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Old 11-21-2014, 05:28 PM   #271
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Originally Posted by Spode View Post
So there is no way to see a Linux partition in Win 7? I can copy and write images, but I can't actually see any of the resultant Linux partitions? I tried Linux Reader but it didn't show the partitions on the uSD card. Is there any software or hardware that does this?
When I have mounted the SD card from my Glo in my laptop, I can see all the partitions. But, Windows only knows how to handle the FAT32 partition. Mounting it in a laptop running Linux, I could see all the partitions and change them how I wanted.
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I know nothing about Linux. I was hoping if it were possible to see the Linux partitions that I could delete and replace corrupted or dysfunctional partitions. This is no doubt naive, it's probably much more complicated than I realize. You can read FAT32 directories in Linux. Why not the reverse? Think maybe I'll get a Windows version of Linux. Windows is no limiting. Would love to move onto a new OS.
I'm not sure what you ware wanting to do. I doubt if writing an individual file to a partition will work. Odds are the partition table or the boot record or the uBoot or kernel or something at that level has become corrupted. If these are in good state, the device will probably do a factory reset using the buttons and everything will be OK. It would probably be possible to fix these, but I have no idea how.

The fix is simple: Write the image to the card. Take the card out of the device, mount it in a PC, write the image to it, put it back in the device and everything should be OK.
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