Thread: How to upgrade the internal memory by extending the root filesystem to a memory card
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dr_kludge is offline dr_kludge
2006-01-30 , 01:19
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Originally Posted by RogerS
So I guess I'll worry about getting such big files onto the mmc card when I need it, and if I have to figure out SSH and scp/sftp then, well, maybe I'll understand enough by then that it won't be an obstacle.

I do have a Compact Flash card reader and have used the approach Dr. K mentions with photos in my camera -- but it doesn't read mmc Maybe I'll be getting a new reader . . . My only question about that is, Will the PC see both partitions?
Please note that I forgot the simplest way: hook up the 770 to your computer via USB. However, the reason that I didn't think of this earlier is that when you put your device in USB-host mode for the power injector devices, you cannot access the memory card at all. You'd have to use the flasher to disable this mode on the 770 to plug in the 770 directly again. LOL I thought I fried my device late Friday night until I fooled around with it enough.

Yep. A new reader may be in order. I have a 9 IN 1 job. It looks like it will take the RS-MMC but did not work. There are some RS-MMC dongles that adapt the memory to the USB bus. There again I found out I have an older model that did not work.

If you don't want to fool with ssh/scp just yet, then the reader will be the easiest method.

Most modern linux distros will see the FAT partition automatically via dbus. But you may have to manually mount the ext3 partition!?

I also played with a bluetooth dongle but did not have enough time to make PLAN work--it may not work.

As I have more time I'll be writing up how-tos based on my initial experience. I just received my device last week. Played with the flasher; Mounted stuff; Have usb hub and four things hooked to it. I found one device crashed the 770 when I hook it to the hub. Still wondering about that one.

Greg