Rockbox and Compact Flash

[tarkan]

scharkalvin,

Interesting you have had checksum errors with the A-Data 16gb.

I have had one person using my adapter mentioned that a few times when the iPod has been switched off overnight, when he tried starting it up he gets the - iPod needs restoring message, but on the second attempt it starts up fine.

I have tested for this on my long term tester using various cards including 16gb Sandisk cards and have not seen this - I wonder if the A-Data have power-up issues?

I do have a 32gb A-Data on its way to me, I will report on how it works in the iPod - apple firmware and Rockbox.

Tarkan

[scharkalvin]

I wonder if the A-Data have power-up issues?

Well the A-data cards are the slowest in the bunch (even IF the name on them
is "speedy"  )

[antonyfirst]

Hi guys, I'm to to this forum and I've just installed Rockbox on my Grayscale 4th gen iPod. I'm using a 32gb A-Data CF memory.

It gives me this error:

ata: -1

What should I do?

[petur]

note: current SVN should now be compatible with CF

[antonyfirst]

It doesn't work with mine.

[Llorean]

Did you download the daily or the current?

[antonyfirst]

Current. Last two numbers were "92". Now I see current build for Grayscale iPod is "Broken".
I love Rockbox, so I hope something can be done for the iPod Grayscale.

[Llorean]

What makes you think the current build is broken?

[antonyfirst]

It was written on it when I posted: where other mp3 players had a link to "r16695", the iPod grayscale had a "Broken" writing, without a link.
Now there's a correct link to the "r16601".

[petur]

Does it still not work, and if it doesn't: what exactly doesn't work?

I would think the ipods need a new bootloader too?

[antonyfirst]

The splash screen lasts a lot. Then it goes in the debug mode, but nothing happens (no matter how long I leave it alone). If I hit the Menu button, it says

*panic*
ATA: -1

Just like before the new patch was applied.

[petur]

hmmm it is not seeing the CF card *at all*

is it connected correctly?

[scharkalvin]

Last night I put the latest new firmware on my Gigabeat F and it seemed to solve a problem with the CF, that after loading new files I had to power cycle the battery after disconnecting the USB cable as the player locked up.

Well I was listening to some OGG files just now and all of a sudden the player froze up.  After power cycling the battery I got the 'file not found' error from the boot loader.  I connected the USB cable got into USB bootloader mode, and sure enough the 'rockboxgigabeat' file is missing.  Fonts are gone too.

I might have a flaky CF card, but I don't have a spare to test that.  Anybody seen this happen with any CF conversion (files disapearing for no reason)?

[LambdaCalculus]

What brand of CF card did you use, scharkalvin? I had read that some cards may work better than others, but I can't be entirely sure of that (I've yet to mod a DAP of my own with a CF card).

[scharkalvin]

I'm using the A-Data 16gb "speedy".  This card has been reported to work fine with other players, especially the ipod minis.

My unit was working fine for weeks, then I loaded the new firmware with the CF "fixes" from svn.  I also added more music files and rebuilt the database, so it might not be the new firmware, but FAT changes in the FS.  Bad spots on the flash?   Maybe I need to run scan disk or fsck after every major update to the fs (adding files)?