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HOWTO Access Remaining Free Disk Space on IGEL OS 12 Device

IGEL OS 12 and 64GB File System

IGEL OS 12 currently, as of 7 June 2025, only uses 64GB of the disk drive.

The following steps can be used to get access to the remaining disk drive.

Use GParted Live iso to add partition

Steps to be done on PC:

Steps to be done on IGEL OS:

  • Configure the IGEL Setup (or UMS Profile), to enable Storage Hotplug at Devices->Storage Devices->Storage Hotplug and User browse directory
  • Plug in USB device created on PC
  • Make USB device bootable (open a terminal window as root)
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cd /media/USB_Device_Name/utils/linux
bash makeboot.sh /dev/device_mount_point (lsblk can be used to determine device_mount_point)
  • Reboot PC from USB created GParted
  • Select the VGA display option and then select the defaults for the remaining items
  • Create and add/save a new partition from free space remaining on PC
  • Format the new partition as btrfs
  • Reboot into IGEL OS and remove USB device
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#!/bin/bash
#set -x
#trap read debug

# 
# Custom Commands: Desktop: Final Desktop Command
#
# After using GParted to format rest of desk
#
# Link /media/hostname to /media mount point
# 

ACTION="cc-base-4fic-linkmediadisk"

# Send all stdout/stderr from this script to journald/syslog
exec > >(logger -t "$ACTION") 2>&1

MOUNTPOINT=$(mount | grep "/media" | cut -d " " -f 3)
NEWLINK="/media/$(hostname)"

# exit if no media mount point
if [ "${MOUNTPOINT}" == "" ]; then
  echo "No media mount point to link to."
  exit 0
fi

if [ -L ${NEWLINK} ]; then
  echo "Unlinking ${NEWLINK}"
  unlink ${NEWLINK}
elif [  -d ${NEWLINK} ]; then
  echo "${NEWLINK} is a directory. Not linking ${NEWLINK} to ${MOUNTPOINT}"
  exit 1
fi

ln -svf ${MOUNTPOINT} ${NEWLINK}