On 04/10/2020 02:41 pm, A. Dumas wrote:
> Chris Elvidge  wrote:
>> On 04/10/2020 01:56 pm, NY wrote:
>>> On my Pi 4, I installed RaspiOS from NOOBS and configured everything. I
>>> installed to the 16 GB SD card which was supplied, but there isn't much
>>> free disk space so I'd like to copy the image to a 32 GB card and use
>>> the extra 16 GB on that card as root filesystem.
>>>
>>> Using Windows, I've copied the image from the 16 GB card to a .IMG file,
>>> and then from that .IMG file to the 32 GB card, using Win32 Disk Imager
>>> (should I be using a different tool to do this?).
>>>
>>> The Pi boots fine. df -k shows that the root partition is still 16 GB,
>>> as I'd expect.
>>>
>>> I run sudo raspi-config and select Advanced | Expand Filesystem - but I
>>> get an error "Your partition layout is not currently supported by this
>>> tool. You are probably using NOOBS in which case your root filesystem is
>>> already expanded anyway".
>>>
>>> How do I proceed from here? Will I have to start from scratch, putting
>>> NOOBS on the 32 GB card and then installing everything again. Or would a
>>> different disk imaging tool create the 32 GB card in such a way that
>>> raspi-config can expand the filesystem?
>>
>> One way that gets over the need to expand it would be to make a
>> filesystem on /dev/mmcblk0p3 and then use that as /home.
>> Mount the new filesystem to /mnt and then rsync -av /home/ /mnt/
>> Unmount and mount the new filesystem on /home to check.
>> Then you can unmount and remove the old /home/* and remount the new one
>> on /home/
>>
>> Alternatively (assuming you have the full desktop) install gparted and
>> use that to remove mmcblk0p3 and expand mmcblk0p2 to the fullest extent.
>>
>> You can probably do it with parted from the command line - but I've
>> never tried.
>
> And then remember to never ever use Noobs again.
>

I wouldn't assume noobs was the problem, it seems more likely it was the
use of a 16GB card in the first place.
However, I would agree that noobs is a solution looking for a problem.


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Chris Elvidge, England

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