First off, I would like to take this opportunity to say,
"Thanks to all the devs out there who have made these amazing things possible! Without you guys, the NookColor would be so booooorrrrriiiiinnnnngggg...."
Now unto my question!
I currently have my NC running CM7 nightly 136 on eMMC, overclocked by the built-in kernel of Dalingrin @ 1.350Ghz. I have lots of apps, located both on the phone (Internal partition?) and on the microSD. All games I keep in the microSD. They are backed up by Titanium Backup Pro 3.90, which can restore to the original location, whether it's microSD or phone. The actual backup folder is located in the eMMC.
NOW! I would like to try something out.
I would like to create a size-agnostic SD Card image, as detailed here, and flash the Dualboot Phiremod/Honeycomb ROM that can be found here.
I do believe that this is possible, since the microSD I have is a Samsung Class 2 16GB, who have never failed me (so far).
If I'm not mistaken, that would give me 3 ROMS.
CM7 Nightly on eMMC,
Phiremod & Honeycomb on miscroSD.
My questions are:
1.If I would boot to CM7 Nightly and restore my apps, specifically the apps located in the microSD, will they be restored?
2.Where is the phone (internal partition) of the Phiremod ROM and Honeycomb ROM located in the microSD? Will it be 'touched' by the CM7 nightly installed in the eMMC?
I hope I didn't confuse you.
I never done such things but want to chip in with some logical thoughts.
Based on what you have described,
1. it will probably work IFF (if and only if) there is an uSD installed.
2. Please do realize that eMMC and uSD is two different storages, two different locations.
eMMC is referred as the internal memory that comes with the NC while uSD is an external, additional storage. There are no conflict between the two.
Note: I don't know what you have referred to when calling "phone", if you meant the NC, then stop calling it "phone", if you meant a real phone such HTC, Motorola, ..... then you're in the wrong section.
votinh said:
I never done such things but want to chip in with some logical thoughts.
Based on what you have described,
1. it will probably work IFF (if and only if) there is an uSD installed.
2. Please do realize that eMMC and uSD is two different storages, two different locations.
eMMC is referred as the internal memory that comes with the NC while uSD is an external, additional storage. There are no conflict between the two.
Note: I don't know what you have referred to when calling "phone", if you meant the NC, then stop calling it "phone", if you meant a real phone such HTC, Motorola, ..... then you're in the wrong section.
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Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you. When I said phone, I meant that the NC says 'phone' even though it meant the internal partition where the apps are installed. For example, if you try moving an app installed in the NC to the microSD, it will say in the button, 'move to sd'. Once it has been moved, the button will change and will then say, 'move to phone' even though it just meant the internal partition.
Now I got intrigued by your reply. What is a uSD and how do I make one along with the instructions that I have posted to follow? If my guess is correct, I'd say that it is a seperate partition created within the microSD that will act as the 'internal partition' of the ROMs that are housed in the microSD. It is the space wherein the apps will go once it is installed from the ROM installed in the microSD. Am I correct? If so, does that mean that it is possible to create 2 uSDs for the 2 ROMs that will be installed in the microSD?
Thanks so much for your reply. You've been very helpful.
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Just call it NC's eMMC which should be the right term to say as it has been used.
uSD is the shortcut of the "micro SD" or "micro SDHC" card.
"If my guess is correct, I'd say that it is a seperate partition created within the microSD" Ans: I do not know 100% sure but I thought both ROMs will share the same partition.
"that will act as the 'internal partition' of the ROMs that are housed in the microSD"
Ans: yes, it is true but just to make life easier, drop the "internal" word. Internal should only being used for the internal memory (eMMC), anything resides on the external uSD, just call them uSD.
"It is the space wherein the apps will go once it is installed from the ROM installed in the microSD. Am I correct?" Ans: yes, you are correct
NOTE: when installing custom ROMs on the uSD, it will automatically create those partitions for you as /system where the ROM lives, /data where the apps installed and /media is the rest for storage.
"If so, does that mean that it is possible to create 2 uSDs for the 2 ROMs that will be installed in the microSD?"
Two (2) uSD is 2 totally seperate card.
You can install two ROMs on one uSD card which called "dual boot"
You can install one ROM on one uSD card, i.e. if you have 2 uSD cards, you can install CM7 on one and Honeycomb on the other.
votinh said:
Just call it NC's eMMC which should be the right term to say as it has been used.
uSD is the shortcut of the "micro SD" or "micro SDHC" card.
"If my guess is correct, I'd say that it is a seperate partition created within the microSD" Ans: I do not know 100% sure but I thought both ROMs will share the same partition.
"that will act as the 'internal partition' of the ROMs that are housed in the microSD"
Ans: yes, it is true but just to make life easier, drop the "internal" word. Internal should only being used for the internal memory (eMMC), anything resides on the external uSD, just call them uSD.
"It is the space wherein the apps will go once it is installed from the ROM installed in the microSD. Am I correct?" Ans: yes, you are correct
NOTE: when installing custom ROMs on the uSD, it will automatically create those partitions for you as /system where the ROM lives, /data where the apps installed and /media is the rest for storage.
"If so, does that mean that it is possible to create 2 uSDs for the 2 ROMs that will be installed in the microSD?"
Two (2) uSD is 2 totally seperate card.
You can install two ROMs on one uSD card which called "dual boot"
You can install one ROM on one uSD card, i.e. if you have 2 uSD cards, you can install CM7 on one and Honeycomb on the other.
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So basically, the Phiremod & Honeycomb ROMs will BOTH sit in one /system partition, and they will also share the same /data partition? Does that mean their apps will sync to each other? Like install it on Phiremod and it will end up installed in the Honeycomb as well? I know that's quite impossible--just being hopeful.
Okay, and the CM7 Nightly ROM in the eMMC has it's own /data partition which houses the apps. Now what will happen if while you're on the CM7 Nightly, you used the App2SD app to move an app from the eMMC's /data partition to somewhere on the uSD? Where in the uSD will it be stored? Will it be in the uSD's /data partition or the /media partition? I'm guessing it'll be in the /media...right?
Thanks for being so patient with me! I'm learning a lot from you!
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So basically, the Phiremod & Honeycomb ROMs will BOTH sit in one /system partition, and they will also share the same /data partition? Does that mean their apps will sync to each other? Like install it on Phiremod and it will end up installed in the Honeycomb as well? I know that's quite impossible--just being hopeful.
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That I don't know 100%, you might want to ask someone who actually have the dual-boot option uSD card.
Okay, and the CM7 Nightly ROM in the eMMC has it's own /data partition which houses the apps. Now what will happen if while you're on the CM7 Nightly, you used the App2SD app to move an app from the eMMC's /data partition to somewhere on the uSD? Where in the uSD will it be stored? Will it be in the uSD's /data partition or the /media partition? I'm guessing it'll be in the /media...right?
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1. just to be clear, you should NOT use the bootable uSD where ROM installed on it, just use another uSD, on which no /data or /media partition. If you have the bootable uSD plugged in, it would boot from the uSD already, not the CM7 from eMMC.
2. With the uSD, I assume it will move under "Android" folder on the uSD.
Thanks for being so patient with me! I'm learning a lot from you!
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We're learning from each other and that's the purpose of the public forums.
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Hello. I am struggling with this for three days now. I can't seem to make it work. So I think I need a detailed how-to because obviously I am doing something wrong.
I am using this clockwork recovery image: http://android.modaco.com/content/z...27215/oled-tft-2-5-1-8-clockworkmod-recovery/
Then I go to clockwork recovery mode and create 1GB ext partition. Wipe everything from everywhere.
After that I install paul's alpha3 prebake.
What happens is I have 1GB less storage on my class4 8GB SD, but don't see the ext3 partition (where should I look for it exactly)
In normal use the only way you'll know if its working or not is if you run out of space or not.
To find your ext partition look in '/sd-ext' or '/system/sd', you might need a file explorer that can use root privileges, I use estrongs. If the directories 'app' and 'app-private' are there then its working.
If your still sure its not working double check that the prebaked version comes with apps2sd...not all do.
Thank you. I think the prebaked alpha3 version doesn't have the apps2sd scripts. I tried to install Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7.5.2 but it killed my OS and had to flash it again. So is there any specific a2SD that I can use with this rom?
OK. I installed the Japanese jellyfish ROM yesterday and everything works like a charm so I guess prebaked alpha3 didn't have the apps2sd scripts.
Thank you again for your help, mate!
what is apps2ext?
It basically gets some storage space from the SD card and lies the system that it's part of the apps section of the internal memory
cynepmeh said:
It basically gets some storage space from the SD card and lies the system that it's part of the apps section of the internal memory
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so it is basically like a different storage architecture for the SD card? Like we can have fat32, ntfs etc?
I am no expert here. From what I know - scripts create some symlinks so the app storage is actually placed on the sd, but the system doesn't know that and thinks it is still the old place. The path is the same, but it actually is something like a shortcut. The ext is probably because it needs to be linix partition or something...
This is what I think and it may not be true however
Hello,
As the title says, I'm a new CM7 user (running verygreen's SDcard installer, using the 1.3 generic image, with nightly 87, no OC). This is running beautifully, except for one thing... I didn't use a big enough SDcard to start with and now I'm faced with looking for the right way to migrate to a larger card (or alternatively to make use of the NC's built-in eMMC in some fashion to augment the current SDcard).
Can someone tell me if the following approach will work? And is it the right/best way?
1. Use Win32Imager to make a full disk image of the current card (4GB).
2. Write the image to a new 8GB or 16GB card. At this point I should have a perfect copy except that there'll be wasted space on the card past the final partition.
3. Boot into a Linux recovery type LiveCD and use gparted to expand the final partition to use up the rest of the space.
4. Am I done? (crosses fingers?)
The goal of this move is to give myself some room to drop movies, music, etc. onto the /mnt/sdcard partition (which I believe is called /media by NC Stock 1.2?) Will what I described work?
Thanks in advance,
fuul4nook
P.S. One extra question, will the fact that my NC is a blue dot cause any problems with the idea? And if not, is there any way I can use the eMMC partitions while running CM7 from SDcard?
fuul4nook said:
Hello,
As the title says, I'm a new CM7 user (running verygreen's SDcard installer, using the 1.3 generic image, with nightly 87, no OC). This is running beautifully, except for one thing... I didn't use a big enough SDcard to start with and now I'm faced with looking for the right way to migrate to a larger card (or alternatively to make use of the NC's built-in eMMC in some fashion to augment the current SDcard).
Can someone tell me if the following approach will work? And is it the right/best way?
1. Use Win32Imager to make a full disk image of the current card (4GB).
2. Write the image to a new 8GB or 16GB card. At this point I should have a perfect copy except that there'll be wasted space on the card past the final partition.
3. Boot into a Linux recovery type LiveCD and use gparted to expand the final partition to use up the rest of the space.
4. Am I done? (crosses fingers?)
The goal of this move is to give myself some room to drop movies, music, etc. onto the /mnt/sdcard partition (which I believe is called /media by NC Stock 1.2?) Will what I described work?
Thanks in advance,
fuul4nook
P.S. One extra question, will the fact that my NC is a blue dot cause any problems with the idea? And if not, is there any way I can use the eMMC partitions while running CM7 from SDcard?
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You should be able to do what you want but use Easeus Partition Manager to extend the 4th partition on the SD to get full use of the card. I don't know what you mean by "blue dot", but you can access 5 gb on the emmc directly through apps if it's music or video. You can also use File Expert or Root Explorer to store what you want on the emmc partition, which will then also be available when you boot into the stock NC rom.
This was probably already covered by another thread but i have looked through dozens of posts and i haven't found an answer yet...
So i want to know how i can boot one rom (cm7) from internal storage and another rom (cm9) from emmc...
if possible, please provide some files and a guide...
THANKS
-David
davidmargolin said:
This was probably already covered by another thread but i have looked through dozens of posts and i haven't found an answer yet...
So i want to know how i can boot one rom (cm7) from internal storage and another rom (cm9) from emmc...
if possible, please provide some files and a guide...
THANKS
-David
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It's not difficult. Just follow these threads below.
First install CM7 to emmc per this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12797652
Then install CM9 to SD per this thread (just substitute CM9 for CM7 in the instructions):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928
Also you need to use my updated generic image file instead of the one in the link above. Get it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23153010
If you want to use both systems with the same SD card so you don't have to swap cards all the time, follow these instructions:
After you have installed both of these systems, go to CM7 and using root explorer, edit the file vold.fstab in /etc. There will be a line there that includes 'sdcard auto' (without the quote). Change that to 'sdcard 4'. Save and reboot. Now both CM7 and CM9 will share the same media sdcard space. No need to swap cards between systems.
Also to determine which system boots, hold the n key while nothing and a boot menu will come up. Use it to select which system you want to boot to.
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emmc and internal
heres the thing though... i dont want anything booting from my sd card... just from my internal storage and then my emmc...
davidmargolin said:
heres the thing though... i dont want anything booting from my sd card... just from my internal storage and then my emmc...
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Why?
BTW, emmc and internal storage are the same thing.
edit: There are some really old threads that tell you how to repartition the nook so that you can have two systems on emmc. But that is no longer recommended due to many issues, including updating is difficult and repartitioning is risky.
edit2: If you are thinking you can install a system to the media partition of emmc ("internal storage"), it's not possible. The only way to get two systems internally (ie., without using an SD) is to repartition. The existing media partition is deleted and new system partitions are created to accommodate the new system files and then a new smaller media partition is recreated. But that is a very non-standard installation and most update- zips will not work with that setup. You have to use specially modified versions.
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emmc
leapinlar said:
Why?
BTW, emmc and internal storage are the same thing.
edit: There are some really old threads that tell you how to repartition the nook so that you can have two systems on emmc. But that is no longer recommended due to many issues, including updating is difficult and repartitioning is risky.
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so why does my nook list emmc and internal seperately????
... look at the pic
davidmargolin said:
so why does my nook list emmc and internal seperately????
... look at the pic
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Look at my edit2 above. That "internal storage" shown is just a partition of emmc (/data, which is part of emmc where your system data and apps are stored). And other systems cannot be installed there.
Why are you against SD installs?
edit: Just a little educating, emmc means Embedded MultiMedia Card. It is where everything is stored internally. It is partitioned into several partitions, /system, /data, /cache, and others. It creates a media partition to store your media and it calls that "emmc" on that picture you posted. and it calls the /data partition "internal storage". Very confusing for noobs.
merger
forget about dual booting for a sec...
can i merge the two partitions (internal + emmc) together...
davidmargolin said:
forget about dual booting for a sec...
can i merge the two partitions (internal + emmc) together...
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No, see my edit above.
Edit: But you can change the size of each by repartitioning. The old nooks came with a 1GB /data and a 5GB /media. The newer nooks come with 5GB /data and 1GB /media. Looking at your picture you have the old nook.
mnt/usbdisk
sorry... i dont know too much bout these things...
but what about the additional storage mnt/usbdisk (see picture)... whats that
davidmargolin said:
sorry... i dont know too much bout these things...
but what about the additional storage mnt/usbdisk (see picture)... whats that
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That is if you install a usb drive by attaching a special adapter and plugging in a usb flash drive.
If you want both CM9 and CM7, I highly recommend the scheme I listed in my first reply. It's what I use and it works great.
thanks
kk.. thanks alot... ill dual boot with sd...
davidmargolin said:
kk.. thanks alot... ill dual boot with sd...
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After thinking about it, I would recommend reversing which is on emmc and which on SD. You will not be updating CM7 very often and likely updating CM9 a lot. It is easier to update emmc, so I would put CM9 on emmc and CM7 on SD.
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gottcha
so i just use the disk image u gave me and write it to my sd card...
then i put cm7 on the card and the nook does the rest... right???
davidmargolin said:
so i just use the disk image u gave me and write it to my sd card...
then i put cm7 on the card and the nook does the rest... right???
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Yes, assuming when you said 'write' you meant burned the image using win32diskimager.
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Hello.
I'm using the latest aurora and I'd like to discuss an idea I had.
Since the U8800 has plenty internal memory and it's quite fast comparing to an average sd card, it'd be great if we could use the internal memory for the tasks that need "speed" instead of "space".
Running apps from the sd card is the perfect example!
So the idea would be, while keeping the external sdcard mounted on /mnt/sdcard, having /mnt/sdcard/Android/data, for instance, point to the «internal sdcard path»/Android/data.
What do you think would be the best solution:
- hacking the mount points?
- using links?
- other solution?
Any developer or filesystem savvy user can point the advantages or dangers of using this solution?
- e.g.: the system or some apps may check if the external sd-card is mounted before trying to read/write to /mnt/sdcard/Android/data... that would mean the system/those apss may think that path isn't reachable with the ext-sdcard unmounted, altough they can be read.
Suggestions? Rants? Ideas?
Regards!
I have wondered if the /data/app or maybe the whole /data partition could be mounted in the internal storage partition. That would give 2gb space for apps and associated files instead of 3-400 ish and would mean no need to move apps to sd card which would mean faster loads at startup due to internal memory being faster.
VuDuCuRSe said:
Hello.
I'm using the latest aurora and I'd like to discuss an idea I had.
Since the U8800 has plenty internal memory and it's quite fast comparing to an average sd card, it'd be great if we could use the internal memory for the tasks that need "speed" instead of "space".
Running apps from the sd card is the perfect example!
So the idea would be, while keeping the external sdcard mounted on /mnt/sdcard, having /mnt/sdcard/Android/data, for instance, point to the «internal sdcard path»/Android/data.
What do you think would be the best solution:
- hacking the mount points?
- using links?
- other solution?
Any developer or filesystem savvy user can point the advantages or dangers of using this solution?
- e.g.: the system or some apps may check if the external sd-card is mounted before trying to read/write to /mnt/sdcard/Android/data... that would mean the system/those apss may think that path isn't reachable with the ext-sdcard unmounted, altough they can be read.
Suggestions? Rants? Ideas?
Regards!
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Well this is known for a while now . Quoted from my thread here:
vold.fstab - CHANGE THE DEFAULT SDCARD: -thanks to julle131
There is this file named vold.fstab at your /system/etc/ folder, which controls which of your sdcards (Internal/External) will be mounted when you connect your phone to the PC. The last 2 lines are the only that matter. These are the two possibilities:
EXTERNAL SDCARD MOUNTED (DEFAULT):
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.4/mmc_host
dev_mount emmc /mnt/sdcard1 14 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host
INTERNAL SDCARD MOUNTED:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 14 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host
dev_mount emmc /mnt/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.4/mmc_host
change them as you wish with a root explorer or before flashing.
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Make this change and every app will use the internal sdcard. Gallery works ok with images to external sdcard, it just might take a while for the first refresh. But I don't know if you'll notice any difference in terms of speed....
Cheers
spirosbond said:
Well this is known for a while now . Quoted from my thread here:
Make this change and every app will use the internal sdcard. Gallery works ok with images to external sdcard, it just might take a while for the first refresh. But I don't know if you'll notice any difference in terms of speed....
Cheers
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That's not what he talked, I think. He said that the apparel would be installed on the external sd card, but the data would be moved to the internal one. And we have speed, but the main card would be the external one.
I think its a great idea if I understood it right!
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mrasquinho said:
That's not what he talked, I think. He said that the apparel would be installed on the external sd card, but the data would be moved to the internal one. And we have speed, but the main card would be the external one.
I think its a great idea if I understood it right!
Sent from my U8800 using xda premium
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Oh I see! Sorry about that. As far as I know apps are not choosing were to put their data. They just say to the OS "I want these things to be at the sdcard" and the OS puts them at the correct place. So you can't "hack" the app to "see" at somewhere else. On the other hand the OS initialises on boot which card is the primary and which is the secondary. So my knowledge stops there and I can't imagine a way to make this separation between app data and the rest...
I hope for someone else's help!
PaulMilbank said:
I have wondered if the /data/app or maybe the whole /data partition could be mounted in the internal storage partition. That would give 2gb space for apps and associated files instead of 3-400 ish and would mean no need to move apps to sd card which would mean faster loads at startup due to internal memory being faster.
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Maybe this cannot be done, because I think that the mapping of the partitions and mounts comes from the bootloader, but there is already the solution of resizing the data partition using the space of internal storage.
PaulMilbank said:
I have wondered if the /data/app or maybe the whole /data partition could be mounted in the internal storage partition. That would give 2gb space for apps and associated files instead of 3-400 ish and would mean no need to move apps to sd card which would mean faster loads at startup due to internal memory being faster.
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That's a great idea!
I almost don't use the so called "internal sd card", therefor I have 2GB of fast empty space being wasted.
Why not simply mounting the internal sd-card partition in the data folder and the data partition on the internal sd card folder?
I only use the internal sd card to hold ringtones and other small stuff that I need to be in accessible 100% of the time, so a few hundred MB are enough!
Me gusta!
Every ROM flashes it's own fstab, right?
So all we'd need to do would be, editing the fstab before flashing it.
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Regarding the my first idea... I don't think one can simply mount a path on another path. We'd need a "virtual" device pointing to /mnt/sdcard-internal/data/ then mount that virtual device on /mnt/sdcard-external/data/.
My knowledge of unix mount/filesystems is not much more than what's explained here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount
OK, just found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/11079/mount-a-directory-to-look-like-a-drive
there is a FUSE filesystem named bindfs that probably does exactly what you want. For example the following:
bindfs -n /media/USB-HDD-01/ISO/ /home/johnc/ISO-images
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would result in ISO-images to show up as a mounted filesystem in the Places sidepanel in Nautilus. The -n is required because otherwise bindfs tries to use the allow_other FUSE option, which by default is not allowed for regular users (if you use bindfs in /etc/fstab this is not a problem).
The first directory you give is the existing one, the second directory you give is an empty directory under which the contents of the existing one will appear.
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So, bindfs depends on FUSE... and there's a port of fuse to android: https://github.com/seth-hg/fuse-android but looking at the README I get the feeling that it's not really working. The last step would be having a kernel with FUSE support... and regarding that, I have no idea, how easy it is to get a kernel like that for our U8800 :\
Finding such a solution to expand the DATA partition indirectly would be great!
I used to apply genokolar's custom partition method as "1.2G DATA + 1.46G INTERNAL SD" before, but i found out that it has some issues with Official 2.3 Roms. One of them -the most important IMHO- is the BOOTLOOP problem occurring in some specific situations!!!
See the details in my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25853141&postcount=134
(Seems that I don't encounter the bootloops on Custom Roms, but i'm not %100 sure and never will be )
So i unfortunately gave up using it, and revert to the stock partition .
I will be grateful to the one who will find a better and reliable solution. Hope to see it soon...
I still have to gather more information on the official update "modus operandi".
My goal is to simply reformat both partitions and then swap their mount points.
If the official update formats the partitions before applying the flashing official ROM files, then partitioning changes shouldn't cause any failure on the official update.
But like I said, I'm still yet to confirm that info.
Gen's idea was great (I learned a lot just by looking at his scripts) but resizing partitions has its dangers.
Since "no one" really uses the internal memory, why not simply exchange its room with /data, right?
This would be awesome! I would love to have 2gb for apps, instead of cluttering my phone.. plus the 2gb of internal storage are just a waste for me.. I never use them.. so this would be great!
I tried to search, but found no answer...
Yesterday I rooted my stock NC with MN5.08.20. I finally decided today to flash cm7.2 (which seems to be stable, judging after the forum discussions) to fully "unleash the FORCE" of my NC because I'm very angry: I cannot fully use the /data folder. I mean, I can put there my books/music, but I can't read them. So, I have only one issue not solved yet: will I be able to fully use the 5GB of internal storage with cm7.2? Is there a menu/option or a box to check which allows mounting the internal storage as visible and usable? Will I be able to read the books deposited there?
Or does the cm7.2 repartition the device with 1gb /data and 5gb /media? If not, please recommend me a ROM which does this thing.
Please answer me!
Thanks in advance!
amoromete said:
I tried to search, but found no answer...
Yesterday I rooted my stock NC with MN5.08.20. I finally decided today to flash cm7.2 (which seems to be stable, judging after the forum discussions) to fully "unleash the FORCE" of my NC because I'm very angry: I cannot fully use the /data folder. I mean, I can put there my books/music, but I can't read them. So, I have only one issue not solved yet: will I be able to fully use the 5GB of internal storage with cm7.2? Is there a menu/option or a box to check which allows mounting the internal storage as visible and usable? Will I be able to read the books deposited there?
Or does the cm7.2 repartition the device with 1gb /data and 5gb /media? If not, please recommend me a ROM which does this thing.
Please answer me!
Thanks in advance!
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CM7 does not re-partition anything. You are a little confused about /data and /media. All books and other media must be stored on the /media (emmc in CM terms) or on your sdcard. /data is only used for storing applications. So if you are using a root file manager to put books there, no application on any ROM will be able to read them.
The older Nook Colors had a different partition scheme than the newer ones. They had 1GB /data and 5GB /media. The newer ones have them reversed so that more application space and less media space is available. Dean Gibson has a thread in the general forum that tells you how to repartition the newer Nooks back to the old scheme. So, if you have the newer Nook and you want more internal media space go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14101197
thanks a lot
Already read the thread... But how do I do the MANDATORY REBOOT INTO RECOVERY? Do i have to reboot from cwm, let the device boot completely, open ROM Manager and select REBOOT INTO RECOVERY?
CWM is recovery. Some cwm activities require a reboot and you want to get back to cwm to do the next required step. That's why there is a reboot recovery command in cwm. Otherwise, just get to CWM and you are in recovery. Unless, of course, you are using TWRP, in which case, TWRP is recovery.