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Re: Bigger disk for preinstalled image?



On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:31:12AM +0100, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> Once or twice per year, I need to use a Debian GNU/Hurd system (I'm an
> upstream SDCC developer and want to check that SDCC works well on Debian
> GNU/Hurd before releases).
> 
> The preinstalled images are convenient. But after installing the build
> dependencies, the 4 GB disk size is too small to full SDCC regression tests.
> 
> Is there an easy way to increase the size of the disk for the
> preinstalled image?

If using a virtual machine, you could add another disk and format it
yourself, then mount it where it suits you and work there.

You could resize the 4 GB disk and its partitions, but it's more work
and somewhat easy to mess up, which could be destructive, so I don't
recommend it.

-- 
Richard Braun


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