1 Topic by Zorrab

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Topic: Can't boot from G-Parted disk

I needed to image the information from an IDE drive (78Gb) to an SATA drive. The SATA drive (250Gb) now shows up as only having 78Gb worth of space on it. I downloaded the G-parted program to grow the SATA disk back to it's original size but I can't boot from the G-Parted disk. My question is how do I accomplish this or will G-parted even do what I'm trying to do.

2 Reply by class413

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Re: Can't boot from G-Parted disk

You give no info about livecd version, what exactly you do, messages you take...

You can try some other from the boot options.

(Moved to the live media section)

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

3 Reply by Drakkor

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Re: Can't boot from G-Parted disk

I also cannot boot from "Live CD" version 0.3.6-7 , error states " no screens found" and something about xorg.conf. I am running Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Thanks !

4 Reply by stevenshiau

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Re: Can't boot from G-Parted disk

Please give 0.3.7-5 (in the testing branch) a try. This version uses newer X (version 7.3), which might work for your screen.
Please let us know the results.

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Re: Can't boot from G-Parted disk

Ok,just tried the 0.3.7-5 testing version and get a error box saying:

74.7 KHZ/ 59.8 hz
Frequency Out Of Range
Try Other Resolutions

6 Reply by stevenshiau

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Re: Can't boot from G-Parted disk

This is a tough problem.
Due to the changes in X 7.3, the resolution and driver are intended to be detected automatically, therefore no resolution and driver setting in xorg.conf anymore.  i.e. nn Debian lenny or Ubuntu hardy, "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" never asks about resolution and driver.  I am afraid you have to manually edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I hate this...
Anyway, for more info, check:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? … 81ebf0c8fb
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/207409