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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions static/build.html
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Expand Up @@ -601,6 +601,13 @@ <h3><a href="#generating-signed-factory-images-and-full-update-packages">Generat

<pre>script/generate-release.sh tegu <var>BUILD_NUMBER</var></pre>

<p>If this results in an error similar to
<code>Disk quota exceeded while populating file system</code>,
the first thing to check is whether <code>/tmp</code> has enough space
(more than 15GB). The installation instructions include information about
<a href="/install/cli.html#TMPDIR">using a different directory for temporary
files</a>.</p>

<p>The factory images and update package will be in
<code>releases/<var>BUILD_NUMBER</var>/release-tegu-<var>BUILD_NUMBER</var></code>.
The update zip performs a full OS installation so it can be used to update from
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Expand Up @@ -492,12 +492,13 @@ <h3><a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></h3>
went wrong. Please provide this information when asking for help on the
<a href="/contact#community">GrapheneOS chat room</a>.</p>

<p>A common issue on Linux distributions is that they mount the default temporary file
directory <code>/tmp</code> as tmpfs which results in it being backed by memory and
swap rather than persistent storage. By default, the size is 50% of the available
virtual memory. This is often not enough for the flashing process, especially since
<code>/tmp</code> is shared between applications and users. To use a different
temporary directory if your <code>/tmp</code> doesn't have enough space available:</p>
<p id="TMPDIR">A common issue on Linux distributions is that they mount the
default temporary file directory <code>/tmp</code> as tmpfs which results
in it being backed by memory and swap rather than persistent storage. By default,
the size is 50% of the available virtual memory. This is often not enough for
the flashing process, especially since <code>/tmp</code> is shared between
applications and users. To use a different temporary directory if your
<code>/tmp</code> doesn't have enough space available:</p>

<pre>mkdir tmp &amp;&amp; TMPDIR="$PWD/tmp" ./flash-all.sh</pre>
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