[SOLVED] Resizing | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 3:44 PM

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Hello, I've been avoiding this problem for a long time but its time finally came. I need to resize my /boot partition. I've been researching for like 1h about this, watching multiple videos but they either have some other configuration or dont do it on the boot folder. I am also scared because I dont want to break something. I have a dual boot machine. Arch is installed on one of my ssds. It was a 1TB ssd. I slpit it into 200 for Arch and the rest windows. I also have a linux swap that I dont use. What I want to do is: either from those 200 or from the swap to give /boot partition enough space. Idc, I would give him like 20gb just so I dont have to get this headache again...
I am willing to pay if this is something that would take a lot of time or very complicated :C

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:10 PM

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That's definitely a strange partition layout, so did you just use the EFI partition that was originally made by windows?

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:13 PM

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stark path That's definitely a strange partition layout, so did you just use the EFI partit...

Yes

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Is there any problem with that?

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:15 PM

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As it is only 100mb, it isn't big enough to be mounted at /boot without some tweaks, though I assume you've noticed that

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Besides resizing, there are a few other things you can do to get around this

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What bootloader are you using?

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Grub

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:17 PM

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stark path Besides resizing, there are a few other things you can do to get around this

Sure. All I want is to be able to uppdate my system and Download stuff again :")

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:18 PM

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arctic flax Grub

Because GRUB is able to boot from things outside of the EFI partition, you could just mount it somewhere else, like /efi, and have the kernel and initramfs be stored in your root partition instead

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:20 PM

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stark path Because GRUB is able to boot from things outside of the EFI partition, you could...

Sure

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how would I do that

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FS_Stress

balmy shore May 15, 2023, 4:21 PM

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dw

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it’ll be fine

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:21 PM

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First, delete all of the stuff inside /boot besides the EFI directory

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Then, run umount /boot to unmount the partition, and mount --mkdir /dev/sdb2 /efi to remount it at the new mount point

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:23 PM

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okay

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from this

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Going to this

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:23 PM

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yeah, only keep the EFI directory in there

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:25 PM

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okay

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okay done

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stark path May 15, 2023, 4:26 PM

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Now reinstall the linux and amd-ucode packages

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And then reinstall GRUB with grub-install --efi-directory=/efi and grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:28 PM

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Wait wait wait

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reinstall linux??

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Do I not need a flash drive?

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:29 PM

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It's just reinstalling the kernel

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Reinstall those packages with pacman

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:30 PM

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Ohh okay

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umm

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god dammit

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I see some fixes on the internet and idk if they are useful

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:33 PM

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Do you see the files in `/boot?

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:33 PM

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I see this

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Looks good

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I think

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:35 PM

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stark path And then reinstall GRUB with `grub-install --efi-directory=/efi` and `grub-mkcon...

Now do this

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:35 PM

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I was trying

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:(

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do I need to be inside charoot?

stark path May 15, 2023, 4:36 PM

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No

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Can you show lsblk?

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I have to go for a bit, sorry

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 4:37 PM

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Noo, dont leave me WTF
I am scared my pc will stop working now

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scaredshake

balmy shore May 15, 2023, 5:14 PM

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dwdw

stark path May 15, 2023, 5:19 PM

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hm

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 5:21 PM

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balmy shore dwdw

How can I not worry?

balmy shore May 15, 2023, 5:22 PM

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everything will be fine

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 5:22 PM

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proof?

balmy shore May 15, 2023, 5:26 PM

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all the ppl who suceed in a similar operation

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 5:29 PM

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FS_Stress

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I am not closing this pc now :)

stark path May 15, 2023, 5:44 PM

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Try logging into root with su - and running that command again

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 5:46 PM

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stark path Try logging into root with `su -` and running that command again

Same thing FS_Stress

stark path May 15, 2023, 5:52 PM

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Try unmounting it and mounting it again

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 5:54 PM

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Something weird

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happens here

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How can it be mounted and unmounted at the same time??

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sad

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:02 PM

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No, unmount /efi, there isn't anything mounted at /boot

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oh I see the issue

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:06 PM

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oh

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I was going to post a ss of nothing working

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lol

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:07 PM

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You did /ef1 instead of /efi

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:07 PM

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Oh

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god dammit

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How do I fix my mistake

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going back and mounting in efi doesnt actually seem to work

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oh wait

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I think it does

boreal cloud May 15, 2023, 6:09 PM

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I've deleted the slur, will ask you don't use slurs, even when directed to yourself.

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:10 PM

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umount /ef1
rm -rf /ef1
mount --mkdir /dev/sdb2 /efi

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And then run the GRUB commands again

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:12 PM

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Great Succes!!

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:D

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:13 PM

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did you just react with a nerd emoji in response to being told to not say slurs? uh

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Boom. This is how it was supposed to look, right? :D

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:14 PM

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yeah

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Yuppi

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:14 PM

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you should be fine to reboot now

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:15 PM

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After rebooting, is finished?

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:16 PM

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You'll need to edit the fstab so the mount point is /efi instead of /boot

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You would probably want to do that before rebooting, but as long as you reboot after editing it and before you update it should be fine

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:17 PM

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wait wait, how would do that?

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You mean from this

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To this

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stark path May 15, 2023, 6:19 PM

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yep

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:19 PM

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Perfect

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:D

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Anything else? :D

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:20 PM

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That should be all

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:20 PM

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Perfect

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Tho I am coffused

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on how I got more size to update my system

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:22 PM

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You shouldn't need to anymore, if you mean the EFI partition

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:22 PM

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So I can uppdate my system now

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:23 PM

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You hopefully should be able to

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:24 PM

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stark path You hopefully should be able to

It wokred

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Yaaay

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:24 PM

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👍

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:24 PM

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Over 1k thinggs were uppdated

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lolol

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Thank you so much! Anything I could help you with for your time invested in me?

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:25 PM

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You don't need to do anything for me

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:25 PM

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stark path You don't need to do anything for me

Okay. Thank you and have a good day!

tardy marlinBOT May 15, 2023, 6:25 PM

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Me Derp received a thank you cookie!

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:26 PM

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++done

stark path May 15, 2023, 6:26 PM

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... solved

arctic flax May 15, 2023, 6:26 PM

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how was the command

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