Hello all,
Is it possible to create 2 partitions on your sd card? One for WinMo and one for Android. To keep it all separated.
It doesn´t have to be partition it may also be a trick or something. For the root in android begins in /sdcard and in winmo /sdcard/winmo. As long the 2 different systems are separated.
But a lot of searching, read something about linux swap and ext2 partitions(but i believe it's for real roms not ports). And that winmo won't see any multi partition sd cards.
Thx in advance
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You can simply create a folder called andboot and put all the android stuff in that folder and keep "winmo-stuff" in the root of your sd
wavesshock said:
You can simply create a folder called andboot and put all the android stuff in that folder and keep "winmo-stuff" in the root of your sd
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I know that, but a lot android apps are also creating folders in the root.
Christiaan91 said:
I know that, but a lot android apps are also creating folders in the root.
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Yea they kinda need to.
You can try to do two FAT32 partitions, but I don't think Windows/WinMo will see/understand the second partition - even if it is FAT32.
So you'd be kinda SOL trying to boot Android if WinMo can't see the partition... It might work, if you kick haret off from one partition to boot on the other... but kinda odd.
The ext2 solution isn't really a complete solution as it also depends on a FAT32 partition - I assume Android would still create folders on it in other words.
Just use separate SD's, problem solved .
Got it
It worked.
I made 2 FAT32 partitions. Primary for Android and Logical for WinMo.
WinMo recognizes them both, in file explorer as Storage card(Android) and Storage Card2(WinMo).
When you install an app in WinMo you get 3 choices, internal, SDcard and SDcard2.
The only problem you got is that Windows(PC) don't recognize the WinMo partition(it will recognize in activesync mode). So you first have to put all you WinMo apps on the android partition. And copy them to the WinMo partition in WinMo.
AFAIK everything is working fine.
Android doesn't see the WinMo partition
You can also try it. (I'm not responsible if anything goes wrong)
- Did it with this tool.
- I put my sd card in my computer (don't know if it works when you do it through your phone).
- MAKE A BACK-UP CUZ EVERYTHING IS GONE AFTER THIS!
- Delete the whole partition.
- Make a new partition, first the Android one*. Adjust the settings what you like, but put the partition primary.
- Then the WinMo partition. Adjust the settings what you like, but put the partition Logical.
- Now you're done. Put all the files on the android partition.
- SD card back in your phone and reboot.
- Now you can move the WinMo files, on your android partition, to the WinMo partition.
*When you do the WinMo Partition first and the android second, android will not boot.
Cool, glad you got it working. I'm certainly not going to do it, but perhaps others might!
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Right - I've rooted my Hero ( RA-Recover ), and have flashed Modaco 2.2 Rom. I've moved my apps onto my 2 gig d cad with AppstoSD.
Now I want to replace my sd card with a larger capacity one - 8gig.
So how do I get all my apps from the old card onto the new one??
Is it a case of copying all the apps back to the phone from the old card ( Sort of AppstSD in reverse )? If so, how do you do that?
cheers
Mount the card on the desktop of your Mac/PC via the USB cable.
Copy the whole contents of your existing card to a folder on your Mac/PC.
Replace the card and copy back everything.
The folder structure should remain the same and as long as your new card is named the same as the old one, all should work.
If not, then at least you can just swap the cards back and you have your original setup.
Then try something else
But the above 'should' work fine.
Hi Simon
Don't quite get your solution ( me being thick? ). I know how to copy the main contents of my SD card - but since rooting etc. my card now has 3 partitions - main, ext3, and linux swap. As I understand all the apps are on the EXT3 partition, which I can't see.
It's this partition's files I want to either move to the new card, or copy back to the phone ( so I can then transfer them using Apps2SD to my new card. )
Ah... sorry. I see where your problem is now
I would have assumed that all partitions would be visible when the card is mounted on the Mac/PC desktop.
Will ASTRO or any other file browser not see the partition ? How did you partition it in the 1st place ??
Someone cleverer than I needs to help you here I think
At least I've bumped the thread for you
Sorry for hijacking this slightly, but can anyone tell me if there is any need to move from MoDaCo 2.1 to 2.2?
And, what is the point of using Apps2SD?
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Hi Simon
Don't quite get your solution ( me being thick? ). I know how to copy the main contents of my SD card - but since rooting etc. my card now has 3 partitions - main, ext3, and linux swap. As I understand all the apps are on the EXT3 partition, which I can't see.
It's this partition's files I want to either move to the new card, or copy back to the phone ( so I can then transfer them using Apps2SD to my new card. )
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Thats a really good question. You made me think about that..
Indeed that you cant copy the ext3 en linux-swap one to one to the new card. So i think a way couldt be:
Format youre new card in a fat32/ext3 and linux-swap like you did with the old sd-card. Do a nandroid-backup with the old sd-card in youre phone. Copy then all the content from the old sd-card [fat32 partition] to the new sd-card [via youre pc] Then insert the new sd-card in youre phone do the nadroid restore from the recovery. Maybe this is the solution. I really dont know. But if it dont work you always can put youre old-card back without any problem.
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Sorry for hijacking this slightly, but can anyone tell me if there is any need to move from MoDaCo 2.1 to 2.2?
And, what is the point of using Apps2SD?
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If you are already on 2.1, you can change to 2.2 without any problem. There is just a minor difference between them . Apps2sd just installs/moves youre apps on the sd-card so you have more space left on youre phone.
Heppieboeddah
Good idea - but I just tried that and it didn't work - I have to re-install all te apps amually ( a right PITA ).
@J-Zeus probably a bit late to help you now but an Ubuntu live cd would enable you to partition a new card with these formats and copy the contents across from the old one.
you would have to reinstall them manually anyway, as the connection to the market is lost and updates etc. wont show.
@Soulehmoo: why would this be? The apps were previously installed to the card so the app install db either remains on the phone (normal), in which case nothing changes with the new card, or be on the card itself, in which case, it may be copied across to the new one.
im not sure, but i have swapped a card over and thats what happened.
For those of you who wish to access all 3 partitions on the sdcard from windows you can dowload and use this program... (running it on Win7 x64)
DiskInternals Linux Reader 1.1 (Freeware)
http://www.diskinternals.com/download/Linux_Reader.exe
And on a Mac lol?
Hello! I've searched all over the internet about this but haven't found any usable information about this. I was thinking about storing music files etc on the ext partition on my SD-card. I've a 8GB sdcard with a 64MB swap, 1024MB FAT32 and rest of the space goes to an ext2 partition. The problem is, how do I acess the ext2 partition in the phone? I know it is placed in /system/sd. But it seems it is only the super-user who has access to this folder. Is it possible to symlink the folder to another place and make it accessible for the user?
Every info I find is about storing apps on the ext-partition, which works. But having 6GB space for apps feels very overkill. FAT32 seems to be quite limited to speed when copying files, and also it have size limit of files.
The easiest and most recommend way to solve your problems is to repartion your card to:
0M swap (no use for swap on hero)
512M ext2 (see below)
rest as FAT (over 7G for your music)
If you plan on having every single one of the apps on the market you can give the ext2 partition 1024MB, no need to give it any more. There are numerous problems that can arise from having larger ext2 partitions, just of the top of my mind if you do have more data on the ext2 partition larger than your FAT free space you can't do a nandroid backup, you'll end up storing too much stuff on the ext partition which is usually wiped on ROM update and replacement, and it is much harder to access these files, as opposed to the FAT partition which is can be mounted as a USB drive to your PC.
Finally note I said ext2, and not ext3/ext4 because Ext3/4 are journaling file systems which are NOT suited for flash devices. They also have much more CPU overhead then ext2. Finally not all ROMs/kernels support ext3/ext4 and for a good reason!
BTW, please post questions in the either the Q&A or general sections. This is the DEVELOPMENT fourm.
Good luck.
Thanks for your reply, and sorry for posting in the wrong forum, which is quite obvious when I see it now!
Moved to Q&A as not development
erasmux said:
The easiest and most recommend way to solve your problems is to repartion your card to:
0M swap (no use for swap on hero)
512M ext2 (see below)
rest as FAT (over 7G for your music)
If you plan on having every single one of the apps on the market you can give the ext2 partition 1024MB
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+1, Yeppers, wow a 6gb ext... That is some serious overkill,why?
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I was thinking to use the ext partition as a storage of music etc instead of the fat32 partition. The ext-partition is faster to copy files on, especially if you get a 32gb card and maybe you want to transfer big files. If I remember it right FAT32 table doesn't allow file-sizes more the 4GB, and it is also slower to copy to or from.
Any linux operating system should be able to read the ext partition on your sd card, or a program such as gparted is another thing to look into. Remember you can boot to linux without installing the operating system (boot from CD). Ubuntu or Knoppix is a good one to check out if you're new to it all.
Hehe, I think you did misunderstand my main question. The question is how to read the ext-partition directly from the phone with a file-manager (i.e. Astro File Manager). Not from a computer, from the phone, in the phone.
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Hehe, I think you did misunderstand my main question. The question is how to read the ext-partition directly from the phone with a file-manager (i.e. Astro File Manager). Not from a computer, from the phone, in the phone.
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O in that case you have no chance lol. AFAIK there isn't any program designed for this purpose.
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Hehe, I think you did misunderstand my main question. The question is how to read the ext-partition directly from the phone with a file-manager (i.e. Astro File Manager). Not from a computer, from the phone, in the phone.
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Well it depends where your ROM mounts it. I think most ROMs mount it to /system/sd, so you can use any file explorer with root permissions to browse there (i.e. ES File Explorer).
Hey guys ive been lurking around for a while troubleshooting my builds, I have figured out that when I run my android build off of the sd card by itself everything runs well, but once i put in my 10GB of music everything starts to fall appart and i get sod after a minute or two in the lockscreen. I was wondering if creating a separate ext2 partition for android to boot from and keeping my data on the other partition would provide me with any more stability. BTW im using the stock 16 gig class 2 card that came with the phone
Where on the SD card is your music? Root or in the Android folder. I ask because I have a 2 year old 8GB class 4 SD card that came with my preloaded CGO8 navigation (ICO8, but for US) and have never formatted. I've loaded most of the Android builds and most I've had no problems, other than typical for the build.
SD cards are digital. Unlike analog hard disks data is not fragmented. Formatting does not serve a useful purpose for an SD card. Even deleting files (except protected) deleting is just as, if not more, effective.
Do some research, think independently to come up with your own conclusions, but these are mine.
Oh, by the way, this is not the right forum for your question....you should have done some research before posting.
i was not asking about formating i was asking about partitioning and if running android from an ext2 partition on the sd card would create more stability on the build
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SD cards are digital. Unlike analog hard disks data is not fragmented.
Do some research, think independently to come up with your own conclusions, but these are mine.
Oh, by the way, this is not the right forum for your question....you should have done some research before posting.
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Analog hard disks? No fragmentation on flash media? Wow, sounds like you need to do some research...
I also have the same issue where if I put Android along with my music on the 16gb card, it gets stuck at jumping to kernal on reboot.
im copying my music on the new sd now will report back if the problem persists, but i have a feeling that running off of an ext2 partition will provide us with better r/w speeds, similar to ubuntu running on an ntfs partition instead of ext4
Having music (anything else) on your SD card should not really affect Android. Most builds are in an 'Android' folder, so that is where the system looks for its information. This may slow things down a bit (just like an overloaded HDD) but generally there should not be much difference.
Creating and ext2 partition will not help. Of course, now that I have said that, I have an ext2 partition on my SD card that was left from using my rooted G1 with cyanogen mod and Apps2SD. By default, my android build on my HD2 automatically looked in that partition for apps (froyo does this).
So, I do not think it will change anything about freezing or 'jumping to kernal' but it does have its uses.
EDIT: And, since WinMo is actually booting android, I don't think containing your android stuff in an .ext2 partition would even work. Needs to be FAT32 for haret to see it. (this is my assumption, not necessarily a fact)
Isn't the rootfs.img file actually like a simulated ext2 filesystem? Doesn't this file emulate the device memory? I'm not exactly sure, maybe someone else can expand on this. I don't think there is any benefit to partitioning the card in the current state of the hd2's development. Maybe when we are able to flash nand, nand will be formatted to ext2.
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Isn't the rootfs.img file actually like a simulated ext2 filesystem? Doesn't this file emulate the device memory? I'm not exactly sure, maybe someone else can expand on this. I don't think there is any benefit to partitioning the card in the current state of the hd2's development. Maybe when we are able to flash nand, nand will be formatted to ext2.
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Well, there is that and the system.ext2 and data.img. This is all the files in Android (basically).
But with these files, android knows where to look to find them, placing them in your own ext2 partition will hide them from android.
When we are able to flash to nand (and now) an ext2 partition will allow you to store apps on that partition, given you are able to move apps to SD, which is not currently possible in our builds.
I installed apps to my SD card on my G1 (on an ext2 partition), so when I used Froyo on my HD2, android was able to read from that partition and use my old apps. All that means is that I did not have to reinstall all my old apps, and save space in the data.img created by android.
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Where on the SD card is your music? Root or in the Android folder. I ask because I have a 2 year old 8GB class 4 SD card that came with my preloaded CGO8 navigation (ICO8, but for US) and have never formatted. I've loaded most of the Android builds and most I've had no problems, other than typical for the build.
SD cards are digital. Unlike analog hard disks data is not fragmented. Formatting does not serve a useful purpose for an SD card. Even deleting files (except protected) deleting is just as, if not more, effective.
Do some research, think independently to come up with your own conclusions, but these are mine.
Oh, by the way, this is not the right forum for your question....you should have done some research before posting.
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First of all, before you call someone out you might want to do some research of your own so you don't come across looking like a moron. Fragmentation happens regardless of the actual hardware, and most file systems are vulnerable (whether it be fat, ntfs, ext2, ext4, etc). And while deleting files and reformatting end in the same result, a quick reformat makes far fewer writes to the card by simply wiping the allocation table. Each file name must be modified individually if you delete them, adding unnecessary wear to the card. As for a hard drive being "analog", it stores its data the same way as a memory card - 0's and 1's - which is digital. Just a little refresher there.
Now, as for the question at hand, which is completely appropriate for this forum as it directly concerns the development and installation of android on our HD2's, the use of ext2 for the android files has been done successfully on other winmo devices in order to increase stability and speed in the system. In fact I have done this very thing on my Kaiser in the past. Whether its possible with our current HD2 setup is another matter, so I'll direct you to these links - do a little reading and play around with it, let us know what you find. I'll probably look at it myself this weekend as a stop-gap until a full NAND flash becomes available, which hopefully is sooner rather than later - I'll report back if I find something.
http://www.androidonhtc.com/wiki/Installing_Android
http://android-devs.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=194&sid=69cc2d8c93262ff8c70de594d50e5874
In my own experience, I have a 4Gig class 10 and 16Gig class 2 (stock).
I use my 4Gig for Android test runs.
I use my 16Gig for my Android currently in use.
I have my Music in at the root /Music
Android is in the traditional /Android
Any pics I take I just move over /DCIM
I haven't experience any corruption. Before testing, I format the SD card on my computer with 64k or 32K blocks. I copy over my saved /Music and /DCIM and then load the new Android in /Android.
ALWAYS Eject the SD card. Keeping those rules and I haven't had issues.
Well I switched to my other 16gig class 2 and my problems went away, it seems the stock card was going bad but not using a 20yr old file system would be nice regardless
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... oh, and about fragmentation, I'm not a software engineer (I'm electronics engineer), but I wouldn't get too worried about SD card fragmentation. It can happen, but not in the same way as a physical HD.
SD cards can do random access reads/writes much better than a physical hard drive. However, if you've formatted your blocks too small, the controller has to piece together two bits of info instead of one.
Example: 64k file written to 8k formatted SD, will have to piece together 8 blocks.
A 64k file written to 64k formatted SD is written all to one block.
The flip-side is if you have a bunch of small files (1k - 5k) and you're formatted at 64k, you've just wasted 63k of a 64k block writing a 1k file. It's inefficient.
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Example: 64k file written to 8k formatted SD, will have to piece together 8 blocks.
A 64k file written to 64k formatted SD is written all to one block.
The flip-side is if you have a bunch of small files (1k - 5k) and you're formatted at 64k, you've just wasted 63k of a 64k block writing a 1k file. It's inefficient.
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Considering the sizes of most music and picture files these days and the fact that all Android little files are inside one large file, I believe going with 64k blocks would be better. Even going with a larger block size than 64k might be a good idea. Too bad 64k is the limit.
Larger block sizes might be inefficient when dealing with system folders like C drive in windows or system folder in linux since they contain a huge number of small files. That is why windows default is 4k.
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pretty sure it's not the developers fault of tazzsensefroyobt. because for a while it was working great for me. ever sense i tried to use apps2sd on PlainJaneT2_V2.0. i keep having an error on tazzsensefroyobt saying sd card is not mounted.
used rom manager to format sd card. then trying to fix this reformated using windows
There is a reason for that - the method to get apps2sd on a 2.1 ROM like PlainJane has you create a second partition on your SD card,to create a location to hold the apps. Unfortunately, Froyo will not mount an SD card with more than one partition.
You'll have to do these things, I think:
- backup your SD card
- do a Nandroid+ext backup from PlainJane, in case you want to go back
- follow the steps to partition your SD card from before, but choose 0 bytes for both the ext2 and swap partition sizes. This will erase your SD card
- go into the USB-MS option from Recovery to copy files back over to your formatted SD Card.
- Now you can flash the Froyo ROM you want
worked beautifuly thanks
apps2sd
so if i want to get rid of apps2sd on a 2.1 rom and just use for 2.2 roms just format with 0 on both swap size and ext2 size
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so if i want to get rid of apps2sd on a 2.1 rom and just use for 2.2 roms just format with 0 on both swap size and ext2 size
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That's correct. For some reason I think that there is one of the 2.2 ROMs that actually will mount an SD card with more than one partition, but I could be wrong about that, and I can't remember which one it is. But if a Froyo or Gingerbread ROM will not mount a perfectly good SD card with more than one partition? That's why - it has more than one partition.
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That's correct. For some reason I think that there is one of the 2.2 ROMs that actually will mount an SD card with more than one partition, but I could be wrong about that, and I can't remember which one it is. But if a Froyo or Gingerbread ROM will not mount a perfectly good SD card with more than one partition? That's why - it has more than one partition.
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Froyo and higher will work with multiple partitions; it's just not real easy. The trick is that the SD card has to be partitioned in a certain way.
From memory of the thread that's in the Dev section (I think the OP was Conap), the first partition has to be FAT32, and would have to be large enough for any NANDs and ROMs you want to ever backup/restore and flash.
Any other partitions can be anything you want BUT with this one rule. If you have a total of four partitions or less, then the last partition HAS to be FAT32, and will be the partition that'll be mounted by the AndroidOS when it's up and running. The second part of this rule is that if you have MORE than four partitions then the fourth partition is the one that has to be FAT32.
Just like partitions 2 and 3, anything from 5 and on can be anything you want. Conap also developed scripts to mount partitions like the first FAT32 one, since it's nice to have access to it from the running phone from time to time (mounting it through USB from Amon RA or Clockwork Mod should still work as normal). I think he also made ways to mount these other partitions from Windows. My memory is fuzzy. I only tried once to make this work for me, but I wasn't really successful mounting the oddball partitions to the phone or to Windows, and I didn't try real hard - I didn't care enough to really try to figure out what I assumed I did wrong, since I believe other people were able to test it just fine.
This theory of operation appeared to be developed in conjunction with the dual-boot AndroidOS 2.1/2.2 ROM by TeamAndIRC (I think they're called), which includes Conap and others as members. I never tried the ROM.
I'm not positive if the limitation of the partitioning applies to all phones with 2.2 or higher, though. I've read some threads for other phones that officially ran 2.2 in which they mention partitioning to be able to use old style Apps2SD instead of the native one, and there wasn't any mention of any complicated partitioning scheme.
Does anyone know enough off the top of their head to verify this?
Hey guys im a bit frustrated right now:
ive created the partitions just like in this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22201029&postcount=43
Ive got 2x Ext4 partitions and an active primary fat32 with about 100megs on it. You can find some screenshots in the attachments.
The Problem is if i restart my nook it doesnt pop up with cwm, it just normaly boots.
Did i forget something?
To make it boot you need to active the LBA flags, but i think 7. Right click on the new Primary partition and make sure "Set Active" is selected from the Modify submenu step is the equivalent of LBA flags in gparted ubuntu but i could be totally wrong. That is an important step. That is the hint
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yea i have done that, next to the "Primary" it says "active" so yeah..
Try rebooting the NT with the USB cable attached to the computer. This has worked for a few people.
yea tried that to but didnt change anything :/
That being the case, I'm sorry to say that you probably have a messed up partition, flag or something else is wrong with the SD card or it's structure.
I would recommend (although it is more work) that you try the Linux Partition method. The additional work will come from having to find a bootable version of Linux.
I created a brief outline of various methods HERE. Perhaps you could one a go and use Gparted instead of Windows to partition the SD.
It's worth a shot.
thanks ill try tomorrow
EDIT: ignore post.
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well i tried again to put these files on, this time using ubuntu and it still doesnt boot. ive setted the flags and put the files from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446987 into my "root" partiotion which has the boot flags and so on but it still doesnt boot cwm. Do i need to press any keys while booting?
My Nook Tablet is rooted btw, should i do a factory reset and maybe make a movie? I really dont know what more i can do
Try the following (Linux) to unzip the files and get them on the SD. This could be the problem. Simply opening them and dragging them might not properly decompress them. Thank you to CelticWebSolutions for the following steps which I copied from the CM7 Rom Thread.
Open a terminal window and issue the command:
sudo file-roller
You will be asked for your password and after that a zip software window will open up, click open open and find the file "NT-CWM-SD.zip".
Drag all the files form this archive into your newly created system partition on your sd.
This can take a couple of minutes to actually complete so be patient, often it looks like it's finished but it's still copying in the background.
Close all windows and right click on your SD card on the desktop and select to "safely remove drive" if files are still writing to the disk it will warn you and the warning windows won't disappear until the files have finished writing to you SD.
Make sure you leave the SD in there until this process has finished otherwise your card probably won't work.
do you mean system partition or boot partition?
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my created partitions are all primary:
first partition with the cwm files on it: 50MB - Primary - FAT 32 - boot and lba flag
second partition: nothing on it - 2000MB - Primary - EXT4 - no flags
third partition: nothing on it - 2000MB - Primary - EXT4 - no flags
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do you mean system partition or boot partition?
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Boot. My bad on choice of words. Bottom line is the card should look the same as the first one you tried. I'm only trying to insure that the files get extracted properly.
Also, to eliminate possible variables that may be causing yourissue, make sure the USB cable is plugged in when you try to boot.
Fingers crossed.
yea copied the files like you said and it still doesnt work. The nook does start and instantly boots "nook reader" not cwm. I really dont know what mroe i should do, i might record a movie if im home.
While booting the nook i have connected the usb cable
Thats how my partitions look like:
first partition with the cwm files on it: 50MB - Primary - FAT 32 - boot and lba flag
second partition: nothing on it - 2000MB - Primary - EXT4 - no flags
third partition: nothing on it - 2000MB - Primary - EXT4 - no flags
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i didnt fill the sdcard with zeros, should i do this b4 partitioning?
Also my Nook is rooted, does this matter?
Indirect's APK?
I couldn't get the SD card method to work either and then I found Indirect's APK and that worked perfectly, just a thought... It's in the development section.
Really trying to help you here. Honestly I have never used the method in the actual CWM thread but I have successfully on two occasions created bootable SD cards. It is my understanding that it is the way the card is partitioned that tells and allows the system to "boot" from it. That said I have copied the instructions from the CM7 Rom thread below which use the Linux GParted partitioning method. Not having the SD card setup properly is the only thing I can think of to help at this point besides perhaps that you have a bad card. Try the below (which it sounds like you already have) just to be 100% sure the card is setup properly.
Delete all partitions on your SD card first using GParted and use the following
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Open GParted select your SDcard in the top right hand side of the window.
Select create partition table form the device menu select the empty space on the newly wiped SD card and click the paeg icon with a green plus on it, a window will appear with some boxes to fill in, change the box that says New Size (Mib) to 50, Change file system to Fat32 and write boot in the label., then click add.
Again click on the unallocated space and add another partition as around 2000(MiB) as EXT4 and label it as system (LandMaster Note: Not needed for CWM only)
Add a 3rd partition in unallocated space again of about 2000(MiB) EXT4 and label it as data. (LandMaster Note: Not needed for CWM only)
now you have three partitions waiting to be created click the green tick to apply your changes
Once changes have applied right click on boot and select the menu item 'Manage Flags', tick boot and lba and close the window, your SDCard is now ready to get it's data for it to work
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You DONT even need the 2nd (system) and 3rd (data) partition as outlined above if all you want is a bootable CWM. Just one (I used 74MB) MS-DOS (FAT32), Active Partition with "boot" and LBA" flags set.
Lastly, since you are rooted you could always flash the internal recovery partition with CWM using the method in This Thread and get into CWM by clicking reboot recovery from within the app.
I never did ask .... What is your ultimate goal?
I spend a few more hours to it and it still doesnt work. Via the app i can run cwm but only via the app. The goal is that i have a working recovery sd card if i brick my nook..
I installed ubuntu on my computer and i did exactly the same steps like you have posted but it wont work. Ive also tried multiple other sd card but that didnt change anything
Maybe any development settings on the nook that i should change?
As i live in germany would maybe anyone of u sell me a working sd card with cwm on it so i can test?
Pain12345 said:
I spend a few more hours to it and it still doesnt work. Via the app i can run cwm but only via the app. The goal is that i have a working recovery sd card if i brick my nook..
I installed ubuntu on my computer and i did exactly the same steps like you have posted but it wont work. Ive also tried multiple other sd card but that didnt change anything
Maybe any development settings on the nook that i should change?
As i live in germany would maybe anyone of u sell me a working sd card with cwm on it so i can test?
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Thats what I thought and it is a good plan. Unfortunately I'm stumped.
Albert Wertz is in the SD Card "business". Check with him to see about getting one.
FYI, now that you have CWM "written" to the internal recovery partition you should be able to enter recovery even if you can't boot the tablet to android.
N+Pwr from off condition should do the trick.
Pain, sorry, I just saw this thread. I made a small update to the instructions. I left out something which I thought was obvious. This was a fault on my part. Did you label each partition correctly? It should be BOOT, system, and data.
I used this method (don't forget the ext4fsd part) and it does work. But if you're still having trouble the CD-boot version of Ubuntu will work just fine too.
i allready have ubuntu running on a cd, in the past i labeld it "boot" (case sensitiv - all small letters) so this could be the fault?
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i can see that cwm work, it pops up 4 a half second or even less if i start the nook but than it instantly disappears
after installing cwm on my NT after that (my B&N store has been disabled and it doesn't let search, download, or view anything on the store..... has anyone a solution to this issue