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Elektron · 09-08-2020, 02:12 PM

No, this is a different one. Search it in MS store.
Edit: Just finished extracting part 1.rar. For some reason only that one image file shows up on the desktop. Maybe a wee video?
Edit 2: @DNSB, maybe you could send me the combined image?

DNSB · 09-08-2020, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

No, this is a different one. Search it in MS store.
Edit: Just finished extracting part 1.rar. For some reason only that one image file shows up on the desktop. Maybe a wee video?
Edit 2: @DNSB, maybe you could send me the combined image?

You should only get 1 image from the archive but you need to have all three files in the same directory for the extraction to work. When I used 7Zip to extract the image after opening the part01 file, it comes out at 7.46GB (8,014,266,368 bytes) with a SHA256: 1213CCBB4BBB98924EEB6EE738AE5A674B0B4EEEABEA170FDB 5621403FFF0D60
checksum.

Elektron · 09-08-2020, 02:48 PM

Thanks @DNSB

Elektron · 09-08-2020, 03:26 PM

Well, I inserted the MicroSD card and it didn't work. I slid the power...slider...thingy and the green light flashed continuously for about 5 minutes... I had to shut it down, remove the Debian MicroSD, and put in the old 4GB one. Help? Ideas?

PeterT · 09-08-2020, 03:45 PM

You did use an image writing program such as Etcher I hope....

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Elektron · 09-08-2020, 05:01 PM

@PeterT: I used win32diskimager.

pazos · 09-08-2020, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

Well, I inserted the MicroSD card and it didn't work. I slid the power...slider...thingy and the green light flashed continuously for about 5 minutes... I had to shut it down, remove the Debian MicroSD, and put in the old 4GB one. Help? Ideas?

That sounds like stage1 bootloader. Did you flash a bootloader (uboot) compatible with your Kobo Mini?.

I'm afraid you need both the bootloader and the kernel tailored for your device. The debian rootfs should work as is.

Not sure if u-boot was hacked for this version but, IIRC, the kernel was modified to add multitouch B support, so stock kernel won't work as intended as the X11 input driver was crafted after the kernel change.

Elektron · 09-09-2020, 12:55 AM

I'm sure it works because I have seen a small YouTube video. Search up "kobo mini running debian" and you should find it. Also I was wondering if anyone had a flashable Android image for the Mini.

pazos · 09-09-2020, 11:37 AM

I'm afraid you need to research a bit more. A quick google search led me to this page: https://robotsfuckyeahalloneword.svb...n-on-kobo-mini

Which has instructions to modify the SD card from the Dropbox image you're using to make it compatible with your Kobo Mini.

Instructions are based on a linux host as they're using dd. You might want to try them on a VM.

Since managing hardware across a host/VM is harder I would suggest to make images from your original SD as well as the new debian SD card using the windows software you want and copy these images to the linux VM. Then use dd directly on the images. When you're done copy the new created image to your windows host and flash it on a SD using win32diskimager again.

Have fun!

09-08-2020, 02:12 PM	#16
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	No, this is a different one. Search it in MS store. Edit: Just finished extracting part 1.rar. For some reason only that one image file shows up on the desktop. Maybe a wee video? Edit 2: @DNSB, maybe you could send me the combined image? Last edited by Elektron; 09-08-2020 at 02:24 PM.

09-08-2020, 02:48 PM	#18
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Thanks @DNSB

09-08-2020, 03:26 PM	#19
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Well, I inserted the MicroSD card and it didn't work. I slid the power...slider...thingy and the green light flashed continuously for about 5 minutes... I had to shut it down, remove the Debian MicroSD, and put in the old 4GB one. Help? Ideas?

09-08-2020, 03:45 PM	#20
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,515 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	You did use an image writing program such as Etcher I hope.... https://www.balena.io/etcher/

09-08-2020, 05:01 PM	#21
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	@PeterT: I used win32diskimager.

09-09-2020, 12:55 AM	#23
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	I'm sure it works because I have seen a small YouTube video. Search up "kobo mini running debian" and you should find it. Also I was wondering if anyone had a flashable Android image for the Mini.

09-09-2020, 11:37 AM	#24
pazos cosiñeiro Posts: 1,406 Karma: 2451781 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: BQ Cervantes 4	I'm afraid you need to research a bit more. A quick google search led me to this page: https://robotsfuckyeahalloneword.svb...n-on-kobo-mini Which has instructions to modify the SD card from the Dropbox image you're using to make it compatible with your Kobo Mini. Instructions are based on a linux host as they're using dd. You might want to try them on a VM. Since managing hardware across a host/VM is harder I would suggest to make images from your original SD as well as the new debian SD card using the windows software you want and copy these images to the linux VM. Then use dd directly on the images. When you're done copy the new created image to your windows host and flash it on a SD using win32diskimager again. Have fun!