Thread: How to upgrade the internal memory by extending the root filesystem to a memory card
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2006-04-10 , 22:35
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Originally Posted by bahtaraigi
Hi,

I get an error message in cfdisk when running:

/var/lib/install/sbin/cfdisk /dev/mmcblk0

FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 0: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder

I have root access, and mmc card is unmounted.

Any ideas?

I encountered the same problem with a new 1GB Kingston mmc-rs card. Just add the -z switch to the cfdisk command to counter this, thus:

./cfdisk /dev/mmcblk0 -z

You'll get a blank partition table to start with and after creating the partitions, can write it to your card. Then proceed as described in the wiki.

Further: I also decided in favour of ext2 instead of ext3, since I see no value in having journaling enabled, while it does create extra write actions to the card (for updating the journal). Anyone more knowledgeable able to comment on it?

Not that I am that worried about the memory card, it only cost E 36,85 (Netherlands) and comes with lifetime warranty.

To conclude: a big thank you to Wolfram and all the others for enabling this hack, it makes the 770 a lot more usable! 64M is just too little, the 24M swap makes all the difference.