Vista and Rhapsody Windows Rockbox Install?

[zajacattack]

OK, I'll see about the youtube vid. You're right, that would be good.
Hmmm, I'm not sure about your problem, though. Could you describe more in depth what you have done and/or are doing?

[MBaller20]

i followed all directions right up to the command prompt part.  I unzipped my files in a folder i made called e200tool.  I put that folder in my windows folder (C:WINDOWS\e200tool).  Then i typed this in the prompt, "cd c:\windows\e200tool".  when i hit enter, the line looked like this in the beginning, "C:\WINDOWS\e200tool>".  Then i typed in "e200tool recover BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom" and hit enter.  When i did that this appeared:

C:\WINDOWS\e200tool>e200tool recover BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom
e200tool v0.2.3-alpha (c) by MrH 2006, 2007
Searching for device 0781:0720 ... found!
Initializing USB stub (4780 bytes) ...
Bulk write error (-22, Invalid argument)

and that's how far i got so far.

[zajacattack]

You know, it sounds weird, but for me, this only worked on one of my two USB ports. I suggest trying different ports to see if that makes a difference.

[MBaller20]

You know, it sounds weird, but for me, this only worked on one of my two USB ports. I suggest trying different ports to see if that makes a difference.

just tried it but i still get the same problem.  when do you think you will make the youtube video because that would help me a lot.

[zajacattack]

Once I get a decent camera I will make one. I'll let you know when I post it.

[MBaller20]

Once I get a decent camera I will make one. I'll let you know when I post it.

Sounds good.  Thanks.

[John Brown]

" cd" c:\e200tool_dir what is the cd part for?
Now, execute e200tool recover BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom (you mean press enter right?)
For the commant prompt thing I think you need to go more in dept on exactly what should be done because this is comfusing people.

[zajacattack]

OK, if people do not know what the command prompt is and how to execute something, they should NOT be performing these steps. Please read my warning on the page.

[MBaller20]

Then i guess i'll be looking forward to the video you make.  Oh, and i don't know if the comment was directed at me but i know what a command prompt is and how to use it.

[zajacattack]

Well, for the bulk write error, all I can suggest is wait and try again later. It did that to me once, and I think Llorean had problems too. The only fix is to keep trying because no one knows why that error occurs.

EDIT: Yeah, the directions here (http://chrisjs.com/?page_id=57) for Linux say almost the same thing. Just a USB error. There's no fix, just have to wait a bit and try again. But, if you can, I really suggest doing this from Linux. It's much easier.

[MBaller20]

Well, i've been trying for a while and i got a new error.  Maybe you know what it means.

C:\>e200tool recover BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom
e200tool v0.2.3-alpha (c) by MrH 2006, 2007
Searching for device 0781:0720 ... found!
Initializing USB stub (4780 bytes) ...
Length write error (-5, Input/Output error)

last time it was a bulk write error but now it's length write.  Maybe you know what this input/output error is?

[zajacattack]

I wish I knew. I didn't code e200tool. I just compiled it for Windows and got the drivers working. Something is messing up with the USB data transfer. That's all I can tell you. And, I'm not sure if there's a fix for this. You could try asking on the IRC.

[MBaller20]

I'll try asking them now.  Thanks for replying.

[Bagder]

You have the code and you can read up on libusb. There's nothing magic that someone knows or hides.

[bloodbath]

I am able to boot Rockbox on my player, but not the original firmware.  I get a black screen and the blue thumbwheel stays lit.  I shut it down and put it in recovery mode.  I then placed an original pp5022.mi4 file in the root directory and rebooted.  It now boots the original firmware, but not Rockbox (expected that though).  Do I need to reinstall the bootloader? I have read of people doing this, but it was for the e200 (non r model).  I'm not sure if the bootloader is the issue or it's something else.  I'd rather not reinstall the bootloader if I don't need to.  Thanks in advance for any help provided.