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long installation writing time to e260?
MarcGuay:
--- Quote from: Sammytheorangutan on August 09, 2008, 11:22:20 AM ---The screen (on the e260) still says, "Writing". Is this unusual? If not, what may I have done wrong and how can I correct it?
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This is not unusual, the device doesn't seem to receive a "done writing" command from sansapatcher so you have to disconnect it when you know it's done. And with RBUtil, are you making sure to install both the bootloader and the current build? They're both necessary. Perhaps being more specific about how exactly it "didn't work" might help to troubleshoot your problem.
Sammytheorangutan:
I d/l'ed and opened the Rockbox Utility (installer) and the Rockbox program itself. I then clicked on "Quick Start/Complete Installation", which didn't recognize my Sansa. I then went to the "Installation" tab and clicked on "Install the Bootloader", then "Install Rockbox". I got the "Writing" screen on the Sansa. After 45 minutes or so, I simply unplugged the Sansa. I tried turning on the Sansa, but only got a black screen with plain, white text. The screen didn't stay on long enough to copy everything that was there, but a couple of the things I recall said that it couldn't open Rockbox because the file wasn't there. Then it would shut down. I had the Sansa in MCF (?...whatever the instructions said) mode. I ended up rebooting (that's not the right word but I can't think of it at the moment) to the original firmware both times which is where I'm at now.
I don't understand why my computer/Rockbox won't see my Sansa and why it won't take Rockbox. It's not the end of the world if I have to use the original firmware and I'm not a code writer by any means so I can't rewrite something to make it work.
MarcGuay:
You have successfully installed the bootloader, and now you need to install the build itself. Choose the "Install Rockbox" option again and verify that there is a folder on the Sansa's drive called ".rockbox".
Sammytheorangutan:
How would I see if the folder is on the Sansas drive? For some reason, my computer doesn't see the Sansa. (Sort of.) For everything other than Rockbox, it knows it's there although it doesn't show that there's anything on the Sansa (if that makes any sense). I've verified (with the Sansa) that it has the same songs on it that were on it prior to this. Odd?
MarcGuay:
Go into the Sansa firmware an change the USB mode to MSC, then connect it to your computer via a USB port in the back. You should see 2 drives pop up in Windows. The first one is the main flash memory. Set Windows to View All Files through the Tools -> Folder Options settings. If there is no ".rockbox" folder on the drive, then the build it has not been installed.
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