<![CDATA[GParted forum]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/index.php Sun, 20 May 2012 01:26:54 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Several problems following Create GParted live from scratch procedure]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16526&action=new I'm doing my best to follow the Create GParted live from scratch procedure but encountered the following problems.

I made it beyond the "E: Package 'mkisofs' has no installation candidate" message by following the apt-get suggestion of using 'genisoimage'.

I continue to follow the procedure until it is time to Run: "/opt/drbl/sbin/create-gparted-live" and then get "lb config: unrecognized option '--packages'".

The "live build" information I found says documentation is "todo".

I'd appreciate help from anyone that can provide (or direct me to) the necessary information.

Thanks in advance,
Kevin

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 01:26:54 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16526&action=new <![CDATA[GParted 0.3.3 shows unallocated drive]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16525&action=new Hi!
I'm trying to install Puppy Linux 4.2.1 on a Dell Dimension 3000 (2.8 GHz, 512 MB, 40 GB)  which has XP installed on it. I had partitioned the drive using GParted 0.8 (not positive of version) from a different, newer Puppy Linux.
The current fdisk shows:

# fdisk -lu

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4863 cylinders, total 78125000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1              63       80324       40131   de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *       80325    45559807    22739741+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3        70653870    78108029     3727080   db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda4        45559808    70651903    12546048   83  Linux

Running the Puppy 4.2.1 installer, which uses GParted 0.3.3 sees the entire disk as unallocated space. Running "parted" from console says the disk label is undefined (or something like that).

I  believe the problem is with the Dell Utility in the first partition being unrecognized, or perhaps the Dell backup in sda3 being located at the end of the disk, rather than in the middle.

This is an older Puppy, but it has good modem support, which I need.

So, how do I get the GParted 0.3.3 to see the entire disk so I can finish the installation? I'd rather not remove the XP if possible. I have tried using patched versions of GParted 0.3.3 as well as tried to install Gparted 0.4.5 without success.

Thanks.

]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 18:01:15 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16525&action=new <![CDATA[Idea to improved SSD handling by using TRIM]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16524&action=new Hi,

I have an idea to improve how GParted handles SSDs (and thin provisioned enterprise class storage) by using TRIM.

  • Make GParted use TRIM when creating and/or deleting partitions.

    • After creating a partition TRIM the sectors within it, before doing anything else.
      (Recent versions of mkfs.ext[234] and mkfs.xfs already TRIM the partition before creating the FS).

    • Immediately before deleting the partition TRIM the sectors within it.

  • Optionally make it configurable in a menu item, defaulting to on.

    • Perhaps Device --> Enable/Disable TRIM.

Implementation ideas:

  • Use hdparm to query a disk for TRIM support.

  • Alternative, just always try TRIM and just ignore errors.

# hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep TRIM
       *    Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)

  • Use hdparm to perform the TRIM.

    • May need to pass multiple spans to work around underlying limit of the maximum number of sectors the disk can accept in one TRIM command.

  • Alternatively, open the disk device and issue the relevant ioctl() calls directly.

    • Look at the code in mkfs.ext[234/xfs] to see how they do it.

# hdparm --trim-sector-ranges START_SECTOR:SECTOR_COUNT --please-destroy-my-drive /dev/DISK

Documenting here for discussion / review and to allow someone else to implement it.

Thanks,
Mike

]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 09:30:22 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16524&action=new <![CDATA[Resizing NTFS problems for Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB External USB 2.0]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16523&action=new I tried to resize the only NTFS partition that comes pre-formatted with my external 2TB Seagate GoFlex Desk harddrive. I attempted to reduce the formatted size from 1.82TB to 1.53TB to give space "on the right end of the drive". My intention for the space was to copy and paste partitions from another internal Samsung harddrive which SMART reports imminent failure.

I ran Linux Mint 11 from an SSD and use GParted 0.8.1. After a long wait, gparted reported doing everything successfully except the last part: the final NTFS consistency check. I tried to save the details but it hanged, but luckily the file was saved anyway.

After this I cannot mount it in Linux saying I/O error and that $MFT and $MFTMirr don't agree.  Neither can Windows 7 mount it and in Disk Management, the partition was wrongly identified as RAW though the drive letter is still here. Double clicking the drive letter says "disk structure corrupted and unreadable".

I was suspecting there's some proprietory magic in the enclosure base that causes trouble, and so I tried to unplug the base which provides the USB port and found there's SATA type power and data ports. I plugged it directly to my motherboard SATA ports and the BIOS wouldn't even detect the harddrive...

I'm clueless on what to do now... This external harddrive has been performing well and there's never sudden disconnection due to instability of USB power (there's a dedicated AC adapter and my motherboard is quite new). Since gparted basically went through everything normally I think my precious data are all there... I dare not force reconstruct the partition table and NTFS filesystem to the former state... Any suggestions?

As for the details dumped out from gparted, I can't find useful information from the details but I post here anyway:

GParted 0.8.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3
Shrink /dev/sdd1 from 1.82 TB to 1.53 TB  02:39:02    ( ERROR )
         
calibrate /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
         
path: /dev/sdd1
start: 63
end: 3907024127
size: 3907024065 (1.82 TB)
check file system on /dev/sdd1 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:01:25    ( SUCCESS )
         
ntfsresize -P -i -f -v /dev/sdd1
         
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
Device name : /dev/sdd1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 2000396321280 bytes (2000397 MB)
Current device size: 2000396321280 bytes (2000397 MB)
Checking for bad sectors ...
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 1145464 MB (57.3%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Estimating smallest shrunken size supported ...
File feature Last used at By inode
$MFT : 1940908 MB 0
Multi-Record : 1997793 MB 941317
$MFTMirr : 1000199 MB 1
Compressed : 65407 MB 364643
Sparse : 1844328 MB 398787
Ordinary : 2000397 MB 1163205
You might resize at 1145463681024 bytes or 1145464 MB (freeing 854933 MB).
Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing!
shrink file system  02:36:56    ( SUCCESS )
         
run simulation  00:10:22    ( SUCCESS )
         
ntfsresize -P --force /dev/sdd1 -s 1685827060223 --no-action
         
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Non-positive free clusters (0)!
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Device name : /dev/sdd1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 2000396321280 bytes (2000397 MB)
Current device size: 2000396321280 bytes (2000397 MB)
New volume size : 1685827056128 bytes (1685828 MB)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 1145464 MB (57.3%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Needed relocations : 22783962 (93324 MB)
Schedule chkdsk for NTFS consistency check at Windows boot time ...
Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while)
Relocating needed data ...
Updating $BadClust file ...
Updating $Bitmap file ...
Updating Boot record ...
The read-only test run ended successfully.
real resize  02:26:34    ( SUCCESS )
         
ntfsresize -P --force /dev/sdd1 -s 1685827060223
         
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 17 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x0)
Non-positive free clusters (0)!
Device name : /dev/sdd1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 2000396321280 bytes (2000397 MB)
Current device size: 2000396321280 bytes (2000397 MB)
New volume size : 1685827056128 bytes (1685828 MB)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 1145464 MB (57.3%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Needed relocations : 22783962 (93324 MB)
Schedule chkdsk for NTFS consistency check at Windows boot time ...
Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while)
Relocating needed data ...
Updating $BadClust file ...
Updating $Bitmap file ...
Updating Boot record ...
Syncing device ...
Successfully resized NTFS on device '/dev/sdd1'.
You can go on to shrink the device for example with Linux fdisk.
IMPORTANT: When recreating the partition, make sure that you
1) create it at the same disk sector (use sector as the unit!)
2) create it with the same partition type (usually 7, HPFS/NTFS)
3) do not make it smaller than the new NTFS filesystem size
4) set the bootable flag for the partition if it existed before
Otherwise you won't be able to access NTFS or can't boot from the disk!
If you make a mistake and don't have a partition table backup then you
can recover the partition table by TestDisk or Parted's rescue mode.
shrink partition from 1.82 TB to 1.53 TB  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
         
old start: 63
old end: 3907024127
old size: 3907024065 (1.82 TB)
new start: 63
new end: 3292631039
new size: 3292630977 (1.53 TB)
check file system on /dev/sdd1 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:40    ( ERROR )
         
ntfsresize -P -i -f -v /dev/sdd1
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 08:23:16 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16523&action=new <![CDATA[Black exclamation mark in Yellow triangle. RESOLVED]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16522&action=new Gooday all. I used G Parted to have a look at one of my hard drives and I noted that the NTFS partition that I am running this installation of Win 7 on has a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark in it.  Just wondering if someone could explain this and if there is anything I need to do about it. Regards, James.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 03:33:58 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16522&action=new <![CDATA[Please Help to Resize Partition!]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16521&action=new Hello, i am in a trouble, yesterday i resized my hdd and now i got 125gb left of free space, it is located before the "extended" partition, i am trying to use that free space to increase the size of sdb7 to 50gb and add all the remaining free space to sdb8 but every time i try to first grow the "extended" partition it says, "overlapping partition now allowed", and do not allow me to do anything with it... and if i can not move the extended partition i can not add space to the other ones hmm.
Can someone please help me!. Thank you very much in advance

P.S: I am using GParted Live CD but i took the image of the partitions from Ubuntu

http://i.imgur.com/cuOAc.png

Disco /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 60801 cilindros, 976773168 sectores en total
Unidades = sectores de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0xce5b859b

Dispositivo Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id  Sistema
/dev/sdb1       933027838   976771071    21871617    5  Extendida
/dev/sdb2            2048   459243519   229620736    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb3       459243520   669603839   105180160    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb5       933027840   941025279     3998720   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6       941027328   942002175      487424   83  Linux
/dev/sdb7       942004224   956733439     7364608   83  Linux
/dev/sdb8       956823552   976771071     9973760   83  Linux

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:04:00 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16521&action=new <![CDATA[Locked drive using gparted]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16516&action=new Hi all,

I was doing a secure-erase using gparted on "Parted Magic" os. It asked for a password, I left it blank. I cancelled the operation before it completed and now when I reboot the computer, there is a prompt asking for a password to unlock the drive. Does anyone here have any suggestions to unlock the drive?

Thanks

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 04:46:40 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16516&action=new <![CDATA[Increased By Only Half]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16515&action=new I had a 25GB C drive.
12.5 total and 12.5 free.

I needed to make it 50GB. So I increased the vdmk file to 50GB (from 25GB). That automatically created an additional (but separate) 25GB in computer management.

I used GParted and resized it. I maxed out the New Size (MiB) to 50GB so the other parameters were 0.

After applying it and rebooting I now have a 50GB partition, but its 25GB used and 25GB free.
It should be 12.5 total and 37.5 free (12.5 old + 25 new)

It sort of doubled itself, plus the data.

What did I do wrong?
How can I fix this?

Please help...

]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 22:24:32 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16515&action=new <![CDATA[gparted live cd/usb gives timeout error on HP DV6121TX]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16514&action=new My laptop is HP DV6 6121TX. Since linux has problems with dynamic disk i changed my disk drive to basic.

Problem is when i use gparted live cd or usb, half way down loading it hangs and gives time out error.

it was printing like this
[   23.810423] hp_accel : driver loaded
udevd[419]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -b pci :v00001xxxxxxxxxxx' [435]
udevd[419]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -b pci :v00001xxxxxxxxxxx' [435]
udevd[419]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -b pci :v00001xxxxxxxxxxx' [435]
prints timeout message continuously

The same live CD but worked perfectly on another HP dv2 laptop.

]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 20:34:07 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16514&action=new <![CDATA[overlapping partitions?]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16513&action=new Alright my problem is when loading from live cd I try to enlarge my extended partition so I can enlarge my /root partition and /home which is sda6 and sda8 respectively. I do each step so I have more control of errors and such. So I begin by enlarging the extended partition with the free space just above it. An error appears right off the bat saying cant have overlapping partitions.....I have searched for a similar problem and haven't come up with anything pertaining to my issue.

Here is a screenshot NOT FROM THE LIVE CD, so you can see my partition layout (Contains fdisk and gparted information):

http://i.imgur.com/xWWBj.jpg

]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 09:42:54 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16513&action=new <![CDATA[Partitioning Rules ?]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16512&action=new I've been partitioning for quite some years with narry a problem, and Gparted is my partitioning utility of choice.

I'm trying to remember the actual problem I had, but I made a note to self to find out if there were partitioning rules I wasn't aware of.

I think I was working on a multiboot scenario, had just installed a Linux distro to a logical partition, and the install automatically made the Swap partition at the end of the drive with a lot of unallocated space between it and the last logical.

I had so much trouble trying to delete it and move the Swap to the beginning of the Extended partition, (and then - I think - create some unallocated space before the Extended for a small Primary) . . . I finally had to rebuild the entire drive from images - not horrendous as I did have the images - but it got me wondering . . .

I know this is a bit open ended, but do any obvious partitioning rules come to mind, as in do's and don'ts mostly as regards allowable partition layouts ? (And here I'm not asking about size limits or requirements.)

I know about :

  • Maximum of 4 primary partitions.

  • Maximum of 3 primary partitions, and 1 extended partition.

I'm curious about things like :

  • Can you leave unallocated space
    --in front of the first primary ?
    --between primaries  ?
    --between the last primary and the Extended  ?

  • Can you leave unallocated space
    --at the beginning of the Extended partition ?
    --between logicals ?

  • Do all primaries have to be at the front, and all logicals after them ?
    Or could you put a primary at the end some how, after the Extended partition.

  • Anything else I haven't thought of that comes to mind ?

]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 00:05:14 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16512&action=new <![CDATA[gparted do not recognize partitions]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16511&action=new I have a hard disk wdc 500GB with  6 partitions
however when I use gparted it says "unllocated"

what is wrong?

Ps. In the same PC I have others hard disks and they are ok
when I use supergrub disk the partitions are there

many thanks

birdo

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 12:38:03 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16511&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Math is hard, need help aligning NTFS partition on an SSD]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16510&action=new I can't seem to work out the math to be able to align a partition on my SSD.

According to diskpart, my partition starting offset is as follows:

DISKPART> detail part

Partition 2
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: Yes
Offset in Bytes: 99751936

For some reason, my partition offset didn't get created the same as on the original when I cloned it with Easeus. I did follow the life hacker tutorial when migrating to the new drive:
http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-mi … ng-windows

I moved the partion up 2MiB with alignment set to none instead of cylinder or MiB. Then moved it back 1MiB also with alignment set to none... And that's how I got the offset that I have now.


EDIT: As best as I can figure, if I were to move up to the nearest MiB (1048576 bytes) which is 96MiB or 100663296 bytes, that would be evenly divisible by 4096 (100663296/4096=24576).

If I select the option to move up the partition 1MiB and select align to MiB, will that fix it?

]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 10:13:33 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16510&action=new <![CDATA[decrease linux patition and increase windows partition]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16509&action=new Hi Experts,

Enclosed is the screenshot of the partition from gparted.

[img]G:\gparted.jpeg[/img]

I want to decrease the partition of /dev/sda5 by 10 gb and add that size to /dev/sda1.

I think the best way is to decrease the size by pulling the sda5 boundary to the right.

1. I get a warning that this could have adverse impact.  What should I do ..

If you say all ok and
2.  If I continue it will make a unallocated memory, How can I merge that memory to the Sda1.
I tried to select both Sda1 and that Unallocated memory ( It doesn't exist in the screenshot, I did that and have not applied pending your advice because of the warning).

Please can you help me with this. Thank you very much. How to insert attachments here ?

]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 01:55:26 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16509&action=new <![CDATA[whole disk unallocated]]> http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16508&action=new i've installed win7 & Ubuntu 12.04 on my NB.
And because the HD size for Ubuntu is too small now & I would like to increase the size by using GParted.
Strange thing happened when i boot from USB then run GParted, it shows that whole disk unallocated.
Then I use fdisk, it showed information below.
Please help me to deal this problem, thanks in advance!

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l -u

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdf87df87

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63    40981814    20490876    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2        40981876   156296384    57657254+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5        40981878    98767619    28892871    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6       122897313   156296384    16699536    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda7        98764800   119754751    10494976   83  Linux
/dev/sda8       119756800   122896383     1569792   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 8053 MB, 8053063680 bytes
256 heads, 60 sectors/track, 1024 cylinders, total 15728640 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *          63    15728639     7864288+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 07:30:40 +0000 http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=16508&action=new