erm, I struggle to understand what you want, surely when Z is in mass storage mode it allows the attached computer to see its file stores and if they're fat16 or fat32 formatted then windows can store files there? Where does ext2 come into it?
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Okay, I usually sync the sd card (eject it from the Z, put it into the laptop and back again) and don't use the Z in mass storage mode. I then use unison to keep the files in sync.
Problems:
# I'd prefer to format the sd card in ext2 in order to circumvent problems with installing packages that need to create symlinks which the Z can't do on vfat formatted partitions
# I cannot format the card with ext2 because my windows laptop doesn't know how to deal with it (all the ext2 drivers available seem to cause problems somehow)
# When I create one big vfat partition, the Z installer complains about no room left (probably an overflow error in their arithmetic or using signed instead of unsigned or whatever)
Solutions:
# Use command line ipkg. But this seems to be incompatible with the desktop when installing a package not to the main memory but to the sd/cf card.
# Use meanie's xipk. Backthrow: this works with linking all files to the builtin memory which is not quite what I want.
# Create 2 partitions (one in ext2 and one in vfat). But then I can't use the card in my notebook due to some ... well, it simply doesn't work.
# Create a loop device (ext2 formatted) that the Z sees as sd card, mount the actual sd card someplace else. Just how?
# Use the Z in mass storage mode ... but there was a reason why I stopped doing this. Speed or rather lack of? Syncing a 4gb card at usb1.1 speed with unison takes some time. I don't sync that often but it still takes too long.
