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Is it possible to format /mnt/us to ext3/4 to block OTA?
At least KT3 could support /mnt/base-us in ext3 format.
I have modified /etc/fstab and used mkfs.ext3, it worked, despite some weird bugs (such as unable to transfer files properly with the computer) I seem to remember that the OTA update does not support ext3, but I don't have KT3 now, so I can't test it. Last edited by zaoqi; 11-22-2019 at 08:50 AM. |
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The start-up process will discover the "corrupted" (ext3) storage area and reformat it to FAT32 for you. (And then when the kernel starts up, it will not find the FAT32 setting in /etc/fstab and crash.) Isn't Amazon so helpful? |
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But why is it not possible to just remove/update the script that responsible for downloading the update (on a rooted kindle)?
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(The newer models (PW4 for example) now have the secure boot hardware feature enabled, one of the reasons people are having trouble trying to boot over the serial port.) Last edited by knc1; 11-26-2019 at 10:30 PM. |
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It's entirely doable, some years ago I went a bit further relayouted partition altogether on Kindle 2 - so as to prevent the system partition taking up space (poor thing was like 2GB, and fw root few hundreds mb of space used...). File sync then rigged with mtpd (usb) & samba (wifi).
As a method to block OTA it's overkill, as you're already editing initrd to begin with, and you can do far simpler things there to block OTA. |
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