Write protected partition?

[guymanforget]

So i installed arch linux on my raspberry pi. but i realised i only have 2 gigabytes of space. I know what to do, just resize it in gparted. except the partitions are write protected and i cant resize. How can i go about resizing them? im doing this from a linux pc.

[RAZERZ]

Start your Pi normally. Open a terminal window and type;

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sudo raspi-config

The first option should be "Expand Filesystem". Hit enter and it should be done after a few seconds-minutes depending on your sdcard size. Now, (don't exit out of the terminal window) hit the right arrow on your keyboard until you higlight "finish" and hit enter. It will tell you that you need to reboot. Hit "yes" and once you have rebooted, open a terminal window and type;

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df -h

You want to focus on the second line;

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 7.2G 4.9G 2.0G 72% /
devtmpfs 459M 0 459M 0% /dev
tmpfs 463M 39M 425M 9% /dev/shm
tmpfs 463M 6.6M 457M 2% /run
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 463M 0 463M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1 63M 21M 43M 33% /boot
tmpfs 93M 0 93M 0% /run/user/1000
/dev/sda1 7.3G 542M 6.4G 8% /media/pi/Rami's USB drive

This will tell you how much you are using and how much you have left.

Hope that helped!

[B.Goode]

Start your Pi normally. Open a terminal window and type;

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sudo raspi-config

Is the raspi-config utility installed and usable with Arch Linux?

(I'm genuinely asking: it may be, but I was under the impression it was a tool for configuring a Raspbian system.)

[fruitoftheloom]

Start your Pi normally. Open a terminal window and type;

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sudo raspi-config

Is the raspi-config utility installed and usable with Arch Linux?

(I'm genuinely asking: it may be, but I was under the impression it was a tool for configuring a Raspbian system.)

+1 in Arch you have to manually size partitions, not sure what you installed though and how you installed Arch:

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv ... berry-pi-2

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv ... berry-pi-3

[RAZERZ]

Start your Pi normally. Open a terminal window and type;

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sudo raspi-config

Is the raspi-config utility installed and usable with Arch Linux?

(I'm genuinely asking: it may be, but I was under the impression it was a tool for configuring a Raspbian system.)

+1 in Arch you have to manually size partitions, not sure what you installed though and how you installed Arch:

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv ... berry-pi-2

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv ... berry-pi-3

I have raspbian but I used to have kali linux and I remember (it was a long time ago) that I could acces it from terminal.

[fruitoftheloom]

I have raspbian but I used to have kali linux and I remember (it was a long time ago) that I could acces it from terminal.

So not related to Arch Linux Arm ONE IOTA