Ubuntu :: Gparted Crashed On Inspection Of A 160 GB Internal Drive
May 25, 2011
I have a 160 GB drive on an Acer laptop. First 80 GB contains Windows XP. The second 80 GB .. unused .. is a logical partition with an unformatted 80 GB.
I booted ubuntu 10.10 Live CD to format the second half of the drive for installation of ubuntu in dual boot but in separate partitions. I didn't get that far.
When I launched GParted a crash icon appeared in the top panel and GParted closed down asking if a crash report could be sent.
This crash I saw also in xubuntu Live CD.
What other options do I have to partition the second partition (logical)? What would cause Gparted to crash?
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Dec 12, 2010
Is running fsck -f sufficient to ensure my data is OK? Heres what's happenedy system crashed during a gparted operation. I was pretty sure however, that the data was OK since given the size of the drive and the amount of data and were it was when it crashed, I figured the crash occurred while moving empty space.Bottom line is I think the data is OK, but I am wondering what else I can do to check it.When I first ran fsck after re-booting the system it said it was clean. I then did fsck -f and it found and fixed errors in phase 5 (group summary). Now when I run fsck -f I think it's clean?fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
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{consider this thread solved. i don't put the tag as i would like to know for future reference, but it is not actually needed anymore}
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