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mrconfused

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Registered: 2023-06-17

Posts: 38

How to reclaim space on a USB install?

Hello!

I had an arch install on a 16gb usb drive which I copied to another usb, this one 32gb, using dd.

The problem is that now the 32gb usb acts as if its only 16gb, the other 16gb is inaccessible.

How do I reclaim the missing 16gb without having to reinstall and reconfigure everything?

Thanks

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,727

Re: How to reclaim space on a USB install?

Depending on just what you dd'd over, you at least copied over the filesystem, which would only be a specific size. You'll have to grow the filesystem. How you do that depends on which filesystem you're using. You may have also copied over the partition table, in which case the partition needs to be extended before you can grow the filesystem.