Rockbox on e200r

[Llorean]

1) Please don't ask the same question in multiple places, this will be considered spam and at the very least all additional posts will be removed.

2) It's been said that a better way is being worked on. Have patience, or create one yourself, but there is no magic solution to the problem. Linux is better suited for the task at this time, and anyone who wants to badly enough can use the VMWare image or a linux liveCD without having to change from Windows.

[scorche]

As a note (it says this in the instructions as well), VMware will not work with this, as when a device is "handed" to VMware, it is first mounted to windows, then quickly unmounted from windows and then VMware is given access to it.  This results in recovery mode being activated, it sensing a disconnect and rebooting, then going into recovery mode again.  Recovery mode is needed to be activated *immediately* after manufacturing mode, so the install will not work.

That said, a linux liveCD will do the trick nicely and all that is required is downloading an iso, burning it to disk, and running it.

[Boktai1000]

I Just successfully installed Rockbox on a newer e200r with the new scroll-wheel,  Instead of mounting the device though it was located in /media/disk and i could see version.txt.  All i did was drag the file into there instead of copying it because i didnt really no how to mount and as long as i could find it i would put the file in there.  Then i rebooted and went into the standard firmware, nothing was changed and proceeded to install Rockbox.  Instead of using the official build i used Chris's build on anythingbutipod.com.  Installed quickly, rebooted set up theme/doom etc, and its all working just fine.  Oh yea and i used Ubuntu 7.04 for the bootloader part.

Differences that i did for people who want it summed up are-

Didn't mount device, just dragged and dropped the file in

Used an unofficial rockbox build with misc. patches/fixes/themes

I may switch OF.mi4 to the newest Rhapsody firmware, currently using the one shown in the guide which is i think one of the first released for the e200r.

Thanks alot guys, the tutorial was pretty good for a semi-linux noob even though i dont no how to mount/unmount got it working

EDIT: Oh yea just to let people know, when i tryed using the e200tool at first i couldnt get it work, but then i realised that i wasnt root and i think the command i used was sudo -s to become root.  If u need help becoming root google is ur friend also.  if there is anything i can recommend changed it would be a discription on how to become root if your not.

[krazykit]

Didn't mount device, just dragged and dropped the file in

Actually, you did mount it, you just didn't know it.  Gnome went ahead and automounted it; were that not the case, you would not have been able to copy over the files.

[Boktai1000]

yea, thats what happened thanks for explaining .  oh yea and i "Ejected" the mp3 too once i was done, when it said unmount.  I had a feeling that was the same thing dunno if it was though.

[krazykit]

i "Ejected" the mp3 too once i was done, when it said unmount.  I had a feeling that was the same thing dunno if it was though.

It's the same, certainly.  The instructions are written for the command line, since they're meant for more advanced users.  I'd still recommend using mount and unmount instead of a graphical method, if only because I don't really trust gnome-volume-manager or pmount or whatever automounter is being used these days.

[DavidRawson]

burning it to disk

Will Daemon Tools Work As Well? It's an ISO mounting application.

[Boktai1000]

i "Ejected" the mp3 too once i was done, when it said unmount.  I had a feeling that was the same thing dunno if it was though.

It's the same, certainly.  The instructions are written for the command line, since they're meant for more advanced users.  I'd still recommend using mount and unmount instead of a graphical method, if only because I don't really trust gnome-volume-manager or pmount or whatever automounter is being used these days.

-oh, well if anything could of went wrong it would of right there because once i got to that part i just went off instinct, and took a while too. i don't really want to discourage people from doing it the graphical way, but im just pointing out that it worked for me if anyone was waiting for a confirmation of it working before they tried it.

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-For linux, as in Ubuntu for example you will need to Burn the iso, i recommend using ImgBurn to do so.  You will then have to choose your boot device before you boot into windows, for me its a press of the ESC key while in the Bios/Boot.  Then choose to boot from the drive with the disc in it.  You do not run Linux inside windows, although you can via Virtualization it is said not to in the guide.  Basicly you are going to be booting straight to Linux (Like Ubuntu or whatever distro you perfer, rather than windows.)

[John Brown]

Mabe is there could be some kind of emulator to similate being on linux mabe it would work ...
Also do you have to go through this every time you need to update rockbox?

[Llorean]

It would make much more sense for someone to simply get the tools working in Windows than to create some additional complicated program.

how to update Rockbox once it's installed is covered in the normal e200 manual.

[John Brown]

ok, I like how the Dev's modified the instalation page, so that it is now CLEARLY stated that you need to patch the bootloader first. That will be helpful to non linus users.

[DavidRawson]

My sansa BURNED out running rockbox. I was using it and it started to smell weird. The battery got really hot. I turned it off and it didn't come back on. Can I return it to Best Buy and say it was just defective?

[Boktai1000]

ok, I like how the Dev's modified the instalation page, so that it is now CLEARLY stated that you need to patch the bootloader first. That will be helpful to non linus users.

You mean Linux right? I'm not entirely sure how one would use "Linus".

[DavidRawson]

The battery got really hot.

My battery just exploded....It shot out a white goo. I don't think I can return it now...

[chrisjs169]

Mabe is there could be some kind of emulator to similate being on linux mabe it would work ...
Also do you have to go through this every time you need to update rockbox?

1.  The installation was tested with VMWare, which allows you to run Linux in Windows, though it was found it didn't work.

2.  After Rockbox is up and running, you only need to unzip the new build onto your Sansa.