Re: same problem resizing FAT partition

[Andrew Clausen]

address@hidden wrote:
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> I have tried parted 1.4.3: after resizing the FAT partition
> the type of the partition is now correct but the boot process
> stops with an IO error;
> 
> the partition table is:
> 1  1500.188 2248.312  primary FAT boot
> 2  2248.312 3098.812  primary FAT
> 
> (there was an old ext2 partition in 0.031-1500.187 which has
> been removed)
> 
> I do
> 
> resize 1 0.031 2248.312
> parted asks if I want a FAT32 partition, I say OK,
> the partition table becomes:
> 1  0.031    2248.312  primary FAT boot
> 2  2248.312 3098.812  primary FAT
> 
> but when I reboot I get IO error;
> 
> I can still recover the windows partition with:
> rm 1
> mkpart primary FAT 1500.188 2248.312
> set 1 boot on

Hmmm.

Can you try booting Windows off a boot disk, and do:

        A:\>sys c:

Tell me if it fixes things.

While your at it, check that C: is sane!

Thanks!
Andrew Clausen