How to extend partition size in linux(ubuntu 9.04)?

How to extend partition size in linux(ubuntu 9.04)? I am using Ubuntu 9.04 in vmware for my programming purpose. I previously had 12GB of virtual harddisk, my partition scheme was as follows,
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"You can increase the size of the virtual machine's disk capacity with the command-line tools provided with VMWare:

/usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -x 28GB /path/to/VM_Name.vmdk

replacing /path/to/VM_Name.vmdk with the path & name of your virtual disk file.

Then, increase the virtual disk with a GParted bootable ISO (boot from it with the VM).

Full guide found here."