[Arm-dev] Extending partition on SD card on Rpi-3

[Chris Smith]

And just to follow up, you can omit the "e2fsck" command. Simply a growpart
and then a resize2fs should be sufficient, as I have just tested it.

Thanks,

Chris

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:29 PM, Chris Smith <smittyinthesky at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Vamsi,
>
> I have run into this same issue and have a brief (and rough) guide if you
> wish to try it out.
>
> First, run "df -h" and see what your current "/" partition size is. I
> think with the default image, it's somewhere around 1.8GB.
>
> Next, you should be able to run "growpart /dev/mmcblkx n" where x likely
> refers to mmcblk0 and n is the partition number, it should be 3. This will
> grow your 3rd partition to the maximum available size, but I believe you
> should be able to specify your 6GB size.
>
> Once that is complete, run "e2fsck /dev/mmcblk0p3" to verify filesystem
> integrity and then "resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p3" to expand the ext4 partition.
>
> If you run "df -h" after this, you should be able to see your now larger
> "/" partition.
>
> Let me know if you have any issues with this. I've been looking for a
> reason to organize my thoughts on this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco <
> pablo at fliagreco.com.ar> wrote:
>
>> There is a script called rootfs-expand which should do exactly that.
>> Please let us know who it went.
>>
>> Pablo.
>>
>> El 31/7/18 a las 10:55, vamsi krishna escribió:
>>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> Being new to the Linux world, I have installed Centos for R Pi3 on a 16gb
>> microSD card, and partitions are done by default, leaving less space for
>> root file system. Here is what I get.
>>
>> This is the second time I am running into this issue.
>>
>> Can anyone help me with the steps to increase the size for /dev/root to
>> 6G please.
>>
>>
>> Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
>>        CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
>>             Kernel: Linux 4.14.27-v7.1.el7
>>       Architecture: arm
>>
>> [root at rpi ~]# df -h
>> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/root       1.4G  999M  347M  75% /
>> devtmpfs        460M     0  460M   0% /dev
>> tmpfs           464M     0  464M   0% /dev/shm
>> tmpfs           464M   12M  452M   3% /run
>> tmpfs           464M     0  464M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
>> /dev/mmcblk0p1  667M   43M  625M   7% /boot
>> tmpfs            93M     0   93M   0% /run/user/0
>>
>> Any help is highly appreciated.
>> --
>> Have a nice day.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Vamsi,
>> Skype @ kvamsi.k143
>> +91-9704433304.
>>
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