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Old 07-02-2012, 07:44 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
Then what files were in /mnt/us, and how did they get there? A mount point must be empty or the mount will fail (unless it is a bind mount).
Not necessarily. In fact, I think mounting will always work regardless of whether the directory has contents or not. E.g. I have fall-back contents for my /home directory in the root file system, for cases when mounting the encrypted partition for it fails. On my laptop, though, not on the Kindle. But it would work.

However, given what flow_ is writing, I guess there's still some misunderstanding about the nature of the different partitions of the Kindle and the USB export mechanism around.
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