[Q]How to mount a system folder to seperate partition - Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro

I'm having a big question in mind can we mount a specific system folder in to a SD Card
So that we can available more space for the ROM
Like we can mount a dalvik-cache folder to a SD-Card so we can have more space available to our ROM so does more free internal memory.
Because this is a Linux concept we do implement it in our servers whenever we r running out of space.
So this shud b possible to our ROM's if yes, then how?
If not then why not?
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Device: XPERIA Neo V (MT11i) Unlocked
ROM: i-Scream 13 (Beta)
Kernel: night-elf ics 1.5 lite

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Well the system partition is a bit different to my knowledge, it's mounted on read-only memory, hence ROM. I personally think it would either brick a device or the ROM just won't run.
What we can do is symlink less important parts of our ROM to save more space. For example: symlinking pittpatt binaries to /data is a common practice, because those are around 25MB.
Anyways I might be wrong on any of this, but you're bringing up a pretty interesting question.

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venoma333 said:
Well the system partition is a bit different to my knowledge, it's mounted on read-only memory, hence ROM. I personally think it would either brick a device or the ROM just won't run.
What we can do is symlink less important parts of our ROM to save more space. For example: symlinking pittpatt binaries to /data is a common practice, because those are around 25MB.
Anyways I might be wrong on any of this, but you're bringing up a pretty interesting question.
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Ok... Friend bt I really dont have any idea about symlinks in android bt I got the message u want to convey.
And according to my knowledge there is no significance of ROM in it may b u r confusing with Read Only Memory and we call our OS a ROM bcz a OS system image is stored every tym in Read Only Memory for recovery as we did it through Factory Reset System.
In my knowledge OS(ROM) files we use in our device r read nd WRITE almost every tym when its running so it should not brick our device in anyway if we do it correctly.
If my knowledge is wrong plz correct me, anyone is kindly welcome :thumbup:
Device: XPERIA Neo V (MT11i) Unlocked
ROM: i-Scream 13 (Beta)
Kernel: night-elf ics 1.5 lite

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Not sure about actually mounting folders as you say, but there are plenty of apps to symlink to the SD card.
i use link2sd (Free in the market) to "move" data for all my apps to the sd card...saves a ot of space

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The theory is sound, it should be feasible, as long as the kernel can access the folder at boot time, start there.
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Not sure about actually mounting folders as you say, but there are plenty of apps to symlink to the SD card.<br />
i use link2sd (Free in the market) to "move" data for all my apps to the sd card...saves a ot of space
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You r right, I also use Link2SD to move files nd to set some app as system files.
Device: XPERIA Neo V (MT11i) Unlocked
ROM: i-Scream 13 (Beta)
Kernel: night-elf ics 1.5 lite

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mpiekp said:
The theory is sound, it should be feasible, as long as the kernel can access the folder at boot time, start there.
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Hoping some one to point us out nd take this question to the right direction.
Thanks for ur knowledge mate:thumbup:
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Device: XPERIA Neo V (MT11i) Unlocked
ROM: i-Scream 13 (Beta)
Kernel: night-elf ics 1.5 lite

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XtremeSilencer has provided a similar solution for this by providing a script which run on boot but every tym I do it on any ICS or GB ROM got bootloop :banghead: :banghead:
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piCool13 said:
XtremeSilencer has provided a similar solution for this by providing a script which run on boot but every tym I do it on any ICS or GB ROM got bootloop :banghead: :banghead:
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So when ,where and how does it work if you say it gives a Bootloop
Isn't it tested even by him?:silly:

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Ghostfreak NB said:
So when ,where and how does it work if you say it gives a Bootloop
Isn't it tested even by him?:silly:
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Point to b noted bro
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