parted could not detec (ext2) filesystem

[Ruben Lysens]

Hi,

I tried to use parted to split my root ext2 filesystem into two 
filesystems, but parted cannot detect the filesystem of /dev/hda6 
(containing my single ext2fs), so I cannot resize it.

(parted) check 6
Error: Could not detect file system.

parted /dev/hda print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-12419.056 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
1          0.031   4581.035  primary   FAT         boot, lba
2       4581.035  12417.429  extended              lba
5       4581.066   6636.225  logical   FAT         lba
6       6636.256  12135.036  logical
7      12135.067  12417.429  logical   linux-swap

itsari:/etc# parted -v
GNU Parted 1.4.20

FYI, cfdisk reports this:

  Name         Flags        Part Type   FS Type            [Label]     
   Size (MB)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  hda1         Boot          Primary    Win95 FAT32 (LBA)              
     4803.57
  hda5                       Logical    Win95 FAT32 (LBA)              
     2155.03
  hda6                       Logical    Linux ext2                     
     5765.93
  hda7                       Logical    Linux swap                      
     296.12


Thanks for your help,

Ruben Lysens.
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