Re: gparted errors

[David Liontooth <liontooth@cogweb.net>]

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