Thread: Access internal N800 memory from PC?
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2008-09-15 , 06:20
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Originally Posted by dgec View Post
How?! Can't figure out what device or whatever it is. My Linux use is limited to mostly user so far.
mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock4 /opt

Originally Posted by dgec View Post
Can we use that memory for swap/virtual space?
Well, you can do anything but this is not a good idea, jffs2 compresses data by default when writing which is slow. Also it is not a filesystem suited for a lot of writing. IMO the best usage for it is to keep clean bootable system there for recovery when your main system on mmc breaks.

Originally Posted by dgec View Post
Also, to make a backup of this, can I just do a copy to another card? (Ok, maybe another tar at least)
yes
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