Rockbox on e200r

[LambdaCalculus]

Now wait until everyone simplifies the installation process, and for Hastur's sake PLEASE don't do something so foolish again!

[John Brown]

ok

[Boktai1000]

the tutorial says to use 1.0.2.31.  Does the orig firmware matter?

[John Brown]

ohhh no wander it did not work

[John Brown]

you're talking about the sansa e200 fimware art you?
this is for e200r people.

[LambdaCalculus]

He was talking about this file: http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/e200/rhapsody/rhapsody-1.0.2.31.zip ; and yes, that is for the e200R Sansas.

[John Brown]

That's a lower fimware?
but it seems the more you update the lesser the number gets?
from 1.0.2.31 -> 1.0.2.165??

[Llorean]

Version numbers do not always work the same as real numbers. Either one of those could be the newer version.

It's possibly you should read that as "Main version 1, sub-version 0, edition 2, revision 31" and "revision 165" or some other crazy scheme. People write version numbers in strange ways.

Either way, the instructions should be followed with exactly the files linked.

[John Brown]

ok thanks

[John Brown]

ohhh i think i know now, i did not pactch the bootloader  
ohh you have to have the linus cd to put it on... ohhhhh

[Bagder]

the tutorial says to use 1.0.2.31.  Does the orig firmware matter?

It says that version since that's what's been tested and that's what's hosted on the mi4 site.

But no, the orig firmware version shouldn't really matter in theory.

[LambdaCalculus]

ohh you have to have the linus cd to put it on... ohhhhh

You mean that you never even booted Linux the first time?? What in the bloody hell were you thinking!?

[John Brown]

  i thought that that was something else so i went to the part that said "install rockbox on windows" because i acusally wanted rockbox on my sansa i did not know that you had to do that first!!!
Hopelly there will be a way (in the future) to put it on without linus.

[LambdaCalculus]

There will be, and until that time comes, please take the advice that everyone has given you throughout this whole entire thread and be patient. You'll know when it's ready to go.

P.S.: Linus is the man, Linux is the operating system.

[elborak]

And also, when that easier installation is available, follow the instructions exactly. You claimed previously that "i tried every thing like it said" and now you've admitted that you skipped many, many steps. If there's a part that doesn't make sense, ask. Don't just skip it.

Even an easy install is not foolproof.