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CLOSED: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:32 pm
by tcm2Lions
I'm partitioning for the first time. I have a drive (/dev/sdc)that has a partition being used and I'm trying to build a new partition. The 'parted" cmd asks if I want to ignore or cancel. Please advise.

Current Partitions:
dev/sdb2 976 MB 830 MB 78.8 MB (9%) /boot
/dev/sdb3 49 GB 43.4 GB 3.03 GB (7%) /
/dev/sdc1 3.58 TB 3.4 TB 88.1 MB (1%) /home

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:52 pm
by bigfoot65
If you want to use the whole drive and don't have anything on it to save then overwrite it.

If you have data on it to be saved, then don't partition the drive as it's probably all assigned to a single partition.

Best if you don't know what you are doing to use something like GParted Live CD.

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:08 pm
by tcm2Lions
No, I just don't know what is on that partition. This is a new setup... I thought maybe it was something installed by Amahi or Greypool.

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:20 pm
by bigfoot65
Fedora and Amahi don’t write to drives added.

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:47 pm
by tcm2Lions
Must have written something... I overwrote it and the server crashed. Said root was locked.

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:05 pm
by bigfoot65
Hmmm.

I do believe you might have chosen one of the drives in the Fedora setup.

We recommend installing with additional drives disconnected. Then once Amahi is setup, connect the drives

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:19 am
by tcm2Lions
Any recommendation on how to fix "root is locked"?

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:01 am
by tcm2Lions
Nevermind, I just reinstalled Amahi with one drive. Now I will use Gparted and partition.

Re: Partition Overwrite?

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:31 am
by bigfoot65
Probably the best option. Will ensure a clean install.

Marking thread as closed.