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Originally Posted by Puky70
Hi,
why do not block updates with a big dummy file?
for example:
1 MB = 1048576 bytes
fsutil file create new f:\kindle_storage\blockupdates 1048576
so now create a dummy file that only 150 MB is left on the kindle storage.
So there is not enough space for downloading the ota file. I hope that is correct?
In my case 150 MB free space is enough for any books on the Kindle. Normally I delete the books after reading...
Kind regards
Puky70
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Because earlier firmwares could not handle -ENOSPC, instead the Kindle would 'brick'.
Your welcome to try it out for us and report back when /mnt/us fills up.
Without any context given, I guess you are talking about a Windows tool to block Win10 updates.
Note that MS has very little support of MSDOS file systems, and user storage is FAT-32.
With that in mind, it is likely that tool creates "sparse" files.
Only FAT-32 doesn't handle 'sparse' files (files with un-recorded holes in them).
If it did, you would only have to: truncate -s 2G bigfile (no special tools involved).