[arm-allstar] Arch Linux Partition Size, Need to Increaas in ReInstall

[Patrick Perdue]

Hmm. Seems I've done live root partition resizing on a HamVoIP system 
before while it is running using parted. I'll have to go back and look 
at what I did. I've definitely done it on stock Raspbian without using a 
second device. The partition boundaries take effect on reboot. The 
safest option here would be to resize the partition on another system. I 
was doing this on a data center hosted Pi 1000 miles away running 
HamVoIP, so I didn't have that option. Could have added a second 
partition in the unallocated space, which also would have been safer, 
but I chose to resize the root partition and did so successfully without 
anything bad happening.




On 2/19/2024 11:20 AM, David McGough via ARM-allstar wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Do you have a separate linux box available?  If so, this resizing process
> is simple. If you only have the one RPi4B, then you can use it, booted
> with a second (different) SD card, used to resize the first SD card, via a
> USB card reader.
>
> As a first step, tell my more about your setup?
>
> 73, David K4FXC
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2024, Jeffrey Messikian via ARM-allstar wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>    On my Raspberry Pi4, 8G unit, I burned the 1.7 HAMVOIP Image.
>>
>>    This Raspberry Pi has a Touch Screen display and can run more software
>> than is in the initial HamVoip Arch image.
>>
>>    For instance, I wish to install DVSwitch, the drivers for my display,
>> libcamera, a browser, etc etc
>>
>>   
>>
>>    My root partition is about 3.6G and is too full to install firefox.
>>
>>   
>>
>>    What is the easiest way to expand the  partition? Or, after another
>> install/flash, how can I give the root partition the full space of the sd
>> card.
>>
>>   
>>
>> I have 1.7 installed on a 16G card.  Why would only 3.6G be allocated
>> instead of the whole 16G?  I thought that for wear levelling of sd cards,
>> you would want the full partition allocated.  What benefit does leaving most
>> space free have on the 1.7 image install have?
>>
>>   
>>
>> Really just need to increase my root size at the moment..
>>
>>   
>>
>>   
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>   
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>>   
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