flash is full

[blue]

Hi all, I've been toying with my Z 5600 for a few months now.  Lately, I've been having problems with my onboard flash getting full.  So I re-flash it but now its not emptying.

Specifically, I use Zynergy Rom to flash, but the onboard flash always shows as 100% usage in df output.  The little disk usage meter on in Qtopia seems to think there is space, but I trust df a bit more.

Any help you can offer as to how I can clean up my onboard flash would be helpful.  Its interesting cause when I delete stuff df still doesn't show any more free space.

thanks in advanced.

[tumnus]

You need to do a 'Format' from the maintenance menu. Reflashing alone does not clear the flash memory (which can be a good thing because then you can upgrade your ROM without losing any data).

[blue]

Forgot to mention that I guess, but format doesn't change anything either, but thanks for the idea tumnus.  Any other ideas?  I'm thinking about flashing back to sharp rom to see if that makes any differences.

[tumnus]

The script that deals with wiping the internal memory is /root/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys , or at least that is where it exists on the Sharp ROM. Maybe it is missing or has been modified on the Zynergy ROM which causes it not to work properly.

[cgrieves]

Don't know if this is any help but the flash on my 5600 also kept filling up. I found that the voice recorder button was getting pushed when the Zaurus was in my rucksack, and the resultant 20 minute soundfile was using up all the memory.

[Inuyasha]

Errrm, you sure you aren't reading a listing of space available on the read only ROM space, instead of the read/write?

Can you create new files even though it's "full"? If so, you're probably misreading it somehow.

[dansawyer]

I have 2 Zaurus with different maintenance menu outputs. Is there a tutorial somewhere on Zaraus maintenace menu useage??

Dan