Resizing

[Stephen]

On 11/03/2012 9:40 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 11 March 2012 00:06, Stephen<stephen_o at rogers.com>  wrote:
>> Here is the read out from sudo -l
>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sda1   *          63   892377087   446188512+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
>> /dev/sda2       892379134   976768064    42194465+   5  Extended
>> /dev/sda5       973217763   976768064     1775151   82  Linux swap / Solaris
>> /dev/sda6       892379136   969025535    38323200   83  Linux
>> /dev/sda7       969027584   973215743     2094080   82  Linux swap / Solaris
>>
>> I tried again to enlarge the dev/sda2. Which seems to be a container for all
>> the linux partitions. It wouldn't give me the option to re-size it. I tried
>> again to enlarge the dev/sda6 which is EXT4 format.
> Two things spring to mind:
>
> [1] As Basil says, it does not look as if you have actually shrunk the
> Windows partition successfully. How full is it? Have you cleared out
> all the rubbish in it (\WINDOWS\TEMP, the TEMP in your user directory,
> removed the swap file, disabled hibernation, etc.?) Have you defragged
> it?
>
> [2] Yes, sda2 is an extended partition and it contains all the logical
> partitions in which Ubuntu is installed. However, it looks to me a
> little as if you have got 2 swap partitions there - is that correct?
> If so, why?
>
>
The first time I resized the partitions windows used chkdsk and resized 
the partition after I signed back into windows. Here is the new readout.

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x54ca54ca

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63   838836223   419418080+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

notice the difference between the end of the windows partition and the 
beginning of the extended logical drive.

/dev/sda2       892379134   976768064    42194465+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5       973217763   976768064     1775151   82  Linux swap / 
Solaris
/dev/sda6       892379136   969025535    38323200   83  Linux
/dev/sda7       969027584   973215743     2094080   82  Linux swap / 
Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000aa6b3

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1              63   976768064   488384001    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Thank you;
Stephen Oulton
<stephen_o at rogers.com>