I want to increase size of my Pup personal storage file, but

[efdeel]

I want to increase size of my Pup personal storage file, but it didnt change AFTER booting (I shutdown and restart the computer).

As long as I remember, I only have one personal file (just default from installation).

Currently, I am running on:
bionicpup64-8.0-uefi.iso

Macbook 2,1 Late 2006
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macb ... specs.html

Personal File : bionicpup64save.4fs >>>> 4095 Mb / 378 Mb free
Partition: sda1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 57216 Mb / 52539 Mb free

picture down here:

[ally]

I think that the sda1 reference is to show how much disk space is available?

[efdeel]

I think that the sda1 reference is to show how much disk space is available?

I think sda1 have 52539 Mb free.....which is more than enough, I think. (?)

[jafadmin]

Coincidentally, that is the max file size on a FAT32 filesystem ..

[efdeel]

Coincidentally, that is the max file size on a FAT32 filesystem ..

Thank you.......got it

[Semme]

You need to dump your browser cache!

Hint: You can avoid the elephant in the room by setting the limit to zero.

[efdeel]

You need to dump your browser cache!

Hint: You can avoid the elephant in the room by setting the limit to zero.

yup.....after some "cleaning" now I have 3,2 GiB free scape

[musher0]

Hi efdeel.

If this happens again, try creating a text file like this one:

KILOBIG=65536
PUPSAVEFILEX=/DpupStretch-7.0b/stretchsave-yaya.2fs

in your editor.
Notes --
-- The size on the first line is in kilobytes: 65536 means 64 Mb. Multiply that number as
needed.
There is a handy converter here.
There is a converter in Puppies, but it works properly only if the system language
uses the dot as decimal separator. IOW, it works with variants of English and a few
other languages, not with Latin languages. (This is a heads-up, if your main language
is not English.)
On the other hand, Forum member don570 has produced an excellent FR-EN converter
and formulas utility. Its name escapes me ATM, will be back with it later.

-- You can skip the subdirectory if your pupsave file is not in one (second line).

-- Save this small file as file /mnt/home/pupsaveresizenew.txt. The reboot process
will use it, then erase it.

-- Save this small file as template /mnt/home/txt.pupsaveresizenew for reuse.

Next time you need to resize your pupsave file, open a console and type:

Code: Select all

cp  /mnt/home/txt.pupsaveresizenew /mnt/home/pupsaveresizenew.txt

then
edit file /mnt/home/pupsaveresizenew.txt to suit your need,
save and
reboot.

The advantage is that you can control the size of the addition more precisely.

The Puppy OS sets directory home to the partition on which your main Puppy sfs file
resides. It's usually sda1, but can be elsewhere.

If you have any questions, please ask.

IHTH

[Mike Walsh]

Hi, all.

Aren't we somewhat getting away from the main 'issue' here.....which jafa skillfully homed straight in on?

Even using a save-file - with its internal Linux file-system - if efdeel is running Puppy from a USB drive that is formatted as FAT32 (a fair assumption, since this is the standard, factory 'default' format.....and has been for decades), the save-file will still be pegged to a maximum size of 4GB.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466 ... -4gb-files

https://www.partitionwizard.com/partiti ... limit.html

This is why those of us who are in the least bit likely to want to work with really large files (4 GB +) will usually re-format to a Linux file-system.....either ext2 or, more usually, ext3 or 4. These don't have this 'limit'.....which is not 'artificial', as some believe, but simply a function of the FAT32 filesystem itself. Which, incidentally, dates all the way back to 1977, 43 years ago!!

(In those days, a 10 MB HDD was considered a whopper.....and Bill Gates was known for stating that it was inconceivable that anybody could ever require more than 640 kb of RAM. Nowadays, a 4 GB flash drive is considered tiny, and is in fact almost impossible to find.....16 GB being the smallest commonly available. Remember, 1 TB flashdrives, while not yet 'common', are nonetheless becoming more widely available....!!)

And 8GB of RAM is nowadays considered barely enough to be functional.....16-32 GB being quoted as 'adequate', and 'pros' who do a lot of video renedering or equivalent 'heavy-duty' work preferring a minimum of 64 GB!

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The long-term solution would be to format an equivalent-sized flash drive to, say, ext3, followed by copying the entire Puppy across to the new flashdrive. And then you can increase the size of the save-file with impunity!


Mike.

[Computer semi-expert]

KILOBIG=65536

The size on the first line is in bytes: 65536 means 64 Mb. Multiply that number as
needed.

Actually, 65536 bytes is 64 KB and 65536 KB is 64 MB. Just sayin'

[musher0]

KILOBIG=65536

The size on the first line is in bytes: 65536 means 64 Mb. Multiply that number as
needed.

Actually, 65536 bytes is 64 KB and 65536 KB is 64 MB. Just sayin'

What does the label say?
In any case, I corrected my error, from bytes to kilobytes. Thanks for spotting it.

[efdeel]

Let me tell a little story why I got almost 4GB personal file.

I download big file via torrent, the size was more than 2GB.

________

first, I have assumption that the file will save at my HDD (outside personal file)

but, after I ask in this forum and I see at Gdmap, it was in personal file.

so I delete it, and I emptied the trash bin.

After reboot, I freed more than 2G of space on my personal file.

As long I dont download big file, I think I will safe.

[musher0]

Hello again, efdeel.

It might be worth your while to create a "Downloaded" (without the quotation marks)
directory directly on sda1.

The name will be different from the "Downloads" directory under /root, so it should
eliminate any confusion.

You'll be able to download any large files there (movies, other distros, whatever)
without taking any room on your pupsave file.

IHTH

[efdeel]

Hello again, efdeel.

It might be worth your while to create a "Downloaded" (without the quotation marks)
directory directly on sda1.

The name will be different from the "Downloads" directory under /root, so it should
eliminate any confusion.

You'll be able to download any large files there (movies, other distros, whatever)
without taking any room on your pupsave file.

IHTH

Alright musher0 that would be very helpful, thanks.