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Old 04-14-2009, 07:30 AM   #117
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Originally Posted by Adam B. View Post
That leads me to a question for those who want to run it from a CF card. Why?

Other than the additional root file space (which isn't really necessary IMO)...
Apart from testing, I think that a larger (ext2 or ext3) root file system is an important asset. Right now it is messy to install apps with shared libs in places like /usr/local because there is not much room to share there. Installing on CF or SD is tricky because those are not formatted in a way that allows symlinks (often used for shared libs)

See the discussion in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36117 , starting at message 4
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