Hi guys. sorry if im being ignorant but i cant seen to find a proper guide on how to partition my class 6 sd card correctly.
i have rav1.2.0g recovery image which alows me to partition the card 3 ways but it doesnt seem to be right. is the card after partitioning meant to be assigned different drive letters? or is it only meant to show as one complete partition. also, do i partition after flash or before?
sound like an idiot but id like to be sure what im doing
any help appreciated. thanks
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in rav 1.2.0g, all you would have to do is select from the two format options in the image... you can either select from fat32 + ext + swap for apps2sd, or just plain fat32 if you do not want to utilize apps2sd (some roms do not support installing without apps2sd)...
i can verify that it works just fine for both format options...
If you're using Windows, you will still only see one drive and it will probably still have the same drive letter.
2 of the 3 partitions are formatted in a format Windows does not understand (ext3 and Linux swap) so it does not present them in Windows Explorer. If you use some sort of partition editing program you will be able to verify the partitions exist and are the right size etc. If you've used amon_ra's recovery tool to partition your SD card you should be OK, it's what I used and it worked perfectly for me.
Hello XDA Developers.
I have hit a brick wall trying to partition my 8gb SD card for my MyTouch3g, and could use a little help, i can getting very frustrated and any help will be appreciated .
Questions:
1) Is there any way to partition the 8GB SD card on the computer, then just put it into the MyTouch3g?
2) How do i know what size partitions should be for my 8GB card?
I cannot get adb set up on the computer properly to do it, also many of the guides are for the G1 and involve typing things in the recovery console with the hardware keyboard.
I have googled for hours trying to find a guide specifically for partitioning with the Mytouch3g without using adb, but could not find one.
Side note: I rooted my phone using the 1touch method.
you can use Amon_Ra's recovery and it'll do it for you automatically.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/
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maybe dumb question, can i flash the Amon_Ra's recovery img after already having the cyanogen recovery img...or do i need to start with a clean slate?...and any advice if im using the stock 4gb SD card as far as partitioning/format for better performance?
i need help too...
please help a noob!!!
i'm in the exact same boat. using cyanogen 4.0.2 also and an 8gb sd card too.
please help...
Same
Yeah im worried about flashing another recovery image over the Cyanogen recovery image.
I rooted using the 1-touch method that auto installed Cyanogen Recovery image....dont know if flashing another recovery image would brick it or not
if you guys have the myTouch and unsure, unroot then root again using the Amon_Ra method on unlockr
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/
I use Amon_Ra's recovery and I know it does the partition for me automatically, but how do I know what size my partitions are ? For example, there are some roms that require 96Mb's for Swap...Any help will be greatly appreciated and thanx to all the Devs for their hard and continous work on the G1 and MT3G....
unk2009 said:
I use Amon_Ra's recovery and I know it does the partition for me automatically, but how do I know what size my partitions are ? For example, there are some roms that require 96Mb's for Swap...Any help will be greatly appreciated and thanx to all the Devs for their hard and continous work on the G1 and MT3G....
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Did you ask this in every thread?............search please!!!!
Cyan's recovery should have an option to auto format your card
you can use Amon_Ra's recovery img without flashing it to your phone!
Just boot it, instead of flashing it.. and select the option to partition the sdcard and then reboot...
No changes to your phone... just a partitioned sdcard!
use the following commands with fastboot loaded on your phone (back + power)
fastboot boot your_recovery_img.img
Hope this helps
philicibine said:
you can use Amon_Ra's recovery img without flashing it to your phone!
Just boot it, instead of flashing it.. and select the option to partition the sdcard and then reboot...
No changes to your phone... just a partitioned sdcard!
use the following commands with fastboot loaded on your phone (back + power)
fastboot boot your_recovery_img.img
Hope this helps
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does this really work? first time i have seen this reported. Have you done it? If you have could u give me some more detailed instructions on how to do it. Please and thank you. If this is a totally noob request I apologize,I am new to this.
Follow this guide and you can partition the card how you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
It really is easy to do, just try.
Here's what I am doing. I'm a complete noob and it took days and days of tinkering and reading through this site to refine this. I've done it multiple times now with experimental ROMs and it works great for me.
Put your SD card in your computer's reader, or a 3rd party reader device. Copy all the files to your hard drive in a backup folder of some kind.
Go get GParted at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
You can download the iso image. Use a program like http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn the iso image to a CD which will be bootable.
Once you have the Boot CD with GParted you can boot your computer up with it in the disc drive. Make sure your BIOS settings have the CD before your hard drive to check for boot sequence.
GParted will start up, I pick the defaults. It reads my SD reader with my 8GB Class 6 inserted. Make sure you select your SD card from the drop menu, the default is my computer hard drive which you don't want to touch!
I delete all the partitions on the card.
The first partition is your FAT32 and it will be the largest partition.
The next Partition you want to make is an ext2, ext3, or ext4 partition. I use ext3. I make this partition about 800 MB. This is where the Cyanogen ROM will copy your apps to automatically when it detects it.
The last partition is going to be a Linux Swap file and should be about 32 MB.
I've seen where some people use a 64 MB swap file but I think the general consensus of 32 is fine.
Once you are done, close out GParted and pull the CD out when it ejects your tray. When you reboot the computer without the CD in it, your Windows OS should boot right up like normal.
In Windows you should see the large FAT32 partition on your SD card. Windows won't see the ext3 or swap partitions. Copy your SD card files back to your SD card and eject the card.
When you put the card in your MyTouch3G, turn on the phone. Leave it alone when your screen comes up. The Cyanogen ROM will detect your ext3 partition and begin copying all your apps to it. At first it will look like you have no apps but they will begin appearing as they are copied to your SD card. It may take a couple minutes depending on how many apps you have.
The GParted CD is an easy way in the future to wipe out partitions on your card and set it up for you.
need help to make sure my card is partitioned properly.
I used the recovery image to do the partition, but im afraid i am not getting the linux swap portion, or maybe it isnt visible.
can anyone call me?
843.513.5707
-gary
Just searched for you... http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Fat_Ext2_Partition
Right I never make threads I usually get all my info from other peoples threads but this one has me stumped.
I have been playing around with the different roms for android and decided to try one of the DATA2EXT ones and started making partitions on my 16gb card, I made a 1gb Ext3 partition and installed RAFDroid and somehow it managed to corrupt so I ended up reformatting it and now I am 1gb down on the sd card it has just dissapeared it does not even come up in the partition manager.
If anyone has any solutions I would be very grateful thanks.
Download the Gparted Live application. Burn it onto a CD. Boot your computer using the CD you created (Google for help if you need it). Delete the partition you made. Resize the existing FAT32 partition to occupy the full space available once you have deleted the ext partition.
Right okay, yeah I thought I might have to do that was just downloading it now thanks for the help
Yeah that sorted it, thanks again
I've done the same thing and Maximillion has sorted the issue
I have a netbook with no CD drive, is there another way round this?
this might help:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php
try "mini tool partition wizard home edition" worked very well with me
MiniTool
You can also use EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition..
That should do it
Ok so I know the rule of not asking something thats been explained and I have spent the past two days researching this subject but I'm missing a few steps I believe.
So I am looking to put an EXT4 partition on my SD card and so far I have made it far enough to make a bootable USB with GParted which did allow me to format the stick in EXT4 however I'm getting an error that it needs a second partition so Im just a little bit confused.
I'm going to do more research and probably go back into GParted to see if I find any other options for EXT4 partitioning but if someone whos already done this could shed a lil light and speed this process up a bit I would be hella grateful!
Thanks in advance,
ESCO303 said:
Ok so I know the rule of not asking something thats been explained and I have spent the past two days researching this subject but I'm missing a few steps I believe.
So I am looking to put an EXT4 partition on my SD card and so far I have made it far enough to make a bootable USB with GParted which did allow me to format the stick in EXT4 however I'm getting an error that it needs a second partition so Im just a little bit confused.
I'm going to do more research and probably go back into GParted to see if I find any other options for EXT4 partitioning but if someone whos already done this could shed a lil light and speed this process up a bit I would be hella grateful!
Thanks in advance,
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from my understanding you need to create a linux swap file etc. you need to create 3 partitions one for swap and ext 4 then rest as is. after creating linux swap and ext partitions you then change properties of the ext 2 to 4. check in the hd2 forum for more info. i would use sdcard formatter to return sdcard to original values during format and then use gparted to create magic you are after.
Moving to General.
PS: Every Q? thread should be posted in General.