Thread: Gen3 New Firmware build 796 available for CyBook Gen3
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Old 09-19-2008, 08:16 AM   #100
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Originally Posted by GreyCat View Post
Probably a stupid question, but what does the 796fmt do?
Instead of just updating the current software and leaving the rest of the internal flash as is, it does a full reinstall, reformatting the internal flash in the process.

Mostly useful if and when your internal flash is hosed and and a file system check (chkdsk, fsck and such) will not fix it.
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