Re: Fedora26 image size

Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 3 Apr 2017 19:29:05 -0400



    True, first you have to uncompress it, the work with the image. 
    Than do the install script manually.

    
    but I am asking for a global change on koji.

    
    that way the installer script works with images to more 4GB mSD
    cards.

    
    On 04/03/2017 04:15 PM, Andrew Gillis
      wrote:

    
      This is fairly easy to do yourself. Just loop mount
        the partition from the image and reduce the size. I have mine
        down to under 3GB,
        

        -Andrew
      
      
        On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Robert
          Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          wrote:

          Back home
            where my pile of 8 and 16 GB mSD cards are. So I can do an
            image install to see how large the image actually is...

            
            Disk /dev/sdb: 7.4 GiB, 7969177600 bytes, 15564800 sectors

            Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

            Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

            I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

            Disklabel type: dos

            Disk identifier: 0xd7636468

            
            Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type

            /dev/sdb1          2048   61439   59392   29M  c W95 FAT32
            (LBA)

            /dev/sdb2  *      61440 1060863  999424  488M 83 Linux

            /dev/sdb3       1060864 2060287  999424  488M 82 Linux swap
            / Solaris

            /dev/sdb4       2060288 7919615 5859328  2.8G 82 Linux swap
            / Solaris

            
            Could you possibly reduce the size of the / partition so
            that the total image is a bit smaller?

            
            Your image requires a 3.95GB mSD card.  7919615 512 byte
            sectors to be exact (or at least with the server image).

            
            I have LOTS of 4GB in the 3.8GB size.  For example the one I
            had with my traveling last week is 7774208 512 byte sectors.

            
            It is not like you have filled the / partition; there is
            unused space.  It would make your claim that a 4GB mSD card
            can be used for the image install more likely to be true.

            
            Or just state that better use work with a 8GB mSD card to
            avoid possible overwrite errors.

            
            My 2c worth.

            
            Oh, and interesting that F24 fdisk reports the xfs partition
            as swap?

            
            Robert

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