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Root Problems with Gparted -

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Fishyweb

Android Enthusiast
I'm trying to create an ext partition on my 16GB SD card. There is about 3GB free space on the card.

I've followed SUroot's guide to creating a VM for Gparted (thanks for the guide - very easy to use!), and that went well enough.

I have ClockworkMod 4.0.1.4, and I selected the "mount USB storage" option. When I set the "High Android Phone" to be connected to the VM, I can see the SD card in Gparted as /dev/sdb1, but it has a yellow triangle next to it. The partition information says that it is not mounted: :(

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Consequently, Gparted will not allow me to change this partition.

I'm confused. CWM recovery says that USB Mass Storage is mounted. And if it isn't mounted, how is Gparted managing to report information back on it?

Most importantly: What can I do to allow Gparted to modify the partition and create a new one?

Alternatively, is it safe to use the CWM "Advanced | Partition SD Card" option to create the ext partition? I saw some posts that this caused some bricked phones with an earlier version of cwm, so I'm not too keen to try it unless anyone knows it has been fixed!
 
I would consider fastboot flashing CWM 2.5.0.7 (available in the toolbox thread). NOT the ROM manager version.

Also have a look at my adb and fastboot FAQ. At least that rules out recovery issues, by using one I KNOW is good :)
 
You were so spot on! I flashed CWM 2.5.0.7, and I now have Gparted merrilly shrinking my partition as I type this. Thank you!:)
 
Current status is that I created an ext3 partition of about 700 MiB. I've not yet flashed a custom ROM (i.e. I'm still stock HTC GB). However, I just downloaded Quick System Info Pro to check that the phone can see my ext3 partition, and it reports:

A2SD storage
Total 173MB, Free: 106MB

This leads me to ask 2 questions:
1 Why does the A2SD partition size not match the size I created in Gparted?
2 Why is 67MB of the A2SD partition apparently in use, when I'm not yet using a ROM that has A2SD support?

One theory - is it because I previously used the default install location "hack" for unrooted phones? Also, I note that the QSI report is for "A2SD" storage, and not "A2SD+". Is that relevant?
 
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