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2 2
3In order to make your \playertype{} load and execute the Rockbox 3In order to install the bootloader, you will need to download the following
4firmware you have just installed, you will need to install the 4files:
5Rockbox bootloader. Unless bugs are found in the bootloader code, or
6significant new features are added, you will only have to perform this
7step once.
8 5
9These steps use the mkamsboot tool. Source code is available in the 6\begin{itemize}
10Rockbox 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}