2004-10-31T11:12:32ZFluxBBhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=7761of course .....knoppix doesn't mount anything from your hdd.after i put the cd i and run from it , i loocked in shell if the hdd was mounted...and it says hda3 not mounted.....and parted can only be run by root ]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=23102004-10-31T11:12:32Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50794#p50794Make sure it isn't automatically mounted by knoppix, and that you run parted as root.]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=7532004-10-31T10:54:34Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50788#p50788hda3 (/dev/discs/disc0/part3) is his root partition. so it can not be umount-ed but knoppix does not help either, i've tried to parted it. but if i try a resize from it t sais it can not find that partition. weird stuff. to enter parted i did a parted /dev/hda3 . when i hit a prit from parted it displays it's start and end. qtparted from knoopix does not show the resize option, and the statu of /dev/hda3 s "busy".]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=14452004-10-31T08:11:54Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50767#p50767ok....i tryed on knoppix with qtparted and parted foe shell....nothing ...then i did "e2fsck" on th epartition..........it tooked me a while ...nothing.and yes u are right,...it is the home paatition and also it is / partition .when i installed arch i chosed eraise the disk...alll the disk...and arch made tha partition by himself the way he wanted...now ...i don't know...i will try tomorow..now i have to get some sleeep ]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=23102004-10-30T23:45:59Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50716#p50716Yes, /home is on /dev/hda3, but /home doesn't have it's own partition, so home is part of the root partition. Hence the "/: device is busy" errors...]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=7532004-10-30T21:34:35Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50681#p50681
hda3 is /home
He say that it is home partition, so it is able to unmount.
]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=14342004-10-30T20:46:10Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50671#p50671You cannot unmount the root partition, so use a livecd or something.]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=7532004-10-30T20:39:48Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50670#p50670Try umount -l /dev/hda3]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=14342004-10-30T20:30:00Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50667#p50667boot off a live cd. It is hard to unmount the partition when you are running off of it.]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=15212004-10-30T18:59:39Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50650#p50650more and more shit........i've entered init 1.Then "umount /dev/hda3".....the answer: "/: device is busy"......how in hell is this possible? init 1...for god's sakes.......this is gating better and better.....i hate myself]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=23102004-10-30T18:38:04Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50648#p50648now i have another problem....the programs (qtparted and parted) are telling me to umount the partition that i have to resize.....so i tried...but nothing : "umount : /: device busy".it can not be posible.i closed all the programs...then i entered "init 3" "init 2".nothing.same shit "umount : /: device busy". i also have to say that my hda is parted like this: hda1................BOOT Primary Linux ext2..............34.07 hda2...........................Primary Linux swap..............268.89 hda3...........................Primary Linux ext3...............30447.09 (Gb)
hda3 is /home (the defaults from arch install). so...can anyone help me? pls!!!!!!!!!!!
]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=23102004-10-30T17:54:23Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50639#p50639How I did it was by simply resizing the filesystem, and then modifying the partition table. But you must be very careful and it's a bit scary, so backup up the most important stuff is a good thing to do (always actually). I left a big gap between the filesystem end and resized partition end to be sure. Perhaps it's best to find a good application, something like the MAndrake installer uses or something (last time I looked parted didn't seem useful, at least not for reiserfs).]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=7532004-10-30T15:58:03Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50618#p50618hello! i need a program foe resizing the hdd.i have a big partition of 20 G and i want to create 5 G of vfat (without losing the information on the partition).can u help me?!?]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=23102004-10-30T15:47:34Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=50616#p50616