HOW TO PARTION WITH PARAGON PARTITION MANAGER
**** YOU WILL LOSE ANY INFO ON THE SDCARD - PLEASE BACK UP IMPORTANT INFO PRIOR TO STARTING THIS PROCESS ***
**** these are instructions for Windows XP ***
***** if you are using Windows Vista - You need to change the permissions to Administrative in order for this to work - RIGHT CLICK ON THE START BUTTON AND GO TO ADMIN SETTINGS - even if you are the only user of the PC
have the sdcard in the card reader or in the phone mounted to the pc !!!!
OPEN PARTITION MANAGER...
CLICK ON PARTITION MANAGER IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER..
then click on the line that represents the sdcard, and right click on it, and choose format partition.. name the volume label - fat32
then click format..
computer might hang for a minute or 2, and then a popup will come up and say click GREEN CHECK to apply changes..
click the GREEN CHECK IN THE TOOLBAR AREA..
you will then see another pop up show - apply changes, choose yes, then you will see OVERALL PROGRESS AND GEARS TURNING.. LET IT PROCESS AND TAKE ITS TIME.. DONT HIT CANCEL..
when its done the cancel button at the bottom will change to Close.. click it..
AND THE FIRST STAGE IS DONE...
NOW ITS TIME TO CREATE THE EXT2 PARTITION..
Now on the Left side of the screen click Create partition.. and a screen will now show Create New Partition Wizard... it lets you chose which drive to partition ( make sure you chose the sdcard - it will be the one with the smallest volume/size of the sdcard in gbs.. should be on the bottom )...
HIT NEXT
now a slider will appear where it says new volume....
move the slider with the mouse, and make it how big you want it.. for ext2 partiiton about 500mb to 1gb is plenty... 500mb is good size.. ( size wont be exact so get it close to the size you want..
WHEN DONE CLICK NEXT...
NOW IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO FORMAT THE PARTITION...
CLICK THE PARTITION TYPE DROPDOWN MENU AND CHOSE LINUX EXT2... AND GIVE IT A VOLUME LABEL OF ext2.
then click next...
PC WILL PROCESS AND HOURGLASS WILL SHOW WHERE THE MOUSE POINTER IS.. AND THEN A POP UP WILL SHOW - SAYING -
COMPLETING THE CREATE NEW PARTTITION WIZARD..
CLICK FINISH...
THEN IT TAKES YOU BACK TO THE SCREEN SHOWING THE DRIVES, AND WHAT YOU CREATED, AND THE OPTION AT THE TOP WILL SAY - APPLY ... choose apply
THEN IT WILL ASK YOU TO - APPLY PENDING CHANGES AGAIN, choose yes..
NOW YOU WILL SEE THE GEARS WORKING AGAIN.. LET IT RUN TILL IT SAYS complete..
*it will take a few minutes to process.. let it run...
you might get a pop up for the sdcard drive as a open folder on the pc just showing that its done, just go back to paragon and let it finish running...
once complete you will get a pop up saying SYSTEM RESTART IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE OPERATION.. CHOSE RESTART THE COMPUTER...
You will see a paragon manager screen, that will hang for a almost a minute, and then the bar will fill saying 100 percent complete, press any key to reboot the pc..
AS LONG AS THERE IS NO ERRORS, YOUR DONE..
FORMAT COMPLETE..
PARAGON WILL START UP ON ITS OWN, AND SHOW THE PARTITIONS AS BEING COMPLETE..
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Originally Posted by Androidandy
check that the ext2 partition is good by typing busybox df -h in terminal.
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If your having issues using paragon partition manager, and trying to make a linux swap partition, try these instructions for formating thru Cyanogens newest recovery
Formatting you SDcard
You only need to do this once folks..if you already have 3 partitions including linux-swap move to step 2
You need Recovery image 1.31 to do this folks!
To format card SD card with linux-swap WARNING!!! this will reformat you entire SD card!!
You can use the recovery console and parted to format SDcards with 1.31 folks, no more going through hassles you have the tools on you G1!...here is an example of how to do this in recovery console using parted
Example for 8GB card (specific value's may be slightly different use print to verify your total SDcard size~!
Reboot and enter recovery
Enter console
#parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
#print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward)
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7584
mkpartfs primary ext2 7584 8127
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 8127 8159
#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
Example for my 4GB card
#parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
#print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward * then grab a calculator to figure the exact amounts... as shown below that is an example..)
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
"End?" you need to place the last value for the linux swap eg.3964 for my 4GB card
#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
Next we need to "quit" parted and upgrade our ext2 partition to ext3
#upgrade_fs
Swap value is set to 30 currently, you can change this by modifying the "echo" value for swappiness in the a2sd.sh script
swap partition shouldnt be no larger than 92mb
ext2/3 partition shouldnt be more than 500mb ( more than that is too much )
( directions from a post by justanothercrowd )
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I installed paragon parttition manager 9 pro trial version after installtion I reboot and , it brought me to the blu paragon advance recovery screen...I notice I forgot to back up my sd card...but it won't let me out of this screen...tried rebooting it still brought me back to this screen...is there any solution for this problem....its gotta be something easy...I just don't know what to do to get back to my desktop.....HELP!!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!
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thanks for bringing that to my attention.. will try and fix it..
toconfuze1 said:
I installed paragon parttition manager 9 pro trial version after installtion I reboot and , it brought me to the blu paragon advance recovery screen...I notice I forgot to back up my sd card...but it won't let me out of this screen...tried rebooting it still brought me back to this screen...is there any solution for this problem....its gotta be something easy...I just don't know what to do to get back to my desktop.....HELP!!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!
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during the paragon process it says do not interrupt it while it is formating, cause you pc can become unstable. and thats exactly what you did.. u might be able to press the esc button, i believe it gives that option at the bottom of the screen to exit it properly. but rebooting was wrong...
anytime u FORMAT any drive or card you will lose information, thats pc fundamentals... will add the issue about losing info to orig post..
was stuck
thanks a lot....fixed
Help
I know I am always running into problems. But i am freakin out about this and i don't know if this is the right thread to be posting this or maybe someone can lead me to other thread with this fix.
Question
First i partitioned my mini sd card using my G1 with paragon manager and when everything was done the computer restarts.
But the weired thing is that now when i mount my G1. My G1 is recognized by my computer but it does not show me the storage device on my computer folder or even prompt me with opening a folder for my storoge card. I am freakin out.
Things i tried.
1. Rebooted my phone
2. nandrroid backup restore
3. restarted my computer
4. changed minisd cards.
5. uninstalling the usb android driver and reapplying it
6. went to usb debug on the settings on the phone
nothing worked.
Thanks . Any help would do.
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Fix ******Update
It took me alot of time to figure this out. if anyone gets this problem just assign your sdcard a Letter. Example: E: Drive.
When i look at these tutorials it does not mention anything like that.
thanks anyways
stonefurry said:
I know I am always running into problems. But i am freakin out about this and i don't know if this is the right thread to be posting this or maybe someone can lead me to other thread with this fix.
Question
First i partitioned my mini sd card using my G1 with paragon manager and when everything was done the computer restarts.
But the weired thing is that now when i mount my G1. My G1 is recognized by my computer but it does not show me the storage device on my computer folder or even prompt me with opening a folder for my storoge card. I am freakin out.
Things i tried.
1. Rebooted my phone
2. nandrroid backup restore
3. restarted my computer
4. changed minisd cards.
5. uninstalling the usb android driver and reapplying it
6. went to usb debug on the settings on the phone
nothing worked.
Thanks . Any help would do.
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1. did you do the fat32 first, then ext2 second ?
2. did you mount the sdcard to the pc ?
3. may show as F drive on your pc !!!
I used PM 10, it is very easy. However when the program wants to reboot it says there is an error, but I check that the ext2 partition is good by typing busybox df -h in terminal.
I've partitioned several cards now and they all work.
I found that doing a wipe then installing Lucid's rom.
I reinstall my applications from mybackup pro and downloading others from the market.
I test everything is working fine, then and only then I use the scripts that Lucid posted.
To recap ensure that busybox recognises the ext2 partition then wipe, install Lucids rom
Androidandy said:
I used PM 10, it is very easy. However when the program wants to reboot it says there is an error, but I check that the ext2 partition is good by typing busybox df -h in terminal.
I've partitioned several cards now and they all work.
I found that doing a wipe then installing Lucid's rom.
I reinstall my applications from mybackup pro and downloading others from the market.
I test everything is working fine, then and only then I use the scripts that Lucid posted.
To recap ensure that busybox recognises the ext2 partition then wipe, install Lucids rom
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thank you for the info..
was looking for the commands to verify that the ext2 partition is done correctly, and of course it verifies that busybox is working also..
I'm having a large issue with my new Micro SD card.
When using PM and my MicroSD in an SD adapter it allows me to format and create partitions successfully JUST FINE with my Sandisk 2gb which is probably a class 2 or just not a class at all...it doesn't say on the card at all.
BUT I just bought a Transcend 8gb Class 6 HC card and when using the SD adapter the computer recognizes it just fine to open and view files...BUT Paragon says its "Invalid" and won't allow me to format, partition, or anything.
I have no idea what needs to be done differently. It works just fine in the phone and moving files but Paragon won't recognize it or allow it to be modified.
I need some help please!!!
First of I'm new to all this so I'm a nood and I need some help massively I have trying to make this ext2 partition on ubumtu for months and always get an error message and a lost and found folder in the ext2 partition. Found these directions and finally make the partition w/ no error messages. Fat32 1st then ext2 2nd type busybox command so I think its done right. So I try to mkdir /system/sd/app for marcus directions on apps to sd to use his apps to sd2 app and I get error /system/sd/app read only. Why is that so? I look in pargan partitioner were I made the parition and there both still there. I would be greatfull if anyone can help out a nood like me [email protected]. I have been trying to get this ext2 partiton for months and today thought I did it correct cause no error messages and boy was I wrong!! Please anyone help !!
Bronze G1 W/ JF 1.5 cupcake W/Areo
NO APPS TO SD1! HELP PLEASE
Saphire SLP
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i like this tuturial, but one problem, doesnt work with vista 64bit -.-
im literally crying
So every time I try to format, my phone unmounts my damn card.
Any ideas?
worked for me on vista 64
missxoash said:
So every time I try to format, my phone unmounts my damn card.
Any ideas?
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Using Paragon or windows?
missxoash said:
So every time I try to format, my phone unmounts my damn card.
Any ideas?
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im have the same problems as her, i dunno why
I am running vista 64 and paragon profesional. I can get it to format and can get the ext2, but I can not do anything with the card. I try and reformat the fat32 and give it a letter for a drive but it wont take or if i format it and then create the ext2 it gives the ext the drive letter(both cannot have a drive) What gives and in the meantime I have to use the 1gig because although paragon recognizes the sd card my pc does not!
so i've done everything in the tutorial. and even the coding for checking busybox.
it doesnt show the ext2.
and i tried running the lucid commands
and it says ext2 is not mounted.
i get all the way to the ext2 part the very last thing
like mount/dismount and i get a error
saying to close a program or restart pc
cant close program because i dont know what it is so i click retry same error
i restarted pc 2 times
still same thign tried reformatting all over again what am i doing wrong? thanks guys!
pr0cl1v1ty said:
i get all the way to the ext2 part the very last thing
like mount/dismount and i get a error
saying to close a program or restart pc
cant close program because i dont know what it is so i click retry same error
i restarted pc 2 times
still same thign tried reformatting all over again what am i doing wrong? thanks guys!
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are u using a sdcard reader ??
1. 16GB Class 2
2. Primary FAT32 12.5GB, Primary EXT4 1.95GB
3. Gparted
4. clockwork-2.5.0.7
5. S-ON
6. I’ve done exactly like it’s described on the starburst minisite, did not receive any errors, I started doing the partition using the Gparted live by rebooting with the MicroSD connected by USB as described first deleted the partition and got unallocated space, then first made the FAT32 partition which is primary and 12.5GB then with the left space I made the EXT4 partition which is also primary and it’s 1.95GB then applied. After this I put the StarBurst_Classic_1.4.0.1 zip file into the FAT32 partition and started the phone on recovery and installed the ROM from SD, BUT I didn’t do wipe before installing, after installation was done successfully I rebooted and the phone booted and stayed on the HTC screen and I thought it hanged but it looks like I didn’t wait enough so I took out the battery and booted again to recovery then made wipe and reinstalled the StarBurst_Classic_1.4.0.1 zip from the SD. And was installed successfully then rebooted and everything was good, I skipped all the Google account and stuff then waited for few mins then I rebooted just like it was described to install the Data2SD, it was written that a green LED will flash for around a minute and indicates creation of the new Data2SD ext4 partition and initialization procedure. Then, a blue LED will flash signifying successfully starting the Data2SD program, But I didn’t see the blue LED, I checked my SD settings after that and the internal memory was 54.52MB!! And I don’t know what to do now so please help.
7. NO
8. I did not use any ROM before.
9. ROM version StarBurst Classic 1.4.0.1, did not use any Data2SD installer or reinstalled.
10. NO
11. NO
12. NO
13. NO
14. None
15. None
16. None
17. None
Hi,
I have an i9000 and unfortunately, the internal sdcard is not recognised at all.
I can only boot using voodoo 500hz kernel, to bypass this problem.
All other kernels will fail at boot screen (reboot loop).
After booting with voodoo kernel, I've rooted the phone and connected through ssh to it (adb shell)
Listing devices in /dev/block showing nothing like mmcblk (/dev/block/mmcblk0)
I thought it must be the card itself or the controller so I went and bought an external sd card (8gb).
After I insert it, the phone shows it has 0 (zero) capacity , tried to format it to fat32, ext2, etc, both on device (parted) and computer (windows, linux). Not a chance. Tested it using a i9100 I also own and the card was recognised correctly.
Next step was to check if the controller still works so again adb shell and checked for a mmcblk device in /dev/block.
This time, a /dev/block/mmcblk0 and /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 / /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 were listed.
Removed the external card, no device at all so the internal sd card is gone for good.
Next step was to use a hack to swap the internal/external sd cards in (/etc/vold.fstab), but even it is recognized in recovery mode (I can factory format/ wipe data), still 0 size in android interface and I can't use Camera and other apps.
I tried to mount it manually, directly on phone (adb shell), with mount comand and it works! I can create files on it, which are persistent.
So the controller actually works and the card is recognised low level.
BUT, why Android interface (java layer) won't recognize it? It says it's there but size is 0.
Please help, I can't use a lot of features on the phone, I don't know what to do.
Tried to mount it manually (to /mnt/sdcard), and even it get mounted and everything works on shell (creating files, etc), still 0 size in Android.
Running df in shell shows the correct size.
Checked the fstab / vold.fstab / vold.conf , everything seems to be ok.
Can anyone help me to fix this issue? Or at least, to give me some clues / ideas? I've lost several nights and I can't find a fix.
I'm good at linux but don't know very much about Android and it's java layer over linux.
It happenned to me too... not sure it can help you, but this is how i fixed my problem:
1. connect i9000 to the pc thru usb.
2. found a filename "no media" in the root directory.
3. erase the "no media' filename and everything is back to normal.
Did you fix it? I have the same problem and can't find a solution yet
1. Download CyanogenMod 14 x86 ISO file[Developed by Android x86].
2. Download Rufus win App to Create Bootable/Live USB.
3. Insert USB with Minimum 4GB. Below My Rufus Configurations::
# Device : Inserted USB.
# Partition Scheme and Target System type: MBR Partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI.
# File System: (Default).
# Cluster Size : (Default).
# New Volume Label : XXX.
# Format Options:
-> Except "Check devices for bad blocks" Make Tick mark to all.
# 1 Pass
Select ISO Image and then select downloaded CM 14 ISO file.
Finally Click start.
4. After Finishing, Create New/ Separate Partition in PC for CM 14 to be Installed with Minimum of 16GB Disk Size and Format it as FAT32.
5. After formatting, Reboot PC.
6. Boot PC from USB. (To boot Press F10 or Esc. It depends upon your PC).
7. Select Install android X86 to HDD. ( If you don't want to install, just select Run & skip the below all steps).
8. Now In blue-screen Select the Separate FAT32 formatted Partition to Install.
9. Do not Format.( I didn't formatted and it works fine else select ext4).
10. Install Boot Loader GRUB.( It will replaces default Windows Boot-loader).
12. Next it shows up that your are having Windows Partition and asked to create boot item for windows. Select Yes for that else you won't be able to boot into Windows next time.
13. Next Select Skip for EFI GRUB2.(I Skipped and worked for me, I think because I'm having Legacy PC).
14. Then Select Yes to Create Read/Write enabled system directory.
15. Now To create data.img, select yes and then Enter the Size you need for Internal Memory in MBs (1GB-1024MB).
(Note: If you formatted your Drive with FAT32 probably you can't enter more than 2048(2GB). If you want more than 2GB internal, you must format it with NTFS while in Windows Environment).
16. Now Accept Reboot and then Boot Android from GRUB Menu.
17. Thats all . You have Successfully installed CyanogenMod 14 (Android N) in your PC Hard-disk.
Also I Made Video Tutorial in YouTube for Better Understanding. You can Checkout if you don't understand or if any error pops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQVzQhqb6N4(TechGeekShan).
Note : If you accidentally deleted the CM 14 Partition, then you can't boot into Windows as because your Boot menu is saved in that partition. It will show
"GRUB Loading.. Please Wait-Error-17" error.
But your Windows & its files are in Safe. To Overcome this problem, you need to Create Live/Bootable USB drive with Windows OS, then repair and then your Windows will be back with No Data Loss.
Watch this Video, If you had experienced this issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoXCSrUHWYg
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But with fat 32 highest i can go is 4 gb, how to make it go till 32 gb?
Can i use Windows boot loader with EasyBCD to add Cyanogenmod boot entry?
using External graphic card + some errors
I can't boot If I use external graphics card (GTX960/4GB/OC)
It works after I removed graphics card but do you have any solution for this?
computer specs:
I7-6600K
GTX960
Z170 Extreme 4
...
..
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Also, Many applications stopped after I boot
Lastly, I couldn't use LAN(not WIFI).
Ayan Uchiha Choudhury said:
But with fat 32 highest i can go is 4 gb, how to make it go till 32 gb?
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Use ntfs with Android x86 to use more than 4 gb.
is an emulator important to installe cynogenmod on PC?
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Whats the best way to get google services up on the system after install?
any info about a LAOS 14.1 port?
Error msg data.img
If you can help just tell me what i can do!
msg error: "failed to create data.img"
thx for ever thing!:good:
Keyboard and mouse are not working in the second menu, where I have to select the partition where I want to install Android X86.
Tried with Logitech K400r and wired microsoft mouse.
Hi
...hi,thanks for the awesome tutorial. Please does this particular iso work with 32bit laptops...?!?...and if it doesn't, please, which one does...?!?
I installed this rebooted it a couple of times but i have tried opening the browser app, it froze and 5 min. later i came back seeing my pc turned off.
Tried booting again but at the end of the boot animation i can see the wallpaper for a split second but then it goes back to the boot animation, it does this every 10 seconds. Is my data.img corrupt?
how can i use GAPPS in this rom??
how can i use GAPPS in this rom??
Using NTFS, still space issue
Sands207 said:
Use ntfs with Android x86 to use more than 4 gb.
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I have 231 GB separate drive space that I am installing CM formatted on Windows to NTFS, however after installing CM, I only have 130 mb free space, when I boot on Windows to check the property of this drive on Windows (on separate partition), it shows up at 230 gb, and my CM partition always complains of low space. Can anyone advise please?
I needed to do a reset using a
USB recovery image on my surface RT since i can't pass the surface logo when powered on
So I downloaded the recovery image for my surface from the surface website,
At the end of the download a message popped up saying that install.wim is corrupt. I downloaded it again and same happened.
I followed the instructions after extracting the zip file onto the usb (which i bought earlier just for this purpose and has 16gb and FAT32 formatted) And the install.wim wasn't copied into it.
When i reached to the troubleshoot option there was only 3 options; refresh. Reset. Advanced options.
When i hit refresh it says: the drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock and try again.
When i hit reset= unable to reset, a required drive partition is missing.
Please help ASAP I need it to continue my studying