Sony PRS-300

[Aeschylus]

Hi All

My Sony Reader can't import books - when I click to add a book, I get the following message. I am running XP Pro.

[Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: u'G:\\metadata.calibre'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 63, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 326, in _sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\prs505\driver.py", line 167, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 305, in sync_booklists
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\usbms\driver.py", line 303, in write_prefix
IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: u'G:\\metadata.calibre'

Can anyone help?

Aeschylus

[kovidgoyal]

If g:\\ is an sd card reformat it with the FAT32 filesystem

[Aeschylus]

g:\\ is not an sd card - I have no idea what g:\\ means.

It has something to do with the Reader I think because the problem occurs across three different computers, one of which is Linux.

I would hate to have to use the Sony software - it is so clumsy compared to yours.

Aeschylus

[chaley]

g:\\ is the drive letter of your 300's memory.

The file system on your 300 is probably hosed, broken by gremlins or by ejections while the memory was being written. At this point I would recover any books on the reader that you don't have elsewhere, then reinitialize the reader's memory using the 300's function.

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by chaley

The file system on your 300 is probably hosed, broken by gremlins or by ejections while the memory was being written.

This is way off topic, but when you mentioned gremlins, I was reminded of this.

[Aeschylus]

Originally Posted by chaley

g:\\ is the drive letter of your 300's memory.

The file system on your 300 is probably hosed, broken by gremlins or by ejections while the memory was being written. At this point I would recover any books on the reader that you don't have elsewhere, then reinitialize the reader's memory using the 300's function.

Dear Chaley (Cat-Person)

What does "reinitialize the reader's memory using the 300's function" mean - how, in words of one syllable or less, do I go about doing that?

Thanks in the meantime.

Aeschylus

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Aeschylus

What does "reinitialize the reader's memory using the 300's function" mean - how, in words of one syllable or less, do I go about doing that?

Looking at my 300's user manual I see:
1) go to the settings menu
2) go to the advanced settings menu
3) choose 'Format Internal Memory'
4) when prompted, push the bookmark button to confirm

You should check your manual in case Sony has changed anything, or in case yours is in a different language from English.

[Aeschylus]

Originally Posted by chaley

Looking at my 300's user manual I see:
1) go to the settings menu
2) go to the advanced settings menu
3) choose 'Format Internal Memory'
4) when prompted, push the bookmark button to confirm

You should check your manual in case Sony has changed anything, or in case yours is in a different language from English.

Thanks - I will try that.

Aeschylus

[Aeschylus]

Originally Posted by chaley

Looking at my 300's user manual I see:
1) go to the settings menu
2) go to the advanced settings menu
3) choose 'Format Internal Memory'
4) when prompted, push the bookmark button to confirm

You should check your manual in case Sony has changed anything, or in case yours is in a different language from English.

Thanks, Chaley - that tip sorted my problem! I am now happily filling my Reader with Books.

Aeschylus