Is Android-x86 design to mount primary partition only from usb flashdisk?

[supriady]

Hi All,

I have created 2 partitions on USB Flashdisk.

Primary partiton for Android-x86 and Extended partition for Data ( mp3,3gp and apks)

Any suggestion to mount Extended partition from android-x86 ?

Because I can't mount manually from debug mode.

But Android-x86 can mount primary partition automatically from another usb flash disk.

Will swap partition help to speed up Android-x86 if I created swap partition ?

Thanks

Supriady

[Yebyen (Kingdon)]

I do not know about swap partition;

I have had no luck with Data partition ("SD Card") no matter what I have tried.  I am using primary partitions.  I don't think you should have a problem with extended/logical partitions.

Kingdon

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[ady2k10]

Sure, I had a problem to mount extended partition on one USB Flashdisk
(2 partitions primary and extended).
Because Android-x86 can mount primary partition only.
Primary partition contained Android-x86 OS and Extended parttion as
Data partition.
Can't mount extended partition that meant I should have 2 usb
flashdisks ( one for Android-x86 OS and another one for Data
(mp3,apk's and 3gp)

Thanks

On Oct 27, 9:55 pm, "Yebyen (Kingdon)" <xulrunne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I do not know about swap partition;
>
> I have had no luck with Data partition ("SD Card") no matter what I have
> tried.  I am using primary partitions.  I don't think you should have a
> problem with extended/logical partitions.
>
> Kingdon
>

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:11 AM, supriady <ady080...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
>
> > I have created 2 partitions on USB Flashdisk.
> > Primary partiton for Android-x86 and Extended partition for Data ( mp3,3gp
> > and apks)
> > Any suggestion to mount Extended partition from android-x86 ?
> > Because I can't mount manually from debug mode.
> > But Android-x86 can mount primary partition automatically from another usb
> > flash disk.
> > Will swap partition help to speed up Android-x86 if I created swap
> > partition ?
> > Thanks
>
> > Supriady
>
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[Chih-Wei Huang]

First, you can create multiple(4) primary partitions
in a disk. There is no reason to use extended partition.
Second, android-x86 can use extended partition,
just like all linux distros.
Third, actually you don't need another partition
to hold /data. The installer will create a data dir
inside your android-x86 dir to be the /data partition.
(but note mp3, photos are stored in /sdcard, not /data)

2010/10/28 ady2k10 <ady0...@gmail.com>:

> Sure, I had a problem to mount extended partition on one USB Flashdisk
> (2 partitions primary and extended).
> Because Android-x86 can mount primary partition only.
> Primary partition contained Android-x86 OS and Extended parttion as
> Data partition.
> Can't mount extended partition that meant I should have 2 usb
> flashdisks ( one for Android-x86 OS and another one for Data
> (mp3,apk's and 3gp)

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[ady2k10]

I will try multiple primary partition in one usb flashdisk later.
And will check android-x86 to mount the second primary partition to /
sdcard
I prefer android-x86 os and data in different partition.
So I can install new version of android-x86 next time without delete
my existing data.
How about swap partition (swap memory) on android-x86 ?
Is swap partition useful for Android-x86 ?
I didn't use android installer to format a partition.
But used Gparted from Linux Distro's to create/format a partition.
Thanks

On Oct 28, 8:34 am, Chih-Wei Huang <cwhu...@android-x86.org> wrote:
> First, you can create multiple(4) primary partitions
> in a disk. There is no reason to use extended partition.
> Second, android-x86 can use extended partition,
> just like all linux distros.
> Third, actually you don't need another partition
> to hold /data. The installer will create a data dir
> inside your android-x86 dir to be the /data partition.
> (but note mp3, photos are stored in /sdcard, not /data)
>

> 2010/10/28 ady2k10 <ady080...@gmail.com>:

[Yebyen (Kingdon)]

Does the SDCardHowto document need to be updated or is there a bug?  I think there have been a few reports of this sd card not recognized, I see on my own system that SDCARD= parameter to the kernel is causing the card to be mounted properly on /mnt/sdcard, symlink from /sdcard to /mnt/sdcard that is generated automatically has no effect

There are some read-only areas in /data and /system that I tried symlinking to that location, but I think with the squashfs setting, they will be read-only unless I use a tool from another distro to manipulate the squashed fs into having them.

Maybe it's not ready yet, no pressure, free software FTW :D
Kingdon

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[Yi Sun]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:54 PM, ady2k10 <ady0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will try multiple primary partition in one usb flashdisk later.
> And will check android-x86 to mount the second primary partition to /
> sdcard

Android does not support more than one external partition by default.
But it should be easy to support more than one partition from vold's
point of view. The problem is from applications, even you can create
more than one partition, where are we going to mount it to? And how
will you tell the application where to find what?

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[ady2k10]

I have tried with 2 primary partitions on one USB Flash Disk and
didn't work on Android.



On Oct 29, 10:15 am, Yi Sun <beyo...@gmail.com> wrote: