Re: Installing packages onto /media/...
Hi, ext Peter Flynn wrote: > I have a nicely-running N800, but the apps I use are taking up most of > the internal space. I want to add a couple of big ones (TeX is one) and > I have plenty of space on SD cards. Is there a command for package > installation that says, in effect, "install this all in /media/foo/bar > and symlink it back to where you would normally have installed it"? Or > some other way? I guess if I knew how to view the inside of a package I > could work out where all the big stuff is expecting to go, and create > symlinks in those places to the SD cards...or would that make the > installer spit blood when it finds that symlinks exist where it expected > to create new directories? "Easiest" way is probably something like following as root (NOT TESTED!): # cp -a /usr/share/ /media/mmc1/ # cd /usr # mv share share.old # ln -s /media/mmc1/share share (# rm -r share.old) (Depending on which memory card you want to use, you might change mmc1 to mmc2.) Memory cards have VFAT file system which doesn't support all the required file attributes, so they're mounted so that you cannot execute programs from them, but /usr/share shouldn't have any executables. The data files should take most of the space in the packages, so moving /usr/share on to memory card probably helps most. ***NOTE***: if/when your memory VFAT file system card corrupts, your device will not anymore boot! That's why it's instead recommended booting the whole system from a memory card that has been formatted with a file system that doesn't corrupt as easily as VFAT (needed for Windows/OSX compatibility) and supports all the necessary file attributes. - Eero ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Installing packages onto /media/...
the strange tinyg is that my old nokia N770 was asking me where to install any application, it is odd - for me - that it is not there out of the box! Samer On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Martin Grimme wrote: > Hi, > > another and maybe easier way is to boot from SD card. As a bonus, > you'll get faster booting with a fast SD card. > > Search www.internettablettalk.com or the wiki on maemo.org for > instructions on how to boot from SD card. > > > Regards, > Martin > > > 2009/3/9, Dmitry S. Makovey : > > Peter Flynn wrote: > >> I have a nicely-running N800, but the apps I use are taking up most of > >> the internal space. I want to add a couple of big ones (TeX is one) and > >> I have plenty of space on SD cards. Is there a command for package > >> installation that says, in effect, "install this all in /media/foo/bar > >> and symlink it back to where you would normally have installed it"? Or > >> some other way? I guess if I knew how to view the inside of a package I > >> could work out where all the big stuff is expecting to go, and create > >> symlinks in those places to the SD cards...or would that make the > >> installer spit blood when it finds that symlinks exist where it expected > >> to create new directories? > >> > > didn't look into it myself but I think if you find a way to bolt-on > > unionFS (http://www.filesystems.org/project-unionfs.html) you can > > achieve that - have a "base" system on built-in flash and the rest on SD > > or whatever else you feel like. EeePC does that out-of-the box, and I > > think it's a darn good idea - having stable OS underneath and having > > easy roll-back plan (just wipe FS stacked on top of "base"). Good luck > > with your search :) > > ___ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users@maemo.org > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- __ http://geek2live.blogspot.com/ http://www.siteheed.com - You pick the level of your suffering yourself - Budha- - There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.-- Hindu proverb - "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."-Abraham Lincoln - Live Free or Die-Kernel The Canine- - Without music, life would be a mistake.- Nietzsche - He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.-- John Milton - The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless,unremembered acts of kindness and love.-- William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet -- - The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Installing packages onto /media/...
Hi, another and maybe easier way is to boot from SD card. As a bonus, you'll get faster booting with a fast SD card. Search www.internettablettalk.com or the wiki on maemo.org for instructions on how to boot from SD card. Regards, Martin 2009/3/9, Dmitry S. Makovey : > Peter Flynn wrote: >> I have a nicely-running N800, but the apps I use are taking up most of >> the internal space. I want to add a couple of big ones (TeX is one) and >> I have plenty of space on SD cards. Is there a command for package >> installation that says, in effect, "install this all in /media/foo/bar >> and symlink it back to where you would normally have installed it"? Or >> some other way? I guess if I knew how to view the inside of a package I >> could work out where all the big stuff is expecting to go, and create >> symlinks in those places to the SD cards...or would that make the >> installer spit blood when it finds that symlinks exist where it expected >> to create new directories? >> > didn't look into it myself but I think if you find a way to bolt-on > unionFS (http://www.filesystems.org/project-unionfs.html) you can > achieve that - have a "base" system on built-in flash and the rest on SD > or whatever else you feel like. EeePC does that out-of-the box, and I > think it's a darn good idea - having stable OS underneath and having > easy roll-back plan (just wipe FS stacked on top of "base"). Good luck > with your search :) > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Installing packages onto /media/...
Peter Flynn wrote: > I have a nicely-running N800, but the apps I use are taking up most of > the internal space. I want to add a couple of big ones (TeX is one) and > I have plenty of space on SD cards. Is there a command for package > installation that says, in effect, "install this all in /media/foo/bar > and symlink it back to where you would normally have installed it"? Or > some other way? I guess if I knew how to view the inside of a package I > could work out where all the big stuff is expecting to go, and create > symlinks in those places to the SD cards...or would that make the > installer spit blood when it finds that symlinks exist where it expected > to create new directories? > didn't look into it myself but I think if you find a way to bolt-on unionFS (http://www.filesystems.org/project-unionfs.html) you can achieve that - have a "base" system on built-in flash and the rest on SD or whatever else you feel like. EeePC does that out-of-the box, and I think it's a darn good idea - having stable OS underneath and having easy roll-back plan (just wipe FS stacked on top of "base"). Good luck with your search :) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Installing packages onto /media/...
I have a nicely-running N800, but the apps I use are taking up most of the internal space. I want to add a couple of big ones (TeX is one) and I have plenty of space on SD cards. Is there a command for package installation that says, in effect, "install this all in /media/foo/bar and symlink it back to where you would normally have installed it"? Or some other way? I guess if I knew how to view the inside of a package I could work out where all the big stuff is expecting to go, and create symlinks in those places to the SD cards...or would that make the installer spit blood when it finds that symlinks exist where it expected to create new directories? ///Peter ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
