EXT4 has several advantages in comparison to the FAT filesystem which is the default for your N9's mmcblk0p1 (MyDocs) partition

+ support of symlinks, ownership and other file attributes....
+ no 4GB file size limitation
+ .....

cons:

- Windows doesn't have read/write support for ext4 ->
you can no longer plug in you phone and simply transfer files (no problems under linux of course!)

[HowTo]

I'm not a 100% but AFAIK open mode is a prerequisite to do this....

formatting you mmcblk0p1 partition to use EXT4 is quite easy...

1. backup your files and don't forget about the hidden files

2. unmount the mmcblk0p1 partition

open up terminal

3. reformat the partition

4. change /etc/fstab to match the parameters of your new partition

I use nano as a text editor but you can use whatever your comfortable with

alter the line for your MyDocs partition to accommodate for the new file system - mine looks like this:

make sure that there are no typos and no additional spaces!!!

5. reboot!

that's it!





Hey guys,

i was wondering if there's a way to format the MyDocs partition with something like ext3 or something because this FAT **** is really annoying me...
Cannnot create symlinks, 4gb file size limitation....

is it possible to go ext3 with stock kernel?
Are there any downsides?

thanx anyway

but why you still using stock kernel if you want more?

No clue

i have a lot of tweaks applied with n9qtweaks with heavy use of inception...
I have incepted repo and your unrestricted-system-ui installed
So i m worried that these changes are not compatible and will brick my phone if i flash to open mode...

my n9 is set up perfectly right now! Don't wanna lose that!

besides, where can i find the latest open mode kernel? Are there instructions somewhere on how to flash..
I' m currently running pr 1.3 latest stock kernel

so ext3 doesn't work with stock kernel i presume?

The only thing you lose is Accounts

just remove accounts,
/home/user/.accounts
/home/user/.aegis

now you can flash openmode patched kernel.

setup accounts after flashing

congratulations: you now using true openmode

http://maemo.cloud-7.de/HARM/N9/1.3/...dfl61-20121301

Can i still use all repos ?

whats that about with AEGIS_FIXED_ORIGIN?

how to flash?

why not?

in terminal before flashing to remove Warranty Void Warning appearing after flashing custom kernel without this action:flashing:you can still use inception crap even in openmode

and in openmode you can export and reformat MyDocs to ext4 and dont forget to edit /etc/fstab to mount MyDocs as ext4, not vfat

export partitions using rescue images:
http://wiki.meego.com/N950/Fixing_MALF_state

you need 1-5

thank you very much!

I will give it a try tonight...

why "flasher -a" i knew it was "flasher -F"

you don't need to use -F option if want to flash kernel from external file. use -a option.

i read it here http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=81579
what does -a mean?