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    • nickdj
      nickdj last edited by

      I've been messing about with the configuration because I use some add-ons within Kodi which take up all the available space on the root partition.  So I went about seeing if I could change the default size. I discovered a file called partitions.json in the os/recalboxOS-rpi2 folder so I changed the value from 2000 to 4000 on the following line:   "label": "root", "filesystem_type": "ext4", "partition_size_nominal": 4000, "want_maximised": false, "mkfs_options": "-O ^huge_file", "uncompressed_tarball_size": 600   I tried this on a new Recalbox install but it didn't work for some reason. So I downloaded NOOBs lite and put the folder '<span style="line-height: 1.5;">recalboxOS-rpi2' in the os folder.  Performed a fresh install and 'Hey presto' I have a larger root partition!</span> Would there be an easier way to set the default root partition size for those using Kodi?

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      • Substring
        Substring last edited by

        nope, for a very simple reasy : the partition sized when you install through noobs. Partitions are made at one of the very first steps of the NOOBS installation. You can't even resize / after due to the partitions order can't you try a symbolic link to another partition ? or usb stick ?

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        • kryptto
          kryptto last edited by

          A USB stick is your best bet Nick.

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          • spiwrx
            spiwrx last edited by

            I'm running into the same problem scraping my game and likely causing some KODI issues I'm having. I'm assuming you made the file change to partitions.json, saved to the recalboxOS-rpi2, then put into NOOBS lite? I'll have to try this later, unless there is a more simple way to redirect the scraper images to a different location.   Also using 64GB card. RaspBerryPi2 3.3.0b17 Sandisk 64GB C10 OverClocked

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            • spiwrx
              spiwrx last edited by

              Ok, I didn't use the NOOBs, but instead just extracted recalbox on my computer, adjusted "partition_size_nominal »: 4000" in "partitions.json" as suggested by Nick, saved and copied all the extracted files to my FAT32 formatted 64GB MicroSd. Installed as fresh install and now I have 4GB root partition. Hopefully that's enough space to scrape the rest of my collection of ROMs. Hopefully after some testing it clears up some KODI isses as well, though I think they are Addon related or a system settingpartition I have wrong...

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