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davidfor · 11-08-2016, 02:09 AM

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There should be three partitions on the internal SD card. Two will be ext3/4 and the third it FAT32. The first two should be 256MB in size and the third the rest of the disk.

When the device is plugged into a PC, only the FAT32 partition is presented to the PC. The other two are completely hidden. Removing the card and putting it in a Windows PC usually gives errors as Windows doesn't like multiple partitions on removable media and two of the partitions are formats it doesn't understand. If you put the card in a Linux machine, it can see and mount all three partitions. I thought a Mac would be the same, but have never tried.

For restoring the image, I usually point to Memory Upgrade Mod Guide. That suggests "Flash Drive Image Writer" for writing the image.

11-08-2016, 02:09 AM	#246
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	PM sent. But... There should be three partitions on the internal SD card. Two will be ext3/4 and the third it FAT32. The first two should be 256MB in size and the third the rest of the disk. When the device is plugged into a PC, only the FAT32 partition is presented to the PC. The other two are completely hidden. Removing the card and putting it in a Windows PC usually gives errors as Windows doesn't like multiple partitions on removable media and two of the partitions are formats it doesn't understand. If you put the card in a Linux machine, it can see and mount all three partitions. I thought a Mac would be the same, but have never tried. For restoring the image, I usually point to Memory Upgrade Mod Guide. That suggests "Flash Drive Image Writer" for writing the image.