On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 22:28, ext Adrian Neumaier wrote: > Am Montag, 12. Juni 2006 21:22 schrieb Armin M. Warda: > > On Monday 12 June 2006 17:24, Kimmo H?m?l?inen wrote: > > > [...] There are of > > > course some obvious problems with a separate partition. (Some of > > > the complications could be difficult to understand by a non-geek > > > user.) > > > > I suspect there might be some geek users on this list... > > Please explain, what are the obvious problems with a > > separate partition? Thanks! > > I second that, i would like to know that too. I can't figure one, apart from > swapoff the partition before removing the card. There are some issues caused by partition vs. file concept. For example, removing and creating a file is simpler and safer than repartitioning. The non-geek user would need to understand the concept of partitions: - the swap partition is not usable in any other device the user has (non-geeks often don't use Linux) - the swap partition will look funny in Windows Explorer (maybe the user reformats it there and stores files there, then wonders why they are not shown in the Nokia 770). - other devices, such as Nokia mobile phones would not probably support repartitioning the memory card. (Even Windows does not make very easy.) I cannot think more right now (I have other things to do, as well). But if you can think of _so_ many benefits that this swap partition brings to the user, I'll reconsider in future products :) BR; Kimmo > > Cheers > Adrian
