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Old 02-12-2021, 11:28 AM   #1
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16GB SD card recognized as 4GB
I put a 16GB MicroSD card in my Kobo Mini, which had originally had a 4GB SD card. 4GB have been used and now the eReader refuses to recognize the remaining 12GB, stating that "my eReader is full." Is there something I should have done beforehand?
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Old 02-12-2021, 11:39 AM   #2
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Did you resize the partition on the device?

See this

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You have this right and wrong.



The SD card in the Kobo devices contain three partition:
  • root - holds the OS. Should be 256MB in size
  • recovery - used when doing a factory reset. Should be 256MB.
  • books - Used for all the user accessible data including the books. The size is usually the rest of the card. This is the only partition visible when the device is connected to a computer.



Of the three, you only want to resize the books partition. The others could be resized, but, there is no need to. And it would be a lot more complicated.



And do the resizing after restoring the image. Any image writing tool you use will be OK with this. And the simplest way to do this is with the partition resizing from Magic Memory Upgrade Mod. You do that after you put the updated card back in the device and have checked that it is working. Just download the file from that thread, extract the KoboRoot.tgz and put that in the .kobo directory on the device. Then eject the device and let it do its stuff.
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Old 02-12-2021, 11:41 AM   #3
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Did you format the new microSD card? I believe it has to be formatted as FAT32 for Kobo to recognize it.

I don't have any experience with Kobo devices with SD cards, so someone else will have to correct me.
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The SD looks like this right now.
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Did you extend the FAT32 partition before installing the uSD card?

What does the Device Information page show for storage?
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Old 02-12-2021, 12:48 PM   #6
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The SD looks like this right now.
What does a
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df -h
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I don't have vlasovsoft konsole or WiFi to SSH/telnet to my Kobo right now.
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Does the Mini accepts better than Fat16?
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Does the Mini accepts better than Fat16?
yep, the onboard partition is formatted in FAT32 IIRC
@Elektron: do it when you can, it would be very helpful. I think you were on a Chromebook seeing the screenshots, can you access a Linux shell while the SD is in? (CTRL+ALT+T in Chrome and then type "shell". You should be able to run df -h there...)
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The SD looks like this right now.
Check how the 4GB card is formatted and make sure the 16GB card is formatted the same.
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You can also do it in NickelMenu with `menu_item:main:df:cmd_output:500:df -h`.

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@Elektron: do it when you can, it would be very helpful. I think you were on a Chromebook seeing the screenshots, can you access a Linux shell while the SD is in? (CTRL+ALT+T in Chrome and then type "shell". You should be able to run df -h there...)
The screenshot filename is another giveaway.
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You can also do it in NickelMenu with `menu_item:main:df:cmd_output:500:df -h`.



The screenshot filename is another giveaway.
I guessed it seeing Roboto as the font
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Thanks, all. I just had to resize the partition
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