eeePC 701 : move apps or directories to SD card

[Member gruezi]

Hello

My (old) eeepc is still alive thanks to antix … but its disk is toosmall to install my favorites apps ( Ffox , Tbird , Libreoffice , gimp … )
Are there any ideas to use the place in an 32 Go SD , like
– install apps on the SD card
– move directories ( /var , /usr ) on the SD card

[Member Xunzi_23]

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Unless I am much mistaken there is an internal unused USB port in your device.
Add an internal USB stick or drive and run antiX from that sounds feasible.

Maybe Start here https://hackaday.com/2008/12/22/no-solder-eeepc-701-upgrades/
There is a lot of info in the net, just take care while working, do use antistatic
armband wear no synthetics to reduce risks.

The device should also run 2 or better 4GB Ram especially latter is a massive
improvement.

[Member gruezi]

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Thanks xunzi , some intersting stuff

But my concern is : How to make place free on the small SSD disk of the EeePc701 ( 4 GB ! )

I have already a 32 GB SD card inserted in the right side of the EeePC
so how to move directories or install apps in this SD card

[Moderator christophe]

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On the installer, you could choose your removable mc card as the /usr directory. (As some context, my antiX install on my repurposed-chromebook has a 16 GB mmc. My antiX system is 5.9 GB, but my /usr directory takes up 4.7 GB of that.)

Probably the better way would be to use your 32-GB SD card as / (root), and forget about your 4 GB mmc (or use it only for general file storage, like video, music, data files).

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Or make the 32-gb SD card into a “live-USB” and run it live (again, ignoring the internal storage, except for storage of data files).

• This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by christophe.

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