EXT4 has several advantages in comparison to the FAT filesystem which is the default for your N9's mmcblk0p1 (MyDocs) partition

+ support of symlinks, ownership and other file attributes....
+ no 4GB file size limitation
+ .....

cons:

- Windows doesn't have read/write support for ext4 ->
you can no longer plug in you phone and simply transfer files (no problems under linux of course!)

[HowTo]

I'm not a 100% but AFAIK open mode is a prerequisite to do this....

formatting you mmcblk0p1 partition to use EXT4 is quite easy...

1. backup your files and don't forget about the hidden files

2. unmount the mmcblk0p1 partition

open up terminal

3. reformat the partition

4. change /etc/fstab to match the parameters of your new partition

I use nano as a text editor but you can use whatever your comfortable with

alter the line for your MyDocs partition to accommodate for the new file system - mine looks like this:

make sure that there are no typos and no additional spaces!!!

5. reboot!

that's it!





Hey guys,

i was wondering if there's a way to format the MyDocs partition with something like ext3 or something because this FAT **** is really annoying me...
Cannnot create symlinks, 4gb file size limitation....

is it possible to go ext3 with stock kernel?
Are there any downsides?

thanx anyway