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Add docs about partition resizing for CentOS

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The CentOS custom cloud image example is missing the proper depedency
to grow the root partition and also omits that the root partition
should be the last partition created during disk partitioning.

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dougbtv 2017-01-03 14:03:30 -05:00 committed by dougbtv
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@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ three partitions (``/boot``, ``/``, ``swap``), which works fine.
Alternatively, you might want to create a single ext4
partition that is mounted to ``/``, which also works fine.
If unsure, use the default partition scheme for the installer
because no scheme is better than another.
If unsure, use the default partition scheme for the installer.
While no scheme is inherently better than another, having the
partition that you want to dynamically grow at the end of the
list will allow it to grow without crossing another
partition's boundary.
Select installation option
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@ -235,6 +238,18 @@ to the configuration file:
user: admin
Install cloud-utils-growpart to allow partitions to resize
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In order for the root partition to properly resize one must
install cloud-utils-growpart which contains the proper tools
to allow the disk to resize using cloud-init.
.. code-block:: console
# yum install cloud-utils-growpart
Write a script to fetch the public key (if no cloud-init)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~