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2015-01-04
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Originally Posted by Ken-Young
-Yes, flopswap expects 2nd and 3rd SD partition to be the two swap partitions.
I'm too stupid to figure out how to use FlopSwap. I've read the FlopSwap wiki page, but it does not contain all the info I need. I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I've got a 64 GByte SD card which seems to work well in my N900. If I set it up as one big partition, all is well. I want to set it up with three partitions, one big one for /media/mmc1, and two smaller ones for flopswap to use. As I understand it, FlopSwap expects the 2nd and 3rd partitions of the SD card to be the swap spaces (is that right?). I've used sfdisk to partition the SD card as follows:
Since the blocks are 32768 bytes, the second and third partitions have 32768 x 27200 = 850 MBytes each. After repartitioning, I initially built an ext3 file system on partition 1 only, and rebooted the N900 (no file system was built on partitions 2 and 3). FlopSwap did not recognize the two new SD card partitions - it saw only the original internal swap. So I built ext3 file systems on partitions 2 and 3, and rebooted again. After rebooting, the N900 mounted partition 2 as /media/mmc1p2 and partition 3 as /media/mmc1p3. FlopSwap still did not find the SD card partitions. I tried manually dismounting partitions 2 and 3, but FlopSwap still did not see them.Code:/home/user # sfdisk -l /dev/mmcblk1 Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 1948992 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 32768 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 1894591 1894592- 60626943+ 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk1p2 1894592 1921791 27200 870400 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/mmcblk1p3 1921792 1948991 27200 870400 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
Must the SD card swap partitions be numbers 2 and 3?
Must the SD card swap partitions be exactly 800 MBytes in size? Will slightly larger partitions work?
Must one build a file system on the swap partitions? If so, will ext3 work?
Must one do something to make FlopSwap notice the new SD card partitions, or to mark the new partitions as swap partitions for the OS?
Is there something else that I'm obviously doing wrong?
Thanks for any tips/info/help!
-I had the same situation as you (unrecognized secondary swap partions on SD card, only viewing default one): Originally I formatted the card in a PC and it looked as if I had 2 swap partions (82?) but flopswap didn't find those. After I took the SD card back to a PC and used a different formatting tool (yes using GUI tools, hehehe) I noticed there was an error with the two swap partions. Formatted again and it worked.
Must the SD card swap partitions be numbers 2 and 3?
-guess not but then you would have to alter the script of Swapflop?
Must the SD card swap partitions be exactly 800 MBytes in size? Will slightly larger partitions work?
No, I tested long time with both smaller (512MB) and larger ones (1600MB). Results were equal.
Must one build a file system on the swap partitions? If so, will ext3 work?
-Swap is swap, you just format as SWAP space, OS will know what to do with it.
Must one do something to make FlopSwap notice the new SD card partitions, or to mark the new partitions as swap partitions for the OS?
No, just make sure the swap partiions are correctly created.
Is there something else that I'm obviously doing wrong?
No, it looks good. But then again , I am not the expert.
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2015-01-04
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#323
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2+3 should not be formatted as ext3, they need to be formatted for swap. As root: mkswap /dev/partitionname (eg. mmcblk1p2). Needs to be done for both.
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2015-01-04
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#324
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Originally Posted by Android_808
Thanks very much! That was the step I was missing. I'm a happy FlopSwap user now.
2+3 should not be formatted as ext3, they need to be formatted for swap. As root: mkswap /dev/partitionname (eg. mmcblk1p2). Needs to be done for both.
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2015-01-04
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#325
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no worries. not 100% sure but I think the requirement to have swap on part's 2+3 was removed a while back. I generally stick with it though as I have part. 1 formatted as vfat (done on device). I've found Windows does't always like accessing disks if the first partition it finds is not readable (fat*, ntfs etc)
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2015-01-05
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#326
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Originally Posted by marmistrz
Yep I agree
Well, I don't see a reason for autochecking in Flopswap. You can easily schedule the checking script, e.g. with alarmed.
Originally Posted by Ken-Young
Not in the latest version, this is just recommended.
I'm too stupid to figure out how to use FlopSwap. I've read the FlopSwap wiki page, but it does not contain all the info I need. I'm hoping someone can help me out.
Must the SD card swap partitions be numbers 2 and 3?
In stock Maemo the first partition must be FAT for the card to be used for storage, this is why the partitions 2/3 are recommended.
Also as mentioned you may get issues with windows not mounting the card (not an issue for some I know)
They can be anywhere on the card, they are found at boot time using blkid.
Originally Posted by Ken-Young
No, this is just the recommended size.
Must the SD card swap partitions be exactly 800 MBytes in size? Will slightly larger partitions work?
Originally Posted by Ken-Young
No, they must be linux-swap partitions.
Must one build a file system on the swap partitions? If so, will ext3 work?
Originally Posted by Ken-Young
No, the flopswap will setup all the correct settings for your version of upstart. The upstart file can be removed using the "Use External swap on boot" option, however, this is checked as default.
Must one do something to make FlopSwap notice the new SD card partitions, or to mark the new partitions as swap partitions for the OS?
If you could point me to the parts of the wiki you found unhelpful I can fix them for you. I thought I covered most bits in the Q&A section.
Originally Posted by Ken-Young
Happy Flopswaping!
Thanks very much! That was the step I was missing. I'm a happy FlopSwap user now.
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2015-01-05
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#327
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I'd suggest performing a mandatory check right after each fresh swap. Otherwise the displayed info is obsolete, e.g. it looks like there is 87% fresh swap written, when in fact it is close to zero.
Also, a mandatory check is performed each time FlopSwap is started by the user, which refreshes the info. Since Flopswap thus doesn't require a Check button press to update the info at app start, it makes sense to update the info after a fresh swap as well.
Finally, note that a mandatory check will not add much time to the fresh swap operation; a fresh swap typically takes minutes, and a check takes a few seconds.
Also, a mandatory check is performed each time FlopSwap is started by the user, which refreshes the info. Since Flopswap thus doesn't require a Check button press to update the info at app start, it makes sense to update the info after a fresh swap as well.
Finally, note that a mandatory check will not add much time to the fresh swap operation; a fresh swap typically takes minutes, and a check takes a few seconds.
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2015-01-05
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Originally Posted by chill
I agree with you... partially.
I'd suggest performing a mandatory check right after each fresh swap. Otherwise the displayed info is obsolete, e.g. it looks like there is 87% fresh swap written, when in fact it is close to zero.
Since the swap used is close to zero, flopswap's indicator should be set to zero just after freshing
No one needs that kind of accuracy when swap used is that low. The check would be useless then.
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2015-01-06
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#329
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Well, the check may indicate how intensive the current write to swap is. Normally if I do a manual check right after a fresh swap, it will indicate >0% fresh swap written.
But I agree with you that this may not be very useful; to me that's more of a curiosity and possibly to detect if there is a intensive process running that I don't know about.
So I guess it comes down to what is more valuable to the user, the percentage information or the time to do a check.
But I agree with you that this may not be very useful; to me that's more of a curiosity and possibly to detect if there is a intensive process running that I don't know about.
So I guess it comes down to what is more valuable to the user, the percentage information or the time to do a check.
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2015-01-06
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#330
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Originally Posted by chill
I'd suggest performing a mandatory check right after each fresh swap. Otherwise the displayed info is obsolete, e.g. it looks like there is 87% fresh swap written, when in fact it is close to zero.
Originally Posted by chill
???
Well, the check may indicate how intensive the current write to swap is. Normally if I do a manual check right after a fresh swap, it will indicate >0% fresh swap written.
I did not check sources of flopswap for a long time but I am sure sixwheeler does swap on/swap off. And this will copy whole content of used memory from old to new swap. [sixwheeledbeast to confirm]
So new swap will have used already immediately after swap current amount of used swap memory memory! That is reason why I use 1,5G for my swap sizes, to increase the time between swap refreshs.
But just now thinking of using bb-power 'swapon -p': if I select for new swap always a higher priority it ..... will not work as after second refresh the swaps are not defragmented anymore
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I've got a 64 GByte SD card which seems to work well in my N900. If I set it up as one big partition, all is well. I want to set it up with three partitions, one big one for /media/mmc1, and two smaller ones for flopswap to use. As I understand it, FlopSwap expects the 2nd and 3rd partitions of the SD card to be the swap spaces (is that right?). I've used sfdisk to partition the SD card as follows:
Must the SD card swap partitions be numbers 2 and 3?
Must the SD card swap partitions be exactly 800 MBytes in size? Will slightly larger partitions work?
Must one build a file system on the swap partitions? If so, will ext3 work?
Must one do something to make FlopSwap notice the new SD card partitions, or to mark the new partitions as swap partitions for the OS?
Is there something else that I'm obviously doing wrong?
Thanks for any tips/info/help!