My Kindle Fire HD shows up as ' Bus xxx Device yyy: ID 1949:0007 Lab126' Then, since udev and libmtp do not yet know about Kindle Fire do : lsusb The new Kindle Fires can only be managed via a protocol known as MTP, but you can still mount them.įirst make sure you have mtpfs installed. Note: I have created the 'kindle' directory in 'mnt' The same error occurs for sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/kindle. I then used the mount command suggested by $ sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb/ /mnt/kindle/ So we know that my Kindle is recognized on /dev/sdb. Ran dmesg to locate the device: sd 6:0:0:0: Attached SCSI removable diskĬonfirmed it's location: $ sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-id Unfortunately, I think I don't know enough about the -t flag used with mount. The latter post had an excellent answer (provided by that was making some progress.

I have installed calibre, but it is unable to manage any devices until the computer itself has recognized it. My problem is that I am unable to mount my Kindle Fire in order to add books to it.

Eject the Kindle Fire from your computer once the ePub finishes downloading to your device.To begin, I have read both Is there a way to get a Kindle Fire to work with 12.04? and How can I transfer files to a Kindle Fire with a Micro-USB cable?.

Otherwise, drop the file into the default 'KINDLE/eBooks' directory. If this is the case, navigate to the reader app's special directory and paste the file there. Some reader apps have their own directories. Open a second file explorer or finder window on your computer and navigate to the location of your ePubs.After the device is mounted to your computer, you should be able to navigate to the Kindle Fire's file system through a finder window on your computer. This can be done by swiping the slider on your device. Navigate to the Kindle Fire page that tells you that you can transfer files. View Kindle Fire's file system on your computer.Connect the Kindle Fire to your computer.If you already have ePub books on your computer, you can transfer them to your device using a USB cable.

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