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**dibl** · Jun 06, 2009, 09:29 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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If there's nothing on the Windows partition that you need, then you can delete it with GParted.

After you delete that partition, you can increase the space in your Linux partition up to the full disk size.

**lokkii** · Jun 06, 2009, 09:57 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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hm....I already did first step, but I don't know how to increase the space in linux partition, that's the problem

**Qqmike** · Jun 07, 2009, 05:14 AM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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You need to expand the partition -- grow it. Do so by enlarging it to the right (move the right endpoint) or enlarging it to the left (move the left endpoint). Use GParted to do it. Click on the partition, Partition tab > expand/grow (or whatever it says there).
Here:
GParted (Live CD, USB, HD)
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
New Manual. New man page. See Documentation:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php

**blackbelt_jones** · Jun 07, 2009, 11:03 AM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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Alternatively, you might want to just reformat the partition so your Linux system can write to it, and then mount it seperately Instead of resizing, you'd have the same disk space, spread over two partitions.

This is command line stuff, which makes it unfamiliar and weird for newbies, but also very simple and direct. Although when I explain it all to you, it may not seem that way. Ah what the hell, I'm going for it!

in the terminal type

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

that'll give you a list of all your partitions. Here's what mine looks like;

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000bbd61

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1  *      1    4660  37431418+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2      4661    4865   1646662+  5 Extended
/dev/sda5      4661    4865   1646631  82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00065b1f

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdb1        1    60801  488384001  83 Linux

Now, all my partitions are Linux partitions, and they all say so under "system", but one of your partitions is going to say something else, maybe vfat or ntfs. If you want to safely write data to that partition from Linux, you're going to have to reformat as ext3 (there are other Linux filesystem formats, but ext3 is what Kubuntu uses by default, so lets' just keep it simple. Too late? Oh well)

So you identify the partition that you want to reformat. Let's say it's

Code:

/dev/sda2

you type

Code:

sudo mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda2

Now, this is going to destroy all the data on the partition, so you better have the right partition, and you better be sure that there's nothing on the windows partition that you want to save. This should create a new Linux partition that Kubuntu will mount automatically, and that you can write to. So you you won't have to go through the resizing crap, which I find to be a little dicey.

One reason why this command might not work at first is that your partition may already be mounted, and you can only reformat an unmounted partition, You'd get an error message, and what you would do then is type:

Code:

sudo umount /dev/sda2

and then just repeat

Code:

sudo mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda2

Okay, this is important, so I hope someone is checking my work!

**vinnywright** · Jun 07, 2009, 12:45 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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look's like good work blackbelt_jones ..........but mabey we should have a look at his .. sudo fdisk -l ........sence he had sead he made a bunch of partition's

Originally posted by lokkii

The problem is -
I've tried to use Gparted, but all I've got from that experiment is more partiotions of disk space which I can not to use......then, the question is
how to properly use Gparted, or how to solve the problem with any other solution ?

and see how meney he can remove to

SO post the output of

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

that's a lower case L

VINNY

**lokkii** · Jun 07, 2009, 05:33 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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@ Qqmike
still have the problem, my gparted seems don't want to grow the only funcional partition, I can not to resize or move, or do anything with partition which I use....other partiotion I can to delete or resiza or move (or like), but I can not use them....

@ blackbelt_jones & vinnywright

this is my output

Code:

nenad@nenad:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc8e9c8e9

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda2      4193    10011  46741117+  5 Extended
/dev/sda5      9825    10011   1502077+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6      8257    9752  12016588+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7      9753    9824   578308+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8      6124    6214   730926  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda9      6215    8256  16402333+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10      4193    6123  15510694+ 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order


Partition table entries are not in disk order

for

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

and this is what it show my, when I try this things which is blackbelt_jones said to do

Code:

nenad@nenad:~$ sudo mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda2
mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
mkfs.ext3: inode_size (128) * inodes_count (0) too big for a
    filesystem with 0 blocks, specify higher inode_ratio (-i)
    or lower inode count (-N).

**dibl** · Jun 07, 2009, 05:49 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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Originally posted by lokkii

Code:

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda8      6214    6214    8001  82 Linux swap / Solaris

That doesn't make much sense.

**Qqmike** · Jun 07, 2009, 06:11 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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/dev/sda8 6214 6214 8001 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Units are
8225280 bytes

Block = 1048 bytes

So, that adds up (=> approx zero units, or less than 1 unit)
=> 8 MB swap

**lokkii** · Jun 07, 2009, 06:19 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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no, that doesn't make sense, I have 700 mb swap, I don't know how that came up

EDIT
no
now i fix that in the original post, don't know how I type that numbers :

**vinnywright** · Jun 07, 2009, 06:32 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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first blackbelt_jones used /dev/sda2 as an exampel if you look at your fdisk -l youl see that /dev/sda2 is an extended partition that contanes all the rest of your partition's ....so you cant make a file system on it.

you eather nean to A. find the one (or 2) your using and delete the rest and then make a new ext3 partition in the free space
or B. use a gparted livecd and delete it all and start over with a 1Gig swap first sda1 and a 8-10Gig /root next sda2 and the rest /home sda3

+ none of them seam to have the boot flag set? strange

anuther strang looking thing is the start for the disk is 4193 and not 1

I think I'd opt for a redo but watever.

VINNY

**dibl** · Jun 07, 2009, 06:41 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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@lokkii, you realize that you can only run GParted operations on an unmounted partition, right? So if you are trying to change the size of the partition that your Linux OS is on, then you'll need to use a GParted Live CD (or Parted Magic, or a *buntu Live CD that has gparted on it, etc.).

**blackbelt_jones** · Jun 07, 2009, 06:44 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

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If you can start over, I think you should. That means if you can do it without destroying some essential, non-replacable data, I would just install kubuntu all over.

I'm not seeing anything that looks like Windows partitions. Wouldn't they show up here?

**vinnywright** · Jun 07, 2009, 06:54 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

)

Originally posted by blackbelt_jones

If you can start over, I think you should. That means if you can do it without destroying some essential, non-replacable data, I would just install kubuntu all over.

I'm not seeing anything that looks like Windows partitions. Wouldn't they show up here?

thay should inded as long as he hase windows file system suport on the box ......and kubuntu dose

Code:

vinny@Kubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for vinny:  

Disk /dev/sda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7943 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00035945           

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1  *      1    1124   8497408+  7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2      1125    3833  20480040  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3      3834    7943  31071600  f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5      3834    7943  31071568+  b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00064147

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdb1  *      1    4865  39078081  f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5      1579    1659   650632+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6      1660    2695   8315968+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7      2695    4865  17433328+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8        2    1578  12667221  83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order
vinny@Kubuntu:~$

WITCH makes me even more cureus about the disk starting at 4193 ?

VINNY

**blackbelt_jones** · Jun 07, 2009, 07:19 PM

Re: Gparted confusion...(or just - I want my disk space

)

Originally posted by lokkii

@ Qqmike
still have the problem, my gparted seems don't want to grow the only funcional partition, I can not to resize or move, or do anything with partition which I use....other partiotion I can to delete or resiza or move (or like), but I can not use them....

@ blackbelt_jones & vinnywright

this is my output

Code:

nenad@nenad:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc8e9c8e9

 Device Boot   Start    End   Blocks Id System
/dev/sda2      4193   10011  46741117+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5      9825   10011  1502077+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6      8257    9752  12016588+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7      9753    9824   578308+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8      6124    6214   730926 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda9      6215    8256  16402333+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10     4193    6123  15510694+ 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order


Partition table entries are not in disk order

for

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

and this is what it show my, when I try this things which is blackbelt_jones said to do

Code:

nenad@nenad:~$ sudo mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda2
mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
mkfs.ext3: inode_size (128) * inodes_count (0) too big for a
    filesystem with 0 blocks, specify higher inode_ratio (-i)
    or lower inode count (-N).

/dev/sda2 was supposed to be a hypothetical example. The partition should be whatever partition you have that's a windows partition, but I don't see that you have any.

Now, if you can't start over, we should find out which partition is which. Please type

less /etc/fstab and share the output.

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