[SOLVED] eVrit - Weird FS Problem

[Amichai Rotman]

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 <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
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>>
>> 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:
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>> I copied all files to the memory card, formatted the main memory, and
>> moved all files back to the main memory.
>>
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> That often occurs when you don't unmount the filesystem and give it time to
> flush. The standard "magic incantation" is:
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> umount <filesystem>
> sync
> sync
> sync
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> The eVrit may have a similar function.
>
> You can also avoid the problem by using the sync mount option.
>
> Geoff.
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> Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
> Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.
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