On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 11:07:23AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > I downloaded, burned, and booted
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso
> >
> > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04.5-desktop-powerpc.iso
> >
> > file. Maybe that's a good thing because v12.04 was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
> > slow as to be expected. :(
> >
> > Anyways, it took me a while to navigate since I don't use Ubuntu. I
> > managed to find Terminal with its Unity's hotkeys (ctrl+alt+T). I ran
> > "sudo gparted" command. I resized the free drive space in half. Now, we
> > wait...
>
> I hope it works.
Nope, it failed pretty fast but I didn't have free time to research,
screen capture, upload, etc. for you guys due to a family emergency
(nothing serious). Now, I have time for now! GParted's details showed:
GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Shrink /dev/sda5 from 55.89 GiB to 36.11 GiB 00:15:57 ( ERROR )
calibrate /dev/sda5 00:00:04 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sda5
start: 704
end: 117,209,529
size: 117,208,826 (55.89 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix
them ( N/A )
checking is not available for this file system
shrink file system 00:15:44 ( ERROR )
using libparted
libparted messages ( INFO )
Input/output error during read on /dev/sda
An error occurred during extent relocation.
Data relocation has failed.
Resizing the HFS+ volume has failed.
========================================
Create Primary Partition #1 (unformatted, 19.78 GiB) on /dev/sda
I also managed to get a screen capture to share of the whole desktop
screen: https://i.imgur.com/vD5a7L7.png ... I hope those help? As you
can see, it failed in step 0! :( Maybe I am doing it wrong?
Maybe I should try installing Ubuntu instead of Debian from this
bootable CD to see if it lets me resize and install if it comes with a
fancy GUI installer?
Uh oh. I wonder if my HDD got hosed during this attempt. Scary! :/
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