is it possible to defragging the 2nd partition of sd card. windows can't recognize the 2nd partion even defragller. i use that partition for link2sd and its fat32 partition. thank you.
if i install custom kernel from kernel manager lite will that cause any problem? can i convert my fat32 2nd partition to ext2 after flashing custom kernel? if not how to backup 2nd partition data?
Use mini tool partition wizard for PC.
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how to backup 2nd partition from mini tool partition manager?
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I am using Ubuntu to partition my 8GB microSD card. Does it matter which partition is primary, logical, or extended? What should they be?
Hi,
I've done this and both fat32 and ext2 partitions should be primary.
I 1st had the fat32 partition and then added the ext2 partition.
My ext2 partition is 1.4 gb and the fat32 32 is 6.4 gb.
Hope that helps.
help!
hey how do u partition your sd card.
i really need help thank you
darico18 said:
hey how do u partition your sd card.
i really need help thank you
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I have Ubuntu Linux installed on my MacBook Pro (dual boot). You can download the Live CD for Ubuntu, but Im not sure if you can install applications. I had to install Gparted, a partition manager for linux. Once you install that, run it and pick your SD card. I had my G1 hooked via cable to my laptop. Create the first partition as FAT32 - Primary - whatever size you want, keep between 500MB - 1.5GB free for your EXT2 partition (2nd partition). Click "Apply". Next create the second partition using the leftover space - EXT2 - Primary. Click "Apply". You are done.
Ex. I have a 8GB microSD card
Partition 1 - FAT32 - Primary - 6.5 GB
Partition 2 - EXT2 - Primary - 1.5 GB
HI,
I use windows xp with a program called Paragon Partition Manager.
darico18 said:
hey how do u partition your sd card.
i really need help thank you
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Hello,
I have secondary partition on my SD card with ext4 filesystem on it.
With help of Link2SD i can use this partition for installed apps.
So the question is, when i create a backup with 4EXT (currently installed) or CWM does it include links and actual files from the SD card?
Got also a ext and ext1 seems to be a strange mounting problem..
It works but s2e cannot find the ext patition..
orld said:
Hello,
I have secondary partition on my SD card with ext4 filesystem on it.
With help of Link2SD i can use this partition for installed apps.
So the question is, when i create a backup with 4EXT (currently installed) or CWM does it include links and actual files from the SD card?
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Hi,
4EXT nandroid backup takes a complete snapshot of your phone system,settings,data,and apps.
It does NOT make a backup of your sd card.
So, I would think that if you restored the backup,and you had not moved the apps in your ext4 partition,then they would match up again.
Why are you using an ext4 partition,anyway?
Isn't 1 GB of space on the phone enough for you?
software logic
well,
in linux filesystem, and in windows nowdays too, any storage can be mounted anywere, so if backup software differentiate external storage vs internal storage, it probably should follow symlinks and backup application from extended filesystem as well.
it could be a feature request
Hey Guys,
i want to create an ext4 partition on my sd card, first of all i want to erase my old ext3 partition, i tried it different ways but without success
I tried to format (full erase) the sd card with the Panasonic SD Card Formatter - this tool sais: Your Memory card could not be erased.
With Acronis i cant find the ext3 partition, just the fat32 one.
I tried it with gparted (boot from usb stick) too - there i also just can find the 2GB fat32 partition but i cannot see the 2GB ext3 partition.
I dont have a sd card reader, i always tried it with the card in the phone (HTC Desire)
Anybody got some hints what else i could try?
Sorry for my bad english and thanks for your help.
How did you manage to format it to ext3, anyway?
I did it a few years ago with acronis disk manager
"Use EXT3 Filesystem For The SD-EXT Partition,To Avoid Any Errors While Backup" Thiz is the suggestion from developer. But I dont know how to do this
please help:
here original topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859518
After you create a partition, it needs to be formatted to be usable. If you created the partition on your SD card by putting it in your computer, you have to format it separately. You use your preferred software to format, and you must specify how you want the new partition formatted.
If you create a partition on your SD card through your phone's recovery (i.e., CWM), it will automatically format it. I think CWM uses ext4 by default.
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After you create a partition, it needs to be formatted to be usable. If you created the partition on your SD card by putting it in your computer, you have to format it separately. You use your preferred software to format, and you must specify how you want the new partition formatted.
If you create a partition on your SD card through your phone's recovery (i.e., CWM), it will automatically format it. I think CWM uses ext4 by default.
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Does CWM support external SD card formated with ext3 or ext4? I considered exFAT and NTFS but none seems to be supported by CWM.
CWM can read partitions which have been formatted ext2/3/4 in your computer. I'm not aware about exFAT, and I highly doubt any recovery would recognize NTFS.
Hi @all.
I wanna use Link2SD to increase the device storage.
I tried thousands of tutorials to partition the SD-card with all possibilities (as recommended 1st primary FAT32 and 2nd primary ext2/3/4)
Finally Link2SD works with the 2nd partition and is able to link the apps to this partition, BUT my phone does not find the first partition FAT32 anymore and is not able to mount it. Even in link2sd it only shows partition 2 available, and the first one not.
I have a 32GB card and tried FAT32 - 20GB & EXT2/3/4 - 10GB but also FAT32 - 28GB & EXT2/3/4 - 1GB - nothing worked.
only when there is just one partition with FAT32 and whole 32 GB at all than the phone mounts the sd-card
I tried also with a smaller 8 GB card, still the same.
It is nice that link2sd works now after rooting and also using the rootfix and Init.d Toggler (to not have the bootloop anymore), but the only problem is that I cannot use the bigger part of the sd-card for normal files.
Anyone got solving ideas for this problem? big thanks in advance
Solution
Some SD cards after creating two partitions, the first partition cannot be mounted.
The second partition, used in Link2SD, works fine.
So you'll need to format the first partition -and ONLY the first- to NTFS filesystem.
Also you will need "Paragon UFSD Root Mounter":
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter&hl=en
After you install the app, run it. it should mount the new NTFS partition and it will be totally usable in the system.
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Thanks to user DJPRMF for this method