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gparted will read only (Ubuntu installed)

Heya,

I'm trying to set up my Inspiron 700m to dual-boot both Ubuntu Dapper Drake and Windows XP. Never having used gparted before, I'm at a loss to figure a way around this:

root@cylien:/home/pewterhydra# gparted
Warning: Unable to open /dev/hdc read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/hdc h as been opened read-only.
Error: Unable to open /dev/hdc - unrecognised disk label.
root@cylien:/home/pewterhydra#


... in order to create a new partition to install Windows on. Can anyone help me out? Why won't it write? The hard drive in question has an Ultra DMA/ATA-33 interface, if that matters. I read that certain sector sizes aren't supported by gparted, but I have no idea how to find out if that is the problem.
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rindi is right. The partition to be resized should not be mounted and in use during the resizing process.

You can also get the LiveCD of GPartED here:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

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Thank you rindi (and you too ppfoong.) Rindi was right on all accounts. I suppose that detail is rather intuitive, but somehow it escaped me. *blush*

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