change partition size with fdisk


Recommended Posts

I recently copied my old 8gig linux hdd to a 40 gig hdd. When i copied it I did a raw transfer and all the partition sizes stayed the same. I have 3 partitions on /dev/hda...

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5169 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1           5       37768+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2               6          72      506520   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3              73        1033     7265160   83  Linux

Notice it says there are 5169 cylinders and the 3rd partition ends at 1033, how can i change that to the full size of the disk with preserving everything?

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/213853-change-partition-size-with-fdisk/
Share on other sites

Ok, I got qtparted and when i click on the partition the resize option is greyed out; however, when i click on the boot partition or the linux swap partition the resize function is available. Any ideas why?

EDIT: Just to let you know qtparted does show the 29.82 Gigs of free space is shown but I can't create a partition with it or anything. :unsure: If I can't get this to work then ill use fdisk to make a new partition from 1034 to the end of the disk instead of resizing this one.

Edited by beh

Ok i checked the console i ran qtparted in and it says this

Warning: The partition table on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc is inconsistent. There are many reasons why this might be the case. Often, the reason is that Linux detected the BIOS geometry incorrectly. However, this does not appear to be the case here. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause (fixable) problems with some boot loaders, and may cause problems with FAT file systems. Using LBA is recommended.

Error: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted! You should e2fsck. Modifying an unclean filesystem could cause severe corruption.

I ran e2fsck /dev/hda3 and it says clean.

EDIT: I dunno why it said clean last time i just ran this e2fsck -v /dev/hda3 and it says

e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)

/dev/hda3 is mounted.

WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause

SEVERE filesystem damage.

Do you really want to continue (y/n)?

So i hit no but i dunno how i can run this when its not mounted because it is the root partition.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • KDE Plasma 6.5 will notify you if your printer's ink is low by David Uzondu This week, the KDE team continued work on the upcoming Plasma 6.5.0 as well as Plasma 6.4's fourth bug fix release, 6.4.4. As usual, both Plasma versions saw several UI tweaks, bug fixes, and performance improvements. The most notable changes are discussed in this article. Let's start with Plasma 6.5. The desktop environment is getting a useful feature that tells you when your printer is low on ink. This works by having the system check the Common Unix Printing System, or CUPS, for marker levels after a print job is created or completed. CUPS stores attributes like marker-levels in its printers.conf file, and once a level is determined to be low, it triggers a marker-supply-low-warning that Plasma will now use to inform you. UI improvements scheduled for 6.5 include disabling key repeat for certain global shortcuts, like toggling Overview, to prevent rapid screen flashing that could be a seizure risk. There is a better "Someone started sharing this screen" notification that now appears only after a connection is fully established. You will also find standard KDE styling with the "Confirm deleting network connection" dialog, and more consistent spacing in the Global Menu widget. As for bug fixes in 6.5, a layout bug that caused visual overflow in the printer setup page has been corrected. An issue that stopped you from using the virtual keyboard in the Application Dashboard search field is fixed, and XDG portal-using apps can now request screencasts of new virtual outputs. Finally, the clipboard configuration window's size and position information has been moved from the state config file to the settings file. Moving on to 6.4.4, the hitboxes for desktop items now correctly match their visual styling. This means no more accidentally selecting an invisible box around a file. And when you mark a notification as low priority, it will now correctly appear in your history if it arrived during Do Not Disturb mode, so it does not just vanish. If you're experiencing a Kwin crash on login, particularly in a QEMU virtual machine, 6.4.4 has a fix for that on the way. Other bug fixes 6.4.4 brings include: A fix for the Global Menu widget's single-button mode for X11 users. The search field in the Wayland version of the Global Menu widget works again. An annoying bug in the Global Shortcuts XDG portal that made apps think they had no shortcuts has been resolved. Plasma Browser Integration's built-in Share feature has been repaired. Plasma 6.4.4 will drop on the 5th of next month. You can find more details on the official KDE Blog.
    • I just remember wondering how she was ever a bridge officer at all with all of her insufferable insecurities. I am sure she's a wonderful person in real life, but the character was poorly written. They even had to dedicate a whole episode to her being forced into taking the responsibility of leading cadets out of a problem of some sort as if to show how she is "growing" into her function. Never bridge officer material and I just rolled my eyes at her scenes and eventually stopped watching the show altogether, but also because of all the lead character's cry/whisper/talking that frustrated me.
    • Didnt know it was coded/decoded so my bad.
    • Why isn't it more widespread then? What about people that like PC gaming and don't want/don't own a console? MMO gaming/professional work with specific software aren't "edge cases".
  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      Homayoun Hotak earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Dedicated
      Profit earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • One Month Later
      hhgygy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      hhgygy earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Year In
      NIKI77 earned a badge
      One Year In
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      641
    2. 2
      ATLien_0
      241
    3. 3
      Xenon
      168
    4. 4
      neufuse
      149
    5. 5
      +FloatingFatMan
      123
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!