thank you Wolfram Ravenwolf !

thank you for doing the tutorial to explain how to extend the
memory to a swap on the mmc...

it seems to work on my 770.

thank you for your .deb wich automate the copy, of
the internal files....

i just want to indicate this :
this process take some second, or minutes.
just wait... (i just thinked that i bricked my 770)
but no !

it works...


the only problem i have is that because i'm not skilled with
linux commands, especially with partitioning, i just want to mention
some things :
- to do the partition, you need to use cfdisk given with wolfram .deb :
/var/lib/install/sbin/cfdisk /dev/mmcblk0 (don't forget the space before the /dev...)
- then, you must delete the existing partition !
(simply press D)
- create after that the first partition that will be used for data storage (in the same way as your original mmc worked) it must be a FAT16 partition. to do that press N.
- don't forget to indicate the type of partition (press T); it's number 06.
- i mentionned it bootable (should i ?) by pressing B
- then i created the second partition, used for the swap.
(press N)
- it create a linux partition. (number 83 i think). i leave it like that

booth partition are Primary (i created it like that)

now, the important thing (that i forgot to do, i understand this when readin help, always read help ! ) :
don't forget to write the partition table to the mmc :
use Write (press W, not w, but W ! then answer "yes")

now, you can quit and format the new created volumes !
the first one with :
mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1

after you need to reboot then :
shutdown -r now

and then, go back to xterm, gain root (sudo gainroot)
and :
/var/lib/install/sbin/mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p2

that's it !

you now created two partition on your mmc !


for information, mine is 512MB big (i'm waiting for 1GB),
i created the first part (FAT16) to 384MB (this is now the main data
memory, accessed by your main computer when connecting through USB), and the second one with the rest (approx. 129MB) for swapping. i hope it will be good !

this thing will be very usable when you want a lot of apps installed, or running. you will have a large space for saving your mails, and bookmarks... but, i want to mention this, Wolfram your script does the reverse thing, take all this back to the internal memory.
but now, because of this new swp size (bigger than the internal memory) a lot of people won't be able to get all the data back inside the 770. every one need to know this. then. if you want to copy all this to a new MMC (bigger... ) you need a computer running linux, and wo can access booth partitions to copy all this !

i'm happy !

surfing is now cool, and fast...



renaud.