If you have access to a Linux desktop, you can take the card after you write it, then plug it in to the Linux desktop and use Gparted to expand the partition size to the limit of the card, before you ever insert it into the BBB.
That way, you have full card memory available on the initial boot. --- Graham == On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 7:32:32 AM UTC-5, Wally Bkg wrote: > > bone-debian-8.5-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-06-05-4gb.img.xz leaves no free space > on the partition it creates when written to an SD card. I've done it using > both dd and Etcher, on two different brands of 8GB cards. > > Its not a show-stopper since grow-partition.sh still works after the > Beaglebone has booted, but after I make the card I've a few scripts I like > to copy over to set up NAT apt-get install some things that aren't part of > the standard image. > > Its good to see that the Cloud9 fade.js analogWrite() example is working > again. Haven't completed all my "newbie tests" yet, but so far the only > issue is the Bonescript Interactive Guide web page only works for the first > two "levels". The example using the on-board LEDs all seem to work, but > the pages for the specific functions like analogWrite() and digitalRead() > don't work because they don't render correctly. I've used the latest > Chrome browser and Firefox > > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/0cb2c173-7737-4afe-a781-58852173ee9a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
