1 Topic by tarun (edited by tarun 2011-03-06 09:13:34)

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Topic: [SOLVED] XMB free disk space is required to shrink this partition

I have 320GB sata
with 1primary and 1 extended(consists 3 logical(1FAT;2NTFS))
primary(FAT) had winxp installed and now i formatted the windows and would like to merge the two
ubuntu10.10(extended>/dev/sda5(FAT)) i have also done some steps successfully but gparted give me error .htm out is:

GParted 0.8.0

Libparted 2.3
Move /dev/sda5 to the left and grow it from 26.83 GiB to 38.00 GiB  00:00:46    ( ERROR )
        
calibrate /dev/sda5  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
path: /dev/sda5
start: 62508978
end: 118768544
size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:24    ( SUCCESS )
        
dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/sda5
        
dosfsck 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, 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)
71:55/4e, 72:42/4f, 73:44/20, 74:45/4e, 75:56/41, 76:53/4d, 77:44/45
, 78:41/20, 79:35/20, 80:00/20, 81:00/20
Not automatically fixing this.
Boot sector contents:
System ID "MSDOS5.0"
Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)
512 bytes per logical sector
16384 bytes per cluster
38 reserved sectors
First FAT starts at byte 19456 (sector 38)
2 FATs, 32 bit entries
7029248 bytes per FAT (= 13729 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 14077952 (sector 27496)
1757252 data clusters (28790816768 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
63 hidden sectors
56259567 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
Unable to create unique name
grow partition from 26.83 GiB to 38.00 GiB  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )
        
old start: 62508978
old end: 118768544
old size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)
new start: 39073792
new end: 118768544
new size: 79694753 (38.00 GiB)
move file system to the left  00:00:18    ( ERROR )
        
using libparted
rollback last change to the partition table  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )
        
shrink partition from 38.00 GiB to 26.83 GiB  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )
        
old start: 39073792
old end: 118768544
old size: 79694753 (38.00 GiB)
new start: 62508978
new end: 118768544
new size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)    ( ERROR )
libparted messages    ( INFO )
        
You need 401MB of free disk space to shrink this partition to this size. Currently, only 0.00B is free.

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Re: [SOLVED] XMB free disk space is required to shrink this partition

i figured it out .
also refer to :http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … page2.html
$ sudo fsck.vfat -y /dev/sdX X
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offsetriginal/backup)
71:44/20, 72:52/20, 73:7e/20, 74:44/20, 75:45/20, 76:41/20, 77:54/20
, 78:48/20, 79:5f/20, 80:35/20, 81:30/20
Not automatically fixing this.
Unable to create unique name

$ sudo fsck.vfat -r /dev/sdX X
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offsetriginal/backup)
71:44/20, 72:52/20, 73:7e/20, 74:44/20, 75:45/20, 76:41/20, 77:54/20
, 78:48/20, 79:5f/20, 80:35/20, 81:30/20
1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original
3) No action
? 1
Reclaimed 876713 unused clusters (14364065792 bytes).
Free cluster summary wrong (246020 vs. really 1122733)
1) Correct
2) Don't correct
? 1
Perform changes ? (y/n) y
/dev/sdb1: 3840 files, 29386369/30509102 clusters
this woked for me .htm output is
GParted 0.8.0

Libparted 2.3
Move /dev/sda5 to the left and grow it from 26.83 GiB to 38.00 GiB  00:47:39    ( SUCCESS )
        
calibrate /dev/sda5  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
path: /dev/sda5
start: 62508978
end: 118768544
size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:25    ( SUCCESS )
        
dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/sda5
        
dosfsck 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
Boot sector contents:
System ID "MSDOS5.0"
Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)
512 bytes per logical sector
16384 bytes per cluster
38 reserved sectors
First FAT starts at byte 19456 (sector 38)
2 FATs, 32 bit entries
7029248 bytes per FAT (= 13729 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 14077952 (sector 27496)
1757252 data clusters (28790816768 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
63 hidden sectors
56259567 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
Checking free cluster summary.
/dev/sda5: 181357 files, 1712723/1757252 clusters
grow partition from 26.83 GiB to 38.00 GiB  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
old start: 62508978
old end: 118768544
old size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)
new start: 39073792
new end: 118768544
new size: 79694753 (38.00 GiB)
move file system to the left  00:29:52    ( SUCCESS )
        
using libparted
shrink partition from 38.00 GiB to 26.83 GiB  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
        
old start: 39073792
old end: 118768544
old size: 79694753 (38.00 GiB)
new start: 39073792
new end: 95333358
new size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:24    ( SUCCESS )
        
dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/sda5
        
dosfsck 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
Boot sector contents:
System ID "MSWIN4.1"
Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)
512 bytes per logical sector
16384 bytes per cluster
50 reserved sectors
First FAT starts at byte 25600 (sector 50)
2 FATs, 32 bit entries
7030784 bytes per FAT (= 13732 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 14087168 (sector 27514)
1757251 data clusters (28790800384 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
39073792 hidden sectors
56259567 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
Checking free cluster summary.
/dev/sda5: 181357 files, 1712723/1757251 clusters
grow file system to fill the partition  00:08:12    ( SUCCESS )
        
using libparted
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:16    ( SUCCESS )
        
dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/sda5
        
dosfsck 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
Boot sector contents:
System ID "MSWIN4.1"
Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)
512 bytes per logical sector
16384 bytes per cluster
50 reserved sectors
First FAT starts at byte 25600 (sector 50)
2 FATs, 32 bit entries
7030784 bytes per FAT (= 13732 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 732351 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 14087168 (sector 27514)
1757251 data clusters (28790800384 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
39073792 hidden sectors
56259567 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
Checking free cluster summary.
/dev/sda5: 181357 files, 1712723/1757251 clusters
grow partition from 26.83 GiB to 38.00 GiB  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
        
old start: 39073792
old end: 95333358
old size: 56259567 (26.83 GiB)
new start: 39073792
new end: 118767615
new size: 79693824 (38.00 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:17    ( SUCCESS )
        
dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/sda5
        
dosfsck 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
Boot sector contents:
System ID "MSWIN4.1"
Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)
512 bytes per logical sector
16384 bytes per cluster
50 reserved sectors
First FAT starts at byte 25600 (sector 50)
2 FATs, 32 bit entries
7030784 bytes per FAT (= 13732 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 732351 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 14087168 (sector 27514)
1757251 data clusters (28790800384 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
39073792 hidden sectors
56259567 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
Checking free cluster summary.
/dev/sda5: 181357 files, 1712723/1757251 clusters
grow file system to fill the partition  00:08:11    ( SUCCESS )
        
using libparted

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Re: [SOLVED] XMB free disk space is required to shrink this partition

Thank you for reporting back with how you were able to resolved the problem, and also marking the post as SOLVED.  smile