Thread: 95.1MB free space in RootFs
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2010-03-07 , 10:23
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Originally Posted by stevet68 View Post
I agree with you that if people do not know what they are doing and move folders out of RootFS they can break their N900 and force a reflash to be needed.

This is why I recommend using a tested and proven script, created by someone who knows what he is doing.

If you check the script and understand which folders have been redirected you should be comfortable wiuth what is being done.

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Steve
Why the obsession with Rootfs free space?

In your original post you state...

Originally Posted by You
Being aware of the Rootfs problems I decided to optimise it before installing any apps.
What problems? Where do you come by this information? When the N900 was first released (actually when the first units were loaned to bloggers and whatnot) there was a warning posted to the effect that many of the apps that were then in the developer repo were carried directly over from "Diablo" and were not "optified".

This had nothing to do with any "problem" with the N900 rather, a problem with apps that did not use the "opt" directory for non essential data. Not programs included in the original firmware. If this was the case then these apps would, or have been corrected in subsequent updates.

Also in your original post you state that:

Originally Posted by You again
After updating to firmware 51 I was down to 72MB with no apps installed.
~ $ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 227.5M 151.2M 72.1M 68% /
...and that you:

...have now installed loads of apps, including many from Development...
From doing the math, using the figures you provided, it seems that even after installing all those apps you only increased rootfs use 2.3M...

Again; where is the problem?

Since you obviously are comfortable running the command "df -h" from the terminal, it seems to me that the best practice would be to run this command after every app you install from the developer or testing repositories. Then report your results if the seem out of line.

Every symlink from rootfs is a future nightmare waiting to happen. Even if this isn't the case, reducing your rootfs below OEM levels could mask any real problem apps that you might install. As a result, they go unreported and might not get fixed for the next guy. Savvy?
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