I think what that error means is just that the changes weren't going to be reflected in the /dev/sda* devices until reboot. I've seen that error before on start-up if the devices were in use, which apparently is always the case even with the LiveCD because it automatically uses the swap partition. I did "Swap Off" from within GParted before doing any of the actions, but I think maybe something made the OS automatically start using it again during GParted's execution so that it later produced that message during processing. This could be what triggered the problem in the first place, since /dev/sda5 is the swap partition and also the one where the fatal error occurred.
My interpretation of the log is that sda6 has been resized correctly on disk, but that the partition table has been corrupted somehow, hence the "Invalid partition table on /dev/sda -- wrong signature 0". I think I am going to try to backup all the information that is still accessible with fdisk and then reboot into the LiveCD again to see if what GParted sees is any different. If not then I'll still have the saved fdisk data and I can try to reconstruct the partition table. -- GParted destroyed my partition table: "Invalid partition table on /dev/sda -- wrong signature 0." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434463 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
