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rolgiati · 12-01-2011, 09:33 AM

I recently had a problem with my K3WiFi: it would only mount as read-only, making it impossible to add or remove books through Calibre or directly with the Linux/KDE file manager.

Running fsck on the offending partition did not work, I had to use a friend's Windows® box to run chkdsk, which found file errors and returned my K3 to a modicum of sanity.

Which set me wondering, in case the problem occurs again, whether it would be possible to reformat the kindle data partition as a Linux ext3 partition which, being journaled, would be less susceptible to file corruption and being Linux, easier to fsck with success from a Linux box.

Any idea ?

Cheers,

R.Olgiati

12-01-2011, 09:33 AM	#1
rolgiati Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 31650 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Asuncion (Paraguay) Device: In the house, 3 K3 in use, 4 more in storage, and a K5 for testing	Changing the partition type ? I recently had a problem with my K3WiFi: it would only mount as read-only, making it impossible to add or remove books through Calibre or directly with the Linux/KDE file manager. Running fsck on the offending partition did not work, I had to use a friend's Windows® box to run chkdsk, which found file errors and returned my K3 to a modicum of sanity. Which set me wondering, in case the problem occurs again, whether it would be possible to reformat the kindle data partition as a Linux ext3 partition which, being journaled, would be less susceptible to file corruption and being Linux, easier to fsck with success from a Linux box. Any idea ? Cheers, R.Olgiati