I want to expand root so i can install Qt embedded on my beagle bone. Im building it natively and I got a "no space left on device" error when installing.
On Sunday, November 23, 2014 4:04:57 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: > > Your call. Just curious, why do you need or want to increase your file > system size ? The reason I ask is because for increasing the size for say > /home is rather trivial. Just 3-4 simple steps such as . . . > > > 1. partition and format the new media. > 2. mount the new media in a temporary location. > 3. copy the whole of /home to the new media - then unmount. > 4. edit /etc/fstab to reflect the changes- Pointing to the new media. > > A quick google search would yield tons of accurate results. As in step by > step how to's. > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:49 PM, earless <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> ok thanks for your reply. I definitely wan to go with the easiest route >> so i will boot from sd card instead. >> >> >> On Sunday, November 23, 2014 3:33:47 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: >>> >>> You can pull your rootfs from anywhere you like so long as it is >>> supported. SDcard, NFS share( network ) USB, and perhaps I am forgetting >>> one or two options. >>> >>> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87580/partition- >>> scheme-for-installation-of-debian >>> >>> Although, we're talking flash media here, so I would strongly suggest >>> you go without a swap disk. >>> >>> Typically, it is easiest, and most common to mount the /home directory >>> from additional media. In other cases, someone may mount /var/log on its >>> own partition too. You can do this with just about any directory I think, >>> but it become more complex as sometimes it not always possible to remount >>> part of the file system on the system its self while it is running. >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:46 PM, earless <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Can i expand the rootfs to an sd card if im booting from the emmc or >>>> can i only do this if im booting from the sd card? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
