hi,
with the LIME2 pre built image (SD Card) , the system partition is small (512mo) so it restrict the number of application we can install.
is there a trick to change the partition size ? , i try gparted but it fail , so i need to generate a new image ?
can i use the A20 micro SDK avalaible here ? https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO
thank you
Hi,
when you say that you faild to resize your partition with gparted, what do you mean ?
Is there an error given by gparted or nothing happen ?
BR,
Worst case you can take the image you have as a file, mount via loopback, make a new (empty) loopback image with the partition(s) you want, then mount it loopback and copy files across. Finally dd it to SD card.
No need for gparted
John
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1O7sjguEoffVFY4QnZXX2RkbVE/view?usp=sharing
Image of an 8GB microSD with Android 4.2.2 for OLinuXino A20 Lime2.
There is 5 GB free space for apps available.
System partition has been expanded twice to 1 GB.
To copy uncompressed image to microSD issue command:
dd if=Android_A20_8GB.img of=/dev/sdX
or use Win32 Disk Imager.
Partition FAT32 sdcard has capacity 260MB , but you can resize it if you have a 16GB or larger microSD card by the command:
sfdisk -f -N1 /dev/sdX
then format it by the command:
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX
thanks pawel, i'll test tomorrow
john, the partition of the are not understood by gparted, i don't know why
see the screen below (partition list bellow)
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/mmcblk0p1 4497408 15523839 11026432 5,3G b W95 FAT32
/dev/mmcblk0p2 * 73728 106495 32768 16M 6 FAT16
/dev/mmcblk0p3 1 4497408 4497408 2,1G 85 Linux extended
/dev/mmcblk0p5 106496 139263 32768 16M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p6 139264 172031 32768 16M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p7 172032 1482751 1310720 640M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p8 1482752 2531327 1048576 512M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p9 2531328 2564095 32768 16M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p10 2564096 2629631 65536 32M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p11 2629632 3940351 1310720 640M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p12 3940352 4464639 524288 256M 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p13 4464640 4497407 32768 16M 83 Linux
As I posted, you do not need to use gparted.
John
I simply dumped all affected partitions from microSD to files, used sfdisk to edit partition table manually in sector mode and then copied partitions back and resized them to match the new partition sizes.
Sfdisk is not easy to use, you really need to RTFM, know what you are doing and be able to type (or paste from bc) calculated sector numbers flawlessly.
pawel , your image works thanks for your advise, , i currently use fdisk, i'll try sfdisk now ,
sorry john , my comment on gparded was about frederic message