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Originally Posted by coplate
@knc1
I know it can show up as a regular drive, when in that mode.
VMware should pass through any kind of USB device though, so I should be able to get to it in anyway.
If not, I know my OSX laptop has all the normal unix tools, but getting more specialized ones usually requires compiling from source.
I'm thinking about it maybe a little more clearly, and I found this section of the wiki: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kin...Hacking#Backup
Maybe I'm thinking the wrong way, but I expect the rough outline would be that I clone my whole device partitions with dd and restore them onto the new logic board?
I haven't read enough to properly but restoring the partitions is not entirely clear to me. I'm not sure how overwriting the whole filesystem might act while it is running, or if I would need to run in several steps between normal and diags? |
Those are the directions for older devices.
Yours will be very similar, but I wanted to work through it with you because most of what is there does not apply since Amazon went to complete image files.
But if we are going to use netcat (nc) - - -
Install USBnetworking on your Kindle, make sure you can connect to the ssh or telnet server (when you enable networking), over the USB cable.
From there (ssh preferred because it does not time out) we can copy out just what you need in case you have to recover your serial number for use in the new board.