Expand VHD disk size ?

[RetroAndDev]

Hello, I want to know if there is a way to use a custom VHD disk or expand size of initrd.vhd. To add more files on the disk

Thanks

[elijah629]

Yes there is.

Edit: MAX SIZE is 510mb

1. Delete path/to/moos/Tools/grub2/boot/initrd.vhd ( Copy all the files to another directory if you are resizing )
2. Open Windows Disk Management. ( Windows Key + X, then press K )
3. Click on Action -> Create VHD
4. Set the location to path/to/moos/Tools/grub2/boot/initrd.vhd
5. Set the size
6. Leave all the other settings the same ( Virtual Hard Disk Format is "VHD" and Virtual Hard Disk Type is "Fixed" ) and press "OK"
7. Right click on the new disk's information panel and select "Initialize Disk". Then select MBR, and click "OK"
8. Right click on the new empty volume
9. Click "New simple volume"
10. Go through all the steps but when it asks for "Format Disk" select "Don't format Disk"
11. Open CMD
12. Type diskpart
13. Select "Yes" if a UAC prompt appears
14. Run list disk
15. Look for the number of the disk that you just created
16. Run select disk {disk_number}
17. Run select partition 1
18. Run format fs=exfat
19. Add your files to the disk
20. Done

[nifanfa]

the maximum size of initrd is 510mb because kernel loads at 0x10000000

[RetroAndDev]

Thank you, Is it possible to use another disk than the one put in the ISO? (For example, inserting a VMDK on the machine like a real hard disk on VMWare).

[nifanfa]

check out misc/entrypoint.asm

[nifanfa]

the last disk that it initialize is the disk to use. so just not initialize ramdisk

[nifanfa]

but you have to use ramdisk because everything that moos need is in it

[RetroAndDev]

but you have to use ramdisk because everything that moos need is in it And if I put the files on a new disk ?

[nifanfa]

yeah

[RetroAndDev]

If I use an external VHD, with over 500mb of storage, do you think that the kernel will work correctly?

[nifanfa]

it will

[Dell-Optiplex-390]

@ArtOS-Developper Are you trying to view data in external VHDs within MOOS?