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 full process and the required steps? > The card should be formatted as ext3, followed with copying untarred > files to it. Ext3 is not very common under windows/mac systems and Fat32 tend to be the norm for these devices. Are you sure the SD card has to be formatted using ext3? > At first, I did not formatted it again, since it was brand > new card. I made ext3 partition and piped untarred files directly to the > card (usb card reader). After a while, brain worm started to move and > ask if I should do explicite format first. Does it matter at all? SD cards come from factory with Fat32, so I would reformat the SD card with ext3, just in case :-? > Try to mount SD card as vfat failed, as ext3 succeeded. Should I repeat > steps with fdisk first anyway? Best regards Maybe the error comes from another place. Are you getting any message or warning on the e-book when trying to perform the firmware upgrade? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.07.31.13.44...@gmail.com