maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Palm Pre gets SDL! native gaming

	thecubed	2010-10-24 , 23:32
	Posts: 91 \| Thanked: 32 times \| Joined on Jan 2008 @ Near: Gilroy, CA	#95

Quick tip:
If you'd like to save storage space on your ext3 partition, try using the same trick Easy Debian uses!

I used:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/user/MyDocs/ext2img/nfsu.ext2 count=120M
mkfs.ext2 /home/user/MyDocs/ext2img/nfsu.ext2
mkdir /mnt/fsimages
mount -oloop -text2 /home/user/MyDocs/ext2img/nfsu.ext2 /mnt/fsimages

to make a 120MB ext2 image and mount it. I then copied the files for nfsu from my mmc to the newly created ext2 image.

When you're done just do:

Code:

umount /mnt/fsimages

If game developers allowed it, you could possibly turn this into a way to distribute games easily without worrying about running out of rootfs or ext3 space.

Trying this with nfsu, I didn't have any problems at all!

Thanks for giving me something fun for my n900!

__________________
[Nokia N900] [Lenovo T61p]
15GB Movies / 5GB Music. I'm ready to go!
Loving this device, bugs and all.
http://thecubed.com

Quote & Reply |

The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to thecubed For This Useful Post:
BLC, SSLMM, travik