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How can I unmount Swap and Extended on the Ubuntu 5.10 Live
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cheetahman:
I am using GParted and the only way to resize the partitions is to turn off swap and turn off extended since ext3 is inside the extended and so is swap.The one I want to resize is ext3
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All partitions become unmounted after doing the command to umount swap which would be swapoff /dev/hda5 it works but and I resize it and it does it but completes it but the partition is still not resized
Status:Not Mounted
Size:14747
Used:7766
Unused:6981
Path:/dev/hda6
Should I download the Ubuntu Beta Live cd and used that instead
Both System Rescue Cd and GParted Live Cd fail after
-ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
Resize function doesn't appear in QTParted on Knoppix or any other QTParted program on live cd
Should I download Ubuntu Beta Live Cd since will have an upgraded version
Ricky:
Dont you think it is a problem about resizing rather than umout ?
Well, on Gparted website they says that you need to mount a filesystem in order to resize it . It means you can't resize unless its not mounted. However I was unable to find if ext3 needs to be mounted while resizing or not.
See below :
--- Quote from: "Qparted Resources" ---6 : Why do i need kernelsupport to resize certain filesystems ?
That's because those filesystems can only be resized when they are mounted and you can only mount a filesystem if the kernel has support for it.
--- End quote ---
cheetahman:
How can I mount them
Ricky:
its already mounted if you can access that partition.
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