Topic: Can't resize
I'm trying to resize a Fat32 partition on hda using gparted 0.3.3 so I can do some multiboot linux distros. I'm getting an error. I have a second 8 gig drive (hdb) with linux on it and grub is in the mbr of hda.
Move /dev/hda1 to the left and shrink it from 74.53 GiB to 20.42 GiB 00:58 ( ERROR )
calibrate /dev/hda1 00:00 ( SUCCES )
path: /dev/hda1
start: 63
end: 156296384
size: 156296322 (74.53 GiB)
calculate new size and position of /dev/hda1 00:00 ( SUCCES )
requested start: 0
requested end: 42829289
requested size: 42829290 (20.42 GiB)
new start: 63
new end: 42829289
new size: 42829227 (20.42 GiB)
check filesystem on /dev/hda1 for errors and (if possible) fix them 00:22 ( SUCCES )
dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/hda1
dosfsck 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:original/backup)
388:49/4e, 389:6e/6f, 390:76/20, 391:61/4f, 392:6c/53, 393:69/20, 394:64/46
, 395:20/6f, 396:73/75, 397:79/6e, 398:73/64, 399:74/20, 400:65/20
, 401:6d/20, 403:64/20, 404:69/20, 405:73/20, 406:6b/20, 419:65/45
, 427:52/49, 428:65/6e, 429:70/73, 430:6c/65, 431:61/72, 432:63/74
, 433:65/20, 434:20/4f, 435:74/53, 436:68/20, 437:65/73, 438:20/65
, 439:64/74, 440:69/75, 441:73/70, 442:6b/20, 443:2c/64, 444:20/69
, 445:61/73, 446:6e/6b, 447:64/2c
Not automatically fixing this.
No FSINFO sector
Not automatically creating it.
Boot sector contents:
System ID "MSWIN4.1"
Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)
512 bytes per logical sector
32768 bytes per cluster
32 reserved sectors
First FAT starts at byte 16384 (sector 32)
2 FATs, 32 bit entries
9766400 bytes per FAT (= 19075 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 19549184 (sector 38182)
2441533 data clusters (80004153344 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
63 hidden sectors
156296322 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
/dev/hda1: 31493 files, 149331/2441533 clusters
shrink filesystem 00:14 ( ERROR )
Later it says:
The information sector has the wrong signature (534f4453). Select cancel for now, and send in a bug report. If you're desperate, it's probably safe to ignore.
File system is reporting the free space as 1394614304 clusters, not 2292202 clusters.
The file system is bigger than its volume!
What does this mean?