[Novalug] Nokia N800 question - move and link ~/MyDocs

[Brandon Saxe]

I may have answered my own question....

I went ahead and did a proof by moving the MyDocs directory to MyDocs.old and creating my own Docs folder then linking to it with 'MyDocs' and it seems to work.

I guess I'll go ahead and get a new memory card to see if I can move the MyDocs to it and link from internal memory.

--Brandon


--- On Sun, 9/7/08, Brandon Saxe <brandon20va at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Brandon Saxe <brandon20va at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Novalug] Nokia N800 question - move and link ~/MyDocs
> To: "novalug mailing list" <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 9:40 AM
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if any NIT users know if it is possible to
> move the default ~/MyDocs folder to a memory card and then
> create a symbolic link and have the content still show
> correctly in the file manager (e.g. 'Documents',
> 'Images', etc.).
> 
> I realize that I would probably need to format the memory
> card with jffs2 to support the link. The reason for this is
> to recover space from the internal memory card and still
> have the built-in file manager interface with the
> categories.
> 
> I plan on getting a 4-8GB card for the internal slot,
> formatting it jffs2, then moving and linking the MyDocs
> folder there.
> 
> I also plan on trying out the Debian chroot package as
> well.
> 
> 1. Any success with moving MyDocs?
> 2. Any gotchas on the Debian package?
> 
> Thanks!
>   Brandon
> _______________________________________________
> Novalug mailing list
> Novalug at calypso.tux.org
> http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/novalug