incorrect line at at command line for partition

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03-31-2006
alex123

incorrect line at at command line for partition

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:)
03-31-2006
spencerf

are you just trying to partition?

if so

Code:

fdisk /dev/hda?

then to create filesystems

Code:

Filesystem Creation Command ext2 mke2fs ext3 mke2fs -j reiserfs mkreiserfs xfs mkfs.xfs jfs mkfs.jfs
03-31-2006
alex123

partition

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
03-31-2006
alex123

lets keep it simple

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
03-31-2006
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.
03-31-2006
alex123

partition

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

alex
04-01-2006
budman7

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

Code:

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