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Originally Posted by DNSB
Two separate items.
The firmware files from Kobo can be downloaded directly by your ereader or you can download them from the links posted in the Direct Links to Kobo Firmware thread, unpack the .zip file and copy the contents to your Kobo -- you have to access the .kobo folder which is hidden under Linux/Mac OSX so one extra step.
The patch files that Geoff was referring to can be located in various threads in the Kobo Developer's Forum. The current firmware patches are in the Instructions for patching firmware 3.19.5761 thread. There are batch/script files for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX included to automate much of the process. |
Cool, it's nice to know there are options. I'll probably just do the OTA update.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
It really is less imposing than it sounds.
As long as you have a working knowledge of the command line, anyon can do it.
You just partition the hard drive (Protip: lots of people cheat and partition from a Ubuntu LiveUSB to use the gparted GUI  ), install the "base" group of packages, run grub-install to set up the bootloader (or syslinux or efibootmgr if you choose), then edit the text files which contain your hostname, locale, keyboard, etc.
Reboot, add a regular user, choose your DE...
Most of this stuff is just filling out information via the command line rather than in a GUI installer. |
I'm okay with the command line so one of these days I might give a try on my old Dell laptop. I use it as my test bed. So if I already have it partitioned for root, swap and home do I need to repartition or will the Arch install just over write everything?
I've also been thinking about giving Korora 24 a try. Have you taken a look at it?
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Originally Posted by GeoffR
I didn't mean to imply that patch program was necessary, it is just one of the programs I use. You can update the firmware either via wi-fi direct from the device, or manually via a USB connection. If you choose to patch then that is a seperate operation from updating the firmware.
The Kobo desktop program can also update the firmware, but even if you didn't have wi-fi there would be no need to use it for that, because it is very easy to do manually just by downloading the firmware from Kobo and copying it to the right place on the ereader.
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I'm still a little confused. So does patching fix things that a regular OTA update doesn't?