1 Topic by logicblock (edited by logicblock 2008-08-10 20:24:43)

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Topic: Error Encountered, (can't get it to run updated)

I recently submitted a problem report, but did not include "details" which is why I probably didn't receive a response.  I've now saved details and screenshots to help in solving my problem, but can't find any information on submitting them with my post.  All I want to do in "grow" my primary partition using unused space from my extended partition.  I'm running an Athlon XP2800 on a KT400 chipset motherboard with 1.5 Gb of DDR sram.  I don't want to format and reinstall if possible.  Please try and help.

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Re: Error Encountered, (can't get it to run updated)

You can post screenshots by using a free photo host service, like imageshot. You can post details as text in a post, using the 'CODE' bbcode.

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

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Re: Error Encountered, (can't get it to run updated)

Thanks for the response...  here are my error details.  hope this helps.

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GParted 0.3.7

Libparted 1.7.1

Move /dev/hda5 to the left and shrink it from 63.25 GiB to 57.81 GiB  00:00:03    ( ERROR ) 
     calibrate /dev/hda5  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS ) 
     path: /dev/hda5
start: 19743948
end: 152392589
size: 132648642 (63.25 GiB) 

calculate new size and position of /dev/hda5  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS ) 
     requested start: 19743885
requested end: 140986439
requested size: 121242555 (57.81 GiB) 
new start: 19743948
new end: 140986439
new size: 121242492 (57.81 GiB) 

check filesystem on /dev/hda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS ) 
     dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/hda5 
     dosfsck 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
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
8288768 bytes per FAT (= 16189 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 16593920 (sector 32410)
2072128 data clusters (67899490304 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
63 hidden sectors
132648642 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
/dev/hda5: 672 files, 84442/2072128 clusters



shrink filesystem  00:00:01    ( ERROR ) 
     using libparted 

check filesystem on /dev/hda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS ) 
     dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/hda5 
     dosfsck 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem
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
8288768 bytes per FAT (= 16189 sectors)
Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)
Data area starts at byte 16593920 (sector 32410)
2072128 data clusters (67899490304 bytes)
63 sectors/track, 255 heads
63 hidden sectors
132648642 sectors total
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
/dev/hda5: 672 files, 84442/2072128 clusters



grow filesystem to fill the partition  00:00:00    ( ERROR ) 
     using libparted 

libparted messages    ( INFO ) 
     The information sector has the wrong signature (0). 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 0 clusters, not 1987686 clusters. 
The file system is bigger than its volume! 



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Re: Error Encountered, (can't get it to run updated)

I've submitted my error details...  Can anyone help me or tell me what I'm doing wrong with trying to get help?

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Re: Error Encountered, (can't get it to run updated)

The first part of the problem is located in the topic --->
http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=1594

I quote it here:

Logicblock wrote:

I'm running XP pro w/ sp3.  I have three partitions...  Bootable, extended w/ two logical drives.  All I want to do is increase my bootable drive and shrink my first logical drive by 4 to 5 Gb or so.  I boot from CD (0.3.7.7), it gets to the "scanning" window, I select the first logical drive, drag from the left until I get the required space preceeding the logical drive, select resize/move and it runs for around 5 seconds and reports an error.  I tried doing a screen shot, but cannot find the jpeg in my "root" directory.  Ive "defragged" the extended partitions, but this did not help.  Advice to fix my problem would be great as I do not want to re-install evertything on my HD.  If you can tell me how to get you a screen shot, I'd be glad to, as I know this will aid in sloving my issues.

Thanks -

Logicblock

My reply:

class413 wrote:

1. You have to shutdown windows properly before working with GParted. This causes sometimes problems.
2. The screenshots aren't saved on disk but they are in RAM, because the entire filesystem is kept on RAM only. You can mount a floppy drive or a usb memory to copy them there. There are some instructions in the documentation section
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php

(Topic moved to the live media section)

About the detail report:
Reading the last part I thought it has to do with the developers.
But I'd like ask you to try using the latest livecd (0.3.8-1). As the software is in constant development, each new version has some changes, small or big, compared to the previous one.

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