On 1/23/2014 9:12 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > But i'd really like someone to write a script to automate the resize > on bootup from the bbb.. ;) We have the initrd.img, so it could be > done before the root partition is first loaded..
I'm not sure you'd want to put everything required to resize the root partition into the initrd. What about something similar to /forcefsck where an init script runs and checks for the presence of /resizerootfs or somesuch and then makes the various required checks (that there is actually space available, the filesystem is clean, the filesystem is a type that can be extende3d, etc). Can any simplifying assumptions be made about things like the root device, partition layout, etc? It would be nice if you could just have a 2G raw image (saves time writing) and expand the filesystem on the first boot. How long does it take to expand an ext4 filesystem, anyway? I use jfs on my x86 boxes because you can expand the fs live while it's mounted (very handy for virtual machines and systems with SAN back-ends, where I'm always growing the storage!). Last I checked, resizing ext3 was a royal PITA by comparison...I hope this is improved with ext4. -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
