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On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 04:50:49 +0100, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> to post a firmware image of my embedded linux computer |
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> to a friend I want to size it down. |
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> System wise I did that already (only the really necessary |
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> stuff of Gentoo plus some configuration and addons related |
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> to the embedded system)...the problem comes with the size of |
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> the microSDcard I use: 32 GB.... |
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> The microSDcard (source) has two partitions (boot + the rest). |
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> The boot partition is the first partition and it is of a fixed |
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> and tiny size. The second partition contains the "rest": Gentoo. |
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> Currently the used space of this partition is also small. |
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> The image needs to be of a format, which makes |
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> it possble to 'dd' it onto a microSDcard (target) and afterwards use |
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> g/parted to resize/expand the second partition to the end |
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> of the microSDcard to get all storage space available. |
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Quick and kludgy. Partition an SD card of the correct size, rsync your |
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data to it, then dd that card. |
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Any other method you use will require you to have a smaller SD card to |
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test the resultant image, so you may as well use that as the source and |
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know it works. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't. |