iRiver H430 Not booting up in the Rockbox firmware

[tigertom2003uk]

Hi there,
I have just changed my hdd on my H340 to a MK8007GAH drive, 80gb.
I formatted the drive using: Partition Magic 8, from NTFS format to FAT32 & put all my music onto it fine.
The music files play fine in the iRiver firmware, but now I can't get the Rockbox firmware to work.
I had the Rockbox firmware working fine on the old 40gb drive, but now it seems that I can't get the Rockbox firmware to work on the new drive for some reason!
I followed the instructions fine, i.e downloaded the current build of Rockbox & put that on to my player & I also downloaded the original iRiver firmware & patched it fine & finally flashed my iRiver with the patched firmware, but now all I get is the Bootloader only on the screen.
I must of done something wrong down the line?
So can anyone help me with this problem I'm having?
Thanks.

[AlexP]

What does the bootloader say?

Cannot find rockbox.iriver?

If so, there is a problem with the build not being on the drive correctly, or not being found.  Do you have a .rockbox folder in the root of your drive, i.e. H:\.rockbox\ (if windows)?  Note the full stop before rockbox, it is essential.  Inside this folder do you have a rockbox.iriver file?

[tigertom2003uk]

Hi there,
Yes! I have the Rockbox in the folder (.Rockbox)
The bootloader says: Rockbox Boot Loader, Version 5, Batt: 4.14v & that's it.
I just thought of something, I formatted the drive with the bootloader still on the player, would that do something to the drive?
Thanks.

[AlexP]

Yes! I have the Rockbox in the folder (.Rockbox)

So you have a .rockbox folder and inside that rockbox.iriver?  Please try to answer questions exactly

I just thought of something, I formatted the drive with the bootloader still on the player, would that do something to the drive?

Shouldn't do.

[tigertom2003uk]

Hi there,
Sorry for the last post, as I'm new to this.
Yes!
There is a folder with: .rockbox on my player, but it just wont boot up in rockbox.
If I turn on my player then I can hear the drive start up, but then it stops & all I get is the Bootloader screen.
I have also left the player on for 10 minutes to see if it will boot up, but I still get the same screen.
Thanks.

[Multiplex]

You may want to do a search for "iriver" and "partition" in the forums.

I have a memory that there is a partition type that the rockbox loader does not like but the OF is OK with - maybe that is your problem.

[petur]

If you want to try an SVN bootloader, there is a tested h300.HEX file in the CFMod wiki page.

Other than that, I have no idea. It really sounds like the issue I have with my h380 with current SVN, where V5 works fine for me. Weird...

[tigertom2003uk]

Hi everyone,
Thank you the the information.
I gave up with it last week so I gave my iRiver to a friend at work & he got Rockbox working fine, now I have a iRiver H380
What he did:
He merged the partitions together & formatted the drive to a primary drive on FAT32 & Rockbox worked first time.
Thanks again for your help.
Regards Tom.

[petur]

He merged the partitions together & formatted the drive to a primary drive on FAT32 & Rockbox worked first time.

You never told us that your iriver came up as two drives, did you? Good to hear it works now