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Automatic Installation for Clip Zp

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divingduck:
I will preface this by saying that I an pretty much computer illiterate, so please bare with me. I downloaded the Rockbox utility and then tried to do the automatic installation for a Sansa Clip Zip. I clicked on quick start, but the two boxes "Complete Installation" and "Minimal Installation" are greyed out, i.e., don't work. I suspect a manual install is  beyond my capabilities. I have gone through the FAQs and looked at the manual, and I cannot determine if this is a "permissions" problem (whatever that means) or something else. Could somebody kindly enlighten me as to what the issue might be. I am using a Mac G4 Powerbook (PPC). Thanks in advance.

saratoga:
Under the installation tab, can you install the bootloader and then the main build?

divingduck:
I can click on the Installation and then Install the Bootloader. I then get this:
Bootloader installation requires you to provide a copy of the original Sandisk firmware (bin file). This firmware file will be patched and then installed to your player along with the rockbox bootloader. You need to download this file yourself due to legal reasons. Please browse the Sansa Forums' or refer to the manual and the SansaAMS wiki page on how to obtain this file.
Press Ok to continue and browse your computer for the firmware file.

I have no idea what any of this means. Like I said, am not computer literate. BTW, when I click on autodetect when the utiltiy launches, it says it cannot find the mountpoint and that I should do so manually. But, in a box above that, I have the following: /VOLUMES/SANSACLIPZ
Isn't this the mountpoint? Sorry for my ignorance.

saratoga:
I think the automatic was greyed out since we don't have a release yet for the Clip Zip.  That could probably be made more clear, or just install the current build in stead of a release. 

divingduck:
Thanks for the reply. A question: when you say "I think the automatic was greyed out since we don't have a release yet for the Clip Zip," by automatic do you mean the Complete Install  button under Quick Start? Or, do you mean the autodetect button to find the Clip Zip when beginning the install process? That worked, in the sense that I could click on it, but it said it could not find the Clip Zip even though, as I said before, it said above it:/VOLUMES/SANSACLIPZ

Thanks again.

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