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	ArchiMark	2013-03-28 , 13:07
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Originally Posted by AhmadMhd

I think this is good
In my opinion 22GB is big, unless you plan for something else.

Thanks....agree that 22GB is big....so, maybe I'll cut it in half and make another partition....

No, you don't have to
you can use current instead

OR as @Skry sayd
you can make swap in you SD ( for optimal performance )

OK....

Why not ( I think it works )
But I like using mkfs.ext4

I see.....

You can see in gparted the name of the device and partition
and I think n900 should be /dev/sdb
The partition where arch will be installed may be /dev/sdb5
This depends on your connected devices.
do you get it now ?

Yes, think I get the idea....thanks....

I don't know why its /dev/sda here , it should be /dev/sdb
but be careful please ( you may damage your internal PC HDD )

Hmmm....it could be this way due to fact that I'm actually using my little OpenPandora as my 'PC'....

It just has a small NAND and then I have 2 SD cards in it. The SD cards are showing up in GParted as mmcblk0 and mmcblk1.

Only other drive listed in GParted is the Nokia....it does not list the internal NAND....

So, think I'm OK.......hopefully....

Sure ( thats what I recommend )

Got it....

Yeah, Faster and more efficient.

Got it....

Good, but make sure you have the correct version at pali site

Thanks for the link....I did see that site....
However, I also read somewhere (Pali's U-Boot thread?...) that the version we want is in Extras-Testing now....so, got it and installed it from there....hope that's OK, if not, I'll need to reinstall....

You are very welcome my friend.

Greatly appreciate all your detailed help...makes a big difference....thanks!

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