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

[From: Michael P. Lococo]

> The only problem:  both 'free', '/proc/meminfo' and the little
> status bar plug-in all report far more memory in use than I'd
> expect to see.  I _know_ I deleted the contents of
> /var/lib/install (as well as ~/MyDocs), and when I install new
> programs I see my memory used go up.

free and meminfo measure RAM usage.  Try df or the memory control panel to
measure flash usage.

Is there a compelling reason to reformat the card?  I haven't yet, but am
planning to try mounting the MMC without NOEXEC and just symlinking
/var/lib/install to a directory on the VFAT partition.  Am I doomed to
failure?

Mike

PS  It might be polite to move this conversation to the users list at some
point.