filesystem 🙂.

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