Comments on: Busybox on the 770 http://dillernet.com/apple/2006/01/09/busybox-on-the-770/ iPhone, Nokia, PDAs, Smartphones, Entourage and the Mac - keeping it all in sync. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: dillera http://dillernet.com/apple/2006/01/09/busybox-on-the-770/#comment-41 dillera Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:56:52 +0000 http://dillernet.com/apple/?p=89#comment-41 Ok- thanks again Flegg- you got it. I was still trying to use 32Megs. I re-partitioned it down to 24 megs and it's finally working. SwapTotal: 24792 kB SwapFree: 16764 kB Thanks, I'm happy to say that I opened some games, sketch, 3 browserwindows and the RSS reader and the 770 is staying peppy. Ok- thanks again Flegg- you got it. I was still trying to use 32Megs. I re-partitioned it down to 24 megs and it’s finally working.

SwapTotal: 24792 kB
SwapFree: 16764 kB

Thanks, I’m happy to say that I opened some games, sketch, 3 browserwindows and the RSS reader and the 770 is staying peppy.

]]> By: Andrew Flegg http://dillernet.com/apple/2006/01/09/busybox-on-the-770/#comment-40 Andrew Flegg Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:00:20 +0000 http://dillernet.com/apple/?p=89#comment-40 There were issues with a single 32MB swap in earlier revisions, which were "fixed" if you swapped-on a 1MB file first. However, 24MB caused no problems in the earlier revisions. Have you tried a smaller swap file to see if that works? There were issues with a single 32MB swap in earlier revisions, which were “fixed” if you swapped-on a 1MB file first.

However, 24MB caused no problems in the earlier revisions. Have you tried a smaller swap file to see if that works?

]]> By: tsuraan http://dillernet.com/apple/2006/01/09/busybox-on-the-770/#comment-39 tsuraan Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:01:10 +0000 http://dillernet.com/apple/?p=89#comment-39 You should check if paging is even enabled in the kernel (not sure if it can be disabled in linux, but I think it can be). Generally, paging to a flash device is not considered a good idea, so if I were configuring a kernel for a device that only support flash storage, I'd probably just disable that functionality. Just a thought... You should check if paging is even enabled in the kernel (not sure if it can be disabled in linux, but I think it can be). Generally, paging to a flash device is not considered a good idea, so if I were configuring a kernel for a device that only support flash storage, I’d probably just disable that functionality. Just a thought…

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