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Topic: Extended record needed (1168 > 1024), not yet supported!

Trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 and partitioning failed both using the installer and using gparted. Apparently it failed during the simulation. Is this a bug? What should i do?

Details:
run simulation  00:02:47    ( ERROR )
       
ntfsresize -P --force --force /dev/sda1 -s 99484729343 --no-action
       
ntfsresize v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 240605856256 bytes (240606 MB)
Current device size: 240605858304 bytes (240606 MB)
New volume size : 99484721664 bytes (99485 MB)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 99467 MB (41.3%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Needed relocations : 2372216 (9717 MB)
Schedule chkdsk for NTFS consistency check at Windows boot time ...
Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while)
Relocating needed data ...
ERROR: Extended record needed (1168 > 1024), not yet supported!
Please try to free less space.

2 Reply by class413

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Re: Extended record needed (1168 > 1024), not yet supported!

This message is related to the ntfsresize software, and often appears when we try to use it in extreme conditions. This could mean a very fragmented partition, shrink the partition to the limit of the used space, or presence of very big files (some 100s MB or some GBs).

Please, try to use the latest GParted livecd to shrink the ntfs partition. Ubuntu isn't up to date, usually.

Before this, run defragmentation at least 2 times under windows, and be sure that you shutdown properly the system. Try resizing in more smaller steps. Temporarily move any huge file in other drives (external drive or memory).

Be sure to take backup of important files before any resizing operation.

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***