Thread: N900 - Issues surrounding full root partition (No space left on device)
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2010-02-05 , 15:40
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Originally Posted by Holographic91 View Post
Is root the same as the 256 ram?
Does the phone need root memory to let the phone work properly? I only have 27 mb's of root and have the feeling that it getting slower.
No, the rootfs isn't the same as the RAM. The root space is needed (during normal usage) for some temporary files, application state files, etc. - nothing huge. There shouldn't be any performance impacts with 27M free rootfs - if you get below 10 then you probably need to start taking a serious look at things though.

Originally Posted by Holographic91 View Post
All the things I've read so far are things how to move apps that use root, and things about optified apps. These are all still temporary solutions. Are there going to be solutions (soon) so that we can install hundred of apps? What I've said in my previous post: apps from OVI store still use root memory! I don't say mb's but still it is to much to install many apps. One reason that ive's bought this phone is because of apps. iPhone, Android etc doesn't have this problem, you can install hundred of apps on them (but i don't like the phones).
Why is optifying only a temporary solution? If apps (and libraries) are optified then there's nothing stopping you installing hundreds of apps. As far as the OVI apps go, all the ones I've looked at have been optified - the runtime libraries they depend upon aren't though, so this may be what you're seeing.

Originally Posted by Holographic91 View Post
People can't fix this problem. Maybe the N900 itself is wrong developed?
It'd certainly be nice having more rootfs space, yes. Unfortunately that was a hardware limitation at design time. I'm sure future updates will continue to make efforts to push libraries out of rootfs (python has already been done and Qt4.6 is optified), freeing up more space.

Originally Posted by Holographic91 View Post
Sorry for the negativity, Don't get me wrong. It's nice to see that people care about Maemo and development. We all have much benefit from people who develop and spent time on Maemo, it just isn't relaxing knowing your root is getting smaller and smaller. I still want to install apps over a few months/years.
If you stick to apps that have passed the testing criteria (and yes, some of the current OVI store apps wouldn't do - hopefully Nokia will bring their testing standards closer to those of the community), then the rootfs usage will be minimal.
 

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