Forma ebook fails to load properly

[PeterT]

Let's try that directory listing again.

First thing to do is to open a Windows command prompt. That should just display a C: prompt

Now assuming that your Kobo is mounted on drive E just type

dir e: /s /a > dir.txt

That will create a file in the directory you were in on the C drive.

The /s says all directories and the /a says all files including any with the hidden attribute

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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

Calibre doesn't find the ebook. I deleted it from from koboereader on the Forma using Windows Explorer then tried a new ADE drag with the replace option. ADE appeared to process normally but the ebook doesn't appear on my Forma.

What happens if you create a directory called books in the root of the exposed drive and this eBook there? I have this directory and that's where my eBooks go on my Libra 2.

[petercreasey]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Let's try that directory listing again.

First thing to do is to open a Windows command prompt. That should just display a C: prompt

Now assuming that your Kobo is mounted on drive E just type

dir e: /s /a > dir.txt

That will create a file in the directory you were in on the C drive.

The /s says all directories and the /a says all files including any with the hidden attribute

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Kobo is on F drive. When I enter the command for F as you instruct, I am just returned to the C drive prompt. No error or anything. There is no indication anywhere that a file was created in koboereader.

[petercreasey]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What happens if you create a directory called books in the root of the exposed drive and this eBook there? I have this directory and that's where my eBooks go on my Libra 2.

I think I'd rather wait before I start thinking about doing something like that.

[PeterT]

Correct. Their will NOT be a file created on the Kobo; it will be created in whatever directory you are in in the C drive. If you insist on putting that file in the Kobo the command would be

dir f:  /s /a > f:dir.txt

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[petercreasey]

[QUOTE=PeterT;4469381]Correct. Their will NOT be a file created on the Kobo; it will be created in whatever directory you are in in the C drive. If you insist on putting that file in the Kobo the command would be

dir f:  /s /a > f:dir.txt

Okay, thanks. Please see attached.

[PeterT]

This might be a dumb question.. what is the book you are trying to load and failing?

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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

You have a lot of empty directories because you are using the calibre default of making an author directory and putting the book(s) in there. That is a rather bad idea.

That's why I have a directory called books. I put all of the books in there with calibre.

[petercreasey]

Originally Posted by PeterT

This might be a dumb question.. what is the book you are trying to load and failing?

Faith and Science

OK, I now realize the same thing happens with other ebooks I've just no tried to load AND my Forma apparently cannot connect with my WiFi.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again.

[petercreasey]

Jon, okay, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

[DNSB]

Personally, I would recommend creating a directory in the root of the exposed storage and copying your ebooks into that directory. The root directory of a FAT32 volume has a limited number of available directory entries and long file names chew them up rapidly.

A couple of other item is that you have .sqlite-shm and .sqlite-wal (SQLite shared memory and write ahead logging) files in your .kobo directory. Basically, those are an indication that the SQLite files were not properly closed before your Kobo was connected to the computer. If you connected from within KOReader, that indicates that the databases were not closed before you ran KOReader. If you are using the KoboTouch driver, this should trigger a database corruption message when you connect to calibre.

Secondly, your metadata.calibre file shows a file date of 2024-Sep-16 which suggests that calibre has not been used in months.

One advantage to using calibre is that you can clean up your metadata so you aren't guessing what the title and author names are for a file called 9b2742ca-30ec-43a1-b76e-68df27a65f82-epub-b68c8973-a363-4ec8-a82e-ae3f90346e85.epub

[PeterT]

I also wonder if there might be a corrupted epub ob the device that is causing the addibg to the database to fail.

I also saw AIRPLANEMODE=TRUE in the conf file; I'm not sure what that signigies.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by PeterT

I also wonder if there might be a corrupted epub ob the device that is causing the addibg to the database to fail.

I also saw AIRPLANEMODE=TRUE in the conf file; I'm not sure what that signigies.

Basically, says that WiFi is off so no syncing with Kobo.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

FW -- 438.21908

See attached.

I couldn't get the <dir> command formatted correctly to find the files.txt.

Thanks for your help.

Run calibre and plug in your Forma and use Kobo Utilities to check the database. Chances are it's corrupt.

The firmware you are using has the bug of not always closing the SQLite files. You really should update to the latest version after you do a log out and log in of your Forma. That bug was fixed in the firmware after the one you are running.

[petercreasey]

Gentlemen, I appreciate all the assistance.

I just now hooked up my Forma with Calibre, then exited Calibre and unplugged my Forma.

I turned my Forma ON and it imported content and the missing book is now on my Forma and usable. Also, my Forma is now running 4.38.23171.

First glance indicates my Forma might be "whole" again but I'll do some more using and checking.

If (IF?) it is now "whole", any explanations as to what has transpired?