To start: I haven't yet got my Pandora. I'm still fantasizing about it, and looking forward to it arriving, whenever that might happen.
I've done a thread on this before, but I think I know more what I want now. I might not, but there we go.
512MB NAND. That's not very much, considering I run my NanoNote on 2GB without X, but with millions of utilities and other software, my Debian distribution coming to 600MB. So, when my Pandora arrives, I want to run the OS from an SD card, or at least all the software. Thinking about it, I believe I've come up with two or three cunning plans to get it working the way I want:
Cunning plan 1: keep Angstrom on it, have separate /usr and /home partitions on the SD card (will be having /home on the SD card anyway). Do this by copying contents of current /usr to new partition, having said partition mounted at /usr in /etc/fstab, clearing the NAND copy of /usr, and then rebooting.
Cunning plan 2: put entire Pandora Angstrom distribution on SD card and boot from it/chroot to it at boot.
Cunning plan 3: install Debian on SD card, chrooting to it so as to keep Pandora utilities (particularly the PND format).
What are your thoughts? I want more room to expand the OS, at least 8GB or so. I intend to have a swap partition anyway, on the SD card in the first slot*, so putting a /usr partition on the card isn't going to make me cry. Only having 512MB for the system, however, is.
* Going to get a 64GB card and partition it with 1GB swap, maybe 8GB /usr if appropriate, and the rest /home. Going to stick it in somehow (possibly permanently with epoxy, or temporary with gaffer tape). Second slot will be just for putting files on it that I download on other boxes.
I've done a thread on this before, but I think I know more what I want now. I might not, but there we go.
512MB NAND. That's not very much, considering I run my NanoNote on 2GB without X, but with millions of utilities and other software, my Debian distribution coming to 600MB. So, when my Pandora arrives, I want to run the OS from an SD card, or at least all the software. Thinking about it, I believe I've come up with two or three cunning plans to get it working the way I want:
Cunning plan 1: keep Angstrom on it, have separate /usr and /home partitions on the SD card (will be having /home on the SD card anyway). Do this by copying contents of current /usr to new partition, having said partition mounted at /usr in /etc/fstab, clearing the NAND copy of /usr, and then rebooting.
Cunning plan 2: put entire Pandora Angstrom distribution on SD card and boot from it/chroot to it at boot.
Cunning plan 3: install Debian on SD card, chrooting to it so as to keep Pandora utilities (particularly the PND format).
What are your thoughts? I want more room to expand the OS, at least 8GB or so. I intend to have a swap partition anyway, on the SD card in the first slot*, so putting a /usr partition on the card isn't going to make me cry. Only having 512MB for the system, however, is.
* Going to get a 64GB card and partition it with 1GB swap, maybe 8GB /usr if appropriate, and the rest /home. Going to stick it in somehow (possibly permanently with epoxy, or temporary with gaffer tape). Second slot will be just for putting files on it that I download on other boxes.