So it seems I messed something up. After using the recovery console yesterday, my computer will not start up. When booting it, I get the "repairing disk errors" message. It has been like this all night, and I can't get in. I've been attempting to repair the computer, but I will let you guys know how it goes.
I think this may have stemmed from some commands that I used in the console. I think for this prompt: "Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/sda appears to be used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space or continue with the current setting?" I think I typed fix, and that's the only reason I can think of for this error. On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:15 AM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed 14 Jun 2017 at 21:43:43 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > > On 06/14/2017 07:00 PM, David DLC wrote: > > >http://imgur.com/a/o83Qd > > > > It looks like your 500GB drive uses the GPT partitioning scheme, and the > > Windows C:\ file system corresponds to partition Number 4. You also > > have partition numbers 5 (867 MB) and 6 (21,705 MB), and then a little > > free space (~4 MB). > > > > > > When you shrank the C:\ file system and partition 4, it opened a hole > > between partition numbers 4 and 5. While this is listed as "Free Space" > > by parted, I believe it is inaccessible to partitioning tools because, > > by convention (de facto standard?), partitions have monotonically > > increasing sector numbers -- e.g. the First and Last LBA's of partition > > 4 must be greater than the LBA's for partition 3 and less than the LBA's > > for partition 5. Therefore, the tools won't create a partition 7 that > > lies between partitions 4 and 5. > > Never heard of this standard. Sounds like a broken tool. > > > Theoretically, it should be possible to delete the partition table > > entries for partitions 5 and 6, and then create new entries for > > partitions 5, 6, and 7 using the exact sector numbers so that the new > > partition 5 lines up with the free space, the new partition 6 lines up > > with the old partition 5, and the new partition 7 lines up with the old > > partition 6. But you would need to disconnect whatever in the firmware > > and/or Windows uses partitions 5 and 6 beforehand, and then > > reconnect them to partitions 6 and 7 afterwards. Then, once you install > > Debian in new partition 5, you'll need to run the multi-boot bootloader > > gauntlet. > > All sounds very dangerous to me. If you feel the need to have > the numbers in sequential order, just type "s" in a tool like gdisk: > > # gdisk /dev/sdb > GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 > > Partition table scan: > MBR: protective > BSD: not present > APM: not present > GPT: present > > Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. > > Command (? for help): p > Disk /dev/sdb: 3893247 sectors, 1.9 GiB > Logical sector size: 512 bytes > Disk identifier (GUID): 97E6AEEE-E528-43A1-817A-66BE750CF257 > Partition table holds up to 128 entries > First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3893213 > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > Total free space is 3862460 sectors (1.8 GiB) > > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 2 8192 34815 13.0 MiB AF00 Apple HFS/HFS+ > 3 4096 6143 1024.0 KiB FB00 VMWare VMFS > 5 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB 8300 Linux filesystem > > Command (? for help): s > You may need to edit /etc/fstab and/or your boot loader configuration! > > Command (? for help): p > Disk /dev/sdb: 3893247 sectors, 1.9 GiB > Logical sector size: 512 bytes > Disk identifier (GUID): 97E6AEEE-E528-43A1-817A-66BE750CF257 > Partition table holds up to 128 entries > First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3893213 > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > Total free space is 3862460 sectors (1.8 GiB) > > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 1 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 2 4096 6143 1024.0 KiB FB00 VMWare VMFS > 3 8192 34815 13.0 MiB AF00 Apple HFS/HFS+ > > Command (? for help): w > > Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE > EXISTING > PARTITIONS!! > > Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y > OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdb. > The operation has completed successfully. > # gdisk /dev/sdb > GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 > > Partition table scan: > MBR: protective > BSD: not present > APM: not present > GPT: present > > Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. > > Command (? for help): p > Disk /dev/sdb: 3893247 sectors, 1.9 GiB > Logical sector size: 512 bytes > Disk identifier (GUID): 97E6AEEE-E528-43A1-817A-66BE750CF257 > Partition table holds up to 128 entries > First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3893213 > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > Total free space is 3862460 sectors (1.8 GiB) > > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 1 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 2 4096 6143 1024.0 KiB FB00 VMWare VMFS > 3 8192 34815 13.0 MiB AF00 Apple HFS/HFS+ > > Command (? for help): n > Partition number (4-128, default 4): 57 > First sector (34-3893213, default = 34816) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 6144 > Last sector (6144-8191, default = 8191) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 8191 > Current type is 'Linux filesystem' > Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): bf00 > Changed type of partition to 'Solaris root' > > Command (? for help): p > Disk /dev/sdb: 3893247 sectors, 1.9 GiB > Logical sector size: 512 bytes > Disk identifier (GUID): 97E6AEEE-E528-43A1-817A-66BE750CF257 > Partition table holds up to 128 entries > First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3893213 > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > Total free space is 3860412 sectors (1.8 GiB) > > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 1 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 2 4096 6143 1024.0 KiB FB00 VMWare VMFS > 3 8192 34815 13.0 MiB AF00 Apple HFS/HFS+ > 57 6144 8191 1024.0 KiB BF00 Solaris root > > Command (? for help): s > You may need to edit /etc/fstab and/or your boot loader configuration! > > Command (? for help): w > > Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE > EXISTING > PARTITIONS!! > > Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y > OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdb. > The operation has completed successfully. > # gdisk /dev/sdb > GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 > > Partition table scan: > MBR: protective > BSD: not present > APM: not present > GPT: present > > Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. > > Command (? for help): p > Disk /dev/sdb: 3893247 sectors, 1.9 GiB > Logical sector size: 512 bytes > Disk identifier (GUID): 97E6AEEE-E528-43A1-817A-66BE750CF257 > Partition table holds up to 128 entries > First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3893213 > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > Total free space is 3860412 sectors (1.8 GiB) > > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 1 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 2 4096 6143 1024.0 KiB FB00 VMWare VMFS > 3 6144 8191 1024.0 KiB BF00 Solaris root > 4 8192 34815 13.0 MiB AF00 Apple HFS/HFS+ > > Command (? for help): > > Cheers, > David. > >
