hi guys,

i have a 64gb N9 and i was wondering,,is there a way to make a partition from the huge mass storage(somethng like 40gb) with a different format that is not limited to the fat 32 4G file size limit..

Why not? Just format it to ext3/4 and you are good to go

oh thnx mate...wil try tht...wen in tht ext3/4 format..will the userdata partition be available for the phone.

You can reformat your MyDocs partition with ext4
Dont forget to edit /etc/fstab though

hi mcbook...m new to this linux thng...plz assist me hw to do this...thanks in advance.

u shud prbl try writ nglish so it wud b esy to read

You should probably write english so it would be easier to understand.

Well, first thing to do obviously is to make a backup...
Just hook up your N9 to your pc and copy everything over (don't forget the hidden folders!!!)

easiest if you have a linux box!

what abou editing the /etc/fstab...what m i supposed to add to that file and how do i do it

Be aware that you cannot read from or write to ext4 partitions with a windows pc! so go linux...

You need to open terminal, su to root and edit /etc/fstab

install nano if you don't already have
edit /etc/fstab
alter the line for your MyDocs Partition
mine looks like this

make no typos here!!! no surplus spaces between values! everything in a single line!

then just format your partition:

1. unmount
2. partition
3. mount again
reboot and copy everything back

you also need to check your user-dirs.dirs file (located under /home/user/config) to see if all paths are still correct and probably trigger tracker to index your files again (just make some photos....)

If you don't want to format, you can actually use LVM on dd'd loop back image files concatenated together for an embedded ext* file system. Not sure how one would expose it over USB, though. I use Bluetooth to the N9 and WinSCP as a wireless hard drive.