Set partition sizes when flashing
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ok, so I was not able to accomplish this task from inside my phone, for some reason modified filesystem's size shrinks back to 2GB even tho I run resize2fs few times. Partition was fine tho, it just FS.
For those who's trying to solve this issue:
Was able to change the file system size from a host, connecting the phone to my laptop and runningadb shell # phone in recovery mode e2fsck -f -y system.img resize2fs -fp system.img -
@rooty
I managed to do it to expand the system partition from 2GB to 6GB. Went into recovery mode UBports:
simbion@simbion:~/1$ adb devices
simbion@simbion:~/1$ adb pull /data/system.img
simbion@simbion:~/1$ dd if=/dev/null of=system.img bs=1M seek=6144 count=0
simbion@simbion:~/1$ e2fsck -p system.img
simbion@simbion:~/1$ resize2fs system.img
simbion@simbion:~/1$ adb push system.img /data
The process is not fast. After that, I have all the updates and applications began to be installed. It would be nice if did it in UBports when you install to select how much you need to under system. -
@simbion said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
It would be nice if did it in UBports when you install to select how much you need to under system.
Installing packages with apt and resizing the rootfs is not supported. Nobody needs it, though you might want it.
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@dobey then what can you do with ubuntu touch can you run snapd on my oneplus one, it is open source how can I get full space for my apt-get not just reserved for storage? already mounted r/w permanently with one liner $ adb shell
$ sudo touch /userdata/.writable_image
$ sudo reboot
If i could manage to somehow free up this space I'd be gucci for installing full web apps again, this didn't happen when I used to install it with multirom. Does anyone know if deleting the lock file will help thanks -
@errorcodevortex No you can't run snapd on Ubuntu touch.
As stated, if you want to resize the root partition and use apt to install things, it is not supported. You can do it if you want, but it will not be supported.
The goal of Ubuntu Touch is to provide an operating system for phones based on Ubuntu. It is not to provide a traditional PC Linux distro, because phones are not built this way. If what you want is a traditional PC Linux distribution on your phone, with latest kernel and not all hardware working, but enough to do the few specific things you want to run on your device, perhaps you should look at https://postmarketos.org instead.
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@dobey Space used to be supported before lol enabled by default, did it change when it turned to ubports or something? now i can't figure out yet how to get more then an extra few gbs of my 64gb available. I had a lot of programs running sucessfully before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHE5THEWq7c this guy managed to install snapd but I'm assuming it was a 64bit device. Tried to do this https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/07/anbox-how-to-install-google-play-store.html but couldn't install the install.sh it seemed only because of snapd.socket error. Heard of plasmamobile but not postmarket os but not trying to build anything from scratch that wont support calling. Might checkit out tho. You can install full linux on the worst computers there really aint no reason it cant be a linux distro and phone on my device. I've ran full kali-linux on this phone. Maybe this the attitude why it hasn't taken off yet, the whole point of linux is open source freedom it seems like developments gone backwards. Am I strictly supposed to use libertine for desktop stuff somehow is that "supported"? I haven't looked into this quite yet just got anbox going.
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@errorcodevortex Your attitude is the problem here, demanding that this small community bend to support your own personal desires. That is not at all what Linux, Open Source, nor most of the communities around them, are about.
Libertine is the supported (albeit still an experimental feature) method of creating a container for installing legacy applications, yes.
If you want an insecure classic Linux distribution on your phone, then Ubuntu Touch is not it, and it never would have been, especially if Canonical had continued developing it in the direction they were going with.
There are plenty of reasons why it can't be a "full linux distro" by your standards, despite your refusal to accept how Android phones are designed and built.
On the other hand, if you do want something that is more like a traditional PC, where things could theoretically work more like how you want, and still want to run UT, then you could look at buying a PinePhone or Librem 5, both of which are not Android based, and therefore much more flexible in how things can work; though using apt to install additional packages and upgrade the system will still not be actively supported, it will work more reliably on such a system where partitioning can be better controlled by us, rather than having to conform to Android designs.
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@dobey All I want is my space back I used to have, I don't think I'm asking for much here thats it essentially. I had installed a ubports version before also even with the multirom method as well didnt face the space issue same device. I understand how android works lol, I've been working with android/ computers for years. Bummed multirom app died out I had sailfish, touch, Tugapower 9, and cm13.1.2 all bootable before. This isn't even my main device right now but I'd like it to be daily driver like before not interested in buying another phone hence why I'm here revamping my old one. I understand its not exactly the same bootloader/ efi,partitition setup etc of course but end of the day it has the power to at the least to give me my space back. To say that not supported is bunk. I've installed entire operating systems on flash drives with less space. I just can't figure out how to symlink it right yet never had to deal with this issue before. I just can't see how it can expect to attract free linux developers this way under pretenses like that, it's putting me off already even though I do really like it, but it simply seems more cannonocized now than before. Not all ubports models have this specific space issue either it seems just some but nowhere have I seen anyone actually fix the issue.
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@errorcodevortex
Firstly let me state I have little idea of what you are trying to achieve and can offer no technical help at all. From reading quickly through this thread (as I guess you have to) this comment sticks out
UniSuperBox 15 Oct 2018, 16:58
The image file can be resized, and I'm considering ways to make ubports-qa do this in case the user would prefer to use apt and turn off system-image upgrades. Of course we wouldn't be able to help people if they broke things in this state, but we can give them just enough rope to shoot themselves in the foot...
from this point on people have either succeeded or hit a wall in some way.
A couple of things. What you want to do may or may not be possible (I have no idea way over my head) but it is not one of the prime aims of this this project so with the small team of mainly volunteer developers we have is not going to be a priority. Booting multirom is a similar thing, possible but not supported.
As this thread was started nearly a year ago you may be better off asking a specific question relating to symlink in a new post and maybe linking back to this one for reference. -
@errorcodevortex said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
All I want is my space back I used to have,
I have no idea what you're talking about, but resizing the rootfs has never been a supported feature of Ubuntu Touch. You're making an assumption based on a false memory, as far as I can tell. The rootfs has always been roughly 2GB loopback mount. MultiROM was also never officially supported. It's still possible to use it, but it is not officially supported, and you need a patched version to point at the correct image server.
Installing anything from apt in rootfs was never really supported either. Yes, it's somewhat possible with some hacking, but creating the
.writable_imagefile explicitly disables system updates, leaving you with an unsupported system. You are literally on your own at that point. Also, due to how some files are bind mounted, to enable readonly rootfs, simply runningapt-get upgradewill break at some point.The OS is built around security and privacy. Therefore, yes, certain things which subvert those principles are not actually supported methods of using the system, even if you can do it with some hacking. Just like how rooting Android is not supported by Google. But I don't see you having a rant at them for it.
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@dobey said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
@errorcodevortex said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
The rootfs has always been roughly 2GB loopback mount.Still, I think there are two kinds of rootfs' those that reside inside the "system" partition, which are not (really) resizable and those residing inside a "system.img" file in /data/system.img. Even though resizing still isn't supported it is relatively easy to do with the image.
The Nexus 7 deb is installed in such an image file. I think multirom capitalized on the support for installing into a file and did all installations in that way. I don't know though what makes some installations go into a partition and some into a file.
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@doniks said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
Even though resizing still isn't supported it is relatively easy to do with the image.
I never stated it couldn't be done. But it is not supported. and switching channels, or some in-channel updates, can/will overwrite it. I've only stated that it is not supported, and extremely problematic, but if you want to do it, the tools are there. We simply cannot support it as a normal feature of the system.
Also, ideally, we'd be able to ship the rootfs in the system partition, rather than in data, and have it truly be read-only without the option to mount it r/w at runtime, so that we could do boot verification and sign images to allow bootloader to be locked, and enable proper encryption of data partition. But unfortunately we aren't there yet. This would also be ideal on a PC, but alas we are still being held back there too.
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@dobey not disagreeing with you, nor did I claim that you said it wasn't possible. my point is simply that I wonder what determines whether an installation goes into a partition or into an image
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@doniks I think it was easier back then when the first concept was made to simply push a file as rootfs to the existing data partition folder, since that will almost always exist on the target devices. it greatly simplifies preconditions for installation.
With ongoing experience however things could be done differently of course. Still remember that every Android device might define partition sizes as they like, and we already had troubles with too big system images for a few devices.
With a growing number of supported and community devices those constraints will multiply, or we make custom installation process for each devices, but that doesnt spark joy. -
@dobey @doniks @Flohack Multirom app no longer works for Ubuntu touch at all on Oneplus, only for sailfish other android inside the app the options no longer load in on any combo or rom/kernels. It is not false memory on oneplus they used to makes rootfs different location which was bigger. Can anyone just help me "shoot myself in the foot"? I really don't care about system updates at all honestly would rather disable them after doing once. I dont mind breaking my system no and again. Apt-get upgrade was allowed out the box never had to remount. Other devices do not have the limited space issue this one used to not have this issue when it was installed with multirom and everything always seemed fine. Is resizing the system.img file all thats necessary for my problem go away any tips on how to do this. This pretty much means the difference of making the os worth it for me, havent been wanting to use it much as is even though I used to use it all the time. Like several others said I feel this needs to be fixed in the installer for oneplus. I shouldn't be limited to 6gb on my 64gb device Thanks
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@errorcodevortex said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
Apt-get upgrade was allowed out the box never had to remount.
This is simply just not true. Please stop saying this.
@errorcodevortex said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
I shouldn't be limited to 6gb on my 64gb device
You aren't. You are simply expecting something that has never been true, to be true.
@errorcodevortex said in Set partition sizes when flashing:
Can anyone just help me "shoot myself in the foot"?
Instructions for doing so have been clearly presented before in the thread. However, you keep demanding that this be some officially supported thing, rather than shooting yourself in the foot. It's not going to be. Go shoot yourself in your foot and be done with it.
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@dobey @doniks @Flohack @simbion I didn't have to do all this then I had full gimp , wifi tools, bunch of full linux programs running smoothly without libertine! And from what i gather it is still installed properly like this on Nexus5 and possibly other devices. A single apt-get upgrade would not immediately fill up my space because it was properly partioned from the install. This is pretty f*cked up. Through multirom oneplus it was chilling im telling you. So all I can get is 6gb for my apt-get I don't understand, that is obviously still not enough for continuous use of apt-get, apt-get is what linux is all about. I've decided to not go permenant r/w unless necessary. I'd just like to set it up dope once like most would I'm sure many here figured out before me. It seems like I am not the only one who seems unsatisfied with the answers available online right now.
Is the answer I'm looking for actually this from another thread
sudo rm -r /var/cache/apt
sudo tune2fs -m 0 /dev/loop0
-don't do apt-get full-upgrade after this it will kill anbox adb tell you device is offline
or your response from another thread here?
mkdir -p ~/aptcache
sudo mount --bind /home/phablet/aptcache /var/cache/aptsome version of this command? resize2fs -f /userdata/ubuntu.img
tried https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/771 but mount /data command put out device/resource busy even after using all umount options. I'm not a full linux guru yet but somewhat decent just was hoping someone would have the heart to give me the proper symlink/command for what I'm and it seems everyone is trying to do trying, maybe a private chat message if thats the level of suppression we're working with. I don't want to bug about any issues after the fact, reinstallation process and installer is pretty kush and easy process run really fast to reinstall. 6 gb of space by deleting files and cache within the folder is not shooting myself in the foot. I filled it full again last time I installed then what?
Can you or anyone just be like a real g keep it 100 for me not hold out on the command, you seem like a really smart dude I feel like you totally know how to do it perfectly, or anyone else I'd really appreciate it. It's. There is no clear(for me) answers to what I am asking specifically, I would really like to use all or a much larger portion of free available space not just 2 or 6gb and crash my system if I'd like to learning about the limits of the system. I understand the risk entirely please help me out not all heros wear capes
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Please stop pinging a ghroup of people in every post...
Then unfortunately as far as it concerns me, I can´t help you, I never tried to do such stuff.
Also, the Canonical images were always made in the way the UBports images are made today. We changed 0, so they always had a limit on the partition size, were r/o etc.
Multirom just boots different kernels I dont see how this could affect partition sizes at all.
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dang I feel like I'm one of ones who got too see what was up with it on multirom on oneplus it was super finnicky to install but dope asf once you got it running, I think they used a custom image not the exact same from canonical. Which I could find it as a flashable zip
