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2008-09-18
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Originally Posted by sword
You can turn off virtual memory because that is what swap is. Additionally, if you store things in <The name of your device> or any of its subdirectories, it takes up space in your ext partition and not FAT. FAT is pretty much useless, actually. (because you can store anything on ext2 and can't on FAT).
Hi,
After some struggle with mmc2 in use penguinbait's automated booting from memory card completed successfully. I understand the specifications he included in the install
(2GB
1: 128MB FAT
2: 1.75GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 128MB SWAP)
but am quite limited with space now. I used 112 MB (maximal setting) for virtual memory and am now left with 7.75 MB of free space.
I did not yet buy the additional Memory Card as I am still deciding if it's worth to wait until midOctober for 16 GB microSD to come out or settle for 8 GB version.
To summarize - I was wondering, how badly is this virtual memory needed for multitasking and if I was in any way able to use that flash memory the device used to boot from?
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-Brent
Author of TouchSearch -- web searching software for Maemo 5.
Mobile Device lineage: Palm Z22 -> Palm TX -> Nokia N800 -> Nokia N900
-Brent
Author of TouchSearch -- web searching software for Maemo 5.
Mobile Device lineage: Palm Z22 -> Palm TX -> Nokia N800 -> Nokia N900
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2008-09-19
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Originally Posted by BrentDC
However FAT is needed for compatability with windoze.
You can turn off virtual memory because that is what swap is. Additionally, if you store things in <The name of your device> or any of its subdirectories, it takes up space in your ext partition and not FAT. FAT is pretty much useless, actually. (because you can store anything on ext2 and can't on FAT).
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N810, iGo bt kb, Diablo, 10Gb storage onboard instead of a Thinkpad
OTG w/ unlimited storage!!
Put a penguin in your pocket!!
PLEASE use the Wiki
After some struggle with mmc2 in use penguinbait's automated booting from memory card completed successfully. I understand the specifications he included in the install
(2GB
1: 128MB FAT
2: 1.75GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 128MB SWAP)
but am quite limited with space now. I used 112 MB (maximal setting) for virtual memory and am now left with 7.75 MB of free space.
I did not yet buy the additional Memory Card as I am still deciding if it's worth to wait until midOctober for 16 GB microSD to come out or settle for 8 GB version.
To summarize - I was wondering, how badly is this virtual memory needed for multitasking and if I was in any way able to use that flash memory the device used to boot from?