[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: Installing packages in extra storage?

[From: Stefano Delli Ponti]

Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to install software on extra storage, like MMC or some
> other kind of share (smb, nfs, ...)?
> 
> Nokia 770 with just 64Mb may raise some problems and we must have
> platform support for this feature. If this feature is not available I
> will write a enhancement proposal and try to implement it.
> 

Hi Gustavo,

I do think that support for this is needed.
Together with some control panel option to set a swap file on MMC (plus 
some machinery to swapon/swappoff on insertion/extraction of MMC).

I have done this the dirty way (deleted the noexec in /etc/fstab and 
swap(ed)on /media/mmc1/swapfile) but we need a comfortable way to set 
these configurations and an installer that gives you the possibility to 
install on MMC.

Sted