Adding micro SD card partition resize instructions (#2)

* adding android sd card partition resizing instructions * adding missing file * grammar fix * grammar fix
LibreComputerProjectUserGroup · Apr 27, 2018 · c5a3a4c · c5a3a4c
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diff --git a/docs/howto/resize-sd-partitions-android-7-1.rst b/docs/howto/resize-sd-partitions-android-7-1.rst
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+***********************
+Flashing Micro-SD Cards
+***********************
+
+=====
+Linux
+=====
+
+Materials
+---------
+
+* Host computer running Linux
+
+  * Built-in SD/micro-SD card reader, or adapter
+
+* Micro-SD card pre loaded with aml-s905x-cc-android-7-1-preview-1-img
+
+Procedure
+---------
+
+1. Open GParted GUI, you should see a parent partition containing 4 children, this is what you need to resize first
+2. Resize the parent partition as desired, note that you need to add the same amount of space to this partition that you want to make available to android
+3. Keeping the first child partition in place, move all three of its' siblings to the end of the parent partition
+4. Resize the first child partition (this should be labelled DATA) to the desired size
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ How-To
   * :doc:`Flash a micro-SD card <howto/flash-sd>`
   * `Flash an eMMC card <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gP-8njKQg6WE3p9HOU55m39NyLyq6IBa0Ukww5N15IU>`_
   * :doc:`Setup and serial communication with UART <howto/uart>`
+  * :doc:`Resize android 7.1 image paritions on a micro SD <howto/resize-sd-partitions-android-7-1>`
 
 * **AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato)**