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2013-04-30 , 13:21
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
It is quite important that you issue a "sudo closechroot" (or use the icon) before connecting the USB cable for "Mass Storage Mode".

The Easy Debian mount definitely interferes with the USB mode.
Has a workaround been found for this? I have just been hit by that. It was not too difficult to get out of that (though it did involve a liberal dose of typing sudo, umount and mount) but something like locking SD and MyDocs to prevent mass storage mode while ED is chrooted seems like an obvious solution.

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
As for running native partition vs loopback image - there is *much* benefit of doing so. Currently, You're not gaining (almost) anything over keeping image file in vfat. If You actually have files on partition, natively, You're benefiting running whole (Easy) Debian natively (chroot = native). Getting files out/to loopback image is second biggest bootleneck, next only to low amount of RAM.
What would be the pros and cons of installing ED in a directory on optfs? Not a loopback, not a separate partition, just a separate directory. One obvious advantage I can think of is that both Maemo and ED would share the same free disk space, resulting in less wastage. Are there any obvious drawbacks?

(Sorry if answered already; I can't claim having read all 291 pages thoroughly but a quick browse did not show anything.)