Sansa e260v2. Not rebooting into Rockbox after installation

[mmartin622]

I've spent HOURS trying to install and use this utility.  I received the message that Installation was Complete.  When I go to Windows Explorer and explore my Sansa e260v2 I can see the rockbox folder along with the Audible, Music, Photo, Record and Videa folders.  I can even find the english.voice file I put into the langs folder.
But..my Sansa does not boot up into Rockbox.  It is still Sansa.  What could be the problem?  What am I not doing?  Thankyou for any and all help.

[saratoga]

Did you install the bootloader?  If so, when you're done do you see the (now patched) firmware file you gave the installer copied to the root of your player?

[mmartin622]

How do I give that firmware file to the installer? Where do I find it. What does it look like?  Do I need to uninstall what I've just put on my player?

[saratoga]

How do I give that firmware file to the installer? Where do I find it. What does it look like?  Do I need to uninstall what I've just put on my player?

You should take a look at the manual, but basically run the installer, make sure its set to e200v2 and then hit install.  The installer will direct you to do the rest.

http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansae200v2/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-60002

[mmartin622]

I am trying to follow each direction carefully from the manual.  On the Installation page, paragraph 2.2.3.  Number 3...I do not understand this sentence. "Run mkamsboot.exe, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file. "  When I hit Run for mkamsboot.exe it does nothing.  I get a FLASH of some kind of window but it disappears.  Should I uninstall what I already hve on my player first?
Sentence number 4 is also confusing.  This is NOT easy.

[saratoga]

I am trying to follow each direction carefully from the manual. 

There are two ways to install Rockbox: automated and manual. The automated way is the preferred method of installing Rockbox for the majority of people. Rockbox Utility is a graphical application that does almost everything for you. However, should you encounter a problem, then the manual way is still available to you.

Any reason you've chosen the more difficult directions if you don't understand them and dislike that they make the process much more difficult?

[mmartin622]

I go to the Utility and hit Quick Start and choose complete installation and I get a box come up that says I have to have a prerequisite....Bootloader installation requires you to provide a firmware file...etc.  This is the point that I am at.

[mmartin622]

I've just discovered some of my problems.  I have a sansa e260v2 with 3.01.16a firmware on it.  Rockbox says it only supports 3.01.11 or 3.01.14 or 3.01.16.  I'm trying to find an older firmware file to download.  Does anybody know where I can find one?
Another thing, when I go to download the /mkamsboot I only have win32 to choose.  I am running win64.  When I double click on this file to run it it flashes on the screen then disappears and nothing happens.  Am I screwed in trying to get Rockbox on my Player?

[saratoga]

Rockbox will support all versions of the e200v2 firmware, so you don't need to find an older one.  

And anyway, you already have a thread on this open, so I'll just merge them.

[mmartin622]

Sorry about the double thread.  When I click on Complete Installation in Quick Start with the Utility, it asks for a firmware file and to browse for it.  I do and double click on the 3.01.16a version that is on my player.  This is the box that then pops up:
 Downloading Bootloader file
Download finished (cache used).
[ERR] Original firmware unknown. please try an other version.  Tested e200v2 versions are: 3.01.11, 3.01.14 amd 3.01.16.
Could not load
C:/Users/Maureen/Desktop/rbinstall/e200v203.01.16azip
I am stalled at this point.  What do I do now?  Also does the fact that I am running 64 bit have anything to do with my problems?
Thanks

[saratoga]

[ERR] Original firmware unknown. please try an other version.  Tested e200v2 versions are: 3.01.11, 3.01.14 amd 3.01.16.
Could not load
C:/Users/Maureen/Desktop/rbinstall/e200v203.01.16azip

Thats a zip file, not a firmware.  You need to extract it and then point the installer at the actual firmware file. 

Again, I'm going to suggest that you slow down and just read what you're being asked to do.  The installer asks you for a bin file.  You gave it a zip file.  Thats not going to work because you didn't do what it asked.  Just go back, and read more carefully you'll manage to do this.

[mmartin622]

Thanks, I finally did it!  Now for the Talk files.