<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <img src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/emoticons/smile_shades.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19">Nils I am in 'K', The paragon drive copy 8 worked in my xp pro to clone over the old 'k' to a spare 40gb then I used the live cd Ubuntu with the new clonned copy and this time the re-partition worked it took about 35mins to do the enlarge 7gb to 18gb and reduce the 28gb to 19gb below is a copy of $ df -h rayburke@rayburke-desktop:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 18G 7.4G 9.2G 45% / varrun 474M 168K 474M 1% /var/run varlock 474M 4.0K 474M 1% /var/lock udev 474M 80K 474M 1% /dev devshm 474M 0 474M 0% /dev/shm lrm 474M 38M 437M 8% /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/volatile /dev/sdb2 19G 6.0G 13G 33% /home /dev/sda1 75G 38G 37G 51% /media/BKUP MAN rayburke@rayburke-desktop:~$ and as can see it worked so thanks for all you help, and after reading the instructions I believe that within Kubuntu I can download this gparted and keep a copy within K ?????????????????? ray > From: kassube@gmx.net > To: kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: re re-partition Kubuntu 3-partitions on 40gb > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:04:50 +0100 > > Ray Burke wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand - did it partially boot but want you to > > manually fsck the root partition? NO onlly the Kubuntu plash screen > > showed once then back to dos scipting and Yes manually > > Kubuntu splash screen is what I would call partially booted. And what you > call "back to dos scripting" is probably the shell login prompt or a root > shell. If it is a login prompt you could login with your username and > password and then use the command "sudo su" to get a root shell. If it is > a root shell already you could skip that step. > > Then you could try the command > > fsck /dev/sdb1 > > where I took the device name /dev/sdb1 from one of your previous mails. > Maybe you have to replace the device name if it is another device. > Probably fsck will ask many questions if it should fix specific errors. > When I had a similar situation many years ago I always let it fix the > error and finally the file system worked again. However I don't know if > that will help in your situation especially because I don't know what > error message there was. > > > > PS I have clonned the corrupt new k from my old k(lucky I done a > > > copy)> but this time using paragon drive copy 8 while in my xp pro as > > > not even> sure when I conned a backup thru ghost3 it worked?????? The > > > clonned copy thru Paragon drive copy 8 worked as I booted from the > > > clone and > > > > it booted up, so now I will try the gparted on the ubuntu live cd and > > let you know what happens OK?????? > > I don't think gparted will help if there is really a problem where you > should run fsck manually. But of course you can try it. > > > Nils > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users <hr />Find your ideal job with SEEK <a href='http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Atl%3Ask%3Anine%3A0%3Ahottag%3Achange&_t=757263783&_r=SEEK_tagline&_m=EXT' target='_new'>Time for change?</a></body> </html>