Setting up a new MicroSD card in Organelle M

[sydilaxe]

Hi everyone,

I have a 64GB Sandisk Ultra MicroSD just gathering dust and I am very interested in swapping the MicroSD in my Organelle M with it. As the system files are hosted here and there is a boot partition, is there a step by step guide to transitioning to a new MicroSD card? The 64Gb should provide plenty of storage for patches. Please let me know if there is a process that is documented.

Thanks in advance!

[thetechnobear]

you can just put a new image on the 64b card,
and then you need to extend the partition used for the patches.

this is pretty easy, as the patches are on a separate partition (mounted as /sdcard) to the main OS (aka rootfs)

I’ll update my resizeSDcard patch in next few weeks,
but you can do it manually as described here:

Using an SD card for patches

ok, so I have this working you will need a new version of mother to be able to use the sdcard for patches, which I now have, and will release a beta ‘shortly’… also the instructions below are for those happy with linux, Id hope later we will be able to script these for everyone, to just fire off from the organelle lcd (like the upgrading of OS) steps required: a) get a bigger SD card, make sure its fast - Ive used a 32GB I had lying around (actually smaller are usually faster,…

note: the device partitions have changed between the organelle-1 and organelle-m, so you will need to change these when following the process - this is why the resizeSDCard won’t work, and would make you organelle-m unbootable (except ive made it so it won’t run on the M ) - this is what i need to update in the patch.
its trivial change - but the whole change, test, upload - ends up a taking a little more time that I have available at the moment.

[sydilaxe]

Thanks Mark,

I will try this using some existing utilities that I have and your recommendations.

[thetechnobear]

Yeah, the graphics tools for partition management (like gparted) should also work on the organelle-m
( you can install this with apt-get)

[sydilaxe]

I ended up deleting and recreating the 3rd partition and then extending the file system to it. This worked well and gives me a 55GB storage space on a Sandisk Ultra. Thanks for all of the help.

[fabamarie]

Hye

I just get the organelle M and first spend my time reading this forum
i’m surprise, the manual say it is easy to paste patchs in the organelle, but don’t see a folder for patchs
as i read this forum, do i understand that i need to create a new partition for patchs on my s’ card ? ( a 32Go )

My english is not good
Do you on mac os if this partitionning sd card is easy ?

Why do you say a 3rd part ?

Thank you for all

[thetechnobear]

On the OS4.x ( which is what comes with organelleM) … the Patches directly already exists on the sdcard it came with.
( this is where all the factory patches live)

/sdcard/Patches

If you use WiFi as described in the manual you should be able to see this.

[fabamarie]

thanks

ok, cos’i don’t have wifi for the moment, is it why i don’t see them ?

( i’ve tried to have a look directly in the s’ card in my computer whith adapter )

i have also tried whith an usb drive and i understand that with the usb drive, he doesn’t read patches from the s’ card

thanks a lot for all your share it quite a very big thing, love organelle in its way of thinking and possibilities

[d00g13h0ws3rmd]

@thetechnobear

I’ll update my resizeSDcard patch in next few weeks

hi mark. huge fan!!! curious where i can find this updated patch for the organelle-m you mention… thanks for all your incredible contributions!!!

[schwierdoproductions]

Hi @thetechnobear I’m brand new to the forum and the Organelle M, Pleasure to digitally meet you.

As for my question: Would you happen to have released an updated version of the resizeSDcard patch for use with the Organelle M?

Kind regards,

-Keith

[clemi]

Hello @fabamarie ,
Not sure if you figured it out, but just in case: your mac won’t be able to display the /sdcard partition, as it’s formatted for linux and not natively viewable on mac or windows. Even if you don’t have a WiFi access, the organelle can generate its own network for you to access the patch manager. See the manual about this.

[clemi]

@schwierdoproductions and @d00g13h0ws3rmd, would you have a linux machine, (or a virtual machine)? this is quite easy to do with gparted.

[d00g13h0ws3rmd]

yeah. thanks. I figured this out from something I found posted on another thread. it was way easier than I thought.

[schwierdoproductions]

Hi @clemi thank you for your response. Please pardon my ignorance, complete noob here.I only have a windows based laptop, So I would need to utilize the Organelle to create a network?

What exactly is gparted?

Thank you!

[clemi]

Hello Keith, and no problem, I’m happy to help if I can!
My comment above about the Organelle’s own network (AP mode) was for @fabamarie, as they were trying to copy new patches to the organelle but didn’t have WiFi.

You are trying to resize the SD card, correct?

GParted is a disk utility for linux, very convenient for editing and resizing disk partitions. (but you need a linux system to run it, either a computer or a virtual machine.)
You can do it manually as well, but that requires some terminal use. (see this post)