Hi, I have searched but am unable to find guidance on this,
what are the reccomended partition sizes for 1) 8gb and 2) 4gb sd card.
I have at the moment 1gb fat, 2.6gb ext3 and 32mb swap (rough sizes) on a 4gb card, is this the most efficient setup?
TrOjAn
500MB ext is plenty
swap should be 32, 64, or 96
Generally 96MB swap is used for Hero and 32 or 64 is used for cupcake/donut.
I personally have 96MB while running CM 4.1.11.1 but I'm not using it anymore because I need to update my user.conf and I'm too lazy to do so. Compcache works just as well and is default on cm builds.
Thanks for the reply, Ill format my other 4gb and make it as you say, 96 swap, 500 ext3 and the rest as fat,
TrOjAn
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how do i extend memory in linux swap through console?
like to 64mb or the next level?
thks
bansawbanchee said:
how do i extend memory in linux swap through console?
like to 64mb or the next level?
thks
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you would have to re-partition your sdcard to include a larger linux-swap partition.
would it be possible for you to give me the code i would type on comsole if i wanted 1gb ext4 and 64 or or of swap?
i have been looking everywhere but i cant seem to find it.
i used 51dustys script for the partioning part nothing on swap in there. it created it for me.
You could use gparted or the partion editor in ubuntu to resize it but it will takes about a half hour to resize and you would have to do it twice since you would also have to resize your ext partion to give you space to extend your swap. It's easier and quicker to just backup and format
ok q. if i go into console and change sd fat32 size to say 2gb. and how would i get ext4 to 1gb everytime i try it reverts back to ext2 i can get ext2 to 1gb but i want ext4. and if i got it like that would the remainder be swap?
You do not need over 500 mb for your ext and anything over 96mb for your swap is quite excessive.
ok i understand that. but with 96mb i would like. its not neccessary for me to have 1gb of ext jst the swap
Either reformat or download either gparted or ubuntu and make a live cd and use either one to resize
thks everyone for info
shold have retraced steps
51dustys script has all i need to complete swap. il try it out monday. also his script will do the format for you from console.
i know you have already found your answer, but i used sdparted to partition my card and it is very simple and easy.
Hello there,
So i'm trying to figure out how to partition my 1gb sd card for the hero rom and ive read about there being a ext3, ext2 and fat 32, but do i need all three or just two of those? If so which ones?
I know paragon partition manager has the option for ext2 and ext3 aswell as linux-swap 2...
Just wondering how much should be given for each?
Fat 32?
and whatever else i need.
Thanks in advance.
upgrade ur recovery to cyanogens 1.4 then use gparted. search. dont need dat program its all done from your fone. supper easy.
also wrong section and its fat32 ext3 and linux-swap 32mbs
Coderedpl said:
Hello there,
So i'm trying to figure out how to partition my 1gb sd card for the hero rom and ive read about there being a ext3, ext2 and fat 32, but do i need all three or just two of those? If so which ones?
I know paragon partition manager has the option for ext2 and ext3 aswell as linux-swap 2...
Just wondering how much should be given for each?
Fat 32?
and whatever else i need.
Thanks in advance.
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You need:
Fat32
ext3 - not bigger than 1.5GB...512mb is a good size
linux-swap - anything from 32 to 96...I use 64mb
They must be in that order.
I'm assuming that 1GB card is the one that came with you're phone, if so, don't bother. Buy a branded class 6 card, they're very cheap nowadays. reason being, the phone needs to cache things to the linux-swap partition...that faster the card the better the performance (in theory).
As Hiroots said, partitioning can be done on your phone, look for a guide on using parted (*not* gparted)
Please post in Q&A next time.
is there any way to have not use the whole swap partition e.g. have 96mb swap but only use 64mb?
Why not make the parition size 64mb not 96mb?
because if i want to us ehero i want a 96mb swap however sometimes i switch back to cupcake and 96mb is too big and i cant be bothered to keep re-partitioning my card
hope you're good with math.
total size of my card is 4100
FAT32 0 3344
EXT3 3344 3844
LINUX-SWAP 3844 3940
There is enough room after the ext3 partition for a 256MB swap. I am only using 96MB and the other 160MB is just unpartitioned space. It's fairly easy to change the size if you use david1171's guide which is post 4 HERE
Fingerlickin said:
hope you're good with math.
total size of my card is 4100
FAT32 0 3344
EXT3 3344 3844
LINUX-SWAP 3844 3940
There is enough room after the ext3 partition for a 256MB swap. I am only using 96MB and the other 160MB is just unpartitioned space. It's fairly easy to change the size if you use david1171's guide which is post 4 HERE
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thanks
Can anybody help me enable a2sd plz
I have FAT32 1024MB Ext3 128MB Linux-Swap
Class 6 8gb Scandisk SD Card
Any information would be helpful
its auto enabled, so if you got the ext partition, you should already have it working....
Cannon202 said:
Can anybody help me enable a2sd plz
I have FAT32 1024MB Ext3 128MB Linux-Swap
Class 6 8gb Scandisk SD Card
Any information would be helpful
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Yeah you got EXT3 and that's supported with his ROM's I have EXT4 so I get a lot of problems but you should be set... for a while... a loong while... =(
So should I be able to see tha apps stored on my sd?
Hello Everyone,
I have just installed link2sd on my phone.But I came to know that in order to link my apps to sd card, i need to create a second partition on my sd card.
I searched and downloaded minitool partition home wizard for partitioning the card.
I tried with my transcend 8gb card but i dont know how to partition card i.e. how much to allocate the space for first,second and other partition and which format should be used(whether FAT32, Ext1, Ext2 or Ext3).
I am currently using android 2.1(rooted).Since I am a completely noob in this sector, i have no idea about this.
Please help me!!
Hi,
The instruction is available here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
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Hi,
The instruction is available here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
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Thanks for the reply.
For Partitoning the card, we should also make space for linux swap or not?
Also, could you tell me what allocation of space for 8gb would be the best for FAT32 and Ext2 partition??
thnx for the info man!
imailca said:
Thanks for the reply.
For Partitoning the card, we should also make space for linux swap or not?
Also, could you tell me what allocation of space for 8gb would be the best for FAT32 and Ext2 partition??
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There is no need for linux swap.
Ext2: 500MB - 900MB.
Do not make it to 1GB or more, save that space for your FAT32 and you won't really need that huge space for link2sd anyway.
The rest of free space will be for FAT32.
and it's up to me I will turn almost all of it into ext2/3 and a little bit for fat
why? Because I dun deal with windows that much and so I reserve only a little bit of them for transfer between the systems. Ext2/3 is linux based and inherently superior to fat.