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1 | % $Id: % | 1 | % $Id: % |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | In order to make your \playertype{} load and execute the Rockbox | 3 | In order to install the bootloader, you will need to download the following |
4 | firmware you have just installed, you will need to install the | 4 | files: |
5 | Rockbox bootloader. Unless bugs are found in the bootloader code, or | ||
6 | significant new features are added, you will only have to perform this | ||
7 | step once. | ||
8 | 5 | ||
9 | These steps use the mkamsboot tool. Source code is available in the | 6 | \begin{itemize} |
10 | Rockbox SVN repository | 7 | \item An original firmware (OF) from |
11 | (\url{http://svn.rockbox.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/rbutil/mkamsboot/}). | 8 | \opt{e200v2}{ |
9 | \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=e200&thread.id=13548}} | ||
10 | \opt{fuse}{ | ||
11 | \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=sansafuse&thread.id=23276}} | ||
12 | |||
13 | \item The bootloader: | ||
14 | \opt{e200v2}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/e200v2/bootloader-e200v2.sansa}} | ||
15 | \opt{fuze}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/fuze/bootloader-fuze.sansa}} | ||
16 | |||
17 | \item The version of mkamsboot for your operating system from | ||
18 | \download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/mkamsboot/} | ||
19 | \end{itemize} | ||
12 | 20 | ||
13 | \subsection{Bootloader installation from Windows} | 21 | \subsection{Bootloader installation from Windows} |
14 | 22 | ||
15 | \begin{enumerate} | 23 | \begin{enumerate} |
16 | 24 | ||
17 | % Will add when I have required install instructions % | 25 | \item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' on your desktop, and then extract |
26 | the OF, the bootloader and mkamsboot into it. | ||
18 | 27 | ||
19 | \end{enumerate} | 28 | \item Open a new command prompt, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder. |
20 | 29 | ||
21 | \subsection{Bootloader installation from Mac OS X} | 30 | \item Run mkamsboot.exe, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that |
31 | you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file. | ||
22 | 32 | ||
23 | \begin{enumerate} | 33 | \begin{code} |
34 | \opt{fuze}{mkamsboot.exe fuzea.bin bootloader-fuze.bin patched.bin} | ||
35 | \opt{e200v2}{mkamsboot.exe e200pe.bin bootloader-e200v2.bin patched.bin} | ||
36 | \end{code} | ||
37 | |||
38 | If mkamsboot.exe does not report success, then retry or abort. | ||
24 | 39 | ||
25 | % Same as above % | 40 | \item Copy the output file (``patched.bin'' in the example given above) to the |
41 | root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier | ||
42 | \opt{fuze}{(``fuzea.bin''} \opt{e200v2}{(``e200pe.bin''} above). | ||
26 | 43 | ||
44 | \item Safely eject the device, unplug USB and wait for the firmware update to finish. | ||
27 | \end{enumerate} | 45 | \end{enumerate} |
28 | 46 | ||
29 | \subsection{Bootloader installation from Linux} | 47 | \subsection{Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux} |
30 | 48 | ||
31 | \begin{enumerate} | 49 | \begin{enumerate} |
32 | 50 | ||
33 | % Lather rinse repeat % | 51 | \item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' in your home directory, and then |
52 | extract the OF, the bootloader and mkamsboot into it. | ||
53 | |||
54 | \item Open a new terminal, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder. | ||
34 | 55 | ||
35 | \end{enumerate} \ No newline at end of file | 56 | \item Run mkamsboot, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that |
57 | you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file. | ||
58 | |||
59 | \begin{code} | ||
60 | \opt{fuze}{./mkamsboot fuzea.bin bootloader-fuze.bin patched.bin} | ||
61 | \opt{e200v2}{./mkamsboot e200pe.bin bootloader-e200v2.bin patched.bin} | ||
62 | \end{code} | ||
63 | |||
64 | If mkamsboot does not report success, then retry or abort. | ||
65 | |||
66 | \item Copy the output file (``patched.bin'' in the example given above) to the | ||
67 | root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier | ||
68 | \opt{fuze}{(``fuzea.bin''} \opt{e200v2}{(``e200pe.bin''} above). | ||
69 | |||
70 | \item Safely eject the device, unplug USB and wait for the firmware update to finish. | ||
71 | \end{enumerate} | ||