I am running CM7 on SD card that has a storage partition of about 6 gig.
When I run stock Nook Color USB, it's easy to set up folders in My Files and fill them with magazines, ebooks, pdf files, videos, etc. on the EMMC.
Then under CM7, I have been using File Manager to move the files one by one to the SD card.... a tedious process.
Or I have been able to use DropBox to export the files one by one to the SD card .... even slower and more tedious
I've tried to get EASEUS Partition Master to activate the storage partition so I could just drop files in there, but all I can ever see is the boot partition on my PC.
There has to be an easier way, right ?
Just plug the Nook in via USB and then you need to open your status bar and mount as USB. You will then have two new drives on your PC, one for EMMC and one for your SD card.
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THATS more like it. Working great now and thanks!
edit /system/etc/vold.fstab on stock and change first auto for SDCARD to 4 and you can use the same partition for stock and sd ROM for the SDCARD
in your CM7...
either use terminal app or adb shell:
mkdir /sdcard/tmp
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard/tmp
Then edit /sdcard/tmp/etc/vold.fstab to make the following change:
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
CHANGE TO
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 4 auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
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How can I view the files on my sd card in the ext2 partition?
I have one fat32 and one ext2 which my apps are on but every file viewer app in my G1 phone or computer only lets me see whats in the fat32 one, so how could I access it it?
I have windows vista and ubuntu (which I dont know how to use well) pc
and my sd card is an 8gb class 6 with 500 mb of the ext2 and rest is fat32, I just want to access the ext2 and view its files
someone please help and thank you
tanner2007 said:
How can I view the files on my sd card in the ext2 partition?
I have one fat32 and one ext2 which my apps are on but every file viewer app in my G1 phone or computer only lets me see whats in the fat32 one, so how could I access it it?
I have windows vista and ubuntu (which I dont know how to use well) pc
and my sd card is an 8gb class 6 with 500 mb of the ext2 and rest is fat32, I just want to access the ext2 and view its files
someone please help and thank you
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You would have to load ubuntu and use a card reader to view the files on your ext2 partition.
Or, as an alternative, you could download terminal emulator from the market. Open up the app, then type this:
$su
#cd /system/sd
to view the files in your ext2 partiton.
while your in /system/sd you may want to change to a different directory, such as app or data, you could use this command:
$su
#cd /system/sd
#cd app
#ls
where you would substitute app for another directory such as app-private, data, dalvik-cache, etc.
when you want to move up a directory type this:
#cd ..
and whenever you want to view whatever folders or files are present in the directory you're in, type this:
#ls
hope this helps.
if you are using ubuntu, you will need an sdcard reader, you won't be abel to ea dthe ext2 partition form windos (not that am aware of) inserd the sd card or i think if you plug the phone nd u have teh drivers ubuntu will read and mount the sd card should appear in yoru desktop both partitions with an icond of a hard drive
thanks but I wannna see and be able to move files and etc like in windows..well im new to ubuntu and not sure how but yes I have my phone and an sd card reader
so where are they located
am i just an idiot or what? i made an ext2 partition on my sdcard, and it wont let me put anything on it. i'm doing this half for my apps and half to install debian. but why the f cant i do anything with it?? it wont let me change permissions so am i in the reference to south park "f'd in the a?"
This article is a google translate from my article in Greek from here: http://fwlia.k0uk0s.gr/2011/07/mount-ext4-formated-sd-android.html
Sorry for any language mistakes
Well, quick and dirty way to mount ext4 file system on the external sd.
1) We need external sd and kernel with ext4 support (Overcome has)
2) Format from a Linux machine the sd to ext4. The best way is to format the sd from a card reader. If you want fat32 partition, put it first and then the ext4
3) Put the card into the device and do boot. The android will grumble that there is a problem with sd, ignore it. If you have the first partition fat32, it will not say anything
4) In the internal sd (the fat32 which has the device from factory) you make a folder called external_sd. Most of you must have the directory
5) You install on android the http://market.android.com/details?id=os.tools.scriptmanager
6) you make a folder in the internal sd named scripts and there you make a text file named mount.ext4 and this content:
#! / System / bin / sh
mount-t ext4 / dev/block/mmcblk1p1 / sdcard / external_sd
7) If you put the first fat32 partition, then change mmcblk1p1 mmcblk1p2
8) Finally, in the Script Manager we installed before, pick the mount.ext4 and tick run as root and run at boot
Reboot and complete.
I have yet to find a way to become the ext4 unmount when the device connect to usb.
Now you can put that hd movies in sd whithout the 4gb per file fat32 limitation. You just need a linux machine to copy them in sd.
Have a nice day
Thanks Alot!
Dude, you are my hero! Hate FAT32 like the plague. Now I can rid myself of it once and for all!
yeah! it's done, good job. but i have some bug to report can not use Mass storage to connect to PC , can be connect by Samsung Kies only.
pisit99 said:
yeah! it's done, good job. but i have some bug to report can not use Mass storage to connect to PC , can be connect by Samsung Kies only.
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A normal Win PC doesn't know about ext4... As the OP states you'll need a Linux-machine to work with.
My NC has all of this on the /mnt/sdcard
Code:
.estrongs
.FileExpert
.wftfiles
.youversion
adobe
Android
B&N Downloads
backups
Books
clockworkmod
com.maildroid
data
DCIM
Digital Editions
Download
dropbox
eBooks
Evernote
GOLauncherEX
GoStore
LOST.DIR
Music
My Files
Nook
opera
OverDrive
ReceivedFiles
TempAudio
tmp
TunnyBrowser
Videos
.OverDrive.xml
fix_permissions.log
.adobe-digital-editions
.android_secure
.cr3
.docThumbs
How can I get it to use the internal /media or /data partition for all of this and JUST use the sdcard for my media (music and videos)?
I am running CM7.10 stable.
One thought is to have it mount the partition normally used for /media to the /sdcard mountpoint, and then mount the sdcard as something else (probably not /media, but maybe). This way apps that want to use /sdcard will use the internal memory partition formerly known as "/media" for their storage, and the actual sdcard will be reserved for only media. Alternately if the NC will not run without a /media that can be used by B&N, maybe just repartition it so that you have the 5GB /media partition split into 1GB /media and the remaining 4GB /sdcard, then mount the actual SD card on another mountpoint.
I guess this really is a question about how flexible the NC/CM7/Android filesystem layout is, and whether it can support something that makes the actual SD card a cleaner portable storage device.
Two points
1. In the CM7 set up, check the "install Internal only" instead of Auto.
2. With CM7, uSD is required to 100% operate. W/o it, only 99%.
I already have it set like that. That's not what I'm talking about.
I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034939
Which describes a way to keep this junk off of my sdcard and allow me to use it for just my own media storage without breaking the NC.
I'll see how it goes.
I used to have CM7 installed on the SD card, but something happened and it became non-bootable.
I now have CM7 running on the Nook's internal memory (emmc), but I'd like to get access to the contents of the "user" partition of the card (the partition that would mount as MyNook Color).
When I plug the Nook in the USB, all I see is the new "MyNook Color" User partition which is on the internal storage, and the "boot" partition of the SD card. I'd like to be able to access the other partitions.
How can I do this?
Dudemeister said:
I used to have CM7 installed on the SD card, but something happened and it became non-bootable.
I now have CM7 running on the Nook's internal memory (emmc), but I'd like to get access to the contents of the "user" partition of the card (the partition that would mount as MyNook Color).
When I plug the Nook in the USB, all I see is the new "MyNook Color" User partition which is on the internal storage, and the "boot" partition of the SD card. I'd like to be able to access the other partitions.
How can I do this?
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open up vold.fstab in /system/etc/ and edit the line for sdcard mount from 'auto' to '4'. You need a file explorer with root permissions. eg. Root Explorer
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Thank you very much. That worked perfectly.
Hi friends, i installed carbon rom 4.4.2 on my galaxy grand gt-i9082....i have a ext4 formatted 32GB sd card and contains only one primary partition........Carbon ROM detects ext4 card successfully and mounts it at /storage/sdcard1 , but i am not able to copy and write files onto the sd card using an explorer like root explorer or ex file explorer......Now, Carbon rom also mounts it at /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1...but here i am able to copy an write files onto the sd card...But the downside is that When i use MTP to transfer files between my mobile and windows pc, i can see only the sdcard mounted at /storage/sdcard1 from which i cant copy or paste the files.....So how do i make MTP to show the real mounted partition /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1 so that i can transfer files between my computer and mobile.
NOTE: I just found out using mount command that it uses /dev/fuse to mount the sdcard at /storage/sdcard1 but uses the real device i.e. /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 to mount the sdcard at /storage/media_rw/sdcard1.......
Please Help........Any ideas or suggestions to make this work are welcome....