Can't Format Partition

[Nathan Bahn]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:02 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Nathan Bahn <nathan.bahn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I get the below:
> >
> :
> >
> > I'm using Gparted (G.U.I.) on a 10.10 GNOME O.S.  I'm attempting to
> format a
> > part of an unformatted partition (3 of 4) as a swap.  I want to do this
> > because I want to enlarge the first partition, which is where the O.S. is
> > located.  As I understand it, a formatted partition must be located next
> to
> > an unformatted partition in order to expand into it.  Because the second
> > partition partition is a swap, I am attempting to format a part of the
> > unformatted third partition as a swap so that I can unformat the second
> > partition and then expand the first (O.S.) partition into it.  If my
> > information/understanding is incorrect, then where can I find information
> on
> > how partitions work?
> >
> You should be able to designate the unformatted partition (or some
> fraction of it) as swap, remove the swap designation of the existing
> swap partition, set that (tell gparted to execute that change, which
> might require a reboot), then re-run gparted to expand your system
> partition into the old swap area.
>
> There shouldn't be any actual reformatting required - swap is just
> open disk space that belongs to the OS.
>
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Thank you for the courtesy of your response.
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