Subject: [PATCH] system: images: Add comment how to enlarge visionfive2 root partition.
From: Florian Pelz <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Florian Pelz <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 16:22:38 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

fdisk as documented upstream does *not* work and breaks boot on 4 microSD
cards that I tried.

* gnu/system/images/visionfive2.scm: Add comment.
[visionfive2-barebones-os]<packages>: Add `parted'.
Remove not generally useful `cloud-utils', 'neofetch' packages.

Change-Id: Ibcb6fd70e3ecc194187c4e882e983740349960cc
---
 gnu/system/images/visionfive2.scm | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/system/images/visionfive2.scm b/gnu/system/images/visionfive2.scm
index 26f70afbc1..731fd8fa47 100644
--- a/gnu/system/images/visionfive2.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/images/visionfive2.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 Zheng Junjie <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Florian Pelz <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -19,19 +20,13 @@
 (define-module (gnu system images visionfive2)
   #:use-module (gnu bootloader)
   #:use-module (gnu bootloader u-boot)
-  #:use-module (gnu services dbus)
-  #:use-module (gnu services dns)
-  #:use-module (gnu services avahi)
-  #:use-module (gnu services shepherd)
   #:use-module (gnu services ssh)
   #:use-module (gnu services networking)
   #:use-module (gnu image)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
 
+  #:use-module (gnu packages disk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ssh)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages guile-xyz)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
   #:use-module (gnu services)
   #:use-module (gnu services base)
   #:use-module (gnu services networking)
@@ -54,6 +49,10 @@ (define-module (gnu system images visionfive2)
 ;;; uboot> setenv fdtfile starfive/jh7110-starfive-visionfive-2-v1.3b.dtb
 ;;; uboot> saveenv
 ;;;
+;;; Use parted and resize2fs to enlarge the root partition.  While StarFive
+;;; recommends using fdisk and not parted in their Quick Start Guide, for
+;;; this Guix System image, this would give us an unbootable state.
+;;;
 ;;; Code:
 
 (define visionfive2-barebones-os
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ (define visionfive2-barebones-os
                         %base-file-systems))
     (kernel-arguments (list "earlycon" "clk_ignore_unused"))
     (firmware '())
-    (packages (append (list cloud-utils neofetch) %base-packages))
+    (packages (append (list parted) %base-packages))
     (services
      (append (list (service openssh-service-type
                             (openssh-configuration

base-commit: 3979812d4923e980f0069ad99332e2df7c033769
-- 
2.45.2