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tigran · 11-16-2014, 05:37 AM

tshering,

Can you please explain the technical side of Kobo Start Menu, i.e. exactly how it works. For example, do you modify the boot sector or not? I am asking because fsck.vfat reports that the boot sector differs from all the backup copies and I am not sure if this is a corruption or expected behaviour as required by your program. Also, knowing what exactly is going on helps in situations with fs corruptions --- should I simply restore the backup partition to the first one and reformat the vfat partition (by using "restoring factory defaults" function in Nickel, or manually) or do I need to do some kind of "uninstall" of Kobo Start Menu first? I.e. if you modify the boot sector then I must do uninstall... Please clarify these things. Thank you very much in advance!

UPDATE: I looked at what's inside KoboRoot.tgz and got an idea of how it works. I don't see anywhere that you modify the boot sector, but still your confirmation (or otherwise) of this fact would be appreciated. Thank you.

11-16-2014, 05:37 AM	#581
tigran Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 23528 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: London Device: Kobo Aura One,HD,H2O,Touch,Mini,Kindle 3+DXG,Nook Simple Touch	tshering, Can you please explain the technical side of Kobo Start Menu, i.e. exactly how it works. For example, do you modify the boot sector or not? I am asking because fsck.vfat reports that the boot sector differs from all the backup copies and I am not sure if this is a corruption or expected behaviour as required by your program. Also, knowing what exactly is going on helps in situations with fs corruptions --- should I simply restore the backup partition to the first one and reformat the vfat partition (by using "restoring factory defaults" function in Nickel, or manually) or do I need to do some kind of "uninstall" of Kobo Start Menu first? I.e. if you modify the boot sector then I must do uninstall... Please clarify these things. Thank you very much in advance! UPDATE: I looked at what's inside KoboRoot.tgz and got an idea of how it works. I don't see anywhere that you modify the boot sector, but still your confirmation (or otherwise) of this fact would be appreciated. Thank you. Last edited by tigran; 11-16-2014 at 05:58 AM.