Hello, i am currently using a dual boot method where i have the stock rom on the SD card. However, i cant seem to figure out how do i utilize the sdcard partition. The nook only mounts the boot partition. How do i get it to utilize the last partition which is the biggest and meant for program data/downloading etc.
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As the title states, my SD currently runs an EXT4 partition, however after reading around on these forums not all roms support EXT4 yet and most want EXT3 in order to work properly.. Upgrading EXT is easy im using RA Recovery Image, however how do you go from an EXT4 back to an EXT3?
don't quote me on this, but i don't think you can.
Although, you can easily just format your card then partition it again
meltus is absolutely right. the easiest way to do things is as follows:
boot into recovery
perform a full nandroid+ext backup (this is just for safety, if you feel secure, dont bother)
go to the console
at console, type UTILITY
choose the "back up apps to FAT" option
return to recovery
connect your phone to your computer
mount your SD card
backup your WHOLE SD card to your computer
unmount the sd card
partition your sd card through the recovery menu or the utility menu in console.
upgrade to ext3 through recovery or console utility menu if needed (i dont remember if ra's recovery does a straight ext3 partition)
mount your sd card when the partition is done
transfer everything back onto the sd card (which will be empty after the partition)
go to the console and bring up the utility menu
choose the "restore apps to ext" option
reboot normally.
total time: 5 minutes if you dont have much on your SD card, longer if your backup is a few GB. but this will ensure a flawless backup and restore without losing and having to reinstall any apps or having to reflash anything.
Can i go about doing this simply by going back into RA Recovery and selecting Partition SD card or will it screw it up since its already originally partitioned and its not a fresh card?
For instance if you have a clean brand new SD card u can go into RA Recovery and partition your SDCard Fat32/EXT and Linux Swaps all from the recovery menu... however if you have a card thats ALREADY partitioned, can u still do it using this method to redo everything or do u have to wipe it and get it back to a clean new card again first with no partitions
Searched before, never did found a good tut for partitioning a SD Card with Success.
Like to partition a SD card to ext/swap/fat32 properly.
Also always wonder, can I install apps on to SD card fat32 partition or ext? rather than the Cell build in memory?(myTouch 3G 1.2)
Can some one point me to a good tutorial to do this?
Or a video tutorial?
Cheer!
ND
Use the option in your recovery image. I think AmonRA's should work just fine.
The ROM your using will decide whether you can install apps to FAT or to EXT partitions. Honestly I would use the EXT partition out of the two because if loaded to FAT you'll lose your Alps when you unmount your SD card. Honestly you've got plenty of internel storage so you shouldn't need it.
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I've spent the past day attempting to partition my 32gb Micro sd card to include a compatible partion that link to sd can use.
I've tried many methods including rom manager, EASEUS partion master etc in order to create the necessary partition to no avail - almost cost me a loss of capacity permenantly in relation to its partition size!
I have now had enough. I put my 16gb micro sd card from my HTC wildfire which already contains an ext3 partition and when I attempt to use link2sd it works
I did try to make a similar partition on the 32gb card in my wildfire as I did before - using rom manager, problem being that the card will not mount once it enters into the recovery.
Can ANYONE enlighten me on how to achieve a partition which I can use, I'm not new to these processes (due to my wildfire) but this tablet feels like a whole new ballpark
Many thanks in advance
just use the included clockwork mod. Just remember it will not start on first boot, you will just get a blank screen. Hold the power down for five then restart. Use the partition SD from there. I use a 1gb, works great with link2sd. As far as I am aware rom manager does not have a profile for the Vega.
I take it you are using vegacomb.
I have a dual boot WP7 and Android. Both works but Android does not recognize SD Card, so I can not make pictures and download files with browser. Is there some solution. What about Clockwork Mod. I read that there is an inside partition tool but will I lose all data about WP7? Will Android recognize some partition as sd-ext?
Now I have a WindowsPhone7 "Unformatted" partition, a FAT32 partition (AndroidSD), a ext2 partition(wanted to use it for sd-ext), Linux-Swap partition.
I have a new Rock64 for which I have installed ayufan's Android TV build v0.3.4, but I think this question is probably applicable to a lot of other situations.
My system is booting of an SD card that is formatted with an android_meta and an android_expand partition. This setup is the same as that used by "adopted" storage, where the disk is encrypted and the key lives on the phone. If you have root on the phone, you can dump the key, and use it to mount the android_expand partition as described here. The difference is, on this card, I *know* the key is stored on the card itself, presumably in the android_meta partition, because this bootable card is the only storage device in the system.
Since the system *isn't* rooted, and I haven't got a USB A to A cable around for ADB, I want to mount the card in Linux and manually drop in an su and/or tinker with the system files.
How do I get the key off of the card, in the same way that the Android system does during its boot process, so that I can decrypt and mount the main android_expand partition?
More broadly, what, exactly, is the format of an android_meta partition? Is it ext4 or FAT or something special? I dumped it, and from running strings it looks like there's a whole bootloader in there.