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alanine · 05-19-2008, 06:22 PM

Guesser, it's probably a problem caused by the "dirty" remount this hack is using. It'll mess up the filesystem if subsequent write (e.g., use Sony Connect software to update book database on the 505) is performed. So I suggest you only apply the hack after you are done with copying new books. To be really safe, each time you connect 505 to PC, do a soft reset first to clear the effect of this hack.

The reason why Calibre fails on the PC end is beyond me, but I suspect it's related this hack. Probably someone could patch Calibre to work again in this situation. As I don't use it (and I no long have a 505), I can't suggest a fix. Sorry!

I recommend people using this hack to store all books on a SD card if they use Sony Connect software. This way it'll avoid updating 505's internal mem when updating book databases. So there'll be no danger of corrupting meta files or having the 505 to re-format LRFs, which is a milliion times slower than the PC.

05-19-2008, 06:22 PM	#41
alanine Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 399 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: iLiad v2	Guesser, it's probably a problem caused by the "dirty" remount this hack is using. It'll mess up the filesystem if subsequent write (e.g., use Sony Connect software to update book database on the 505) is performed. So I suggest you only apply the hack after you are done with copying new books. To be really safe, each time you connect 505 to PC, do a soft reset first to clear the effect of this hack. The reason why Calibre fails on the PC end is beyond me, but I suspect it's related this hack. Probably someone could patch Calibre to work again in this situation. As I don't use it (and I no long have a 505), I can't suggest a fix. Sorry! I recommend people using this hack to store all books on a SD card if they use Sony Connect software. This way it'll avoid updating 505's internal mem when updating book databases. So there'll be no danger of corrupting meta files or having the 505 to re-format LRFs, which is a milliion times slower than the PC. Last edited by alanine; 05-19-2008 at 06:25 PM.