On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 17:40 -0700, David Liontooth wrote: > michael wrote: > > > In order to resolve lack of space in / (for /opt where Intel compilers > > like to live) I wish to repartition my HD. I tried a LiveCD of gparted > > but it gives a Kernel Panic. (NB The CD is okay since I've used it in > > another machine before.) The 'problem' machine is a Pentium III (IIRC) > > 450MHz machine with 2 hard drives. I get to the 'options' menu, don't > > add anything extra, then hit 'OKAY'. The CD spins for a couple of > > seconds then nothing seems to happen for about a minute. Then I am back > > on the text/console screen with a Kernel Panic message. The top lines I > > can read say > > > > Process Swapper > > Stack > > Call trace > > <...> cdrom_start_read_continuation+0x0/0xb0 ... > > ... > > ... > > ... > > EIP [<...>] ide_execute_command > > <0> Kernel panic - not syncing > > Fatel execption in interrupt > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks, Michael > > Partitioning is a hassle and potentially risky -- have you considered just > moving your /opt to another partition and symlinking? > > Dave > >
strangely enough, that's what I did in the end! I did get gparted to work (apt-get and then run, rather than boot CD) but wasn't poss to repartition easily due to presence of a large extended partition. Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
