> Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled.
>
> does this last tell us anything useful?
> perhaps better to just reformat sda1?
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aldo foot:
That's informative. I would do one of two things:
(a) reformat the partition and create a new filesystem,
or
(b) use GParted to grow the filesystem to the full extent of the partition.
Note that a partition can be 200GB, but there could be a small filesystem that
does not occupy the entire partition... such is your case.
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jbyers:
ok, i used gparted from a systemrescuecd
it took me a while to see how to grow the fs
but it worked
GParted 0.4.1
Libparted 1.8.8
Check and repair file system (ext3) on /dev/sda1 00:00:31 ( SUCCESS )
calibrate /dev/sda1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sda1
start: 63
end: 42989939
size: 42989877 (20.50 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda1 for errors and (if possible) fix them 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
e2fsck -f -y -v /dev/sda1
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
11 inodes used (0.02%)
0 non-contiguous inodes (0.0%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 0/0/0
12003 blocks used (5.98%)
0 bad blocks
0 large files
0 regular files
2 directories
0 character device files
0 block device files
0 fifos
0 links
0 symbolic links (0 fast symbolic links)
0 sockets
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2 files
e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
grow file system to fill the partition 00:00:31 ( SUCCESS )
resize2fs /dev/sda1
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/sda1 to 21494936 (1k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/sda1 is now 21494936 blocks long.
resize2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
mount
...
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type ext3 (rw)
root@sysresccd /root % df -kh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
...
/dev/sda1 20G 7.0M 19G 1% /mnt/sda1
so, finally the fs size looks same as partition
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one last comment
prior to doing the resize
# /sbin/blkid
urrrrrrrkkkk:
/dev/sda1: LABEL="/boot" UUID="e9ebdaea-2ae2-4a99-8eee-bf3ca8af7b8b" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
used to be LABEL="/"
further proof, if any was needed,
that the f10liveinstallcd tried to put in a /boot partition
overwriting my entire fc5 / partition
thanks to all who helped
Jack
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