Newly Rooted & ROM Installed--Should I Partition SD?

[rchusid]

I just rooted my original Droid over the weekend. The Chevy1 custom ROM is the first one I've used. (Actually I did load one other custom ROM first but the Droid became very sluggish so I changed to this one).

So far things seem to be working decently. Battery life is reduced, but I assume from what I've read here that installing one of the kernals here will fix that. I have downloaded several based upon comments here as to which different people have had good results with.

I'm wondering if I should partition the SD card. Searching around I read about doing this primarily for the purpose of loading programs to SD in a new partition. I note that this ROM lets many programs go into SD which previously did not, so I wonder if there is still a reason to set up new partitions.

If there is a benefit, what settings should I use?

If this is a borderline issue, I have a new micro SD card ordered which I will receive tomorrow. I figure that if I'm going to have to repartition a SD card, this is the time to do it as I would only have to copy data from the current card to the new, as opposed to doing a full backup, repartition, and then copy everything back. Therefore if there is a reason to set up new partitions, tomorrow is the day to do it.

[metalspring]

Partitioning the sdcard is somewhat complicated...Im still not 100% sure of the best way to do it and how to choose how to partition (ext2, ext3, ext4)
I just used rom manager to partition mine but I still can't figure how to move the apps to the partition, so if anyone knows/ has links to help that'd be great

Anyway, that being said...partitioning the sdcard is primarily used for moving apps there because the regular apps2sd (the one you can use right from manage applications) has a few issues such as whenever the sdcard is mounted with USB storage on a computer those apps moved to the sd are unusable...the other main issue is after a reboot the homescreen can load very slowly as the sdcard is being checked for errors and the launcher often has to force close once because of that
Moving apps to a partition on the sdcard fixes those issues

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[rchusid]

Neither is essential but both are of value. I typically use dropbox to move files to the SD card (assuming they aren't too big) but it might be useful to be able to have the phone plugged into the USB port when at the office if everything still worked. Then I'd be able to add files whenever I think of it as easily as moving files on a pc.

Cutting down on that long delay in the launcher showing all the icons on booting up would also be great.

Now, if only someone could explain exactly how to accomplish this.

[metalspring]

I partitioned my sdcard with rom manager but, like I said I'm not sure its the best way and there are a couple free market apps you could try to move the apps to the partition with- simple2ext and a darktremors app (just look at related apps for simple2ext) oh and make sure to mount ext2 ,ext3 ,and ext4 in Chevy tools and make a backup in recovery before trying to move the apps

Btw I tried the simple2ext but it didn't work right for me, but I was trying to move a ton of apps AND a few other things too...I'm about to try again with just the apps and I'll let you know

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[rchusid]

ext2, ext3, and ext4?? I take this to mean that it is necessary to make three partitions beyond the main one? Why are three needed? What sizes should they be?

[metalspring]

No, they are just different formats of partitions...I meant if you use rom manager to partition your sd you should mount them all because Im not sure which format it uses...I've heard its ext3 but I'm not positive (ext3 is the most widely used)

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[rchusid]

I'm in the midst of searching on this. I also got the impression that ext3 is most commonly used. I'm also finding some which talk about a separate cache partition which speeds up the Droid, but it looks like only some ROMS handle this. Do you know if the ROM from Chevy1 uses such a cache.

[javaman70]

For moving apps to the SD card I use link2sd which is free in the market and has major support in the xda forums.

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[metalspring]

Well I think I got it working, just use rom manager with clockworkmod recovery to partition your sdcard (unless you know a better way) then download the A2SD darktremor app and download and flash the darktremor scripts in recovery -leave it as a .zip file-
(I'll post the link in a few minutes)
Upon flashing the script it'll automatically move all non system apps to the partition (folder is /sd-ext) and it will take a really long time rebooting
The app will allow you to move other things to the sdcard and back
However there are 2 important points
1. After you partition your sdcard and before you flash the script MAKE A BACKUP IN RECOVERY
2. If there are any apps you wish to be 100% sure load up immediately (market downloaded launcher like launcherpro-
before flashing the script use root explorer and go to the folder /data/app and find the app you want, select move, then go to the /system/app folder and paste it in there, run fix permissions script and reboot

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Here's the link to the script to flash in recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715116

[rchusid]

"just use rom manager with clockworkmod recovery to partition your sdcard:

Did you only create an ext3 partition? Do you know anything about also creating a partition to be used as a cache? (Ive seen comments on this doing searches but have not found any information as to whether it works with this ROM and whether rom manager/clockworkmod recovery will do this.

In the examples I've found, people were making the partitions, including the cache, with a downloaded program on their pc, but that doesn't necessarily mean that rom manager/clockworkmod recover can't do this.