[arm-allstar] Filesystem Sizing Issue

[Amy Wilhelm]

Sorry, I misread your email.

If you have access to a Linux system, you may be able to use resize2fs
to shrink the filesystem and then I suppose head or truncate to trim
the disk image - which I think (emphasis on *think*) should work. If
you don't, if you'd like to contact me off-list I can probably assist.

-Amy K3ISI

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Steve Garrison via arm-allstar
<arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> Not sure what you are referring to when you say compress.  I want to make an
> image file that I can then put on other SD cards.
>
> If I go to the trouble to set up AllStar on a SD card, I want an image of
> that file system that I can then copy to  new SD cards so I can be ready to
> swap cards in seconds if need be because of a failure.
>
> Steve G./N4TTY
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 7, 2016, at 09:45, Amy Wilhelm via arm-allstar
> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> Try compressing the file system image after you generate it. It should
> compress rather well.
>
> Sent from infinite squirrels at infinite keyboards
>
> On Sep 7, 2016, at 4:42 AM, Steve Garrison via arm-allstar
> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> Just joined the list and would like to know if there is a way to NOT expand
> the file system to take up the entire SD card when using a RasPi.
>
>
>
> The suggestion I find to “backup” your installation by creating an image of
> your installation runs into big problems if you have expanded the file
> system to use the entire card, then you make the image backup and then try
> to write that image to a card of the exact same size and are told you don’t
> have enough room.
>
>
>
> I’m using Win32DiskImager to image and back up my SD cards, but unless I can
> limit the file system to say 8GB on a 16GB card, I won’t be able to make
> that image backup and then write that backed up image to another 16GB card.
>
>
>
> Same goes for using larger size cards, even when there isn’t a real need to
> use a larger card.  It just seems the better cards these days seem to come
> in the larger sizes
>
>
>
> Steve G./N4TTY
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