[Device Plugin] Kobo Touch Extended Driver - Page 14

PeterT · 05-20-2013, 06:50 AM

Actually; the tool I sent you was slow SLOW to run.... Try this Windows command instead (you need to run this from a command prompt with Admin level).

Code:

fsutil file createnew kobo_drive:\bigfile 1000000000

This will make a 1GB file called bigfile in the root directory of the Kobo.
Repeat as needed (with appropriate values) to fill up the Kobo (or as close to fill up as you want).

taming · 05-20-2013, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Actually; the tool I sent you was slow SLOW to run.... Try this Windows command instead

I guess i should have read MR before I started. It's got about 20 minutes more to run.

PeterT · 05-20-2013, 10:10 AM

OOPS... Sorry !

Time for me to beat a quick retreat

taming · 05-20-2013, 10:48 AM

OK. I did the fill using the filldisk tool Peter sent me. It took 25 minutes, but it did fill the disk. I checked by attempting to load a book into main memory using calibre and got a disk full message. I also got a "could not communicate with device" error when calibre attempted to do its update of metadata etc.

I uploaded the book onto the sd card. It got there, but it is not seen by the Aura as being on device when I do a search, or look at the library in "books". It is on the SD card. I then tried to download a book that had been archived, from the device over WiFi. The book did not go the queue or download. I had hoped that when the Aura itself decided to place a book on the SD card it might go there. Nope.

It sure looks like some things with the Aura are just different than earlier readers. I guess we won't know how different until the two driver developers have them to play with (or Kobo tells us more)

EDIT: Removing the fill made the book on the SD card show in "Books", be findable through search. No covers on the home page (which was the initial concern that started off this process).

jgoguen · 05-20-2013, 11:05 AM

The reason it probably failed to do anything the first time is probably because the disk was too full to even update the database. I would be interested to see if a book downloaded from Kobo onto the SD card shows up properly.

taming · 05-20-2013, 11:08 AM

Well, that is what I tried to do when I attempted to take a book that was archived to download onto the device. It would not queue and it did not download.

PeterT · 05-20-2013, 12:30 PM

Maybe rather than totally filling the disk, leave a small bit, a 100k or so free....

taming · 05-20-2013, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Maybe rather than totally filling the disk, leave a small bit, a 100k or so free....

Not today, my friend, not today. I have spent so much time over this long weekend messing with various device problems, that i had no time to read. I intend to fix that today.

PeterT · 05-20-2013, 01:07 PM

I agree with you fully on that. I suppose it's why I've stopped worrying about the minutiae of screen layouts etc, and instead am just trying to read!

davidfor · 05-20-2013, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Maybe rather than totally filling the disk, leave a small bit, a 100k or so free....

I left 10MB free when I did my test with the Glo. I figured that would be enough to allow the database to be updated.

I'm also going to have a think about the database errors taming saw. They will have been due to lack of space, so it should be possible to avoid them. A check that there is space enough for another copy of the database would probably do it.

RZetlin · 05-20-2013, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6charlong

On my Aura Calibre generates exactly the same error code with that book but when I copy it as an ePub to the SD card manually, it renders correctly (for ePub) and the book cover shows up on my home screen.

Transferring the book as a standard epub works okay for me.

taming · 05-21-2013, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

I left 10MB free when I did my test with the Glo. I figured that would be enough to allow the database to be updated.

I'm also going to have a think about the database errors taming saw. They will have been due to lack of space, so it should be possible to avoid them. A check that there is space enough for another copy of the database would probably do it.

I am pretty clueless about this sort of thing, but is it possible to tell from the file Kobo puts on the SD card what exactly is triggered (or under what conditions) when a person fills the main memory to whatever Kobo expects/needs in terms of space for processing and things spillover onto the card?

aceflor · 05-21-2013, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6charlong

On my Aura Calibre generates exactly the same error code with that book but when I copy it as an ePub to the SD card manually, it renders correctly (for ePub) and the book cover shows up on my home screen.

Calibre generates this exact error with around 20% of my books on my Aura as well as on my Mini. Most of them are epubs bought at other shops, B&N or Blackwell, some are amazon converted mobis, while some are free epubs.

In most of the case re-converting them to epub works, but not always.

edited to say : I don't use an SD card, all my books (110) are on the device itself.

davidfor · 05-21-2013, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taming

I am pretty clueless about this sort of thing, but is it possible to tell from the file Kobo puts on the SD card what exactly is triggered (or under what conditions) when a person fills the main memory to whatever Kobo expects/needs in terms of space for processing and things spillover onto the card?

Probably not directly. My 10MB choice was to leave space to write the database if needed. If it hadn't worked, I would have tried reducing it. Or increasing it if the database had problems. But, I wouldn't be surprised if they allowed a 50MB buffer.

Joques · 05-21-2013, 03:16 AM

I just noticed a curious issue. I started re-reading Cryptonomicon, which is heavy on the illustrations, and I noticed that all the illustrations were offset to the left instead of centered. I checked a couple of other books, and they had it too. I re-transferred with the orioginal Calibre drivers, and the illustrations were centered like they should. Re-transferred again with the extended driver, and they were offset to the left.

Not a huge problem, but ... Known issue?

05-20-2013, 06:50 AM	#196
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,549 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Actually; the tool I sent you was slow SLOW to run.... Try this Windows command instead (you need to run this from a command prompt with Admin level). Code: fsutil file createnew kobo_drive:\bigfile 1000000000 This will make a 1GB file called bigfile in the root directory of the Kobo. Repeat as needed (with appropriate values) to fill up the Kobo (or as close to fill up as you want).

05-20-2013, 10:48 AM	#199
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	OK. I did the fill using the filldisk tool Peter sent me. It took 25 minutes, but it did fill the disk. I checked by attempting to load a book into main memory using calibre and got a disk full message. I also got a "could not communicate with device" error when calibre attempted to do its update of metadata etc. I uploaded the book onto the sd card. It got there, but it is not seen by the Aura as being on device when I do a search, or look at the library in "books". It is on the SD card. I then tried to download a book that had been archived, from the device over WiFi. The book did not go the queue or download. I had hoped that when the Aura itself decided to place a book on the SD card it might go there. Nope. It sure looks like some things with the Aura are just different than earlier readers. I guess we won't know how different until the two driver developers have them to play with (or Kobo tells us more) EDIT: Removing the fill made the book on the SD card show in "Books", be findable through search. No covers on the home page (which was the initial concern that started off this process). Last edited by taming; 05-20-2013 at 10:52 AM.

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05-20-2013, 10:10 AM	#198
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,549 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	OOPS... Sorry ! Time for me to beat a quick retreat

05-20-2013, 11:05 AM	#200
jgoguen Generally Awesome Person Posts: 1,100 Karma: 2191133 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: /dev/kmem Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Oasis	The reason it probably failed to do anything the first time is probably because the disk was too full to even update the database. I would be interested to see if a book downloaded from Kobo onto the SD card shows up properly.

05-20-2013, 11:08 AM	#201
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Well, that is what I tried to do when I attempted to take a book that was archived to download onto the device. It would not queue and it did not download.

05-20-2013, 12:30 PM	#202
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,549 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Maybe rather than totally filling the disk, leave a small bit, a 100k or so free....

05-20-2013, 01:07 PM	#204
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,549 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I agree with you fully on that. I suppose it's why I've stopped worrying about the minutiae of screen layouts etc, and instead am just trying to read!

05-21-2013, 03:16 AM	#210
Joques Addict Posts: 294 Karma: 107414 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	I just noticed a curious issue. I started re-reading Cryptonomicon, which is heavy on the illustrations, and I noticed that all the illustrations were offset to the left instead of centered. I checked a couple of other books, and they had it too. I re-transferred with the orioginal Calibre drivers, and the illustrations were centered like they should. Re-transferred again with the extended driver, and they were offset to the left. Not a huge problem, but ... Known issue?