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I ran GParted from the 'LiveCD' Shrank the large partition, created a new one, and saved the changes, but now running Ubuntu I can't see this partition.

What is my failing? Apologies if it's a bit of a basic mistake...

Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End    Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  262GB  262GB   primary   ext4            boot
 3      262GB   496GB  234GB   primary   ext2
 2      496GB   500GB  4170MB  extended
 5      496GB   500GB  4170MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)
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  • did you try to create new partition and install ubuntu on it? Dec 8, 2013 at 18:01
  • upload the gparted screenshot to imgur.com ,i will tell you what is wrong. Dec 8, 2013 at 18:02
  • Where did you expect to see it? Did you create a file system on the new partition? You could also edit your question to show us the output of sudo parted -l or a screenshot of gparted.
    – guntbert
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:03
  • No Avinash. I installed Ubuntu, then after created the new partition. Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 262GB 262GB primary ext4 boot 3 262GB 496GB 234GB primary ext2 2 496GB 500GB 4170MB extended 5 496GB 500GB 4170MB logical linux-swap(v1)
    – Chris
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:12
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    So Ext2 is my new partition (see edited question). I wanted to bring all my files over from my external drive, but I don't know how to access the partition. What application will access it. Apologies, but screen shots are a bit beyond my one hour's Ubuntu skill set...
    – Chris
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:31

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Try to create ext4 partition,which was the successor of ext3 and ext2 filesystems.After creating ext4 partition,your ubuntu will detect it and automatically mounted it.There you can store all your datas.

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open gparted,note the ext2 filesystem label.It will be like /dev/sdxx.The xx denotes last two letters of your ext2 partition label.Then try the below command to manually mount it.

sudo mount /dev/sdxx
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  • ext2 is auto-detected though...
    – Wilf
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:41
  • @avinash. Having a hard time trying to get my bios to recognise my usb pen. So I reboot, start liveUbuntu, run GParted again and delete my ext2 and create a new one called ext4?
    – Chris
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:46
  • now it worked or not. Dec 8, 2013 at 18:48
  • @avinash in terminal I get:[sudo] password for chris: mount: /dev/sda3 already mounted or /media/0c997a25-85ee-4190-8d14-daef8e29dea9 busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda3 is already mounted on /media/0c997a25-85ee-4190-8d14-daef8e29dea9
    – Chris
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:56
  • Also in gparted when I right click on the new partition is offers an unmount option so I assume that it must already be mounted.
    – Chris
    Dec 8, 2013 at 18:58

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