[plug] ubuntu 8.10 won't shutdown

[Innis Cunningham]

Thanks guys for the advice with reference to other partitioning programs.
I was trying using the partition program that is used by the Ubuntu
installer to adjust the partition size but from what you are saying
here and the fact that I did not seem to be able to adjust the partition
size using the installer that it maybe easier to remove all the data off
the HDD and just reformat the whole drive.It is only 5GB of a 80GB
drive so I can afford to loose that for the time being until I do a complete
reformat.
Just as a matter of interest about the shutdown problem it would appear
 from the Ubuntu forum that this is a knowen problem with Ubuntu 8.10.
Something about the network shutting down before ALSA causing ALSA to
hang for about 5 mins before it times out and shutdown is complete.I guess 
I will just stick with my trusty 8.04 for now
Thanks again for your help.

Cheers
Innis

 
> Hi Innis,
> 
> Download the Gparted boot cd and make your partition changes using
> that. Its similar to Partition Magic under windows, but actually
> works.
> 
> You would obviously need to move your /usr mount point into / and I
> would suggest backing up any data that you want to keep before doing
> it as changing partition sizes is rather invasive.
> 
> Adam.
  
 
> > A second question if I may.The hard drive that I was using for the above had
> > three partitions
> > on it plus a swap partition on it.They being root,home and usr.Under the new
> > setup I just want
> > two partitions  root and home.But by deleting the usr partition I don't seem
> > to be able to get
> > that space back for adding to the home partition.This is using the
> > partitioner in the Ubuntu
> > installer.Is there away to get the space back short of completely
> > repartitioning the drive.I don't
> > wish to have to do this as it will destroy all the data I have on the home
> > partition and I don't
> > want to do that unless there is no other option.
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Innis
> >
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