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<pre>dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024 >> /path/to/image.ext3</pre> | <pre>dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024 >> /path/to/image.ext3</pre> | ||
- | Note that the ">>" is critical here, meaning append the zeroes to the end of the file; accidentally use ">" and you'll overwrite the image. | + | Note that the ">>" is critical here, meaning append the zeroes to the end of the file; accidentally use ">" and you'll overwrite the image. This will "fail" with an error on a FAT32 filesystem, but, don't worry, that's because we hit the maximum file size before we ran out of zeroes. Our image file will still be the desired maximum possible size. Now, we need to unmount and remount the image, in order for the loop mount to pick up the larger "device" that we just created. This is as simple as running the Close Debian script, then restarting Easy Debian via Deb Chroot (or sudo debian). |
Finally, we grow our ext3 file system to match. From within the chroot, issue a | Finally, we grow our ext3 file system to match. From within the chroot, issue a |
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