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If thats the case the first thing I am goign to do is create a partition on the 30GB spare for swap. I dont like the idea of my swap space being chewed up as I install new programs.
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Originally Posted by Jack6428
Sure, you could format the whole of the 32GB eMMC ext3 and use it as application storage if you wished, but that 1GB will go farther than you think.
so in other words...i will have just 1gb of space only for applications and the rest will be for movies, music, pictures, etc. ? not that 1gb would be small, but let's say i install alot of games...the space will be filled easily...i understand correctly, right? can this be somehow changed? and if i format my device, can i choose which part it deletes or will it delete everything?
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Originally Posted by Bratag
Why would swap space be "chewed up" by installing programs? They are separate partitions.
If thats the case the first thing I am goign to do is create a partition on the 30GB spare for swap. I dont like the idea of my swap space being chewed up as I install new programs.
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2009-09-16
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Originally Posted by Bratag
Swap is on a separate partition, so neither data nor application space will "chew up" swap space. Besides, there's no sane reason to have more than 768MB of swap anyway.
If thats the case the first thing I am goign to do is create a partition on the 30GB spare for swap. I dont like the idea of my swap space being chewed up as I install new programs.
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2009-09-16
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Also, if the partition layout is known it should be quite doable (not risk free, but still, pretty painless compared to today's cloning) to provide a package that can resize the partitions and filesystems via parted/resize2fs.
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2009-09-16
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
And in case you for some insane reason DO need more, you can always just add it on through a loop device (hey, if you're filling 768 MB swap, you're far beyond the point of being concerned with performance anyway
Swap is on a separate partition, so neither data nor application space will "chew up" swap space. Besides, there's no sane reason to have more than 768MB of swap anyway.
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I think we would have a very positive problem, once for normal users they would have so many useful applications that 1gb of space would start to become an issue.
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2009-09-16
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Yeah, 768MB of swap "should be enough for anybody" LOL! j/k
Swap is on a separate partition, so neither data nor application space will "chew up" swap space. Besides, there's no sane reason to have more than 768MB of swap anyway.
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Originally Posted by ragnar
I think we would have a very positive problem, once for normal users they would have so many useful applications that 1gb of space would start to become an issue.
so do as GA says and just format as much as you want for the apps
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Originally Posted by texaslabrat
Based on the hardware specifications of the N900, not for all time, of course.
Yeah, 768MB of swap "should be enough for anybody" LOL! j/k
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