I have done this before on my laptop now it is not working for me on my desktop PC.
In this image you can see HDD (dev/sda) and how I have this large unallocated block on dev/sda2. I want to merge it to sda1. Also I should state at this point sda2 is just my Linux OS back up and is not in use I am operating from my other HDD (dev/sdb).
I start by trying to reduce the size of sda2 to sperate the unallocated block from sda2.
I attempt to make "free space" before sda2 and after sda1 but the result is an obscure error.
Move partition ‘/dev/sda2’ to the right by 48.97 GiB and shrink it from 92.83 GiB to 43.86 GiB
Job: Check file system on partition ‘/dev/sda2’
Check file system on partition ‘/dev/sda2’: Success
Job: Set geometry of partition ‘/dev/sda2’: Start sector: 884,779,875, length: 91,988,190
Could not set geometry for partition ‘/dev/sda2’ while trying to resize/move it.
Set geometry of partition ‘/dev/sda2’: Start sector: 884,779,875, length: 91,988,190: Error
Moving extended partition ‘/dev/sda2’ failed.
Move partition ‘/dev/sda2’ to the right by 48.97 GiB and shrink it from 92.83 GiB to 43.86 GiB: Error
I also tried to make a file system on the unallocated block with similar results;
Create a new partition (48.97 GiB, ext2) on ‘/dev/sda’
Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.
Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’: Error
Create a new partition (48.97 GiB, ext2) on ‘/dev/sda’: Error
I tried all formats and even attempted these operations from the live CD. No luck. So please tell me what I am doing wrong, but be gentle I bruise easy.
In this image you can see HDD (dev/sda) and how I have this large unallocated block on dev/sda2. I want to merge it to sda1. Also I should state at this point sda2 is just my Linux OS back up and is not in use I am operating from my other HDD (dev/sdb).
I start by trying to reduce the size of sda2 to sperate the unallocated block from sda2.
I attempt to make "free space" before sda2 and after sda1 but the result is an obscure error.
Move partition ‘/dev/sda2’ to the right by 48.97 GiB and shrink it from 92.83 GiB to 43.86 GiB
Job: Check file system on partition ‘/dev/sda2’
Check file system on partition ‘/dev/sda2’: Success
Job: Set geometry of partition ‘/dev/sda2’: Start sector: 884,779,875, length: 91,988,190
Could not set geometry for partition ‘/dev/sda2’ while trying to resize/move it.
Set geometry of partition ‘/dev/sda2’: Start sector: 884,779,875, length: 91,988,190: Error
Moving extended partition ‘/dev/sda2’ failed.
Move partition ‘/dev/sda2’ to the right by 48.97 GiB and shrink it from 92.83 GiB to 43.86 GiB: Error
I also tried to make a file system on the unallocated block with similar results;
Create a new partition (48.97 GiB, ext2) on ‘/dev/sda’
Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.
Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’: Error
Create a new partition (48.97 GiB, ext2) on ‘/dev/sda’: Error
I tried all formats and even attempted these operations from the live CD. No luck. So please tell me what I am doing wrong, but be gentle I bruise easy.
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