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wallcraft · 11-09-2007, 09:48 AM

I have seen FBReader freeze on large files (e.g. 7 MB CHM) and large dictionaries are apparently a problem for MobiPocket Reader (24 MB: unable to open mobipocket dictionary). I assume this is due to a lack of memory, but I don't know this for sure.

On the Nokia 770, you can add 64 MB of swap space on a MMC card. See, for example, Setting Up Swap on MMC. There were initial questions about write cycles, but I am not aware of anyone actually wearing out a MMC card by using it as swap space. I would be concerned about adding swap on a CF card, because these don't always mount at boot time. In any case, the addition of card-based swap would need to allow for the possibility that the card was missing at boot time.

11-09-2007, 09:48 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I have seen FBReader freeze on large files (e.g. 7 MB CHM) and large dictionaries are apparently a problem for MobiPocket Reader (24 MB: unable to open mobipocket dictionary). I assume this is due to a lack of memory, but I don't know this for sure. On the Nokia 770, you can add 64 MB of swap space on a MMC card. See, for example, Setting Up Swap on MMC. There were initial questions about write cycles, but I am not aware of anyone actually wearing out a MMC card by using it as swap space. I would be concerned about adding swap on a CF card, because these don't always mount at boot time. In any case, the addition of card-based swap would need to allow for the possibility that the card was missing at boot time.