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pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 2:58 PM

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Hello, I wanted to make a new partition for windows, but I accidently made it too small. Now I cant seem to touch the partion /home/ at all

The filesystem size is 59729233 blocks
The physical size of the device is 56640768 blocks

It says the superblock or partition table is likely corrupt. What can I do?
I am using the partition manager through the Steam Deck recovery image

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:08 PM

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pseudo sequoia Hello, I wanted to make a new partition for windows, but I accidently made it to...

resize the filesystem to match the physical size

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the method depends on the filesystem

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if using ext4, use resize2fs

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:08 PM

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Im currently trying but Im stuck. It seems like I need to use fdisk?

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:08 PM

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pseudo sequoia Im currently trying but Im stuck. It seems like I need to use fdisk?

fdisk won't do anything

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what do you mean stuck

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:08 PM

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yes, I also tried resize2fs

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It says cant read a block bitmap while trying to resize

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:09 PM

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actually i guess you could fdisk but it would have to match the physical size

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:09 PM

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pseudo sequoia It says cant read a block bitmap while trying to resize

did you make your windows partition yet

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:09 PM

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No. I only used KDE PArtition Manager to make an unallocated partition

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I read online that KDE partition manager can be buggy

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:10 PM

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then use gparted

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people use that

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pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:10 PM

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Yea I didnt know, thought it would get the job done for something basic like this

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:10 PM

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so maybe just resize it back with fdisk

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or cfdisk

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then use gparted

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also

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:10 PM

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how should I use fdisk?

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:10 PM

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dont resize while using

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:11 PM

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pseudo sequoia how should I use fdisk?

just use cfdisk its simple enough to understand

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M=MiB (1024*1024 bytes)
G=GiB (1024 MiB)

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:12 PM

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I need to go to the partition thats having the problem (home), go resize, and then set the size to the correct one?

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which is 56640768 sectors?

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:12 PM

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it chooses the correct one by default

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:12 PM

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oh

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ok

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:13 PM

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well

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it chooses all the unallocated space

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which should work

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:13 PM

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lilac epoch

wait i forgot i have to fact check it

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welp

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@pseudo sequoia you didnt have unallocated space before right

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:14 PM

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correct

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:15 PM

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yea then you just press enter after choosing resize

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:16 PM

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It doesnt do anything

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And the size also looks uncorrect in cfdisk

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:17 PM

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pseudo sequoia It doesnt do anything

did you close it

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and if so, did you write

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if not that's why

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:18 PM

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I tried to make a new size for test, made a partition. closed cfdisk, opened again and its not there

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I found this
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/114fyjr/fsckext4_either_the_superblock_or_the_partition/

r/linuxquestions - fsck.ext4: Either the superblock or the partitio...

4 votes and 12 comments so far on Reddit

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:20 PM

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pseudo sequoia I tried to make a new size for test, made a partition. closed cfdisk, opened aga...

then you didn't write

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write it before closing

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see how when you select quit it says 'quit the program without saving changes'?

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you didn't save the changes

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:21 PM

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I see okay

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checking

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but now all the sizes make no sense

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:25 PM

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pseudo sequoia but now all the sizes make no sense

sorry? what's wrong?

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:26 PM

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wait nvm, I was working on the flash drive

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no judge pls

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:26 PM

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oh ok

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its chill

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:26 PM

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Then I dont see the nvme drive in cfdisk

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or how do I change disk?

lilac epoch Jul 31, 2023, 3:28 PM

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oh

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cfdisk /dev/nvme[thing]

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ig its different than fdisk

pseudo sequoia Jul 31, 2023, 3:29 PM

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ah yes. checking now

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Okay, I think cfdisk did it all well?

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Have to test both partitions now

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How is KDE so buggy? jesus

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ok nvm, Linux (SteamOS) is not booting

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is it dead?

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