Help resizing the root partitiion
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Hi @padraic,
to resize the rootfs there is a tool called ATU which can be useful for you at the scope. I can redirect you to the page where there are the steps to be followed and the file to download:Matteo
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@matteo Hi, I just installed this tool, but I cant press on anything
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@padraic @baruchiro @matteo Got the same issue on FP2 and solved it by adding this line to /etc/fstab:
/userdata/system-data//var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/archives none bind 0 0Issue then a
sudo mount -aand retry installing... -
@tera Can you briefly explain what you have done here?
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@tera I also did not understand if there was a mistake in the characters //?
/userdata/system-data//var/cache
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@baruchiro Adding this line will allow you to mount that /var/cache/.. folder inside the larger /userdata partition so there is space available to perform the package installation (double slashes are expected, check similar existing lines in /etc/fstab and note it's a bind mount)
Not sure if such change should be made persistant or only considered as a workaround... -
@tera It did not work, with the following error:
mount: special device /userdata/system-data//var/cache/apt/archives does not exist
But yesterday I somehow managed to make it work, but then I reinstalled and now I can not.
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@baruchiro You may have to create the folders in /userdata/system-data/var/cache/... i do not recall if i did or not on my side
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Works, Thanks!
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You can bind
/var/cache/apt/archivestemporary, usingmount -o bindcommand.# create dir in userdata space $ sudo mkdir -p /userdata/system-data/var/cache/apt/archives # mount - bind $ sudo mount -o bind /userdata/system-data/var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/archives/Now your
/var/cache/apt/archiveshas more space until reboot. -
This has worked for numerous users: https://forums.ubports.com/post/13645.
I've found running these commands works more reliably from fastboot mode.
