Re: smaller cloud images, raw cloud images
>>>>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 18:49:14 +0200, Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> said:
> I don't think we need image as small as possible, to the last bits.
> Quite the opposite, to make the resize-at-boot possible, we need to
> leave a bit of free space. But even like that, we're talking about
> saving half the space... That's half the storage space for providers,
> for us, and many more (and also half the download time).
I did some manual tests, but resize2fs did not saved much space, even
when the FS is using only a small part of the FS. Here's an explanation why this may happen.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/456723/how-to-shrink-a-partition-below-the-minimum-size-reported-by-resize2fs
That's why I asked if you have better results when using
--automatic-resize within your tool.
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regards Thomas
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