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Old 01-20-2020, 01:54 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by NullNix View Post
Things have changed in this area recently. Older Kindles used a partition table with a single FAT32-formatted partition: at least some newer ones (definitely the Oasis 3) eschew the partition table and just export the entire raw device as a FAT32 filesystem. How (and if) you need to teach your computer about this depends on the OS you're running.
You sure about this? I've received USB dumps of the Oasis 3 in attempts to extract factory firmware and the dump doesn't include the system.


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Originally Posted by Junket View Post
The OP did say he had a new paperwhite, presumably that means a PW4. The visible USB directory reflects /usr/mnt on the Kindle rfs and should present as a FAT32 fs volume to his PC. FAT32 is a widely used format which most macOS or windows systems will auto detect but a *nix or other OS systems may need to explicitly mount the volume.

But we are getting ahead of ourselves, useful guidance to the OP depends on knowing what OS he is using.
PW4 should have 8GB or 32GB storage though so the FAT32 partition should be ~6GB or ~28GB, iirc.

The Paperwhite might be new to the OP but it's not necessarily the latest model.

@porphyry5
In addition to your PC's operating system, what model is the Paperwhite, what condition (new, used, refurbished) and where was it purchased from?
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