[PATCH] olpc.fth - grow the root filesystem partition on boot

[James Cameron]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:20:26PM -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> 
> On Mar 16, 2012 11:03 PM, "James Cameron" <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> > Attached is a revised patch, which places the resize: before
> > zblocks-end: with a wrapper to prevent warning.  This allows the resize:
> > request to be added to olpc-os-builder without requiring OpenFirmware
> > support.
> 
> This completely nukes our ability to run fs-verify after fs-update.
> 
> In the mystery mgf/qa bug we are chasing right now, the ability to run
> fs-verify is something... I wouldn't want to lose so quick.
> 
> Am I understanding this correctly, that you're injecting this in the .zd file
> so it runs unconditionally? Can we make it optional (even if it defaults to
> yes)? So that "fs-update noresize u:\os666.zd" wil DWIM?

I think you may have misunderstood.

The patch to OpenFirmware adds fs-update-no-resize, which does not
completely nuke our ability to run fs-verify.

Please also read the previous message
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2012-March/034532.html

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/