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bebna · 02-15-2015, 10:37 AM

Hi just bought a Kobo Aura HD this week, after I found out that I can run a full Linux on it.

First let my say thanks to all the people who made this possible and shared it with us, before I come to the bad news. Don't worry nothing serious, just I can't get it to work on my site.

First try, 64GB SDXC

I opened the casing, took out the original microSD and put in the shipping box for safe keeping.
I used dd on the linux shell to copy the unzipped image.
Extended the main linux partition with gparted, so it can fit my 64GB card.
Put it in and restarted the reader.
Nothing happens, only the LED1 just flashed only once.

Second try, 32GB SD

Use dd to copy the image on a normal 32GB microsd card.
Didn't touch the partitions.
Put it in, still only LED1 flashing once, no bootup.

Third try

Take out original card
Put original card in reader
Bootup
Connect USB, put menu KoboRoot.tgz in .kobo
Disconnect USB, Reader updates
Restart didn't show any menu
Power off, switch original with 32GB card
Doesn't boot again, only short LED1 flash.

Fourth try, 64GB SDXC with orignal software

Copy original SD with dd to notebook
Fill 64GB SDXC with original image
Extend main fat32 partition to fill up 64GB card
Put 64SDXC card into device
Successful bootup, system reports ~64GB
Reformat 32GB to fat32, put in extension slot, Reader reports ~32GB

So my Kobo doesn't boot any SDcard with the debian image on it, but with the 64GB SDXC and the original software it works. Also I don't get the menu at boot, haven't tried the no menu update yet, download takes roughly a day on my site for it.

Can someone please check against my checksums? So I can be sure that my files aren't corrupt:

Code:

[bebna@t400 p5]$ md5sum debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z kobo.raw.img.7z 
9e1841aee934a899ac82efbce3f48c7f  debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z
b5384092b9e0400d9277d0a01ac3397a  kobo.raw.img.7z     

[bebna@t400 p5]$ sha1sum debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z kobo.raw.img.7z 
7bdfc86d385967375b021a0291fc63627a374bf1  debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z
5cf35f4ddf2d1d0e3724de003f25513bc3bb7386  kobo.raw.img.7z

It would also be nice if you could document how you build the debian image and the boot update in the first place, I would like to create an ArchLinux if possible.

@guang6321 Can you access github or bitbucket? It would be very nice from you if you could upload your source code there.

02-15-2015, 10:37 AM	#87
bebna Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Hi just bought a Kobo Aura HD this week, after I found out that I can run a full Linux on it. First let my say thanks to all the people who made this possible and shared it with us, before I come to the bad news. Don't worry nothing serious, just I can't get it to work on my site. First try, 64GB SDXC I opened the casing, took out the original microSD and put in the shipping box for safe keeping. I used dd on the linux shell to copy the unzipped image. Extended the main linux partition with gparted, so it can fit my 64GB card. Put it in and restarted the reader. Nothing happens, only the LED1 just flashed only once. Second try, 32GB SD Use dd to copy the image on a normal 32GB microsd card. Didn't touch the partitions. Put it in, still only LED1 flashing once, no bootup. Third try Take out original card Put original card in reader Bootup Connect USB, put menu KoboRoot.tgz in .kobo Disconnect USB, Reader updates Restart didn't show any menu Power off, switch original with 32GB card Doesn't boot again, only short LED1 flash. Fourth try, 64GB SDXC with orignal software Copy original SD with dd to notebook Fill 64GB SDXC with original image Extend main fat32 partition to fill up 64GB card Put 64SDXC card into device Successful bootup, system reports ~64GB Reformat 32GB to fat32, put in extension slot, Reader reports ~32GB So my Kobo doesn't boot any SDcard with the debian image on it, but with the 64GB SDXC and the original software it works. Also I don't get the menu at boot, haven't tried the no menu update yet, download takes roughly a day on my site for it. Can someone please check against my checksums? So I can be sure that my files aren't corrupt: Code: [bebna@t400 p5]$ md5sum debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z kobo.raw.img.7z 9e1841aee934a899ac82efbce3f48c7f debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z b5384092b9e0400d9277d0a01ac3397a kobo.raw.img.7z [bebna@t400 p5]$ sha1sum debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z kobo.raw.img.7z 7bdfc86d385967375b021a0291fc63627a374bf1 debian-android.16GiB.raw.img.7z 5cf35f4ddf2d1d0e3724de003f25513bc3bb7386 kobo.raw.img.7z It would also be nice if you could document how you build the debian image and the boot update in the first place, I would like to create an ArchLinux if possible. @guang6321 Can you access github or bitbucket? It would be very nice from you if you could upload your source code there. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by bebna; 02-15-2015 at 10:43 AM. Reason: Added screenshot of "Device Information"