# \[FAILED\] Failed to start Mender ser…e to grow data partition size

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-failed-to-start-mender-ser-e-to-grow-data-partition-size/4327>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-failed-to-start-mender-ser-e-to-grow-data-partition-size/4327 "2021-11-23T08:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigbearishappy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/bigbearishappy/32/1430_2.png) [@bigbearishappy](https://hub.mender.io/u/bigbearishappy)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-failed-to-start-mender-ser-e-to-grow-data-partition-size/4327/1 "2021-11-23T08:02:52Z")

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I am working on my raspberrypi CM4 with mender.  
I try to compile the mender image.  
It works. however, when I boot the system.it shows the error log as the title  
“[FAILED] Failed to start Mender ser…e to grow data partition size.”

here is my porject information:  
poky: git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky branch:dunfell  
meta-openembedded: [GitHub - openembedded/meta-openembedded](https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded.git) branch:dunfell  
meta-raspberrypi:git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-raspberrypi branch:dunfell  
meta-mender: [GitHub - mendersoftware/meta-mender: Yocto Project meta layer for the Mender client](https://github.com/mendersoftware/meta-mender.git) branch: dunfell

detail for build/conf/bblayers.conf:  
BBLAYERS ?= "   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-poky   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-yocto-bsp   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-raspberrypi   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-mender/meta-mender-core   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-openembedded/meta-python   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-openembedded/meta-oe   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-openembedded/meta-networking   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia   
/home/xiongjian/source\_code/yocto\_raspberry/poky/meta-mender/meta-mender-demo   
"  
detail for local.conf:  
RPI\_USE\_U\_BOOT = “1”  
IMAGE\_INSTALL\_append = " kernel-image kernel-devicetree"  
MENDER\_FEATURES\_DISABLE\_append = " mender-image-uefi mender-grub"  
IMAGE\_FSTYPES\_remove += " rpi-sdimg"  
#SDIMG\_ROOTFS\_TYPE = “ext4”  
INHERIT += “mender-full”  
MENDER\_BOOT\_PART\_SIZE\_MB = “64”  
#MENDER\_PARTITION\_ALIGNMENT = “67108864”

MENDER\_ARTIFACT\_NAME = “release-1”

DISTRO\_FEATURES\_append = " systemd"  
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME\_init\_manager = “systemd”  
DISTRO\_FEATURES\_BACKFILL\_CONSIDERED = “sysvinit”  
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME\_initscripts = “”  
MENDER\_STORAGE\_TOTAL\_SIZE\_MB = “2048”

I want to know if there is any solution for this problem.

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**Author:** ![dellgreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dellgreen/32/85_2.png) [@dellgreen](https://hub.mender.io/u/dellgreen)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-failed-to-start-mender-ser-e-to-grow-data-partition-size/4327/2 "2021-11-23T10:27:56Z")

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Can you use journalctl to get and paste the logs of the failed service to get to the underlying cause.

`journalctl -u <NAME OF SERVICE>`

example:

`journalctl -u wpa_supplicant.service`

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**Author:** ![bigbearishappy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/bigbearishappy/32/1430_2.png) [@bigbearishappy](https://hub.mender.io/u/bigbearishappy)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-failed-to-start-mender-ser-e-to-grow-data-partition-size/4327/3 "2021-11-26T01:21:36Z")

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Thank you for your reply.  
I finally find out the reason of my problem.  
I use the wrong imag file for flashing my device.  
I should use the \*.sdimg not the \*wic.bz2.  
Everything works fine after I use the right image file.

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**Author:** ![dellgreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dellgreen/32/85_2.png) [@dellgreen](https://hub.mender.io/u/dellgreen)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-failed-to-start-mender-ser-e-to-grow-data-partition-size/4327/4 "2021-11-26T10:42:45Z")

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glad you fixed it. 🙂