incorrect line at at command line for partition

[alex123]

this what I ran

dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/dev/hda1 ; fdisk e2fsck -f /dev/hda1 resice2fs /dev/hda1


and this was the result


result was thisoot@ubuntu:~# dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/dev/hda1 ; fdisk
e2fsck -f /dev/hda1 resice2fs /dev/hda1
31599855+0 records in
31599855+0 records out
16179125760 bytes transferred in 1992.444252 seconds
(8120240 bytes/sec)
fdisk: invalid option -- f

Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition
table
fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition
table(s)
fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition
size(s) in blocks
fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder)
units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors
root@ubuntu:~#

please help with correct line


thanks

alex

[spencerf]

are you just trying to partition?

if so

fdisk /dev/hda?

then to create filesystems

Filesystem  	Creation Command
ext2 	          mke2fs
ext3 	          mke2fs -j
reiserfs 	  mkreiserfs
xfs 	           mkfs.xfs
jfs 	            mkfs.jfs

[alex123]

i am resieing hda3 so takes the whole hard drive

I am sorrey but I do not understand your post fully I was hopeing just to correct the line at command prompt?

alex

[alex123]

I want to resize hda3 so it fills the whole disk
seems I did it wrong first time
here is disk layout PLEASE keep it simple just a few lines will be ok


isk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2690 21607393+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 2691 2809 955867+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 2810 4776 15799927+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 4777 4864 706860 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 4777 4864 706828+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

[budman7]

To my knowledge, fdisk can not resize partitions.
you have to delete the partitions, then make one large partition.

Qtparted can resize partitions without destroying the data on the partition.
Access qtparted from a livecd such as Knoppix or Mepis.

[alex123]

thanks for info on qtparted.
what do I delete firdt then how to resize please.

alex

[budman7]

Assuming this is your partition lineup, taken from your other thread.

isk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda3 2810 4776 15799927+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 4777 4864 706860 5 Extended

Delete the logical partition inside the extended partition, if there is one.
Delete the extended partition /dev/hda4
Delete hda3, then hda1