Originally Posted by emesem

Yeah, I also read the whole http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=35122 but I'm not quite sure if I do it myself. Because I don't want to fear about my device again . I rather think I go with the shell script you provided (which is also mentioned in the other thread).
I think following the instructions from the link is risky, because if there is a mistake, I'm not sure if flashing works anymore. Short: I fear to make mistakes and I don't have enough linux knowledge to be sure it works (too much risk). And what I just saw - I don't have a MicroSD card which is needed .

But in the first place I also didn't want to read long threads to find out what is useful. But the thread turned out to be quite good. Then my hope was, there is a "mainstream" way in the meantime which is bulletproofed.

And I don't go and create a wiki page as long I'm not familiar with what I'm writing about . Which isn't that dumb I think.

#create folder on microSD card
mkdir /media/mmc1/TempDocs
#Copy all data from MyDocs on SD card. In this case you
#will not lost anything, even maps
cp -r /home/user/MyDocs /media/mmc1/TempDocs
#get root control. You will need rootsh package
sudo gainroot
#Go to user home directory
cd /home/user
#unmount (disconnect) of large 27Gb disk.
umount MyDocs
#collect information about disk to "sf" file. It is text file
sfdisk -d > sf
#redact Disk information in file. Originally recommended vi.
#but I don't like vi. nano more user friendly.
#I upload nano to Extras-devel today.
# 83 mean ext3
nano sf # You should manually set 1st partition to 83
#Put new information on disk.
sfdisk --force /dev/mmcblk0 < sf
#create file system. It is like "format c:" in windows
mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p1
#Connect back new partition. it will be 27Gb ext3.
#Partition will be available "/mnt" folder
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt
#copy all files from /home on new partition
cp -a /home/* /mnt
#again disconnect this partition
umount /mnt
#reboot computer
reboot; exit

#go to folder /home/user
cd /home/user
#edit information for second partition from ext3 to FAT.
#If you will not have any FAT disks camera will not work.
nano sf # set 2nd partition to c
#Save new information on disk
sfdisk --force /dev/mmcblk0 < sf
#format second partition in FAT32
mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/mmcblk0p2
#Connect back second partition
mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p2 /home/user/MyDocs
#copy previously stored files to new partition.
cp -r /media/mmc1/TempDocs/MyDocs /home/user/MyDocs
#edit start UP script
nano /etc/event.d/rcS-late

You should add
/bin/mount /home/user/MyDocs
before the line:
# We can safely continue booting now.

reboot

Originally Posted by mikhmv

Exist code for "release space" in root.
I didn't try it yet. Cannot give any warranty on it. It is from link:
http://sumoudou.org/%E7%9B%B8%E6%92%...ia%20N900.html

I put explanation in the code after "#" (all line after # don't executable and you can copy code with it)

Code:

#Create folder in /opt for /usr/share
mkdir -p /opt/usr/share
#enter in /usr folder
cd /usr/ 
#cycle. FILE will have different value depend from step 
for FILE in games include local src var
do
#move folder (games include local src var) to /opt/usr
 mv $FILE /opt/usr/
#create soft link for moved folders
 ln -s /opt/usr/$FILE /usr/
done
#end of cycle

mkdir -p /opt/var/cache
cd /var/cache/
for FILE in apt
do
    mv $FILE /opt/var/cache/
    ln -s /opt/var/cache/$FILE /var/cache/
done

  cd /usr/share/
for FILE in fonts icons locale mime nokia-maps pixmaps sounds themes tutorial-applet zoneinfo
do    
      mv $FILE /opt/usr/share/
    ln -s /opt/usr/share/$FILE /usr/share/
done

Originally Posted by emesem

1. How can I create a directory in /home/user and be able to see it with the Maemo filemanager? (with the setup created by guide in the previous post)
2. Is it better to have this "data" directory on the microSD?