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2010-12-05
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does anyone know how i can increase the space that is used for my rootfs??? I use deb games and i can't install alla the games i want because it fills up all my app memory... is there a way i can make it use some more space from the other memory of the phone??
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2010-12-05
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http://wiki.maemo.org/Repartitioning_the_flash
I followed this wiki page to create custom sizes of MyDocs and /home
I followed this wiki page to create custom sizes of MyDocs and /home
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2010-12-05
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Originally Posted by soultmich
You can't and never will be... You need to become a pro hardware modder if you want that... chip on rootfs and EMMC is different. You can't resize a chip do you?
does anyone know how i can increase the space that is used for my rootfs??? I use deb games and i can't install alla the games i want because it fills up all my app memory... is there a way i can make it use some more space from the other memory of the phone??
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2010-12-05
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Originally Posted by Radicalz38
Basically you are right, but there are some workarounds, where you use some space of the internal flashcard to be used by symlinks from the RAM, where the real rootfs is loaded during boot.
You can't and never will be... You need to become a pro hardware modder if you want that... chip on rootfs and EMMC is different. You can't resize a chip do you?
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2010-12-06
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Work around perhaps?
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=root+emmc
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=root+emmc
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2010-12-06
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Originally Posted by michaaa62
Symlinking doesn't increase the rootfs space... What you suggested isn't a solution but a workaround for the problem
Basically you are right, but there are some workarounds, where you use some space of the internal flashcard to be used by symlinks from the RAM, where the real rootfs is loaded during boot.
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2010-12-06
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In that case it bypasses it by having things run off the emmc ... which is a round about way to do things. Just an idea, I know the flash can't be resized unless you get in with chip and solder.
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