Hi, thank you for the answer. I use the linux-generic partition to put raw images as the [Source] for systemd-sysupdate. For now, I don't want to spawn a http server for this.
So you mean I need to have this kind of partition table? +-----+------+------------+------------+----------------------------------+ | esp | root | empty root | empty root | linux-generic for put raw images | +-----+------+------------+------------+----------------------------------+ On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 8:33 PM Adrian Vovk <adrianv...@gmail.com> wrote: > You shouldn't be using a linux-generic partition for updates. You need (at > least) two of the same kind of partition to switch between whenever there's > an update > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 06:46 Renjaya Raga Zenta <ragaze...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've been experimenting with systemd-sysupdate, trying to understand how >> it works. >> >> I created a Fedora 39 image¹ with mkosi from the GitHub repo. It has 3 >> partitions: >> 1) esp >> 2) root >> 3) linux-generic (to put updates) >> >> The root and third partition will be expanded on firstboot via >> systemd-growfs². I also configured the third partition to be automounted >> with udev rules. >> >> I created a configuration file in /usr/lib/sysupdate.d: 10-root.conf >> [Transfer] >> ProtectVersion=%A >> >> [Source] >> Type=regular-file >> Path=/run/media/system/UPDATES >> MatchPattern=de...@v.root-x86-64.raw >> >> [Target] >> Type=partition >> Path=auto >> MatchPartitionType=root >> >> Let's say, first, I created version 0.1.0: demo_0.1.0.raw, then I created >> version 0.1.1 with SplitArtifacts=yes in mkosi.conf. So I had >> demo_0.1.1.esp.raw and demo_0.1.1.root-x86-64.raw. I put >> demo_0.1.1.root-x86-x64.raw to /run/media/system/UPDATES. >> >> I ran /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysupdate list, it correctly showed the >> available update candidate. But then I ran >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysupdate update, it showed an error about the >> partition table. >> >> "Partition table has less than two partition slots of the right type >> 4f68bce3-xxxx-yyyy-truncated (root-x86-64), refusing." >> >> I've tried adding more 2 root partition slots, but still got the same >> error. I've also tried adding PaddingMinBytes/PaddingMaxBytes in >> /usr/lib/repart.d/. >> >> Maybe I missed something here. How to correctly setup the partition table >> for systemd-sysupdate? >> >> Thanks. >> >> [1] I'm working on Debian stable based image, but unfortunately >> systemd-sysupdate is not available (not compiled). So I tried Fedora >> instead. >> [2] Before systemd 255, the GrowFileSystem flag did not work as expected, >> but there is a workaround. Hopefully the patches will be backported. >> >
