is there a way to do so? i have a 16gb SD card, just installed 9.9.12. Working great, just wondering if there's a way to expand. Did some googling, found nothing! If it can't be done i won't be heartbroken.....
Thanks in advance!
Hello Fr0sTy,
I know it can be done easily in Openelec (which Rasplex is based on/using) by firing up a Terminal session and typing the command
sudo raspi-config
then goto expand
Otherwise quick google brings up some other options here ==> http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=29674
Cheers Rob.
prior to my first post, i used SSH, accessed my pi, tried using sudo and it says sudo not found. i've done this before using rasbian, but knowing this is a different flavor of linux, there must be an alternative command. my research continues!
EDIT!: from what i see, sudo is not needed as i am logged in as root, which makes sense....
EDIT 2 THE SAGA CONTINUES: this post indicates that support to expand the rootfs is coming, but isn't in openelec yet. i'll hold off for now i suppose.
Thanks Rob!
Hi guys,
I made a github issue for this feature, though it's for expanding the storage partition - there is no need to expand the root partition, since it is read only.
I have a plan on how to implement it, it shouldn't actually be too hard and I've done this sort of thing before. It basically amounts to a few steps:
1. Use parted to get the first sector of the storage partiton
2. Delete the storage partition (the scary part, but not actually that bad)
3. Recreate a new partition starting at the same sector, specifying that the end should be the end of the device (the default I believe)
4. Reboot (might not be necessary with OE)
5. Run e2fsck on the new partition, it'll automatically detect the new free space and expand into it
@Fr0sTy I am curious what your use case for it is.
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