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2010-11-10
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Originally Posted by scyzor
We are going a bit OT, but...I don't want to expose the whole internal MMC, only two extra partitions.
This, written by me, exposes the whole internal MMC to your PC.
This is my situation:
/dev/mmcblk0p1 -> MyDocs
/dev/mmcblk0p5 -> etx3 partition
/dev/mmcblk0p6 -> ext3 partition
I would like to see all of them.
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2010-11-10
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I would love GParted on the N900 
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2010-11-10
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I am just installing Ubuntu, will whip the dev environment up then and see if I can get parted to compile, first.
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2010-11-10
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gparted is already available in easy debian
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2010-11-10
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Easy Debian's a little different than native...
You also couldn't use it easily, as easy debian itself takes a signifigant amount of free space - It can't reside entirely in ram, or even in the RootFS, meaning that modifications of the eMMC chip would be hard at best.
I mean heck, the second post came up with an "acceptable" solution - I am trying for a "proper" solution though, what with it being relatively simple to do.
Having such a solution will also mean that I can just add "parted" to the dependancies of one of my scripts/programs, and APT will take care of the rest.
You also couldn't use it easily, as easy debian itself takes a signifigant amount of free space - It can't reside entirely in ram, or even in the RootFS, meaning that modifications of the eMMC chip would be hard at best.
I mean heck, the second post came up with an "acceptable" solution - I am trying for a "proper" solution though, what with it being relatively simple to do.
Having such a solution will also mean that I can just add "parted" to the dependancies of one of my scripts/programs, and APT will take care of the rest.
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2010-11-10
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I agree Parted would be a good addition to the repos... I didn't think of the internal eMMC. The less hassle solution is always the best. Doing things with sfdisk are not that simple... I did it once but would rather use parted if it was available.
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2010-11-10
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Originally Posted by MaddogG
You would be able to work on /dev/mmcblk0 as a harddisk exposing all the partitions. That method is impractical though if you're planning for everyday use.
We are going a bit OT, but...I don't want to expose the whole internal MMC, only two extra partitions.
This is my situation:
/dev/mmcblk0p1 -> MyDocs
/dev/mmcblk0p5 -> etx3 partition
/dev/mmcblk0p6 -> ext3 partition
I would like to see all of them.
You can't resize partitions unless you have access to the partition table, which is on /dev/mmcblk0 (not /dev/mmcblk0p1 or 2 only). So you can't for example resize MyDocs only from a PC.
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2010-11-11
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Out of curiosity, I just checked: Via backupmenu's USB mass storage mode(it's a rescue mode app), you -can- change partitions via PC. And, as there is nothing using it, you should be able to safely.
Of course, that pretty much requires a Linux system to do, which is why I want parted ported in the first place...
(also, that's interesting - gparted shows an extra ~64mb of unpartitioned space at the end of the eMMC - was that all there for a safety buffer, or can it be used for a small kernel/bootloader partition or something?)
Of course, that pretty much requires a Linux system to do, which is why I want parted ported in the first place...
(also, that's interesting - gparted shows an extra ~64mb of unpartitioned space at the end of the eMMC - was that all there for a safety buffer, or can it be used for a small kernel/bootloader partition or something?)
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My projects: BackupMenu - OS Backup & restore | Video: Flashing your n900(LiveCD)
My devices: N770 + 8GB SD card soldered internally, N900 with 8GB SD card + Custom OC(125-950 typically).
OC freqs: 0:22,90 125:22,90 250:28,180 500:30,360 550:32,400 600:34,430 700:39,430 750:41,430 805:45,430 850:47,500 900:50,500 950:54,500 1000:58,500 1100:67,520 1150:71,520
My projects: BackupMenu - OS Backup & restore | Video: Flashing your n900(LiveCD)
My devices: N770 + 8GB SD card soldered internally, N900 with 8GB SD card + Custom OC(125-950 typically).
OC freqs: 0:22,90 125:22,90 250:28,180 500:30,360 550:32,400 600:34,430 700:39,430 750:41,430 805:45,430 850:47,500 900:50,500 950:54,500 1000:58,500 1100:67,520 1150:71,520
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2010-11-11
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Originally Posted by scyzor
You are right, in fact I don't want to resize these partitions from pc, but only to access them from pc
You would be able to work on /dev/mmcblk0 as a harddisk exposing all the partitions. That method is impractical though if you're planning for everyday use.
You can't resize partitions unless you have access to the partition table, which is on /dev/mmcblk0 (not /dev/mmcblk0p1 or 2 only). So you can't for example resize MyDocs only from a PC.
. This is why I would like to have parted running on the N900...
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