Thread: [Under consideration] More efficient and flexible use of internal flash
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2009-12-29 , 14:31
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Originally Posted by titan View Post
* use different modern file systems (ext3, NTFS, reiserfs, zfs, HFS+ etc)
with their extra features (POSIX, permissions, compression, efficient storage for small files, encryption - important for a mobile device, versioning or backup etc)
to store or sync files with their desktop
Seriously. I don't see how Nokia shipping a larger _ext3_ partition by default will help users who want to use zfs.

Originally Posted by titan View Post
Please have a look at my loop-device solution in the brainstorm.
It already works flawlessly on my N900
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The images are sparse files, i.e only allocated sectors in the disk image are actually
allocated on the ext3 fs and free space is not wasted.
No, it doesn't work flawlessly. It's a bit slower. And it's sparse, but not smart. If you full format it/fill it ONCE you'll have a 20GiB FAT image _FOREVER_. You'd have to implement vmware-like shrinking capability, etc. Good luck selling that to the average user.

Originally Posted by titan View Post
Its much easier to resize an optional disk image than a crucial partition which
holds most of your apps and your home.
I though your idea was to create one big ext3 partition only.