sdcrard - most common partition layout?

[David Garabana Barro]

O Domingo, 6 de Setembro de 2009, Torfinn Ingolfsen escribiu:
> Hello,
> 
> I just got myself a new SDcard for my FreeRunner (2 GB). Now I'm wondering
> what is the most common layout people use on their SD crds?
> I have ecently learned that QtMoko needs a swap partition (and that it is
> hardcoded to p4).
> What other partitions is useful on the card?
> 
> I am thinking that since Qi (the boot loader) doesn't have a menu, putting
> more than one system on a card is not that useful. Am I right?

I Use the following partition scheme on my 16 GB Trascend uSD:

Primary partitions:
sd1-> 50 MiB ext2 /boot on every distribution. That way is easier  to have 
different kernels 
sd2-> 500 MiB ASU (now om2009). 
sd3-> 2GiB Debian

Extended partiitions:
sd5-> 500 MiB for trying new distros. Now with qtmoko
sd6-> 12 GiB Data (maps, music, photos, ..)
sd7-> 256 MiB swap

I use uboot as bootmanager, that way is easier to boot on different OS

If you're not goint to try different new distros, this scheme is not for you, 
but, please, use at least 128 MB as swap partition. The difference is really 
really noticeable. You can use the same partition for all distros.



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