[arm-allstar] Filesystem Sizing Issue

[Steve Garrison]

Thanks Chris, I'll have to look into this and must confess I'm am a rank amateur in the AllStar arena and the Linux world as well, so my questions may seem basic to more experienced folks.

 

I appreciate your reply!

 

Steve G./N4TTY

 

From: arm-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Kovacs via arm-allstar
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 12:27 PM
To: ARM Allstar
Cc: Christopher Kovacs
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Filesystem Sizing Issue

 

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.

 

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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