Apologies, after sending the email I realized I was in the directory that was in one of the partitions being resized. Though it would make for a good feature to warn users if they are about to resize partitions that are currently mounted or in use.
Still get the follow message raf@raf-desktop:~$ gparted Unit -.mount does not exist, proceeding anyway. ====================== libparted : 3.2 ====================== On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 3:52 PM Rafal Gegala <rafalgeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Team > > There appears to be some garbage output or issues when running gparted > from a command line, Are the errors below harmless or indicative of a > deeper issue? > > The requested output: > > root@raf-desktop:/media/raf/03f89ed2-6a56-4d40-b9be-c9d7cf736084/home# > parted /dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Extreme_4C530001130321123535-0\:0 print > unit s print unit chs print > Model: SanDisk Extreme (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdc: 62.7GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 1049kB 60.3GB 60.3GB primary ext4 boot > 2 60.3GB 62.7GB 2452MB extended > 5 60.3GB 62.4GB 2147MB logical linux-swap(v1) > > Model: SanDisk Extreme (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdc: 122552320s > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 2048s 117762047s 117760000s primary ext4 boot > 2 117762048s 122550271s 4788224s extended > 5 117764096s 121958399s 4194304s logical linux-swap(v1) > > Model: SanDisk Extreme (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdc: 7628,134,57 > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 7628,255,63. Each cylinder is 8225kB. > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Type File system Flags > 1 0,32,32 7330,88,53 primary ext4 boot > 2 7330,88,54 7628,102,25 extended > 5 7330,121,23 7591,142,38 logical linux-swap(v1) > > The below errors showed up when attempting to resize a pendive with the > following steps: > 1, Shrink the first partition by about 280 MB > 2. Moving the extended partition up > 3 Moving up and resizing the swap partition > > The goal was to leave some extra space at the end of this pendrive so I > can copy the contents onto other 64GB pendrives if needed. The operations > seem to have completed successfully. > > root@raf-desktop:/media/raf/03f89ed2-6a56-4d40-b9be-c9d7cf736084/home# > gparted > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > Unit -.mount does not exist, proceeding anyway. > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > ====================== > libparted : 3.2 > ====================== > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error > > Regards, > > Rafal > >
