Difference between revisions of "Raspberry Pi Disk Partitions"
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* Claim a partition above | * Claim a partition above | ||
* Make sure it's empty! | * Make sure it's empty! | ||
− | * Format it with | + | * Format it with <code>mkfs -t ext3 /dev/PARTITIONID</code> |
− | * Mount it: mnt /dev/PARTITIONID /mnt/whatever | + | * Mount it: <code>mnt /dev/PARTITIONID /mnt/whatever</code> |
− | * Copy it: cp -x -R -p -v / /mnt/whatever | + | * Copy it: <code>cp -x -R -p -v / /mnt/whatever</code> |
** The -x prevents the copy from proceeding to other filesystems | ** The -x prevents the copy from proceeding to other filesystems | ||
− | * Copy /boot/cmdline.txt to /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID | + | * Copy /boot/cmdline.txt to <code>/boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID</code> |
− | * Edit /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID to say: root=/dev/PARTITIONID | + | * Edit /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID to say: <code>root=/dev/PARTITIONID</code> |
− | * Whenever you want to boot from your partition: cp /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID /boot/cmdline.txt | + | * Whenever you want to boot from your partition: <code>cp /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID /boot/cmdline.txt</code> |
− | * Change /etc/motd in your partition to tell people which partition they're on | + | * Change <code>/etc/motd</code> in your partition to tell people which partition they're on |
Revision as of 10:22, 23 November 2011
Disk partitions in use on the Raspberry Pi:
- sda1 - Fedora 13 with a lot of experiments ;-) - ctyler and paulw
- sda2 - Fedora 13 experiments - ctyler
- sda3
- sda5
- sda6
- sda7
- sda8
- sda9
If you want a disk partition, claim it by filling in the list above.
Recommendation for copying partitions:
- Claim a partition above
- Make sure it's empty!
- Format it with
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/PARTITIONID
- Mount it:
mnt /dev/PARTITIONID /mnt/whatever
- Copy it:
cp -x -R -p -v / /mnt/whatever
- The -x prevents the copy from proceeding to other filesystems
- Copy /boot/cmdline.txt to
/boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID
- Edit /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID to say:
root=/dev/PARTITIONID
- Whenever you want to boot from your partition:
cp /boot/cmdline.PARTITIONID /boot/cmdline.txt
- Change
/etc/motd
in your partition to tell people which partition they're on