Rockbox and Compact Flash

[Rapide_23]

Just installed a 1GB Sandisk Ultra CF card into my H320. Didn't need to modify the bootloader at all.

Works a charm!

[wintermute23]

Just installed a 1GB Sandisk Ultra CF card into my H320. Didn't need to modify the bootloader at all.

Works a charm!

Hrm. In that case, I might try switching back to the v5 bootloader...

[spike66]

Would it be necessary to modify the bootloader, or to do anything different than installing Rockbox as I would on a standard mini?

Just installed a 1GB Sandisk Ultra CF card into my H320. Didn't need to modify the bootloader at all.

Works a charm!

Thanks for the info! I will give it a shot as well and report how it goes (in a while when my CF card arrives)

[wintermute23]

Mr. Kit: Bear in mind that an iriver H320 and an iPod mini are not the same machine, and what works for one might not work for the other. I do not own an iPod, and cannot make any authoritative statement about what might be necessary.

However, as I understand it, the iPod mini used a microdrive for its storage, which is basically a Compact Flash card with a hard drive inside it. So I can't see why there'd be any problems swapping it out for a different CF card.

Try it. The worst that can happen is that you end up with a spare CF card to use elsewhere.

[spike66]

@wintermute23: You're right, thanks. I'm pretty shure the A-Data 32GB CF card will work on the ipod mini, I've read many reports about it and also this thread begins with a similar report (I think). My concern is really if Rockbox will deal with that card as good as it does with the hard disk drive, and if it's not necessary to modify either the Rockbox build or the booloader.

[wintermute23]

My concern is really if Rockbox will deal with that card as good as it does with the hard disk drive

It works at least as well in my iriver, and I imagine that would also be the case in the iPod.

and if it's not necessary to modify either the Rockbox build

So long as you're using a build from the last few months, this is not an issue.

or the booloader.

I think you'll be fine with the stock bootloader. As you say, others seem to have had success with this, and I've not seen any comments about custom bootloaders on the iPod Mini.

[Rapide_23]

Oh yeah, I should add that I formatted the card to FAT32.

Now, which 32GB cards would work with the H320? They're a bit too expensive for trial-and-error...

Also, is there some way to patch the original firmware so we don't need to swap in the original HD for firmware updates, etc?

[petur]

Now, which 32GB cards would work with the H320? They're a bit too expensive for trial-and-error...

Also, is there some way to patch the original firmware so we don't need to swap in the original HD for firmware updates, etc?

They all work, most will need a newer bootloader (there is a build of mine on the wiki page)

On h1x0 there is already a flash plugin to upgrade from within rockbox, somebody needs to port it to h3x0, that's all

[Rapide_23]

I remember somebody recommending the ridata one...

Anyway, should I modify the HD settings within rockbox for CF???

[petur]

Anyway, should I modify the HD settings within rockbox for CF???

what? 

[Rapide_23]

The disk spindown, etc...

[petur]

You can but it shouldn't make much difference...
If you want to do battery benchmarks with different settings nobody is going to stop you

[wintermute23]

I remember somebody recommending the ridata one...

Yeah, that's the one I used. I can confirm it works fine with Petur's bootloader, and I plan to try it out with the stock v5 when I get a moment to open it up again.

[Rapide_23]

32GB CFs are too bloody expensive at the moment. I'm too broke because I ordered a 16GB D2 =P

[wintermute23]

32GB CFs are too bloody expensive at the moment. I'm too broke because I ordered a 16GB D2 =P

Yeah, my wife (quite correctly) pointed out that I could have gotten an entire iPod for what I payed for a CF card. But who wants an iPod, when they can have a custom-modded H332 instead?