SD card question

2010-08-03 Thread Zoran Kolic
Just to report that I received kobo reader and immediately upgraded firmware to newer version, using SD card. Without a hiccup. Good prepare paid off. Thaks all who helped to overcome fear and doubts. Zoran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: SD card question

2010-08-01 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:16:25 +0200, Zoran Kolic wrote: Did they provide any instructions on how to proceed with the upgrade? Kobo hides SD card upgrade, just as snake hides it's legs. Ouch! I hate those companies being fuzzy on what (and how) can you do with their products. If it can be

SD card question

2010-07-31 Thread Zoran Kolic
I have a question regarding SD card, which should be used to upgrade firmware on ebook reader. I assume there will be just one try before bricking the device. The card should be formatted as ext3, followed with copying untarred files to it. At first, I did not formatted it again, since it was

Re: SD card question

2010-07-31 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:53:13 +0200, Zoran Kolic wrote: I have a question regarding SD card, which should be used to upgrade firmware on ebook reader. I assume there will be just one try before bricking the device. Do you have a link to the firmware upgrade instructions so we can review the

Re: SD card question

2010-07-31 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On 7/31/2010 12:53 AM, Zoran Kolic wrote: I have a question regarding SD card, which should be used to upgrade firmware on ebook reader. I assume there will be just one try before bricking the device. The card should be formatted as ext3, followed with copying untarred files to it. At first, I

Re: SD card question

2010-07-31 Thread Zoran Kolic
Do you have a link to the firmware upgrade instructions so we can review the full process and the required steps? Mixing answers to save space. Kobo ereader. They tend to upgrade using win desktop app over usb adapter. Some canadian stores got SD card to un- brick devices after failed

Re: SD card question

2010-07-31 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:34:52 +0200, Zoran Kolic wrote: Do you have a link to the firmware upgrade instructions so we can review the full process and the required steps? Mixing answers to save space. Kobo ereader. They tend to upgrade using win desktop app over usb adapter. Some canadian

Re: SD card question

2010-07-31 Thread Zoran Kolic
Did they provide any instructions on how to proceed with the upgrade? Kobo hides SD card upgrade, just as snake hides it's legs. As root, fdisk -l /dev/sdx (sdx ??? adjust it to point the SD device) and check what it says. Since the card is new, it is labeled as fat. No surprise here.