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Reduced size of PI image from 12 GB to 2 GB #353

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Reduced partition sizes in format_sd.sh script
rschueler May 15, 2026
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Reduce image size allocation in build_image.sh
rschueler May 15, 2026
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Increase image size from 2G to 4G
rschueler May 19, 2026
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions configs/pi/common/scripts/build_image.sh
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Expand Up @@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ if [[ "$PI_IMAGE" != /* ]]; then
PI_IMAGE=$SKIFF_ROOT_DIR/$PI_IMAGE
fi

# TODO: reduce size of this image
echo "Allocating sparse image..."
fallocate -l 12G $PI_IMAGE
fallocate -l 4G $PI_IMAGE

echo "Setting up loopback device..."
export PI_SD=$(losetup --show -fP $PI_IMAGE)
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions configs/pi/common/scripts/format_sd.sh
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Expand Up @@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ sudo parted $PI_SD mklabel msdos
sleep 1

echo "Making boot partition..."
sudo parted -a optimal $PI_SD -- mkpart primary fat32 0% 8G
sudo parted -a optimal $PI_SD -- mkpart primary fat32 0% 1.4G

echo "Making rootfs partition..."
sudo parted -a optimal $PI_SD -- mkpart primary ext4 8G 10G
sudo parted -a optimal $PI_SD -- mkpart primary ext4 1.4G 1.6G

echo "Making persist partition..."
sudo parted -a optimal $PI_SD -- mkpart primary ext4 10G "-1s"
sudo parted -a optimal $PI_SD -- mkpart primary ext4 1.6G "-1s"

echo "Waiting for partprobe..."
sudo partprobe $PI_SD || true
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