Public bug reported: When setting up the partition tables manually during installation (liveCD installer) you can work with a Partition Magic like tool. In my case I had two ext3 partitions (both primary) followed by a swap partition (also primary) and a W95 Ext'd (LBA). This one contained free space at the beginning followed by a ntfs partition. I wanted to move the ntfs partition to the beginning and create another ext3 partition behind it. The most simple way to do so, is IMHO to just move the partition - impossible! Then I wanted to resize the ntfs partition so that it covers the entire Ext'd area - also impossible. So my only option would have been to delete the ntfs partition and re-create it at the right place; however, this was no real option as the data would have been lost. So I just created the ext3 partition in the empty space.
** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- Edgy Installer: Partitioning Tool cannot enlarge logical ntfs partitions to the left https://launchpad.net/bugs/54119 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs