Hacking Noob question about SD2vita

[jaykap]

So ive been looking online and not sure where to find this answer but i just got an SD2vita and i have a 128gb card. I know how to make it external storage. my question is this...if i was to put retroarch on the sd2vita, will i have issues with running games or would it be wise to make the sd2vita my main storage instead? i ask because i have a 8gb sony card in my vita 1000 and the whole storage on that is almost used up. any and all help is much appreciated

 

[Hayato213]

You can use the SD2vita as ux0, main storage, and Sony Memory card as uma0. You have CFW?

 

[jaykap]

You can use the SD2vita as ux0, main storage, and Sony Memory card as uma0. You have CFW?

yes i do. my vita 1000 is running 3.67 with h-encore.

 

[Hayato213]

Vita games can only be run off ux0, emulator stuffs can be run off ux0, uma0, 8GB should be enough for emulator contents.

 

[jaykap]

Vita games can only be run off ux0, emulator stuffs can be run off ux0, uma0, 8GB should be enough for emulator contents.

so if i was to download a vita game from pkg, could i save it to my sd2vita?

 

[slaphappygamer]

so if i was to download a vita game from pkg, could i save it to my sd2vita?

if you have sd2vita set as :ux0, yes

 

[jaykap]

if you have sd2vita set as :ux0, yes

So i tried following some guides on how to make my sd2vita my main storage but i ended up corrupting everything and had to redo the whole card. i guess im stuck with using it as my external storage while my ps card is my ux0 which is 8 gb and almost full so im screwed with downloading anything from pkg at the moment but i have gotten retroarch on the sd2vita and so far seems to be working ok. could the reason why my sd2vita was corrupted was that i didn't shut down my vita and take it out and then put it back in before copying all the files from the ps card to the sd2vita? i tried following tech james on youtube (yeah ive heard good and bad things about him) but so far his guides have been a big help. i have another vita that i know is on 3.69 (haven't bothered to update that one yet) and patiently waiting for the new hack to come out to put on that one.
also, when/if i can get the sd2vita as my main storage, do i have to set vitashell to sd2vita even if its is considered ux0 because ive noticed that after the first attempt at making it my main storage, anything i downloaded was still ending up on my psvita card. thanks in advance for all the help