Partition problem

[Rick Knight]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
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>> Mario Vukelic wrote:
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>>     
>>> So, you  first need to shrink the logical partitions and then you 
>>> can add new logical partitions in the free space inside the extended
>>> partition.
>>>     
>>>       
>> I think you missed the problem. The extended partition doesn't use the 
>> space of the disk to the end. Therefore there is no need to shrink 
>> existing partitions. If you look at the fdisk output it says there are 
>> 19457 cylinders while the extended partition ends at 5598. Therefore I 
>> think it would be sufficient to only resize the extended partition. Then 
>> there should be plenty of space for new logical partitions. I suppose 
>> that can be done with fdisk, but as I am not sure (and I don't have a 
>> spare disk to test it), I can't advise doing it.
>>
>>
>> Nils
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>>     
>     It was tried with parted and it didn't work on an Extended 
> partition. I will try working from a CD and see if that changes anything.
>
> Karl
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>
>   
That will change everything as far as gparted is concerned. You cannot 
use gparted on a mounted filesystem. If your OS resides on a partition 
inside the extended partition, the extended parttion is mounted and 
cannot be resized. By anything.

Rick