jerry f stutte wrote:
Maemmo community,
I was hoping that it would
contain the ext2 support with no journaling. Seeing that this is/was not
a sanctioned release from maemo website, my statement is moot.
That's pretty easy to install - apt-get install e2fsprogs
Q I assume it would be a no-no to try and use the ext2.ko module from
the n770.
Probably wouldn't work - you should just use the version that is installed by
e2fsprogs. You'll also need load mbcache.ko.
My Questions are,
Q1 are there kernel tarballs available for the platforms that would
allow some one like my self to attempt hacks on these kernels to allow
someone like my self to attempt to create patches addressing some of my
questions.
I believe the source is released with the SDK.
Comment Is it my imagination that maemo has avoided ext2 support for a
good reason that I don't understand. I assumed that it would have been
standard on the N800 from the start.
A stock 770 or N800 doesn't need ext2 - the default file systems are jffs2 (for
internal flash) and vfat (for MMC/SD cards). Including ext2 by default would be
a waste of flash storage on a filesystem that is not used. However if you want
it you can install it quite easily via apt.
There is a custom N800 kernel available with ext2/3, nfs etc. but the download page is currently unavailable, and I've no idea what sources were used to build the kernel and it may be unwise to use it.
Q4 I have a n770 (dual boot) running the linux kernel
2.6.16.27-omapl. I typically boot to mmc.
Would anyone volunteer to look at the fstab and minircS
files and tell me what I am doing wrong.
Sure, post the relevant files and I'm sure someone will try to help! :)
q5 can anyone reccomend running the 2007 kernel posted for the n770
or does it slow the n770 device down to much!
It works surprisingly well - no real performance hit at all.
Should my questions and comments be more appropriate on the
internettablettalk forum.
Yes - they are all answered there already (apart from possibly your fstab/mount issue).
Please don't hesitate to use the "Search" function. :)
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