Mailing List Archive: Rootfs - Repartition

Rootfs - Repartition - Modifying Image

Feb 9, 2011, 10:31 AM

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Hi I have been downloading stuff from gnu and ./configure make install and
was wonderful.

I even built postgres and pgAdmin3 and made them work and all.

A wonderful experience for me and a nice way to pass the time while on the
train.

Now building gnu-core utils no more rootfs space.

Now I cannot do anything important basically, compiling building stuff, and
updating with CSSU.

I have clean up some space following
http://wiki.maemo.org/Free_up_rootfs_space

I am willing to reflash but what can I lear from this?

I know repartition is not possible as rootfs its put on a nandflash of 250mb
which is apart of the internal 32gb storage (Which I had already partition)

Could I get some recomendations? I wish to have a device where I could use
more than 250mb of rootfs.

I can learn to install to a different directories, really I am a bit lost.

f(t)

Re: Rootfs - Repartition - Modifying Image [ In reply to ]

paul.hartman+maemo at gmail

Feb 9, 2011, 11:42 AM

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On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
<francisco.diaztrepat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi I have been downloading stuff from gnu and ./configure make install and
> was wonderful.
> I even built postgres and pgAdmin3 and made them work and all.
> A wonderful experience for me and a nice way to pass the time while on the
> train.
> Now building gnu-core utils no more rootfs space.
> Now I cannot do anything important basically, compiling building stuff, and
> updating with CSSU.
> I have clean up some space
> following http://wiki.maemo.org/Free_up_rootfs_space
> I am willing to reflash but what can I lear from this?
> I know repartition is not possible as rootfs its put on a nandflash of 250mb
> which is apart of the internal 32gb storage (Which I had already partition)
> Could I get some recomendations? I wish to have a device where I could use
> more than 250mb of rootfs.
> I can learn to install to a different directories, really I am a bit lost.
> f(t)

Hi Francisco,

I have not tried it, but for example egoshin's method he described
here is to put rootfs onto the emmc instead:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=59374
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Re: Rootfs - Repartition - Modifying Image [ In reply to ]

francisco.diaztrepat at gmail

Feb 9, 2011, 12:31 PM

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Hi Paul, thanks for your suggestion and so many others in which you helped
me (without knowing it) :-) good time to recognize it.

I will studied and try it out.

I use my phone for a lot of development. None critical, nor important
development, but important for me because it helps me learn in a TDD way,
sort of.

So this might help. Ultimately my goal is to have an Ubuntu like system,
with a working (poorly if you wish) phone app. Right now I feel I am halfway
there. But more needs to be done for me.

I want a linux system. even the username and password stuff. even that I
miss... :-)

f(t)

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+maemo@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
> <francisco.diaztrepat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi I have been downloading stuff from gnu and ./configure make install
> and
> > was wonderful.
> > I even built postgres and pgAdmin3 and made them work and all.
> > A wonderful experience for me and a nice way to pass the time while on
> the
> > train.
> > Now building gnu-core utils no more rootfs space.
> > Now I cannot do anything important basically, compiling building stuff,
> and
> > updating with CSSU.
> > I have clean up some space
> > following http://wiki.maemo.org/Free_up_rootfs_space
> > I am willing to reflash but what can I lear from this?
> > I know repartition is not possible as rootfs its put on a nandflash of
> 250mb
> > which is apart of the internal 32gb storage (Which I had already
> partition)
> > Could I get some recomendations? I wish to have a device where I could
> use
> > more than 250mb of rootfs.
> > I can learn to install to a different directories, really I am a bit
> lost.
> > f(t)
>
> Hi Francisco,
>
> I have not tried it, but for example egoshin's method he described
> here is to put rootfs onto the emmc instead:
>
> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=59374
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Re: Rootfs - Repartition - Modifying Image [ In reply to ]

paul.hartman+maemo at gmail

Feb 9, 2011, 1:58 PM

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On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
<francisco.diaztrepat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul, thanks for your suggestion and so many others in which you helped
> me (without knowing it) :-) good time to recognize it.
> I will studied and try it out.
> I use my phone for a lot of development. None critical, nor important
> development, but important for me because it helps me learn in a TDD way,
> sort of.
> So this might help. Ultimately my goal is to have an Ubuntu like system,
> with a working (poorly if you wish) phone app. Right now I feel I am halfway
> there. But more needs to be done for me.
> I want a linux system. even the username and password stuff. even that I
> miss... :-)

No problem!

In case you didn't already try it, you'll probably be interested in
Qole's easy chroot & easy debian:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian

And he has images for Ubuntu, Fedora, MeeGo on his website:
http://qole.org/files/

And his blog with some info about using:
http://qole.blogspot.com/
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Re: Rootfs - Repartition - Modifying Image [ In reply to ]

francisco.diaztrepat at gmail

Feb 9, 2011, 7:10 PM

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awesome

I'll take a look. I was reading the previous solution but it seems
that you might run into some trouble if you run an update or uninstall
some app or lib.

f(t)

On 2/9/11, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+maemo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
> <francisco.diaztrepat@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Paul, thanks for your suggestion and so many others in which you helped
>> me (without knowing it) :-) good time to recognize it.
>> I will studied and try it out.
>> I use my phone for a lot of development. None critical, nor important
>> development, but important for me because it helps me learn in a TDD way,
>> sort of.
>> So this might help. Ultimately my goal is to have an Ubuntu like system,
>> with a working (poorly if you wish) phone app. Right now I feel I am
>> halfway
>> there. But more needs to be done for me.
>> I want a linux system. even the username and password stuff. even that I
>> miss... :-)
>
> No problem!
>
> In case you didn't already try it, you'll probably be interested in
> Qole's easy chroot & easy debian:
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian
>
> And he has images for Ubuntu, Fedora, MeeGo on his website:
> http://qole.org/files/
>
> And his blog with some info about using:
> http://qole.blogspot.com/
> _______________________________________________
> maemo-users mailing list
> maemo-users@maemo.org
> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
>
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