Topic: Nook Torn Open, Hacked and Rooted

[sam]

If you tear open a Nook (which the team has done) you’ll find that the Android operating system is contained on a microSD card (separate from the microSD expansion slot). From here, it’s a simple matter of using a card reader to mount this card on your computer and changing a single word in the init.rc file

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/nook-torn-open-hacked-and-rooted/