How to get NC to use SD ONLY for media

mr72

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My NC has all of this on the /mnt/sdcard

Code:
.estrongs
.FileExpert
.wftfiles
.youversion
adobe
Android
B&N Downloads
backups
Books
clockworkmod
com.maildroid
data
DCIM
Digital Editions
Download
dropbox
eBooks
Evernote
GOLauncherEX
GoStore
LOST.DIR
Music
My Files
Nook
opera
OverDrive
ReceivedFiles
TempAudio
tmp
TunnyBrowser
Videos
.OverDrive.xml
fix_permissions.log
.adobe-digital-editions
.android_secure
.cr3
.docThumbs
How can I get it to use the internal /media or /data partition for all of this and JUST use the sdcard for my media (music and videos)?

I am running CM7.10 stable.

One thought is to have it mount the partition normally used for /media to the /sdcard mountpoint, and then mount the sdcard as something else (probably not /media, but maybe). This way apps that want to use /sdcard will use the internal memory partition formerly known as "/media" for their storage, and the actual sdcard will be reserved for only media. Alternately if the NC will not run without a /media that can be used by B&N, maybe just repartition it so that you have the 5GB /media partition split into 1GB /media and the remaining 4GB /sdcard, then mount the actual SD card on another mountpoint.

I guess this really is a question about how flexible the NC/CM7/Android filesystem layout is, and whether it can support something that makes the actual SD card a cleaner portable storage device.
 
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votinh

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Two points
1. In the CM7 set up, check the "install Internal only" instead of Auto.
2. With CM7, uSD is required to 100% operate. W/o it, only 99%.