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PeiYao Wang at 04:39, 20 December 2014

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PeiYao Wang: Created page with "The default size of lubuntu firmware's roofts is about 2.0G, it's too small, you can do as follows to expends it 1: For Nand image If you flash the image on nand flash, you c..."

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Created page with "The default size of lubuntu firmware's roofts is about 2.0G, it's too small, you can do as follows to expends it 1: For Nand image If you flash the image on nand flash, you c..."

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The default size of lubuntu firmware's roofts is about 2.0G, it's too small, you can do as follows to expends it

1: For Nand image
If you flash the image on nand flash, you can execute the below command on the terminal in the board's lubuntu system

"resize2fs /dev/block/mtd/by-name/linux-root "

to expand the rootfs

2: For sdcard image

If you use the sdcard's image, you should put the sdcard into a card reader ,and put the card reader into PC and resize the partations

1: For PC with Linux

Use gparted

#sudo gparted /dev/sdb

[[File:wiki_resize_sd_1.jpg]]

[[File:wiki_resize_sd_2.jpg]]

[[File:wiki_resize_sd_3.jpg]]

2: For PC with windows

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	'''The default size of lubuntu firmware's roofts is about 2.0G, it's too small, you can do as follows to expends it.		'''The default size of lubuntu firmware's roofts is about 2.0G, it's too small, you can do as follows to expends it.

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-: For Nand image
+==For Nand image==
 If you flash the image on nand flash, you can execute the below command on the terminal  in the board's lubuntu system
-   "resize2fs /dev/block/mtd/by-name/linux-root "
+   resize2fs /dev/block/mtd/by-name/linux-root
 to expand the rootfs
-: For sdcard image
+==For sdcard image==
 There are two methods to do this
-)On board   run the script
+==On board   run the script ==
 Note:
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-) On pc ,use  tools to resize the partations
+== On pc ,use  tools to resize the partations ==

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	2: For sdcard image		2: For sdcard image

−	~~If you use the sdcard's image, you should put the sdcard into a card reader ,and put the card reader into PC and resize the partations~~	+	There are two methods to do this

		+	1)On board run the script
		+
		+	Note:
		+
		+	a) need root permission
		+
		+	b) need execute "resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p1" after reboot (refer to the script below)
		+
		+
		+	#!/bin/bash
		+	START_SECTOR=`cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p1/start`
		+	fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 << EOF
		+	d
		+	n
		+	p
		+	1
		+	$START_SECTOR
		+
		+	w
		+
		+	EOF
		+
		+	echo -e "\n\n\n
		+	\n============================================================"
		+	echo "!!!!!expands rootfs done! reboot system"
		+	echo "!!!!!and run command "resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p1" after reboot"
		+	echo -e "=============================================================\n\n\n"
		+
		+
		+
		+	2) On pc ,use tools to resize the partations
		+
		+
		+	you should put the sdcard into a card reader ,and put the card reader into PC and resize the partations

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 [[File:wiki_resize_sd_2.jpg]]
+unplug the reader and input the sdcard  into board and reboot.  you will see the rootfs's size has been changed
 b) For PC with windows
 //No useful methods has found.

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 Use gparted
-#sudo gparted  /dev/sdb
+ #sudo gparted  /dev/sdb
 [[File:wiki_resize_sd_1.jpg]]
 [[File:wiki_resize_sd_2.jpg]]
-[[File:wiki_resize_sd_3.jpg]]
 b) For PC with windows
 //No useful methods has found.

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 : For Nand image
 If you flash the image on nand flash, you can execute the below command on the terminal  in the board's lubuntu system
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 If you use the sdcard's image, you should put the sdcard into  a card reader ,and put the card reader into PC and resize the partations
-: For PC with Linux
 Use gparted
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 [[File:wiki_resize_sd_3.jpg]]
-: For PC with windows
+b) For PC with windows