Expanding root partition and filesystem
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Introduction
This instruction expands OpenWrt root partition and filesystem on
x86 target.
Follow the
automated section for quick setup.
Features
Support ext4
and squashfs
image types.
Automatically identify the root partition and filesystem.
Expand the root partition and filesystem using free space.
Preserve the scripts through firmware upgrade.
Automatically run after firmware upgrade.
Instructions
# Configure startup scripts
cat << "EOF" > /etc/uci-defaults/70-rootpt-resize
if [ ! -e /etc/rootpt-resize ] \
&& type parted > /dev/null \
&& lock -n /var/lock/root-resize
then
ROOT_BLK="$(readlink -f /sys/dev/block/"$(awk -e \
'$9=="/dev/root"{print $3}' /proc/self/mountinfo)")"
ROOT_DISK="/dev/$(basename "${ROOT_BLK%/*}")"
ROOT_PART="${ROOT_BLK##*[^0-9]}"
parted -f -s "${ROOT_DISK}" \
resizepart "${ROOT_PART}" 100%
mount_root done
touch /etc/rootpt-resize
reboot
fi
exit 1
EOF
cat << "EOF" > /etc/uci-defaults/80-rootfs-resize
if [ ! -e /etc/rootfs-resize ] \
&& [ -e /etc/rootpt-resize ] \
&& type losetup > /dev/null \
&& type resize2fs > /dev/null \
&& lock -n /var/lock/root-resize
then
ROOT_BLK="$(readlink -f /sys/dev/block/"$(awk -e \
'$9=="/dev/root"{print $3}' /proc/self/mountinfo)")"
ROOT_DEV="/dev/${ROOT_BLK##*/}"
LOOP_DEV="$(awk -e '$5=="/overlay"{print $9}' \
/proc/self/mountinfo)"
if [ -z "${LOOP_DEV}" ]
then
LOOP_DEV="$(losetup -f)"
losetup "${LOOP_DEV}" "${ROOT_DEV}"
fi
resize2fs -f "${LOOP_DEV}"
mount_root done
touch /etc/rootfs-resize
reboot
fi
exit 1
EOF
cat << "EOF" >> /etc/sysupgrade.conf
/etc/uci-defaults/70-rootpt-resize
/etc/uci-defaults/80-rootfs-resize
EOF
Examples
# Install packages
opkg update
opkg install parted losetup resize2fs
# Expand root partition/filesystem
sh /etc/uci-defaults/70-rootpt-resize
Automated
wget -U "" -O expand-root.sh "https://openwrt.org/_export/code/docs/guide-user/advanced/expand_root?codeblock=0"
. ./expand-root.sh