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Rockbox on Clip+ "*PANIC* disk_init failed!"
saratoga:
--- Quote from: danlayman on July 21, 2011, 07:56:05 PM ---I think the clip plus should be removed from the list of stable supported device builds since any clip plus purchased at this point will either require extensive searches and investment of time or now work at all.
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New hardware revisions aren't a reason to change the status. If you can install, the port will be stable. If not, you're not running rockbox anyway :)
bertrik:
I think we should just release a new bootloader for the clip+ and not do silly things like declare it unstable or anything like that.
I can help making a new bootloader, I just need to know a few things about the procedure:
* has it now been conclusively confirmed that a new bootloader fixes the problem?
* which version should we use to create the bootloader, just the most current one?
* do we need to tag anything in the version system?
* we should probably make new bootloaders for the other AMSv2 targets too
* where do I put the binaries so they get picked up by RbUtil (who should I ask about this?)
danlayman:
I think that at minimum a notification should be made on the main page that a clip plus purchased from now forward will not be rockbox-able. For many people this player is purchased for the sole purpose of getting into rockbox.
I've spent many hours now researching and $anaged to provide the installer three different clip plus bin files that are supposed to be supported. Rockbox still won't load despite all indications that ot is installed in the root directory of the player.
I'm not a tech genius but I'm not stupid either and am probably in the top quarter or so of typical users. If this first experience with a product like rockbox occurs its not good for the user, the product or its future.
Please don't misunderstand - I respect and admire this concept and the people who spend so much time developing it.
I know you can't be resoonsible or keep up with every hardware change but this problem is getting pretty widely reported now and a suitable fix that a typical user can implement hasn't been identified. Please don't cause people to buy a player that they can't use to implement this and then to want to toss the player and get a bad opinion of rockbox. I don't want to criticize the product - I want it to work for me and for others. Right now the situation with this player - probably the one chosen most often by new first time users- doesn't do that and that isn't a good thing. Anything I can do to help or provide details on the problem I would be happy to do.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: bertrik on July 22, 2011, 04:07:28 AM ---* do we need to tag anything in the version system?
* we should probably make new bootloaders for the other AMSv2 targets too
* where do I put the binaries so they get picked up by RbUtil (who should I ask about this?)
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We need to tag a new binary release in SVN, then ping Bagder to get it uploaded. Then everything else will work. Unfortunately, I can't remember how to do that :)
--- Quote from: bertrik on July 22, 2011, 04:07:28 AM ---
I think that at minimum a notification should be made on the main page that a clip plus purchased from now forward will not be rockbox-able. For many people this player is purchased for the sole purpose of getting into rockbox.
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If the updated bootloader didn't fix the problem, then you have some unique issue that no one else has encountered. We're not going to update the front page for some issue that apparently only affects you.
danlayman:
Perhaps, but there are postings here and other forums of the same issue - so far, I haven't seen examples of it being solved. I think only the players purchased since roughly July 4 have the issue due to the latest firmware version. So I wouldn't expect a huge number of people reporting this yet, but I expect there will be.
I'll keep playing with it, but I'm not optimistic. Of course its entirely up to you whether to make some kind of visible notification to potential purchasers of the player. I was only suggesting it to minimize the chances of people being disappointed after purchasing the player and getting a negative opinion of rockbox.
I really think the whole concept of what you're doing is cool. It's amazing really. I just don't want it to be diminished by people purchasing this player to experience rockbox and experiencing only an exercise in frustration.
Honestly, I don't believe the problem is unique to me, I hope it is. Its a cheap player and I can return it if I want to so its not a huge problem for me, just a disappointment.
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