Unable to copy/paste partition with GParted
I have two identically sized partitions on my laptop's hard-drive (A and B we'll call them) so that when I'm ready to upgrade to a new major release of my OS on A, I can copy A to B for backup purposes, upgrade A and run on A from there. If something goes wrong, I copy B back to A and start over.
Problem is, I'm unable to use GParted to copy partitions anymore. I select my source partition in GParted and hit the Copy button and all seems good. The problem is, GParted will not let me select Paste no matter what I do. Both partitions are unmounted, and I've tried deleting the destination partition first and then selecting it, but Paste is still disabled.
I tried using parted (instead of GParted), and get the following:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
I'm using a GParted live CD that has parted v1.8.8 and GParted v0.4.3.
Just for giggles, I downloaded the newest GParted live CD and had the exact same problem. However, there I was unable to run parted because GParted no longer defaults to the root user when you start a console, and I don't know the root password. Nice. I'll deal with that later.
So, what am I doing wrong?
According to GParted:
/dev/sda1 ext3 48.35GiB
/dev/sda2 ext3 48.35GiB
unallocated 7.38MiB
/dev/sda3 swap 5.74GiB
/dev/sda4 extended
/dev/sda5 ext3 46.61GiB
How can I copy sda2 to sda1 here?
partitioning copy-paste gparted
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I have two identically sized partitions on my laptop's hard-drive (A and B we'll call them) so that when I'm ready to upgrade to a new major release of my OS on A, I can copy A to B for backup purposes, upgrade A and run on A from there. If something goes wrong, I copy B back to A and start over.
Problem is, I'm unable to use GParted to copy partitions anymore. I select my source partition in GParted and hit the Copy button and all seems good. The problem is, GParted will not let me select Paste no matter what I do. Both partitions are unmounted, and I've tried deleting the destination partition first and then selecting it, but Paste is still disabled.
I tried using parted (instead of GParted), and get the following:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
I'm using a GParted live CD that has parted v1.8.8 and GParted v0.4.3.
Just for giggles, I downloaded the newest GParted live CD and had the exact same problem. However, there I was unable to run parted because GParted no longer defaults to the root user when you start a console, and I don't know the root password. Nice. I'll deal with that later.
So, what am I doing wrong?
According to GParted:
/dev/sda1 ext3 48.35GiB
/dev/sda2 ext3 48.35GiB
unallocated 7.38MiB
/dev/sda3 swap 5.74GiB
/dev/sda4 extended
/dev/sda5 ext3 46.61GiB
How can I copy sda2 to sda1 here?
partitioning copy-paste gparted
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 10 '11 at 19:18
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
add a comment |
I have two identically sized partitions on my laptop's hard-drive (A and B we'll call them) so that when I'm ready to upgrade to a new major release of my OS on A, I can copy A to B for backup purposes, upgrade A and run on A from there. If something goes wrong, I copy B back to A and start over.
Problem is, I'm unable to use GParted to copy partitions anymore. I select my source partition in GParted and hit the Copy button and all seems good. The problem is, GParted will not let me select Paste no matter what I do. Both partitions are unmounted, and I've tried deleting the destination partition first and then selecting it, but Paste is still disabled.
I tried using parted (instead of GParted), and get the following:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
I'm using a GParted live CD that has parted v1.8.8 and GParted v0.4.3.
Just for giggles, I downloaded the newest GParted live CD and had the exact same problem. However, there I was unable to run parted because GParted no longer defaults to the root user when you start a console, and I don't know the root password. Nice. I'll deal with that later.
So, what am I doing wrong?
According to GParted:
/dev/sda1 ext3 48.35GiB
/dev/sda2 ext3 48.35GiB
unallocated 7.38MiB
/dev/sda3 swap 5.74GiB
/dev/sda4 extended
/dev/sda5 ext3 46.61GiB
How can I copy sda2 to sda1 here?
partitioning copy-paste gparted
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
I have two identically sized partitions on my laptop's hard-drive (A and B we'll call them) so that when I'm ready to upgrade to a new major release of my OS on A, I can copy A to B for backup purposes, upgrade A and run on A from there. If something goes wrong, I copy B back to A and start over.
Problem is, I'm unable to use GParted to copy partitions anymore. I select my source partition in GParted and hit the Copy button and all seems good. The problem is, GParted will not let me select Paste no matter what I do. Both partitions are unmounted, and I've tried deleting the destination partition first and then selecting it, but Paste is still disabled.
I tried using parted (instead of GParted), and get the following:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
I'm using a GParted live CD that has parted v1.8.8 and GParted v0.4.3.
Just for giggles, I downloaded the newest GParted live CD and had the exact same problem. However, there I was unable to run parted because GParted no longer defaults to the root user when you start a console, and I don't know the root password. Nice. I'll deal with that later.
So, what am I doing wrong?
According to GParted:
/dev/sda1 ext3 48.35GiB
/dev/sda2 ext3 48.35GiB
unallocated 7.38MiB
/dev/sda3 swap 5.74GiB
/dev/sda4 extended
/dev/sda5 ext3 46.61GiB
How can I copy sda2 to sda1 here?
partitioning copy-paste gparted
partitioning copy-paste gparted
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
edited Dec 29 '12 at 20:58
slhck
161k47447470
161k47447470
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
asked Feb 10 '11 at 19:13
JayJay
13615
13615
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 10 '11 at 19:18
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I think the error is quite self explanatory:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
Run:
tune2fs -l /dev/sda2
to see what features you have enabled which aren't listed in the above. You can then think about disabling some.
The other option is dd but I don't think we want to go there...
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
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You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
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I think the error is quite self explanatory:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
Run:
tune2fs -l /dev/sda2
to see what features you have enabled which aren't listed in the above. You can then think about disabling some.
The other option is dd but I don't think we want to go there...
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
add a comment |
I think the error is quite self explanatory:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
Run:
tune2fs -l /dev/sda2
to see what features you have enabled which aren't listed in the above. You can then think about disabling some.
The other option is dd but I don't think we want to go there...
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
add a comment |
I think the error is quite self explanatory:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
Run:
tune2fs -l /dev/sda2
to see what features you have enabled which aren't listed in the above. You can then think about disabling some.
The other option is dd but I don't think we want to go there...
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
I think the error is quite self explanatory:
(parted) cp /dev/sda 2 1
Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
Run:
tune2fs -l /dev/sda2
to see what features you have enabled which aren't listed in the above. You can then think about disabling some.
The other option is dd but I don't think we want to go there...
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
answered Nov 11 '11 at 16:26
PriceChildPriceChild
4,08412029
4,08412029
You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
add a comment |
You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
You're most likely correct, but honestly, this is just sloppy. gparted needs to support ext3 already. It's been years...
– Jay
Nov 17 '11 at 16:19
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
gparted supports ext3 perfectly well in my experience. Run the command I suggest and lets see what options you have enabled :-)
– PriceChild
Nov 23 '11 at 16:26
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