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Originally Posted by esunk
This seems nice and all, but how the heck do you install it? There doesn't seem to be any real installation instructions in the README or the first post. How the heck do I get to /mnt/us? Do I need to install another hack, if so what?
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From your questions, it looks like you have a lot of reading to do to understand this stuff. This forum has a sticky that lists the various apps and hacks. Each of them has a README file. You must read the README files to understand how to install these apps/hacks/packages, and what other packages must be installed first.
To answer your first question about how to install a it:
There are dedicated wiki pages for the K4NT and the Touch, but this hack refers to the Launchpad hack that only runs on Kindles with keyboards (K3 and earlier). It also needs optware, but to use that you need to learn a little about linux loop mounts, and general command line shell usage. And to install a package such as LAME, you need to use ipkg. There is also an opkg alternative package manager available on this forum. Or you could install apt-get and install packages from the full Debian ARM package repository. But beware -- you can fill a 2GB loop mount rather quickly if you try to install all the cool stuff you find in the package repositories.
To answer your second question about locating /mnt/us:
/mnt/us is the same location as the USB Drive you see when connect to a host PC in USB Drive mode.
For example, if your Kindle is mounted in Windows as drive K:, then any references to /mnt/us/folder/README.TXT translate to K:\folder\README.txt
If your Kindle is mounted on Ubuntu Linux, then any references to /mnt/us/folder/README.TXT translate to /media/Kindle/folder/README.txt
Some Kindle hack installation instructions assume that you are using an SSH or telnet shell on your Kindle with a USB networking or Wi-Fi connection, so you will need to translate any paths using one of the methods provided above, if you wish to install them in USB Drive mode.