Accidentally Deleted Partition

[saratoga]

Well, I'm not that much in a hurry now, but I'm still having trouble installing things for Linux, do you have any tips for me?

I don't think you'll have to install anything on linux, except maybe libusb, which is pretty trivial on most distributions (check the box next to libusb in the package manager or whatever).

From what I understand I have to build and make my own install file, but I know next to nothing about Linux, so I'm just fumbling around until I get it right.

Does the binary on the webpage not work?

[Johnv]

Well, libusb has instructions but I cannot seem to get it installed still.

Here's the instructions so you can see for yourself.
Simple install procedure
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  % gzip -cd libusb-0.1.12.tar.gz | tar xvf -  # unpack the sources
  % cd libusb-0.1.12                           # change to the toplevel directory
  % ./configure                             # run the `configure' script
  % make                                    # build libusb
  [ Become root if necessary ]
  % make install                            # install libusb

And as for the binary, I was under the impression that I needed libusb installed to use it, because it doesn't work otherwise.

[cool_walking_]

You shouldn't need to compile libusb yourself.  There should be a package in your distro's repositories already.

Look in your menu for something like "synaptic" or "add/remove packages" or "adept".  Run that program, and libusb should be in the list of software you can install.

EDIT:

You didn't state which Linux distribution you are using (Knoppix, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, etc.), so I assumed something Debian-based (the first 3 I listed are).

If you still have problems, this forum isn't for Linux questions, so it's better to ask at a Linux-oriented forum.

[Johnv]

Yeah, sorry about that, you guys have given me the information I need so far, so for Linux I'll just head to that site.

And I am using Knoppix, it's pretty nice.

[Johnv]

Well, I decided to install Ubuntu since that already has libusb installed, but now I'm stuck at getting the command to work.

sudo: ./e200tool: command not found

So I'll just keep messing around until I get this right. I have a feeling that I'm pretty close to getting it anyway.

[Chronon]

That usually means that e200tool is not located in the current directory.

[Johnv]

Sorry about that, I had to make it an executable with the command below it, forgot about that.

However, I ran into (-71, Protocol error). According to a thread on anythingbutipod it's because I'm not holding record long enough, but I'm not sure about that.

It also tells me that it could be the i2c but I don't have that for the e270 nor does the e200tool page.

Also, if anyone is able to take it from theirs(e270) and post it I would greatly appreciate it.

Nevermind, I learned that the 280 one is fine to use.

I ran into another( ) problem though:
Searching for device 6666:e200 ... 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 not found! ]Needed to add the usb stub, got past that, but ran into the same error.Tried this again, and it doesn't work anymore.

Alright I'm going to post what the errors have been so far so you can see the full thing:
Using:./e200tool recover  BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom

e200tool v0.2.3-alpha (c) by MrH 2006, 2007
Searching for device 0781:0720 ... found!
Initializing USB stub (4780 bytes) ... done!
Writing 'BL_SD_boardSupportSD.rom' to address 0x10600000
Searching for device 6666:e200 ... 9 found!
Write at 0x10600276
Control message (-71, Protocol error)

Using:./e200tool i2cprogram i2c-e280.bin

e200tool v0.2.3-alpha (c) by MrH 2006, 2007
Programming i2c rom (address=87) range 0x0000-0x2000 from 'i2c-e280.bin'
Searching for device 6666:e200 ... found!
Uploading at 0x052b
Control message (-71, Protocol error)

Using:./e200tool recover  PP5022.mi4

e200tool v0.2.3-alpha (c) by MrH 2006, 2007
Searching for device 0781:0720 ... found!
Initializing USB stub (4780 bytes) ... done!
Writing 'PP5022.mi4' to address 0x10600000
Searching for device 6666:e200 ... 9 found!
Write at 0x106003b1
Control message (-71, Protocol error)

The places to write at alter and I still get this message, I have run out of things to try I think.

Well, I've tried doing the above commands for about 2 hours and I still get the same thing.

So, guys, is there anything else I can do to get this thing to work?

[Johnv]

So do you think I should just give up on this thing?

[Johnv]

Okay guys, since I've been stuck at this roadblock I'm going to go ahead and purchase the Sansa Fuze. Maybe there will be a fix to this at a later time.