More Gparted problems. [SOLVED]

[Sparky]

I have a 1TB drive. MX takes about 600 and the rest are in 2 partitions. I cant delete them, I can't format them and cant resize the main partition. I don't know what to do to reclaim the space for MX. I even tried a live version of Gparted with the same results.

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[Sparky]

Solved it after I posted it. I had been trying for hours, I should have not collapsed the 2nd partition...

[uncle mark]

Solved it after I posted it. I had been trying for hours, I should have not collapsed the 2nd partition...

I'm sure the fact that the "second" partition was a logical inside an extended was probably in play.

[rob.chaffe]

You've lost the swap partition, if this is the same drive you asked help for a few days ago. Do you have a delay when booting, as the system looks for the missing swap?

Rob

[Sparky]

You've lost the swap partition, if this is the same drive you asked help for a few days ago. Do you have a delay when booting, as the system looks for the missing swap?

Rob

Yes! It says it can't find it. Can I restore it or make a new one?

[tony37]

Yes! It says it can't find it. Can I restore it or make a new one?

making a swap partition isn't difficult (just pick linux-swap as file system), but you have to make sure your /etc/fstab file is correctly pointing to it

[Sparky]

Yes! It says it can't find it. Can I restore it or make a new one?

making a swap partition isn't difficult (just pick linux-swap as file system), but you have to make sure your /etc/fstab file is correctly pointing to it

I don't kno how to make a new 2GB partition, let alone point to it

[rob.chaffe]

Let's start at the beginning. In GParted select; View, Device information. If the device partition table is MSDOS, one must use an Extended Partition to use more than 4 partitions. If it's GPT, Extended Partition is not needed to have more than 4 partitions.
https://i.postimg.cc/RhBd5fZ0/Screensho ... -28-29.png

Then clearly state what you'd like to accomplish.

Rob

[Sparky]

It's like this now. Wont let me create a new partition.

[Sparky]

Let's start at the beginning. In GParted select; View, Device information. If the device partition table is MSDOS, one must use an Extended Partition to use more than 4 partitions. If it's GPT, Extended Partition is not needed to have more tham 4 partitions.
https://i.postimg.cc/RhBd5fZ0/Screensho ... -28-29.png

Then clearly state what you'd like to accomplish.

Rob

It's MSDOS. Should I reformatted?