e280r

[mshail2]

I have a sansa e280r which I modified the bootloader on using directions found on the wiki back in October 2007.  I believe this went well but I never installed rockbox on this unit.  I now want to put rockbox on it and I am wondering if I can just follow the instructions for putting the firmware on or do i have to go through the procedure for modifing the bootloader using the new instructions?

[zajacattack]

Nope, once the bootloader is patched, unless manually undone, should be patched forever.

[mshail2]

  Another question on this subject.  I went back and updated the sansa firmware because I was getting the boot image or boot file could not be found error. Could this have changed the modified boot loader in any way?

[zajacattack]

The ONLY current way to unpatch the bootloader ON THE R SERIES, is to use e200tool to boot into the vanilla bootloader and reupload the original bootloader.
So, no, it wouldn't affect it.