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Title: /dev/root 99% Full - Is That Normal
Post by: jbruno on February 09, 2005, 04:55:06 pm

When I enter the 'df' command, I notice that I see:

/dev/root 28672 28248  99%

What is that memory for? Can I format/clear it somehow?

Is it affected by flashing my Z?

Title: /dev/root 99% Full - Is That Normal
Post by: Tyris on February 09, 2005, 06:06:53 pm

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When I enter the 'df' command, I notice that I see:

/dev/root 28672 28248  99%

What is that memory for? Can I format/clear it somehow?

Is it affected by flashing my Z?
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That directory/mount-point is normal for the Sharp Rom, mine is almost identical.

 I dont think you can change it without jumping through some hoops (like remounting the filesystem in RW and purging files). Probably best to leave it alone.

-T

Title: /dev/root 99% Full - Is That Normal
Post by: Stubear on February 10, 2005, 09:33:04 am

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When I enter the 'df' command, I notice that I see:

/dev/root 28672 28248  99%

What is that memory for? Can I format/clear it somehow?

It is all the stuff your zaurus needs to boot and run correctly. You can clear it, but you most probable don't want to. It's mounted read-only be default - so people who don't know better can't delete important stuff by accident - so any free space you might create is wasted as you can't use it normally

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Is it affected by flashing my Z?
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Yes, the Cacko roms and a few others allow you change the size of the read-only area to use more of it for read-write area. Cacko does this by putting stuff in a squashfs filesystem and mounts it at boot time.

Stu