dual boot to rhapsody firmware

[zajacattack]

Yes, you should be able to, but people have had trouble dual-booting between rockbox and the rhapsody firmware while others have no problems.

[Downsider]

Steps for windows, please :X

[zajacattack]

Right here, http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SansaE200RBootloaderPatching#Bootloader_Patching_in_Windows.

[Strommy]

First off I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed to making rockbox possible on the e200R series. I've been tracking the progress of this and as overjoyed when I saw it boot up on my e260R for the first time.

However, I am at a bit of a dilemma. I still can't dual boot. I am only able to boot into rockbox and when I try to boot into rhapsody firmware I get the pixel fading/freeze screen. I've done my best to try and solve the issue myself with all the information in this thread but it's a little confusing with the TONS of updates there has been. Could someone please reply to this post with detailed instructions and links to files that I can use to make dual booting possible on my 260R.

Thanks again for all your hard work!

[xoring]

@Strommy: Currently, the best way I have found to fix this issue is using a bootloader that I compiled with the SDHC check commented out. It has worked fine on my brother's e260R that was experiencing this issue.

The quick steps are:
1. Go into Recovery Mode.
1.a. Turn off your Sansa.
1.b. Turn on the HOLD switch.
1.c. Hold the Record button down and push the power button. Don't let go of the Record button until you see "Welcome to Recovery Mode" on the screen.
1.d. Plug in the USB cable as directed.
2. Mount the drive.
2.a. If you have Windows, it'll show up as a USB Mass Storage Device automatically.
2.b. If you have Linux, you might have to mount it manually. (the device will be /dev/sda or /dev/sdb or something similar)
3. Copy over a patched bootloader.
3.a. You can get a working bootloader from ftp://wisard.no-ip.com/pp5022.mi4
3.b. Copy ONLY the .mi4 file to the device.
4. Unmount and unplug.
4.a. In windows, stop the device with the "Safely remove hardware" option. In Linux, umount /dev/sda (or your device).
5. It will update the firmware and reboot. You should be able to boot both firmwares fine now (remember to turn HOLD off).

It looks like a patch was recently submitted to subversion to fix the issue permanently. I will test that tonight or tomorrow and let everyone know.

[Strommy]

@Strommy: Currently, the best way I have found to fix this issue is using a bootloader that I compiled with the SDHC check commented out. It has worked fine on my brother's e260R that was experiencing this issue.

The quick steps are:
1. Go into Recovery Mode.
1.a. Turn off your Sansa.
1.b. Turn on the HOLD switch.
1.c. Hold the Record button down and push the power button. Don't let go of the Record button until you see "Welcome to Recovery Mode" on the screen.
1.d. Plug in the USB cable as directed.
2. Mount the drive.
2.a. If you have Windows, it'll show up as a USB Mass Storage Device automatically.
2.b. If you have Linux, you might have to mount it manually. (the device will be /dev/sda or /dev/sdb or something similar)
3. Copy over a patched bootloader.
3.a. You can get a working bootloader from ftp://wisard.no-ip.com/pp5022.mi4
3.b. Copy ONLY the .mi4 file to the device.
4. Unmount and unplug.
4.a. In windows, stop the device with the "Safely remove hardware" option. In Linux, umount /dev/sda (or your device).
5. It will update the firmware and reboot. You should be able to boot both firmwares fine now (remember to turn HOLD off).

It looks like a patch was recently submitted to subversion to fix the issue permanently. I will test that tonight or tomorrow and let everyone know.

That did it xoring. Thanks for the help and all the work you've done to make it possible.

[xoring]

Building a bootloader from trunk works now with no patching. I have is hosted in the same place as usual.

ftp://wisard.no-ip.com/pp5022.mi4

[Bagder]

both bootloader and sansapatcher have been updated on the official download.rockbox.org site so following the "official" paths and methods should now work fine!

[e250sansa]

zajacattack

I followed your instructions for Windows, I know how to do it all, but when I download libusb from your link, when it is done downloading, I cam't unzip it   it just says  "do you want to save the file or have internet explorer try to find the program to run it"   and when I use internet explorer it brings me to a page with links that don't do anything  how do I unzip it? and also  is there a way to uninstall it ? please post instructions it would help alot thanks.

[zajacattack]

By "download", I mean save the file, and then unzip it. And, yes, all you have to do is delete the folder. You are not installing the filter driver, all you need is the device driver.

[e250sansa]

how do you unzip it though?  I tried and I can't figure it out    how do you unzip after you save it   then i'm good and I should be able to do the rest myself   thanks

[zajacattack]

Well, to unzip tar files, I like to use WinRAR. You can use gzip as well (http://www.gzip.org/#exe) or any other application that can handle tar files.

[e250sansa]

Ok thanks    and when I said If you could delete it I ment can you delete it of the sansa?

[e250sansa]

I tried using those programs but it still won't let me extract the files   this is exactly what happens    click your link to the libusb click the download link thing on the website   then this pops up   this is exactly what it says

Do you want to save this file, or find a program online to open it?
                  Name: libusb-win32-device-bin-0.1.12.1.tar.tar
                  Type: Unknown File Type, 101KB
                  From: internap.dl.sourceforge.net  

the the buttons at the bottom say  

                                   Find        Save           Cancel



please post a step-by-step   I really want rockbox thanks
                           

[zajacattack]

Hey! No more need to do this. Go to E200RInstallation in the wiki. e200rpatcher is now working and can be used instead.