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rogue_ronin · 12-30-2009, 05:09 PM

Well, main memory is a standardish linux. Pick something like /usr?

Hmmm...

I've not touched this device in most of a year... Now that I think about it, I've got Fanoush's kernel and I've installed the system to boot from the SD card. I may have led you astray.

Both disks that are appearing are the SD card -- the actual internal flash drive is not being exported. A standard 770 wouldn't have the "system" disk at all -- you'd simply see a single, empty disk (or as many disks as the SD card has partitions.) However, my current setup is fairly common, as it significantly increases the 770's speed and capacity. And any SD card could be partitioned for other reasons.

The "system" disk could be written to, wherever the user is storing books (internally, you can store in your user folder, or on the SD card) but permissions are a bit of a mess when accessing the system externally.

Now, the way that Calibre is "seeing" the 770, whatever is exported is the "main memory", right? Or does it map all the disks that appear via the 770 in order -- Main Memory, Disk A, Disk B? I'd suggest ignoring any "system" disks, and map whatever else shows up.

And where does Calibre expect to store the ebooks? Is there a way to customize it? If not, it might be simple enough to create that directory structure, given that most folks on the 770 are going to be using FBReader.

Thanks,

m a r

EDIT: I should mention that I'm on Linux -- I expect that the "system" disk would not appear to a Windows system at all, and this would probably not be an issue.

12-30-2009, 05:09 PM	#7
rogue_ronin Banned Posts: 475 Karma: 796 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu Device: Nokia 770 (fbreader)	Well, main memory is a standardish linux. Pick something like /usr? Hmmm... I've not touched this device in most of a year... Now that I think about it, I've got Fanoush's kernel and I've installed the system to boot from the SD card. I may have led you astray. Both disks that are appearing are the SD card -- the actual internal flash drive is not being exported. A standard 770 wouldn't have the "system" disk at all -- you'd simply see a single, empty disk (or as many disks as the SD card has partitions.) However, my current setup is fairly common, as it significantly increases the 770's speed and capacity. And any SD card could be partitioned for other reasons. The "system" disk could be written to, wherever the user is storing books (internally, you can store in your user folder, or on the SD card) but permissions are a bit of a mess when accessing the system externally. Now, the way that Calibre is "seeing" the 770, whatever is exported is the "main memory", right? Or does it map all the disks that appear via the 770 in order -- Main Memory, Disk A, Disk B? I'd suggest ignoring any "system" disks, and map whatever else shows up. And where does Calibre expect to store the ebooks? Is there a way to customize it? If not, it might be simple enough to create that directory structure, given that most folks on the 770 are going to be using FBReader. Thanks, m a r EDIT: I should mention that I'm on Linux -- I expect that the "system" disk would not appear to a Windows system at all, and this would probably not be an issue. Last edited by rogue_ronin; 12-30-2009 at 05:12 PM.