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Installation / Removal => Rockbox Utility => Topic started by: beekhay on June 27, 2017, 08:23:17 AM

Title: Stuck in process of patching iriver firmware for installation
Post by: beekhay on June 27, 2017, 08:23:17 AM

Hello. I've been using Rockbox for years with my iRiver ihp-140 with no problems (Windows 7 Pro on bootcamped 2009 macbook pro). Recently while recording my Rockbox started inexplicably splitting recorded files into hundreds of small chunks. After fruitless efforts to adjust settings I've decided to reinstall Rockbox fresh and I'm having trouble getting through the process in the manual for "Patching the iriver firmware".

https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IriverBoot#Installing_the_Rockbox_bootloader_from_SVN

There are 3 sections to create the new firmware file:
1. "Descramble the original firmware" - this stage was clear since it explains the use of fwpather.exe
2. & 3. "Merge the firmware and the boot loader into a new firmware file" and "Scramble the new firmware file" - steps 2 & 3 are not clear because they don't explain with what application these tasks are to be accomplished.

Does anyone know what apps to use to do steps 2 & 3?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Stuck in process of patching iriver firmware for installation
Post by: bluebrother on June 27, 2017, 09:42:13 AM

You don't want to do that. Rockbox Utility handles all this for you. Don't use that wiki page, it's only when you're developing the bootloader. Also, you shouldn't need to reinstall the bootloader.

Title: Re: Stuck in process of patching iriver firmware for installation
Post by: beekhay on June 27, 2017, 09:46:49 AM

OK thanks for the advice. How do you recommend I reinstall Rockbox fresh - as in overwrite the whole thing and start from scratch?

Title: Re: Stuck in process of patching iriver firmware for installation
Post by: saratoga on June 27, 2017, 10:34:59 AM

I would just delete the config.cfg file to reset the settings.