Rockbox and Compact Flash

[Rapide_23]

It would be an epic 32GB Flash player for about half of what an iPod touch 32Gb would cost.

Got any pics of your H332 you could post?

[wintermute23]

I can't access Flickr from work, so I can't remember which is which, but I do have a picture of the CF assembly, and of it in the HDD bay:
http://flickr.com/photos/wintermute23/2474143067/
http://flickr.com/photos/wintermute23/2474143703/

Depth of field is a little less than I'd have liked, but I think they show what they need to.

Oh, also: I mostly use my DAP in the car, so being able to use the controls by feel alone is essential for me. And the touch doesn't run RockBox. So that's 2 good reasons why I was thinking in terms of getting a 5g on eBay instead.

[Rapide_23]

I'm drooling at the thought of putting this in my H320:



I wonder how much it'd cost

[petur]

I'm drooling at the thought of putting this in my H320:



I wonder how much it'd cost

nah, I'm waiting for bigger ones 

[Rapide_23]

I think I will have to go out and buy a 32GB card when my tax money comes back!

I'm trying to imagine how epic a 128GB H300 would be..

Does anyone know of a good place in Melbourne to pick up a 32GB card reasonably cheaply?

@Wintermute23: Is the ridata one any good? How's the transfer speed?

[wintermute23]

@Wintermute23: Is the ridata one any good? How's the transfer speed?

Sure, it's great. It's a 233x card, so pretty fast.

I copied about 17GB of data onto it in a little over an hour, if that helps.

[Rapide_23]

Did you have to change the bootloader? I only recently reinstalled rockbox using the automated tool.

[wintermute23]

Did you have to change the bootloader? I only recently reinstalled rockbox using the automated tool.

Did I have to? I haven't worked that out yet. I did switch to a custom bootloader before I installed it (search for "h300.zip" here). I plan to go back and try the stock V5 bootloader, to see if that works, but as that involves swapping the HD back in to re-flash, it might be a while before I get around to it.

So, I know for certain that it works with the custom bootloader. I do not yet know if it works without it. Hopefully, I'll be able to answer that question soon enough.

[Rapide_23]

PLEASE PLEASE try to use the standard bootloader.

Your results would help a lot of people.

[wintermute23]

As I say, I plan to. And rest assured, I'll let people here know what I find out. But I can't promise it's going to happen this side of the weekend. Maybe not even this side of next weekend.

[Rapide_23]

Well, try your best.

I eagerly await your results.

EDIT: I'm using version r17153-080418

[wintermute23]

OK, I got 20 minutes to play while my wife put the baby to bed, so I did the various hard drive swapping that re-flashing the bootloader requires.

And I can now confidently say that this particular card does not work with the standard V5 bootloader. If you use the RiDATA Lightning 233x 32GB card in an iriver H3x0, you will need Petur's custom bootloader.

Hope that helps.

[Rapide_23]

Got a link to that build?

Maybe I should patch it now before getting the 32GB card.

[petur]

Got a link to that build?

it is a ready-to-flash H300.hex file, and it is on the CFMOD wiki page

[wintermute23]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CFModGuide
Search for "H300.zip".