[arm-allstar] Filesystem Sizing Issue

[Christopher Kovacs]

Hi Steve,

You can  use the image-backup.sh script.  I am not sure what version that
is on your node.  The later versions will ask you the image size and you
can specify the image size.  The script will create  a new image ans
storing it to  a usb-drive inserted in your node.  From there, you can copy
the image and use it to create a new sd card image.  This image is based
upon your current node.

I believe Doug has a how-to on this utility/feature.


73,

Chris




On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 6:42 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Steve G./N4TTY
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