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1% $Id: %
2
3In order to install the bootloader, you will need to download the following
4files:
5
6\begin{itemize}
7 \item An original firmware (OF) from \playerman's website:
8 \opt{fuzeplus}{
9 \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Fuze/bd-p/Fuzeplus}}
10
11 \item The bootloader:
12 \opt{fuzeplus}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/fuzeplus/bootloader-fuzeplus.sansa}}
13
14 \item The version of mkimxboot for your operating system from Rockbox's server:
15 \download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/mkimxboot/}
16\end{itemize}
17
18\subsection{Bootloader installation from Windows}
19
20\begin{enumerate}
21
22\item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' on your desktop, and then extract
23 the OF, the bootloader and mkimxboot into it.
24
25\item Open a new command prompt, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder.
26
27\item Run mkimxboot.exe, passing according to the following syntax the name
28 of the OF and bootloader files that you downloaded, in addition to a name for
29 the output file and the option argument for dualboot.
30
31 % The following arguments to the code environment select the correct line out
32 % of the code block. This is necessary as using \opt{} in the code block would
33 % create unwanted empty lines.
34 \begin{code}[firstline=\opt{fuzeplus}{1},%
35 lastline=\opt{fuzeplus}{1}]
36 mkimxboot.exe -i firmware.sb -b bootloader-fuzeplus.sansa -o patched.sb -t dualboot
37 \end{code}
38
39 If mkimxboot.exe does not report success, then retry or abort.
40
41 \item Copy the output file (``patched.sb'' in the example given above) to the
42 root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier
43 \opt{fuzeplus}{(``firmware.sb''} above).
44
45\end{enumerate}
46
47Please now go to \reference{ref:finish_install} to complete the installation procedure.
48
49\subsection{Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux}
50
51\begin{enumerate}
52
53\item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' in your home directory, and then
54 extract the OF, the bootloader and mkimxboot into it.
55
56\item Open a new terminal, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder.
57
58\item Run mkimxboot, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that you
59 downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file and the option argument
60 for dualboot.
61
62% See above for the code environment arguments explanation.
63 \begin{code}[firstline=\opt{fuzeplus}{1},%
64 lastline=\opt{fuzeplus}{1}]
65 ./mkimxboot -i firmware.sb -b bootloader-fuzeplus.sansa -o patched.sb -t dualboot
66
67 \end{code}
68
69 If mkimxboot does not report success, then retry or abort.
70
71\item Copy the output file (``patched.sb'' in the example given above) to the
72 root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier
73 \opt{fuzeplus}{(``firmware.sb''} above).
74\end{enumerate}
75
76Please now go to \reference{ref:finish_install} to complete the installation procedure.
77