Can I partition my sd card for half os, half storage?

[MartinPi]

Hi there, is this possible?

I have a 32gb micro sd card with full sd adaptor (so I can plug it into my iMac and install noobs).

Is it possible to partition the sd card so that half of the drive is FAT32 with the noobs install, and half just empty FAT32 for storage sharing. What I mean by storage sharing is a space on the drive that both the Pi and my computer can access when plugged in at a given moment.

Ie, take my sd card out my Pi, plug it into my Mac, add a document from my Mac and put it back into the Pi and access the document.

[DougieLawson]

You can't take the SDCard out while the RPi is booted from it (if it has the root fs). Your RPi will crash and you risk corrupting the filesystems on the card.

Use a USB memory stick to transfer files. It's easier and can be done without a reboot.

[stderr]

Ie, take my sd card out my Pi, plug it into my Mac, add a document from my Mac and put it back into the Pi and access the document.

Certainly you can format part of your sdcard in something that the Mac would prefer to be able to read. The main problem with dividing up a drive into a lot of chunks is that you might end up with a need for space in one chunk but the only available space is in another. Certainly it would seem that 16gig for the os should be enough.

[solar3000]

Its a little complicated to resize it. I just picked up a 32GB card for $8 USD. That's slightly more than the pi zero.

[fruitoftheloom]

Hi there, is this possible?

I have a 32gb micro sd card with full sd adaptor (so I can plug it into my iMac and install noobs).

Is it possible to partition the sd card so that half of the drive is FAT32 with the noobs install, and half just empty FAT32 for storage sharing. What I mean by storage sharing is a space on the drive that both the Pi and my computer can access when plugged in at a given moment.

Ie, take my sd card out my Pi, plug it into my Mac, add a document from my Mac and put it back into the Pi and access the document.

The issue with NOOBS is it creates its own partitioning scheme:

https://github.com/raspberrypi/noobs/wi ... -explained