# Data folder present in mender artifact rootfs update

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/data-folder-present-in-mender-artifact-rootfs-update/1329>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/data-folder-present-in-mender-artifact-rootfs-update/1329 "2019-12-05T21:07:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/data-folder-present-in-mender-artifact-rootfs-update/1329/2 "2019-12-05T21:14:39Z")

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This thread might provide some additional insights on this:

> [@Large file in /data generate do\_image\_mender error](https://hub.mender.io/t/large-file-in-data-generate-do-image-mender-error/979):
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> Hi, I’m using yocto (thud) using the meta-mender (thud commit e4d0ca3928523ba2a57d91b75fe758f08ad6d0f5) I’m trying to integrate a large file(~8GB) in the /data partition but I have a size error at the do\_image\_mender step. See below for the error. ERROR: installer-image-1.0-r0 do\_image\_mender: Size of rootfs is greater than the calculated partition space (10356370432 \> 3489660928). This image won't fit on a device with the current storage configuration. Try reducing IMAGE\_OVERHEAD\_FACTOR …

I think you are experiencing the same problems, though you might not have an large files installed to /data so are you getting build errors.

This has been fixed and backported to `thud` only, do not think that this was back ported to sumo.

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