Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition

[Tony Kuneck]

I have what may be a stupid question, but I've been searching for hours 
trying to resolve this and come up empy... I'm attempting to resize 
(increase the size of) the extended partition on my /dev/hde disk, but I get 
the following error from parted 1.6.25.1.

parted /dev/hde print
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.

AND

parted /dev/hdg print
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.

I'm curious what steps I should take to deal with the issue, parted works 
fine on my /dev/hda disk.

Thanks, Tony

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sfdisk -g /dev/hde
/dev/hde: 119150 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track

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sfdisk -G /dev/hde
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
/dev/hde: 7476 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track

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sfdisk -g /dev/hdg
/dev/hdg: 119150 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track

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sfdisk -G /dev/hdg
/dev/hdg: 119150 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track

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fdisk -l /dev/hde

Disk /dev/hde: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hde1               1        1459    11719386   83  Linux
/dev/hde3            2434        7476    40507897+   5  Extended
/dev/hde5            2434        3106     5397809   83  Linux
/dev/hde6            3106        3777     5397776+  83  Linux
/dev/hde7            3778        5043    10169145   83  Linux
/dev/hde8            5044        7476    19543072+  83  Linux

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fdisk -l -u /dev/hde

Disk /dev/hde: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders, total 120103200 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hde1              63    23438834    11719386   83  Linux
/dev/hde3        39086145   120101939    40507897+   5  Extended
/dev/hde5        39086208    49881825     5397809   83  Linux
/dev/hde6        49881889    60677441     5397776+  83  Linux
/dev/hde7        60677505    81015794    10169145   83  Linux
/dev/hde8        81015795   120101939    19543072+  83  Linux

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fdisk -l /dev/hdg

Disk /dev/hdg: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 119150 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdg1               1       11627     5859976+  83  Linux
/dev/hdg2           11628       23254     5860008   83  Linux
/dev/hdg4           23255      119150    48331584    5  Extended
/dev/hdg5           23255       38776     7823025   83  Linux
/dev/hdg6           38777       49486     5397809   83  Linux
/dev/hdg7           49487       60196     5397776+  83  Linux
/dev/hdg8           60196       80374    10169743+  83  Linux
/dev/hdg9           80375      119150    19543104   83  Linux

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fdisk -l -u /dev/hdg

Disk /dev/hdg: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 119150 cylinders, total 120103200 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdg1              63    11720015     5859976+  83  Linux
/dev/hdg2        11720016    23440031     5860008   83  Linux
/dev/hdg4        23440032   120103199    48331584    5  Extended
/dev/hdg5        23440095    39086144     7823025   83  Linux
/dev/hdg6        39086208    49881825     5397809   83  Linux
/dev/hdg7        49881889    60677441     5397776+  83  Linux
/dev/hdg8        60677505    81016991    10169743+  83  Linux
/dev/hdg9        81016992   120103199    19543104   83  Linux

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