First "Playlist Control" error...then no Rockbox after Rockbox reinstall!

[timabouttown]

I've been using Rockbox with my iriver ihp-140 for years. LOVE it! But I was thinking hey, it's been 4-ish years since I installed it, so time to download a new build, take it for a spin.

When I installed today's build (July 5) manually (which is how I originally installed it), I got the playlist control access error that others have reported in forums here and at misticriver. The solution offered was to rename the file and let Rockbox rebuild it on reboot. But the playlist_control file just wasn't there. So I uninstalled, reinstalled, same result.

Next step was to reflash to the iriver firmware. Wow, I'd forgotten how ugly that thing is! I was thinking about giving up the Rockbox reinstall and just stick with the original -- no way, man.

So this time, to be sure I wasn't messing anything up, I used the Rockbox Utility to do a fresh install. Tried rebooting -- but I could only get to the iRiver boot. I looked at the files on the disk and saw that there was no "rockbox.iriver" file, so I tried it all again: uninstall RB, reinstall RB, no love, so flash back to iriver, etc.

I'm stuck.  And I want my Rockbox back! Seriously, after 4-ish years of Rockbox, no way I can look at the iRiver fw. This went without a hitch in 2004, so I'm surely overlooking something really, really basic.

Of course ONE basic I overlooked was backing up before I tried upgrading firmware. 

Many thanks,
Tim

[Llorean]

The rockbox.iriver files belongs in the .rockbox folder. Did you look there?

As well, did you actually flash the bootloader? (After running rbutil, you need to boot up the original firmware and do an update).

[bluebrother]

The rockbox.iriver files belongs in the .rockbox folder. Did you look there?

... since a long time -- it has been outside of that folder earlier. This change also requires you to update the bootloader.

[timabouttown]

The rockbox.iriver files belongs in the .rockbox folder. Did you look there?

... since a long time -- it has been outside of that folder earlier.

And for me, with 4 yr. old firmware, it was outside that folder just yesterday!

As well, did you actually flash the bootloader? (After running rbutil, you need to boot up the original firmware and do an update).

Ah! That was what I overlooked! Sweet Rockbox restored! And more beautiful than ever. You folks have been busy the last few years. 

Thanks so much!

Tim