1 Topic by rvarnam (edited by rvarnam 2007-09-28 13:41:52)

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Topic: Partitions not seen by gparted [solved]

I have a single ATA drive with two NTFS partitions and some unallocated space.  But gparted reports there being no partitions, just one large unallocated space. 

When using the Ubuntu installation routine, guided partitioning goes on to suggest an ext3 and swap partition, but labels them '#1' and '#5' - which seems to suggest it's aware that there ARE some other partitions already there.

I'm confused.  I've not had this problem before.

Any help much appreciated!

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Re: Partitions not seen by gparted [solved]

Linux names partitions as follows:
/dev/hda1 to /dev/hda4 for the 4 principal partitions.
/dev/hda5 , 6 ... for the logical partitions in an extended partition. So, Ubuntu proposes one principal partition and an extended partition, with a logical partition in it.

Please, don't use Gparted that comes with Ubuntu (version 0.2.5-x) because it is very old and buggy. Use the latest LiveCD instead (version 0.3.4-x).

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3 Reply by rvarnam (edited by rvarnam 2007-09-28 13:45:36)

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Re: Partitions not seen by gparted [solved]

Thanks.

I had the problem with the gparted LiveCD as well, unfortunately.

I've actually got it sorted - having used Partition Magic to format the unallocated space as ext3, the LiveCD now sees all the partitions, including the NTFS ones.