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when i try and adjust any of the partition sizes gparted has a cow because there is 1 partition that spans across 4 or 5 in all of the android releases.

is there a partition editor which can deal with this and not have a fit about it?

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seems like this problem gets solved by flashing with etcher instead of DD (even on DD images). i dont understand why, the images worked in the pine 64 but had overlapping partitions when burnt with DD
(02-04-2017, 09:21 PM)rxb Wrote: [ -> ]when i try and adjust any of the partition sizes gparted has a cow because there is 1 partition that spans across 4 or 5 in all of the android releases.

is there a partition editor which can deal with this and not have a fit about it?

gparted is the partition editor of partition editors

Technical terms like 'fit' and 'cow' aside, if gparted can't handle it, nothing can.
(02-04-2017, 09:21 PM)rxb Wrote: [ -> ]when i try and adjust any of the partition sizes gparted has a cow because there is 1 partition that spans across 4 or 5 in all of the android releases.

is there a partition editor which can deal with this and not have a fit about it?

there has been some discussion on the forum about the issue you refer to and some posters think it's a matter of the image itself being made incorrectly.  and if so the best thing to do is create a correct new image
(02-05-2017, 12:12 PM)dkryder Wrote: [ -> ]
(02-04-2017, 09:21 PM)rxb Wrote: [ -> ]when i try and adjust any of the partition sizes gparted has a cow because there is 1 partition that spans across 4 or 5 in all of the android releases.

is there a partition editor which can deal with this and not have a fit about it?

there has been some discussion on the forum about the issue you refer to and some posters think it's a matter of the image itself being made incorrectly.  and if so the best thing to do is create a correct new image

yeah - i came to that conclusion when i flashed with etcher instead of DD and it had a reasonably looking partition arrangement thanks for your help tho! very useful!