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Install Image script does not respect size of partition greater than 2G but less than disk size
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Description

Tried installing the 1.3.x rolling release and it did not allow for manual partition size.

Details

Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
vyos-1.3-rolling-201911230242-amd64.iso
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

Hi @systo
Can you describe step by step what you did not succeed?
The example below is just an example.

VyOS 1.3-rolling-201912040242

Would you like to continue? (Yes/No) [Yes]: 
Probing drives: OK

Partition (Auto/Parted/Skip) [Auto]: Parted

The VyOS install needs a minimum 2000MB root
with partiton type 83 (Linux).

(parted) print                                                            
Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vda: 8590MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

(parted) mkpart                                                           
Partition type?  primary/extended? primary                                
File system type?  [ext2]?                                                
Start? 1                                                                  
End? 3000MB                                                               
(parted)

(parted) print                                                            
Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vda: 8590MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  3000MB  2999MB  primary  ext2         lba
I found the following partitions suitable for the VyOS image:
Partition	Size
 vda1		2998MB


Which partition should I install the root on? [vda1]: 


Looking for config files from previous installations on vda1...
Creating filesystem on /dev/vda1: OK
Done!
Mounting /dev/vda1...
What would you like to name this image? [1.3-rolling-201912040242]: 


Copying /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot to vda.
Enter password for administrator account
Enter password for user 'vyos':
Retype password for user 'vyos':
I need to install the GRUB boot loader.
I found the following drives on your system:
 vda	8589MB


Which drive should GRUB modify the boot partition on? [vda]:

After install/reboot

vyos@vyos:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            230M     0  230M   0% /dev
tmpfs            49M  1.9M   47M   4% /run
/dev/vda1       2.7G  553M  2.0G  22% /usr/lib/live/mount/persistence
/dev/loop0      495M  495M     0 100% /usr/lib/live/mount/rootfs/1.3-rolling-201912040242.squashfs
tmpfs           244M     0  244M   0% /usr/lib/live/mount/overlay
overlay         2.7G  553M  2.0G  22% /
tmpfs           244M     0  244M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           244M     0  244M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           244M  4.0K  244M   1% /tmp
none            244M   40K  244M   1% /opt/vyatta/config
tmpfs            49M     0   49M   0% /run/user/1003
vyos@vyos:~$ sudo fdisk --list | grep vda
Disk /dev/vda: 8 GiB, 8589934592 bytes, 16777216 sectors
/dev/vda1        2048 5859327 5857280  2.8G 83 Linux
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@systo mark as resolved. Reopen it if necessary.

erkin set Issue type to Bug (incorrect behavior).Aug 31 2021, 6:14 PM