I am aware f the magic incantation and respect it very much - that is why I don't understand how it happened...
Actually, I right click the mounted drive icon and click on the 'Safely remove the device'. The eVrit shows a small box on the screen sayng it is connected to the computer. After I umount the main memory, the card also gets unmounted automatically and a little window on the device says it is refreshing (the book list) and it goes back to where it was. So - do not unplug it unless you see nothing but the text you were reading on the device's screen. FYI. Amichai. On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:12, geoffrey mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote: > >> >> So I found out the reason the internal FS was corrupt, and that was the >> reason it was mounting read only. >> >> Running fsck.vfat on it did not work, so I had to format it - that solved >> the problem: >> >> I copied all files to the memory card, formatted the main memory, and >> moved all files back to the main memory. >> > > That often occurs when you don't unmount the filesystem and give it time to > flush. The standard "magic incantation" is: > > umount <filesystem> > sync > sync > sync > > This has to be done for both the main memory and the memory card, but you > can unmount both and then do the sync commands. > > It also pays to check and see if there is an indicator the file system is > still in use. The original Kindle has a set of four blocks that flash on and > off while there is USB activity. The nook once the unmount is finished goes > from a "USB disk" screen back to where it was before you connected the USB > port. > > The eVrit may have a similar function. > > You can also avoid the problem by using the sync mount option. > > Geoff. > > -- > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM > Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it. > > > > > > > > >
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