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Old 09-09-2008, 02:19 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by nightingale View Post
Not to appear dense....I am a new user---what is a reflash and how do you do it?
Okay, back to basics

Your device (the cybook) has two kinds of memory, RAM-memory and ROM-memory. RAM means random access memory and it is the 512MB memory of your device where the books are stored. ROM means read only memory and you can't access that part of your machine. It's the place where the operating system (Linux) and the programs are stored (with programs I mean your PDF-reader, Mobi-pocket reader, picture-viewer etc).
In the old days this kind of memory was really read-only, but nowadays this kind of memory can be reflashed. This means that (following the right procedures) you are capable of updating your reader with a newer (better) operating system for-instance.
So reflashing is nothing else as updating your reader with the latest update-software you get from Bookeen. For further reading, see the sticky-thread about firmware 796, this is where you find the how do I do it part.

Maybe this answer is a bit too elaborated for you (though I cut some corners here and there), but a little background knowledge never hurt anyone
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