07-01-2011, 02:39 PM | #1 |
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Factory reset on the touch
This is question for the Kobo developers.
I know that it is possible to restore the factory settings by pressing the Home button while powering on the device. This is a very useful feature when hacking into the system. I would like to know if that reset is performed by the booloader or by a linux process (nickel?). Simply speaking, can I brick my Touch if I messed up some of the linux startup files such as inittab or rcS? S. |
07-01-2011, 03:34 PM | #2 |
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Hey just wanted to say thanks messed my squilt file up if I had not come accross your post i would be stuck at the updating your firmware screen endlessly
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07-01-2011, 11:45 PM | #3 | |
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If you mess up the first partition then that should be fine. Just don't mess up the second one. |
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07-02-2011, 03:26 AM | #4 | |
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Ideally, I would prefer booting from the SD card. I found in u-boot.bin what seems to be the description of a boot entry for /dev/mmcblk1p1. I copied the internal root partition onto an SD card but that does not seem to work. Is there a trick here (such as changing the partition name)? |
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07-02-2011, 09:33 AM | #5 | |
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The card needs to be specially formatted with a kernel placed at a particular offset for this to work. The kernel and bootloader source haven't been released yet - it'll happen soon. But FWIW, booting from the SD card is a real pain. If you want to hack, just change the startup scripts on mmcblk0p1. |
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07-02-2011, 10:34 AM | #6 |
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Is this true for the Kobo Wifi too or is it different there?
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07-02-2011, 10:42 AM | #7 |
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07-02-2011, 10:46 AM | #8 | |
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I'll stick with telnet and ftp for the time being. |
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07-02-2011, 05:30 PM | #9 |
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