RaspyFi - Topic: Expand fs?

Biker-74 on Expand fs?

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:13:48 +0100

I found it to be easy doing it the following way:

- I pulled the SD card from the Pi (with power turned off, yeah ).
- Hooked up the SD card to one of my Linux computers.
- Run Parted from the Linux computer and expanded the partition on the SD card (16GB !).
- Returned the SD card to the Pi and hit the power plug.

If you're somewhat worried, do this *before* having done any major personal configuration of the RaspyFi. Then, if things should go wrong, you can always re-flash the card with a clean image.

Anyway, in my case it was a 2 minutes job. Gotta just *love* parted.

Biker-74

irenaeux on Expand fs?

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:30:46 +0100

Hi, I had the same problem.
But reffering
http://www.raspberrypi.org/php.....38;t=45265
I could solve the problem.
Here's the solution.

- sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
- p (check the partition no. of the Linux File system. It was 3 in my case)
- d (delete partition. data not erased)
- 3 (choose the No.)
- n (make new partition)
- p (primary partition)
- 3 (same No. above)
- enter twice (just leave the default start/end)
- w (save changes and exit the FDISK)
- sudo reboot
- sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p3 (p3 means partition#3)
- sudo e2fsck -f /dev/mmcblk0p3 (ignore errors)
- df -h (check the results)

VOILA!

Dant100 on Expand fs?

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:25:33 +0100

Hi,
Is there any news on this please? I am getting warnings that my filesystem has run out of room and is using temporary memory instead.
I have an 8GB card which I don't need a separate partition on for data so the fs can use the whole thing. I just can't expand it in raspi-config.

Thanks

mrnicewatch on Expand fs?

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:19:27 +0200

For a rough, quick fix, you can use a live Gparted CD to expand the partition.

jolebole on Expand fs?

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:53:04 +0200

Same problem with me here.

admin on Expand fs?

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:28:40 +0200

I'll investigate on that... Let you know asap

Serge on Expand fs?

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:17:02 +0200

The same problem on 16Gb card.

MsbS on Expand fs?

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:55:00 +0200

I'm trying to use raspi-config to expand the filesystem (using a 32-gig SD card). But I keep getting an error message:

"Your partition layout is not curently supported by this tool. You are probably using NOOBS, in which case your root filesystem is already expanded anyway".

How can I do this? I am fairly sure the SD card is fine ('expand' function worked in Raspbian).