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Originally Posted by alexskinner
Does the same debian image work on on the Mini or does it require manual tweaks, the minis are more readily available at low cost.
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Originally Posted by MarekGibek
It requires manual tweaks - someone documented it on this forum.
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Yeah, thats quite true (and in the end not really difficult), but in the meantime there are at least three big threads containing important details.
And since I spend several hours to collect all the latest informations related to the patch of the image for the mini on a linux-desktop, may be it helps some people to put it all in a nutshell.
Updated HowTo: Patch Debian-image from Marek for Kobo Mini via a Linux-Desktop/Terminal:
As always, please backup all your data before - just in case you produce an error with 'dd' and remember that all the data on the new msd-card for the Kobo will be destroyed!
1. Download the image here:
https://sites.google.com/site/gibekm...kobo-as-tablet
2. unzip 'Kobo.zip'
3. navigate via terminal to the unzipped items
4. unrar the 3 debian parts just with one command:
Code:
unrar x 2013-08-17_kobo_debian.part01.rar
5. according to user cloudsun9, you can skip downloading any uboot-things since they're identic:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...9&postcount=68
So just extract the kobo mini-specific data from the original 2gb kobo-msd-card block 1025 (if you want to be sure, use a 1-1 copy of it; X=letter of your 2gb-msd):
Code:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdX bs=512 skip=1024 count=1 of=anyname.img
sudo sync
(you can check this file easily in a hex-editor. The first bytes should be: "HW CONFIG v1.3"
6. transfer Marek's debian-image via dd to a fresh 16gb-msd-card (8gb-cards are also possible but sometimes they are some blocks smaller than the image, Y=letter of your unmounted 16gb-msd):
Code:
sudo dd if=2013-08-17_kobo_debian.img bs=512 of=/dev/sdY
sudo sync
7. overwrite block 1025 of the still unmounted 16gb-msd with the extracted anyname.img:
Code:
sudo dd if=anyname.img bs=512 seek=1024 count=1 of=/dev/sdY
sudo sync
8. put the 16-gb-msd in your kobo mini and start it
9. on first start tap on the nickel-item and config and start your wlan including password there
10. after the next boot, tap on the debian-icon, start WiFi via launcher-Config-WiFi-Start and wait until you receive the ip-message
11. have fun (and admire marek for his work .-)
Just had time, to check if everything works: perfect!
Only one question, just if someone knows:
The letters in terminal, nano, etc. on the mini are a little bit too small for my eyes. Is there an easy way to configure them double sized?
grtz, martux