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Kokyslav

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Registered: 2021-10-10

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How to enlarge .disk size if you're installing via Windows

Hi,

I installed a Q4OS today on my laptop via Windows installation setup, and clicked on 32 GB of installation size. But, i didn't realize that's a final size of the entire system and storage space for downloading and installing programs. Is there any way how to enlarge this "disk" size?

I tried to change it with GParted or with Windows Disk Managment, but there isn't any new partition for the system.

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

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Re: How to enlarge .disk size if you're installing via Windows

Yes it's possible.
- First make a backup.
- Edit file "c:\debian11\install\preseed.cfg" with administrator permissions and modify the line:

debian-installer/disksize1 string <size_in_megabytes>

Change "size_in_megabytes" to a desired value. Make sure disk size doesn't exceed free disk space.
- Next you need to remove the file "c:\debian11\install\stp_disk1expanded.stp".
- Now reboot to Linux, the disk will be resized upon boot.