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Title: oz memory management??
Post by: dansawyer on June 30, 2004, 11:15:29 pm

All,

I am  confused about OZ memory management and ipkg.

What is or can /mnt/ram used for?? Is it memory or file system?? Does its contents survive across a reboot??

How can extra space be made available for packages??

I created a directory /mnt/card/opt on an SD card and then created a sym link from /opt. This seems to work; however ipkg -d sd installs create clone dirs, such as /etc/.. The links cause failure.

Is there a way to limit the install to /opt??  Is there a howto or faq??

Thanks,
Dan

Title: oz memory management??
Post by: zenyatta on July 01, 2004, 05:54:11 am

You don't have to symlink the /opt directory, simply run ipkg-link after you install a package to sd. Try ipkg-link -h for instructions.

z.

Title: oz memory management??
Post by: dansawyer on July 01, 2004, 10:26:15 am

Thank you.

Can you add some details please??

If I want to install a package on an sd card how is that done.

Does it require two installs?? one with ipkg and one with ipkg-link??

What would the syntax of the install of a package look like please??

Thanks,
Dan