1 (edited by ahmed.com 2018-07-13 16:21:58)

Topic: Error when resizing extended partition

When I try to resize the extended partition to include the free space at the end, it gives me an error.

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GParted 0.30.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize

Libparted 3.2
Grow /dev/sda3 from 833.49 GiB to 882.50 GiB  00:00:04    ( ERROR )
         
calibrate /dev/sda3  00:00:03    ( SUCCESS )
         
path: /dev/sda3 (partition)
start: 102783932
end: 1850736194
size: 1747952263 (833.49 GiB)
grow partition from 833.49 GiB to 882.50 GiB  00:00:01    ( ERROR )
         
old start: 102783932
old end: 1850736194
old size: 1747952263 (833.49 GiB)
requested start: 102783932
requested end: 1953523711
requested size: 1850739780 (882.50 GiB)
libparted messages    ( INFO )
         
Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.

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Re: Error when resizing extended partition

You might try resizing to a different value to see if that works.  Additionally you might try the latest version of GParted (currently 0.31.0).  One of the better ways to do this is to boot from media containing GParted Live.

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Re: Error when resizing extended partition

I was able to create the partition and make logical with Linux Mint Live Cd from the installing procedure,and I tried GParted Live, and it made no difference.

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Re: Error when resizing extended partition

Creating a partition is different than resizing a partition.

I did notice that the sda3 partition started on sector 102783932 which is not MiB aligned (e.g., is not evenly divisible by 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)).  You might try using Cylinder alignment when resizing such a partition.