Thread: Using Micro SD Card as Virtual Ram on Nokia N900?
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mehulrajput is offline mehulrajput
2011-06-24 , 06:50
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Originally Posted by trisha02 View Post
if i js follow this step:
"For those who need more VM, and wish to use their entire MicroSD card for this purpose:

(WARNING: This will erase the entire MicroSD card, or worse, some or all of your internal memory if you mistype the device name.. If you plan to proceed, I recommend that you have some idea what you are doing)

In x-term:

Code:

sudo gainroot
mkswap /dev/mmcblk1p1
swapon /dev/mmcblk1p1"

i can increase my N900 RAM?? can u tell me weder it is risky or not? wha are the advanatages..i am a noob.plz help
it just increases your swap space. there is no way to increase more RAM. the only advantage is it removes swap from emmc hence emmc where your main memory resides is less loaded.