tags 291234 + upstream help thanks On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 03:47:11PM +0100, Joel Soete wrote: > Package: parted > Version: 1.6.11-9 > Severity: normal > > Hello all, > > I am running a debian unstable' (today updated) with a developement kernel > 2.6.11-rc1-pa3 on hppa box (b2000). > This system own 2 Disk: one boot disk of 9gb and a 'data' disk of 36Gb. > > the boot disk sda has the following slicing schema (cfdisk): > Disk /dev/sda: 9100 MB, 9100044288 bytes > 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8678 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 61 62448 f0 Linux/PA-RISC boot > /dev/sda2 62 306 250880 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda3 307 367 62464 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 368 8557 8386560 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 368 1953 1624048 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 1954 2197 249840 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 2198 2319 124912 83 Linux > /dev/sda8 2320 2441 124912 83 Linux > /dev/sda9 2442 4394 1999856 83 Linux > /dev/sda10 4395 6347 1999856 83 Linux > /dev/sda11 6348 8300 1999856 83 Linux > /dev/sda12 8301 8557 263152 83 Linux > > And the second disk: > Disk /dev/sdb: 36.4 GB, 36420075520 bytes > 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 34732 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 1 34732 35565552 83 Linux > > As I don't need any more to have the full disk for a data slice on this disk, > I would like to use parted to re-partition as: > /dev/sdb1 1 61 62448 f0 Linux/PA-RISC boot > /dev/sdb2 62 306 250880 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sdb3 307 367 62464 83 Linux > /dev/sdb4 368 8557 8386560 5 Extended > /dev/sdb5 368 1953 1624048 83 Linux > /dev/sdb6 1954 2197 249840 83 Linux > /dev/sdb7 2198 2319 124912 83 Linux > /dev/sdb8 2320 2441 124912 83 Linux > /dev/sdb9 2442 4394 1999856 83 Linux > /dev/sdb10 4395 6347 1999856 83 Linux > /dev/sdb11 6348 8300 1999856 83 Linux > /dev/sdb12 8301 34732 35565552 83 Linux > > (for mirroring with raid1) > > (in summary: > parted > resize 1 0.016 26432.000 (i.e. 34732 - 8300) > move 1 0.016 8300.000 > > then create sdb[1..11] ) > > but when I asked 'parted' to check the disk slice 1: > # ./parted/parted /dev/sdb > [...] > Using /dev/sdb > (parted) p > > Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-34732.890 megabytes > Disk label type: msdos > Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags > 1 0.016 34732.000 primary ext3 > (parted) check 1 > > No Implementation: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted > can't resize this (yet).
Parted cannot handle newer ext2/3 filesystems, and this results in the message you see. upstream knows about this, but i didn't see any clear intentions to solve this, so i don't think there will be a quick fix for this. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]