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PeterT · 02-12-2025, 01:15 PM

Something I've often wondered about (and wished for) is the ability to rather than rely on calibre detecting the USB mount of a device, for it to "optionally" / "experimentally" detect a given mounting point / driver letter as being a device.

This wish is driven by the fact that my main computer these days is a chromebook which while it DOES support access to USB storage does NOT pass the USB device through to linux environment; instead USB storage is presented as /mnt/chromeos/removable/.... ; in my case as /mnt/chromeos/removable/KOBOeReader/

Of course I can do a "save to disk", or a "copy" at the O/S level, access calibre via the Calibre Content Server or transfer content via DropBox / gDrive, but it would be oh so nice to have the abiity to specify a location for the Kobo as a configurable item for the device driver.

02-12-2025, 01:15 PM	#1
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,584 Karma: 79436940 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Wish for Device Driver mount point Something I've often wondered about (and wished for) is the ability to rather than rely on calibre detecting the USB mount of a device, for it to "optionally" / "experimentally" detect a given mounting point / driver letter as being a device. This wish is driven by the fact that my main computer these days is a chromebook which while it DOES support access to USB storage does NOT pass the USB device through to linux environment; instead USB storage is presented as /mnt/chromeos/removable/.... ; in my case as /mnt/chromeos/removable/KOBOeReader/ Of course I can do a "save to disk", or a "copy" at the O/S level, access calibre via the Calibre Content Server or transfer content via DropBox / gDrive, but it would be oh so nice to have the abiity to specify a location for the Kobo as a configurable item for the device driver.