Partitons:

hda1    Primary Boot    Win2K
hda3    Primary Hidden  Win2K (LBA)
hda4    Extended                    (LBA)
hda5    Logical         Linux    Swap
------  Logical         Free Space
hda6    Logical         Boot    Ext3
hda7    Logical         Home    Ext3
hda8    Logical         Root    Ext3

I booted from a Knoppix 3.3 CD and tried qtparted to get that free space
over to hda8, but "move" and "resize" are grayed out on all the Linux
partitions except swap.  That free space would add 4GB to the root
partition, and I need it there.   hda6, hda7 & hda8 show 0 MB used space,
obviously incorrect.   Swap shows correctly, as do the Win partitions. 
fsck has been run on the ext3 partitions and no errors.  For some reason,
qtparted is not reading the ext3 correctly. Any advice on expanding hda8 in
this situation greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:58:08 -0500,  edjlb <edjlb@yahoo.com> wrote:

> For some reason,
> qtparted is not reading the ext3 correctly. Any advice on expanding hda8 in
> this situation greatly appreciated. 

.... let's see the output of "fdisk -l /dev/[whatever drive it is]
..
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On Friday 14 November 2003 12:28 pm, mjt, 
mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com,  wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:58:08 -0500,  edjlb <edjlb@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> For some reason,
>> qtparted is not reading the ext3 correctly. Any advice on expanding hda8
>> in this situation greatly appreciated.
> 
> ... let's see the output of "fdisk -l /dev/[whatever drive it is]
> .
Here it is:

/dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 30.7 GB, 30738677760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3737 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       386   3100513+   b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2           387      3737  26916907+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5           387       422    289138+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda6           423       434     96358+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7           435      1144   5703043+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8          1145      3737  20828241   83  Linux

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On Friday 14 November 2003 12:34 pm, edjlb,  edjlb@yahoo.com,  wrote:

> On Friday 14 November 2003 12:28 pm, mjt,
> mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com,  wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:58:08 -0500,  edjlb <edjlb@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> For some reason,
>>> qtparted is not reading the ext3 correctly. Any advice on expanding hda8
>>> in this situation greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> ... let's see the output of "fdisk -l /dev/[whatever drive it is]
>> .
> Here it is:

Sorry, ignore my last - wrong machine.  Should have been:


Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2584 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       663   5012248+   b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda3          2379      2584   1557360   1c  Hidden Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda4           664      2378  12965400    f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5           664       741    589648+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda6          1307      1309     22648+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7          1310      1786   3606088+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8          1787      2378   4475488+  83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

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edjlb wrote:
> On Friday 14 November 2003 12:28 pm, mjt, 
> mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com,  wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:58:08 -0500,  edjlb <edjlb@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>For some reason,
>>>qtparted is not reading the ext3 correctly. Any advice on expanding hda8
>>>in this situation greatly appreciated.
>>
>>... let's see the output of "fdisk -l /dev/[whatever drive it is]
>>.
> 
> Here it is:
> 
> /dev/hda
> Disk /dev/hda: 30.7 GB, 30738677760 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3737 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1       386   3100513+   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2           387      3737  26916907+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5           387       422    289138+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda6           423       434     96358+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda7           435      1144   5703043+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda8          1145      3737  20828241   83  Linux
> 

 From what you show here there is no free space between hda5 & 
hda6 as you mentioned in your first post.

hda5 starts at cylinder 387 & ends at 422
hda6 starts at cylinder 423 & ends at 434

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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:59:24 -0500,  edjlb <edjlb@yahoo.com> wrote:

[snipped]
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1       663   5012248+   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda3          2379      2584   1557360   1c  Hidden Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda4           664      2378  12965400    f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5           664       741    589648+  82  Linux swap
              <<<<<<<<<<<<< available space >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> /dev/hda6          1307      1309     22648+  83  Linux /boot
> /dev/hda7          1310      1786   3606088+  83  Linux /home
> /dev/hda8          1787      2378   4475488+  83  Linux /

.... couple of things you could do. just create partition
and filesystem and use LVM to consolidate.

or, i know it sounds like a hassle, but it's the way i've
had to do it (and on a machine with 3 HD's - talk about
a partition nightmare!) - you either need a second machine,
second HD, or enough free space somewhere to copy all of
/dev/hda[678], then:
1) delete /dev/hda[678]
2) create new /boot, /home, / 
3) copy saved off data back to their respective areas

you cant 'expand' /dev/hda8 by 'merging' the unpartioned
space since they are not contiguous. and no, you CANT:
1) create a new /boot in the unpartioned space 
   and copy the current /boot data to the new one
2) create a new /home in the [new] unpartioned space 
   and copy the current /home data to the new one
3) create a new / in the [new] unpartioned space 
   and copy the current / data to the new one
4) expand /

why? because as you start to create new partitions, they
will start getting new /dev/hda* numbers AFTER the 
greatest number that now exists. this will mess up any
configurations that refer to those partitions
..
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> /dev/hda
> Disk /dev/hda: 30.7 GB, 30738677760 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3737 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1       386   3100513+   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2           387      3737  26916907+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5           387       422    289138+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda6           423       434     96358+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda7           435      1144   5703043+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda8          1145      3737  20828241   83  Linux

Why do you believe you have any free space?
There is none available. You can only shrink, not move anything
here. (And I'm not sure if shrinking is possible)

And as a size remark, make hda2 type 0x85, that matches
the contents better. (it is not required BTW)

Eric