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Re: "Error: Can't move a partition onto itself."
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: "Error: Can't move a partition onto itself." |
Date: |
Thu, 4 Jul 2002 11:41:11 +1000 |
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On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 07:49:26PM -0400, Andrew Biggadike wrote:
> Hi,
> This is where I currently am:
> Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
> 1 0.031 14880.520 primary FAT boot,lba
> 2 14880.520 14972.585 primary ext2
> 3 16127.754 18567.312 primart ext2
> 4 18567.312 19077.187 extended lba
> 5 18567.343 19077.187 logical linux-swap
>
> I have used parted to resize my 1 partition (FAT) about 1200 megs
> smaller, and to move my 2 partition (ext2, /boot) down. Now what I want
> to do is move my 3 partition (ext2, /) down and then resize it larger
> (at the end). This is what I get:
>
> (parted) move 3 14927.586 17367.144
> Error: Can't move a partition onto itself. Try using resize, perhaps?
>
> I've played around with the numbers a bit and tried different things. I
> haven't been able to find any documentation relating to this error
> message, and everything I've read indicates that this should work.
Ah, the documentation is inadequate. Thanks for pointing this out.
Anyway, the old and new posistions can't overlap.
> Am I
> missing something? It seems like it will only move it to an empty place
> on the disk that is at least as big as the partition I am trying to move
Correct. (in the case of ext2 and reiserfs. FAT, has no requirement
about "at least as big")
> - just judging from the success I had with partition 2. Any help would
> be appreciated. Thanks,
Try shrinking first (via resize) to create some free space to move
into.
Andrew