Re: [yocto] [WIC] Grow last partition up to disk size

["Marek Belisko" <marek.belisko@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 8:27 PM Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4/30/20 11:25 AM, Marek Belisko wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 8:23 PM Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> On 4/30/20 11:16 AM, Marek Belisko wrote:
> >>> Hi Rudolf,
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> >>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 7:39 PM Rudolf J Streif
> >>> <rudolf.streif@ibeeto.com> wrote:
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> >>>> I was looking for a way in a wks file to have wic grow the last
> >>>> partition to fill up the remainder of the disk. Of course wic does not
> >>>> know how large the disk is but that could be a parameter.
> >>>>
> >>>> The alternative way is to use fixed-size and do the math manually but
> >>>> that would not allow wic to grow a partition based on content.
> >>> You can use https://manpages.debian.org/testing/systemd/systemd-growfs.8.en.html
> >>> which grow partition to the end.
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> >> can it grow a mounted partition ? since that will be the case when
> >> growing rootfs partition.
> > It will grow last partition in first boot only.
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> my question was will it grow a mounted rootfs parition if that happens
> tobe the last partition, I understand it will grow last partion and do
> it as firstboot service.
I usually use it in case when have dual rootfs (A, B) and data
partition which is expanded to then end of disk.
I don't have experience with growing rootfs (I think it can grow only
not mounted partitions)
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> >>>> :rjs
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> >>> BR,
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> >>> marek
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> > BR,
> >
> > marek
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marek


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