Need help!
I am unable to connect to the node via ssh from windows 10.
Node is running fine.
I just cloned the ssd from 1 tb to 3 tb, and it worked as expected.
Now wanted to run ssh for growpart.
But keep getting permission denied when I try to connect (ssh) to the node.
It keeps saying Permission Denied (even when I am entering the correct password).
Please help!
Now I am getting the same error. When I run resize2fs, it says, nothing to resize. And the node stopped working! 
Please help/advise. Thanks!
Hi @DHD, The cloning worked perfectly as per your steps on windows 10 (thank you!).
However, the new bigger-sized SSD (3 tb) is still showing the old SSD size (1tb). Getting errors when I run…
sudo growpart /dev/sda1 1
WARN: unknown label
/dev/sda1: does not contain a recognized partition table
If I skip it and go to resize2fs, it says nothing to resize, and in the end, the node gets corrupted (becomes unusable).
Please help!
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I am having the same problem if anyone can help.
Use Acronis Image clone disk. It will resize automatically and make a data clone at cluster level (all file properties remain the same).
Is faster, safer and easier.
for me it worked leave out one 1:
sudo apt install cloud-init -y
sudo growpart /dev/sda 1 ( <---- only one 1 )
sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1
sudo reboot
idk why but I just tried this and it worked 
@sanjay @trader719 I think this could help you too 
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@shroominic’s solution worked for me also!!! Thank you!
However, I am a psycho and I bought a 4TB SSD. growpart will only grow my previous to 2TB maximum. I found this explanation: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/429507/cannot-extend-partition-beyond-2tb-on-aws-ubuntu
however, the instructions are unclear on what I need to do specifically to unlock the full 4TB. Does anyone know how?
Are there instructions to clone in MacOS. Does using Time Machine suffice?
I need a guide of clone for MacOs too. Thanks!
I also need to clone using Mac. Does anyone have an answer on cloning a Mac?
Is this enought, just clone HD to SSD? There no need to reappoint the new device in the fstab?
2024 update:
You can actually still do the cloning with Macrium Reflect (which is still a free trial, while Acronis is nowadays a paid license for the cloning functionality) per the above instructions, however the cloud-init package (version 20.2) mentioned here has become outdated on Umbrel 0.5.4. and therefore it cannot resize a partition to more than 2 TB.
So if you have a 2TB+ SSD drive, the way around this is to mount your freshly cloned (larger, say 4TB) drive to a secondary Debian machine or Raspberry Pi, then run apt update and apt install cloud-init version 20.4.1 (or later) and then run the growpart and resize2fs commands.
You will notice that if you apt install cloud-init on that secondary machine, with your newly cloned drive mounted, the cloud-init package version (and the underlying growpart and resize2fs packages) are of a later version than the ones you would be able to pull with your Umbrel 0.5.4 node. Maybe, this will be resolved with Umbrel 1.0 but for now a secondary Debian machine or RPI is the way to resize your external SSD-partition to the fullest capacity of the drive.
I have done it with 4 TB but larger drives should also work. Keep in mind that your secondary RPI may have insufficient power to have two SSD’s mounted (its own + the newly cloned one which you want to resize) so it is best to run that secondary RPI using only its microsSDHC card. That way you won’t get a power outage when you reboot into your cloned/resized USB3.0 SSD-drive.
Hope this helps some more folks increase the size of their nodes in the lead-up to Umbrel 1.0!
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