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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Ah, but if you do it right you will clone your *current* system, with all the settings, apps, etc, etc. There will be nothing to restore, you just continue from your current state, but booting from the SD.
That was one of the questions I had about doing the flip to the internal drive. It says you need, what, 1.5 GB or something to make this work? Do you move the stuff that is on there somewhere else? Like /media/mmc1? I will try to look at the docs tonight and post my questions to a separate thread...Between my new job and the horrendous commute (2+ hrs each way), I have had to limit my computer time, and my new job, being a gov't contractor, means no wireless...(Wireless?!? I don't even have a _desk_)

If in doubt, just go for pb-easy. Also, might sound a bit maternal and ovecautious, but... MAKE A BACKUP before you try anything
Is an internal backup sufficient or should I transfer it to my backup server? One of the things I would like to play with is kde4, and flipping the root filesystem was one of the first steps, so I really want to try it...

Another problem/question. After all this I have done, installing qt4 and keepassx as well as moving /var/cache/apt to /media/mmc2 and symlinking it, I notice an added degree of slowness on my tablet. Among other things,
  • The Bluetooth keyboard takes a long time to disconnect, enough so that I hit the button again the first couple of times and ended up reconnecting it
  • The charging is odd. I plugged into an outlet, and while the "Charging" message came up momentarily as usual, the battery icon did not show the charging indication.
  • Books take a really, really long time to come up in FBreader. Instead of taking about 5 seconds, it takes upwards of 15 seconds to load. (estimated)

Is this a result of moving /var/log/apt? Or a result of qt4 being installed? Something else?

Thanks,
--vr