HP ThinPro 6.1 - Administrator Guide
C Resizing the ash drive partition
IMPORTANT: HP thin clients that ship from the factory with HP ThinPro use the entire ash drive. The image
capture methods capture the smallest possible image, allowing images from larger ash drives to be
deployed onto smaller ash drives that have enough space for the captured image. Resizing the ash drive
partition should no longer be necessary for HP thin clients that ship from the factory with HP ThinPro. For thin
clients with HP ThinPro that are not using the entire ash drive for any reason, see the following information.
To use the entire space of the ash drive, you have to modify the partition size and expand the le system to
take up that additional space. This can be accomplished using the resize-image script via an X terminal.
NOTE: When an image is deployed via HPDM, HP ThinState, or Automatic Update, the le system is
automatically resized to use all available space on the ash drive.
The following table describes the syntax for the resize-image script.
Syntax Description
resize-image
When called with no parameters, the script displays the current
size of the partition and the amount of available space on the
ash drive. The script prompts you to enter the target partition
size and then conrm the change. The change takes eect after
the next thin client restart.
NOTE: It is not possible to decrease the partition size. The
entered value must be larger than the current partition size.
resize-image --size SizeinMB
Example: resize-image --size 1024
Using this syntax, you can specify the target partition size in
megabytes (MB) as a parameter and then conrm the change.
resize-image --no-prompt
– or –
resize-image --no-prompt --size SizeinMB
Example: resize-image --no-prompt --size 1024
Using this syntax, the script runs automatically with no user
interaction required.
If no specic size is given as a parameter simultaneously, the
partition size is increased to the maximum size.
TIP: This non-interactive mode is useful for scripting and
performing this operation from a remote administration tool like
HP Device Manager.
70 Appendix C Resizing the ash drive partition