Moving system directories to a flash card - Revision history

70.131.84.71: /* Setting things up */

2011-01-08T21:02:10Z

Setting things up

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	# register it for early execution		# register it for early execution
	chmod +x /etc/init.d/mount_custom		chmod +x /etc/init.d/mount_custom
	cd /etc/init.d; for i in 2 3 4 5; do ln -s ../init.d/mount_custom /etc/rc$i.d/S15mount_custom		cd /etc/init.d; for i in 2 3 4 5; do ln -s ../init.d/mount_custom /etc/rc$i.d/S15mount_custom ; done

	Now reboot and check that /mnt/usr and /mnt/home contain your data.		Now reboot and check that /mnt/usr and /mnt/home contain your data.

imported_>amigadave: direct links

2010-04-22T13:31:14Z

direct links

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	[[Booting from a flash card]] allows you to have your entire system running from a flash card, and thus to have your Home directory limited only by the size of the flash card.		[[Booting from a flash card]] allows you to have your entire system running from a flash card, and thus to have your Home directory limited only by the size of the flash card.

	The reasons for doing this, rather than following the instructions here, are ~~detailes~~ in [[~~Talk:Ext2_file_system_on_flash_card_partition~~ \| the ~~Talk:~~ page]] of the page describing creating ext2 partitions for your tablet.		The reasons for doing this, rather than following the instructions here, are detailed in [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\| the discussion page]] of the page describing creating ext2 partitions for your tablet.

	This page details the steps the author followed to solve a problem, and represents his personal experiences.		This page details the steps the author followed to solve a problem, and represents his personal experiences.
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	* an internal flash card of 2Gigs or more.		* an internal flash card of 2Gigs or more.
	* maybe a standalone linux desktop		* maybe a standalone linux desktop
	* one hour and some [~~http~~:~~//en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Roman_Chamomile chamomile]		* one hour and some [[:wikipedia:Roman_Chamomile\|chamomile]]

	== First time ==		== First time ==

imported_>amigadave: {{out of date}}

2010-03-12T14:29:50Z

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	'''This method is ''not recommended'', as it is more fragile, and less usable than straight flash booting. Please use the steps for [[booting from a flash card]] instead!'''		'''This method is ''not recommended'', as it is more fragile, and less usable than straight flash booting. Please use the steps for [[booting from a flash card]] instead!'''

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	== Alternative ==		== Alternative ==
	[[Booting from a flash card]] allows you to have your entire system running from a flash card, and thus to have your Home directory limited only by the ~~sizee~~ of the flash card.		[[Booting from a flash card]] allows you to have your entire system running from a flash card, and thus to have your Home directory limited only by the size of the flash card.

	The reasons for doing this, rather than following the instructions here, are detailes in [[Talk:Ext2_file_system_on_flash_card_partition \| the Talk: page]] of the page describing creating ext2 partitions for your tablet.		The reasons for doing this, rather than following the instructions here, are detailes in [[Talk:Ext2_file_system_on_flash_card_partition \| the Talk: page]] of the page describing creating ext2 partitions for your tablet.
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	The power consumption of your tablet will be higher when using ext2 partitions on a Flash card, and your system will not work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. This setup shortens your autonomy.		The power consumption of your tablet will be higher when using ext2 partitions on a Flash card, and your system will not work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. This setup shortens your autonomy.

	~~[[Category:Out of date]]~~
	[[Category:N8x0]]		[[Category:N8x0]]
	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]

imported_>amigadave: categorise

2010-02-11T16:55:54Z

categorise

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	The power consumption of your tablet will be higher when using ext2 partitions on a Flash card, and your system will not work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. This setup shortens your autonomy.		The power consumption of your tablet will be higher when using ext2 partitions on a Flash card, and your system will not work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. This setup shortens your autonomy.

			[[Category:Out of date]]
			[[Category:N8x0]]
			[[Category:Power users]]

imported_>dneary: Edited this article, not sure if it should stay marked for deletion. Seems totally redundant with "boot from flash card".

2009-10-20T09:21:43Z

Edited this article, not sure if it should stay marked for deletion. Seems totally redundant with "boot from flash card".

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imported_>dneary: Moving system directories to a flash card partition moved to Moving system directories to a flash card: capitalisation

2009-10-20T08:53:26Z

Moving system directories to a flash card partition moved to Moving system directories to a flash card: capitalisation

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imported_>generalantilles: Ext2 file system on flash card partition moved to Moving system directories to a flash card partition: Useless article title

2008-10-28T04:22:10Z

Ext2 file system on flash card partition moved to Moving system directories to a flash card partition: Useless article title

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imported_>generalantilles: Removing from category, the fewer people that stumble across this page the better.

2008-09-13T00:07:20Z

Removing from category, the fewer people that stumble across this page the better.

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	the power consumption of the machine does go up this way and, more importantly, it will not be able to work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. so this setup DOES shorten your autonomy... I did consider stepping back, but a quick check on the usage of my /usr partition convinced me otherwise: even if I removed 30% of the installed programs I would still have zero space for user files.		the power consumption of the machine does go up this way and, more importantly, it will not be able to work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. so this setup DOES shorten your autonomy... I did consider stepping back, but a quick check on the usage of my /usr partition convinced me otherwise: even if I removed 30% of the installed programs I would still have zero space for user files.

	~~[[Category:Users]]~~

imported_>mfrasca: /* = Power Consumption */

2008-09-12T16:01:49Z

= Power Consumption

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	on one occasion I preferred not using a backup and I used the application menu as a list of things to reinstall. this helped me to clean up my repository list, which was quite messed up after that trouble with repostory/repository...		on one occasion I preferred not using a backup and I used the application menu as a list of things to reinstall. this helped me to clean up my repository list, which was quite messed up after that trouble with repostory/repository...

	=== Power Consumption ==		=== Power Consumption ===

	the power consumption of the machine does go up this way and, more importantly, it will not be able to work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. so this setup DOES shorten your autonomy... I did consider stepping back, but a quick check on the usage of my /usr partition convinced me otherwise: even if I removed 30% of the installed programs I would still have zero space for user files.		the power consumption of the machine does go up this way and, more importantly, it will not be able to work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. so this setup DOES shorten your autonomy... I did consider stepping back, but a quick check on the usage of my /usr partition convinced me otherwise: even if I removed 30% of the installed programs I would still have zero space for user files.

	[[Category:Users]]		[[Category:Users]]

imported_>mfrasca: /* backup / power consumption */

2008-09-12T16:01:30Z

backup / power consumption

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	things should "just work" and if they don't then there's a mistake in the procedure so please let me know about it or correct the description yourself.		things should "just work" and if they don't then there's a mistake in the procedure so please let me know about it or correct the description yourself.

	=== ~~More thoughts~~ ===		=== Restoring without a Backup ===

	~~most~~ programs ~~will~~ not ~~work out of the box~~ and you ~~should reinstall them (they are~~ not ~~marked~~ as ~~installed~~ even if ~~you will find them in~~ your application menu). ~~I first started trying to use them and since some didn~~'t work, I used the application menu as a list of things to reinstall. ~~it is more work than doing a backup so maybe doing a backup anyway would not be such a bad idea. but~~ this ~~way I have cleaned~~ up my repository list, which was quite messed up after that trouble with repostory/repository...		in a bare N8x0 after a reflash you would see a totally empty menu and the system would offer you reinstalling all programs. you can still use this option also on the setup described above.

			on the other hand, if you follow the above instructions, your application menu would not be empty and in general your palmtop would look a lot like as if you had not just reflashed it. this is quite obvious, as reflashing the internal memory will not affect your /usr nor /home partitions.

			unfortunately even if your application menu would offer you just the same options as before the reflash, it is extremely application dependent if a program will work out of the box or not. as a general rule, assume they won't work and that you need doing a restore from a backup anyway.

			on one occasion I preferred not using a backup and I used the application menu as a list of things to reinstall. this helped me to clean up my repository list, which was quite messed up after that trouble with repostory/repository...

			=== Power Consumption ==

	the power consumption of the machine does go up this way and, more importantly, it will not be able to work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. so this setup DOES shorten your autonomy... I did consider stepping back, but a quick check on the usage of my /usr partition convinced me otherwise: even if I removed 30% of the installed programs I would still have zero space for user files.		the power consumption of the machine does go up this way and, more importantly, it will not be able to work once the charge is too low to read/write the flash cards. so this setup DOES shorten your autonomy... I did consider stepping back, but a quick check on the usage of my /usr partition convinced me otherwise: even if I removed 30% of the installed programs I would still have zero space for user files.

	[[Category:Users]]		[[Category:Users]]