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crypt@:
Directory corruption resurfaced after iHP-140 shutdown due to low battery.
Both "Directory Caching" and "Database Auto Update" were disabled.
Updated to 19751, will run the battery flat again to see if this happens again...
--- 2hrs (format and copying back the tracks) and 23hrs (playback) later ---
A message was displayed, but only managed to read the word "EMPTY" before it shut down.
After 1min on charge, the player switched on and resumed from previous track. I've now stopped the player and am running a disk scan to see if .rockbox is corrupted.
I wonder if the corruption to .rockbox directory last time was due to "battery low power off" while the player was updating the random playlist position on the CF card.
--- Check Disk completed without any error ---
Though it's good news, I'm not comfortable with any message that says "... EMPTY...". I think I'll make sure I set sleep mode on in the future.
AlexP:
The message is something like "Battery Empty. Shutdown Now" I can't remember exactly, and I'm not at home to look. What is uncomfortable about that? The battery is low and so Rockbox shuts down.
crypt@:
I'm hoping it is indeed that message, but it disappeared too quickly for me to read. Previously, with HD, it stayed on a fraction longer than it does now with CF installed.
I had a quick look in the codes, and did find the line "Battery empty! RECHARGE!". However, I was fairly sure I saw the word "EMPTY" in CAPS instead.
I was uncomfortable because out of 4 times I've let the battery run down, only once did it power back on OK after recharging. Other times it was:
- ./rockbox became empty
- the CF became empty
- ATA error, the partition became corrupted
I'm hoping none of these is due to the CF being a Pretec.
--- Battery finally went flat,
/.rockbox is again corrupted.
I'm guessing that whilst rockbox tried to save its current state it was not able to complete the write before it shut down.
I hope by using multiple volumes will save me from having to copy over 29GB every time. Hopefully any future corruptions will limit to the partition where .rockbox exclusively resides in.
Is there a way to increase the battery threshold so the player will shutdown a little earlier than at "critical" state?
Leftfieldtilt:
So I finally did it - after being a lurker and running Rockbox for two years on dual boot i bit the bullet.
So now from a stock H120 that I've had for a good 4 years Ive done the following mods:
1) Bigger battery
2) CF Card Mod
3) Fully rockboxed (RAM/ROM)
Now the problem - following the CF mod my player now randomly freezes when navigating through menus or occasionally when loading or creating bookmarks
I will upgrade to the latest version of Rockbox, anything else I can do?
Lft
EDIT: it happened again today and I got the message: Error Accessing Playlist Control File
crypt@:
Whenever my player "stutters" it is generally a sign of corrupted file system. You may want to run a chkdsk/scandisk...
BTW, I've just noticed that quite often after the the player is turned on with hold switch set and subsequently shutdown (by default,) I get file corruption on the CF.
I'm glad I've split the CF into 2 partitions, so far the 2nd partition of 29GB of music has survived from file system corruption. The damage has been limited to the 1st partition which is where .rockbox lives.
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