Making /boot bigger on LoxBerry image

[Gast]

Hi,

I am trying to install the OctoSound library in a LoxBerry image. After it tries redimensioning the /boot partition (because it needs a specific kernel version), it fails due to insufficient space (or that's what it seems to be).

Would there be any possibility of making it bigger by default? Thanks!

[Christian Fenzl]

There’s currently no LoxBerry feature for that.

With RaspiBackup it is possible, please see it’s documentation.

Regards, Christian

[Gast]

I was looking more for a generic solution (increasing the size in the base image ). I format the SD card nearly every week (i tend to mess configurations, break internal stuff when testing, etc), and having to re-dimension the boot partition is an added step . To be honest I don't know what is it trying to put in there, but I suppose it tries copying the existing stuff to make a backup, and the usage rate is by default above 50% (so it does not fit).

But I understand it's not a sufficient reason to do so. I will try see if I can find a different solution.

[Christian Fenzl]

We are about the problem, and LoxBerry‘s next image will have a bigger /boot partition, we agreed. But we hadn’t found a solution yet for running LB‘s, that runs fully automatic, that is generic enough, and stable.

This might be helpful:

https://github.com/framps/raspiBackup/issues/176#issuecomment-622931012

After that, you could create a new image with the new partition sizes.

lg, Christian

[Gast]

Ah, understood!

Yes, no problem with the existing ones. Thanks!