resizing rootfs to fit the disk

[Richard A. Smith]

On 03/05/2010 03:59 PM, James Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 08:55:26AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Paul Fox<pgf at laptop.org>  wrote:
>>> i.e., if power fails, will
>>> the ext3 journal fix things as well as it ever does?
>>
>> That would be my question... time to... yank that powercord!
>
> I've got a desktop controlled power relay, and with the AP tag, and a
> careful serial script, I could try to automate the sequence;

No need. I have the tools already.  All you need is an XO 1.5.   I put 
together the attached setup when doing ext4 power off while writing 
stuff testing.

Edit random-off.sh to have the max seconds you want to delay and you 
will get random hard off somewhere in that time.  The OFW command client 
is very picky about where it finds its files from though so you need to 
be in the extracted directory when you run the scripts so it can find 
the support files.

The 0xdb EC command is EC reboot and restart.  Its used for firmware 
upgrades.  The EC will throw a watchdog and the system will restart.
You can replace 0xdb with 0xd7 which simulates the user pressing the 
power button off and then back on.

All XO-1.5 versions of EC firmware for a long time support both these 
cmds.  Either should serve for this purpose.

-- 
Richard A. Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop per Child
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