Hello all. Yast - partition manager says I need to ‘unmount the drive to resize it.’
Can someone direct me to an article or tell me how do this. Thanks.
It needs to go from 300 gig to 70 gig. Restore my original settings. I’m using about 15 gigs. So, resizing down won’t be a problem.
Personally I’d use a utility disk like Parted Magic
This video shows a resize on sda3
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/win_lin_partitions.m4v
Not all of it is relevant, so use discretion.
*Note: If you are only resizing, fine. But if you change the partition table eg; delete a partition, your device map will be out.
I downloaded it off sourceforge and burned it: pmagic_2012_08_09.iso
The md5 checksum is right. I boot my computer with the cd and nothing happens. ??
Edit: I remember using spacebar to start windows xp installer. That worked for starting “parted magic”.
Note: If you are only resizing, fine. But if you change the partition table eg; delete a partition, your device map will be out.
I resized it down to 70.01 gigs. Then did a disk check for errors. Added a partition for windows 7 and checked it. Nothing came up. I booted everything is fine. Any more you imply I have to do? Thanks.
@l_v
It’s difficult to say…
I’m not sure if you have a problem or not from what you write…
I resized it and added a new partition to the list with parted magic. To make grub and suse see the new partition I have to add the partition with yast - partitions? Install windows 7 into it. Make grub be able to boot to it.
Post result of
su -
fdisk -l
Tell us what is what
I went into parted magic and deleted the new partition. I resized suse main to 100 gig.
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953523055 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: 0xbb2ebb2e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 614389859 307194898+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 614389860 1807906904 596758522+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 614389923 681493364 33551721 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 681493428 1108019177 213262875 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda7 1108019200 1112244223 2112512 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 1112246272 1154189311 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 1154191360 1363924991 104866816 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320071851520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625140335 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: 0x32783277
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 625121279 312560608+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
I have two sets unallocated partition space. I can’t figure out to merge them.
On 08/11/2012 08:36 PM, lord valarian wrote:
> I have two sets unallocated partition space. I can’t figure out to
> merge them.
carefully delete one, then enlarge the other…maybe
I have two sets unallocated partition space. I can’t figure out to merge them.
I need more than that.
Take a screen of what you have in Gparted
Tell me which partitions you want to do what with
More info…please
I can’t take a screen of gparted. So, I have an image from yast-partitioner.
GParted:
211 gigs unallocated
64 gig unallocated.
Add partition then install windows 7 into it. Will grub see it as bootable? If not what do I do. Thanks.
I don’t see what you refer to
You need to expand the tree on the left like this: SUSE Paste
I take it sda1 is a windows installation too?
Yes, It’s the windows xp boot partition. I’m going to keep it until I’m sure all my programs will work with it.
When I try to add a new partition, I select this:
primary- 70 gigs
logical - 211 gigs
maximum size
don’t format partition
mount point: /windows
This last part won’t work. I’m going to try it out for a while.
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:26:02 GMT, lord valarian
<lord_valarian@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>I resized it and added a new partition to the list with parted magic. To
>make grub and suse see the new partition I have to add the partition
>with yast - partitions? Install windows 7 into it. Make grub be able
>to boot to it.
Win7 requires 2 primary partitions now, one rescue partition (hidden about
100 MB) and a target partition of at least 150 GB (though it only needs 20
GB or so). Building Win7 dual boot machines is a real pain now.
?-)
Win7 requires 2 primary partitions now,
Not correct
I installed it in a single ntfs yesterday
@l-v
You can only create logical partitions in that space
It is possible to install windows in a logical but it will write the loader to sda1 and the MBR
You’ll need to follow my guide to repair guide to repair grub after installing windows
Forget a mount point for now
Nope, window 7 won’t install to it. Looks like it won’t install to logical drive, only a primary partition.
How do I use parted magic to delete this logical drive and expand the extra primary?
I figured out how to shrink the logical and expand the primary. I checked for errors on all the linux partitions, none found. I installed window 7 successfully. However when I loaded parted magic, ALL MY SUSE partitions are gone! All the mswin partitions are fine. I’m running a scan find the linux files. It could take hours. Need help bad here… 
Now, I have to reinstall suse. Then reset the partition changes it makes.
Any kind of work like this requires you to backup, that’s a given.
Windows can install to a logical.
Parted Magic has a tool called Test Disk
Look it up and read about it
It could help you recover lost data
With tools from mswin and suse, I managed to fix my partition sizes. I recovered my home folder and only that. The suse system was lost. After deleting all the suse partitions, I reinstalled suse and restored my home folder from backup. Now, on to windows 7.
My boot partition shows:
windows 1(changed to ‘windows xp’) dev/sd1/
windows 2 dev/sdb1/
Windows XP boots successfully.
Windows 7 64bit shows in ‘my computer’ as /windows/G/
How do I get it into the boot menu?
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:36:03 GMT, lord valarian
<lord_valarian@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>I figured out how to shrink the logical and expand the primary. I
>checked for errors on all the linux partitions, none found. I installed
>window 7 successfully. However when I loaded parted magic, ALL MY SUSE
>partitions are gone! All the mswin partitions are fine. I’m running a
>scan find the linux files. It could take hours. Need help bad here…
>:(
Yes, i experienced that behavior as well. G&^&^*&( ^&%T^ 587%%^5%
78587%& megasnot. Failing to leave alien partitions alone should be
prosecuted as a criminal offence.
>
>Now, I have to reinstall suse. Then reset the partition changes it
>makes.
If you know the approximate locations and sizes of the linux partitions
there is a decent chance to recover them. I have done it using parted
from the command line. I do not remember if that facility is replicated
in Parted Magic GUI.
?-)