Rockbox doesn't start after install on SanDisk Clip Sport

[jamesqf]

I'm trying to install Rockbox on a SanDisk Clip Sport (which the utility detects as a Clip Zip).  The install appeared to work correctly.  I unmounted the player and waited until it shut itself down, per the manual instructions.  When I restart it, however, it just runs the old SanDisk firmware, not Rockbox.  Any suggestions?

I'm running Linux, using Rockbox Utility version 1.4.0.  I used the Sandisk firmware version 1.01.21 for the install.  The player still shows the original version 1.17 running.

[cereal_killer]

SanDisk Clip Sport is not supported by Rockbox. You should have read the front page for supperted players.

[saratoga]

Zip and sport are totally different devices. If you have a zip you can use that build, but it won't work on the sport.

[jamesqf]

I did read the list of supported players.  The hardcopy documentation that came with the player says "Clip Zip", so that's what I tried to install.

So, any suggestions as to what to do with this thing?  Return it to the seller, since it seems to lack basic functionality - that is, playing the tracks of a work in the correct order?  Or alternative players that don't treat all audio as "songs" that can just be played in random order?

[saratoga]

So, any suggestions as to what to do with this thing?

I would start by looking up what player it actually is.  If they really did send you a sport and you paid for a zip, I would try to send it back. 

[jamesqf]

It says "Clip Sport" on the player, and that is what I ordered.  Of course when I ordered it, I expected it would at least play tracks in order, as that does seem sort of basic.  I didn't know about Rockbox until I started searching for a way to fix that.

BTW, the Rockbox Utility program also autodetected the player as a Clip ZIp, and went ahead with the installation with only minor glitches.  Just for curiousity's sake, what causes the player to be detected, but prevents Rockbox from actually working?  Is doing a port to the Clip Sport feasible?

[saratoga]

The sport has very little ram and can't run complex software, so its not possible to port rockbox to it.

I don't think the installer will autodetect the sport (the USB id should be different), however once you have installed once on the player, it will keep recognising it as whatever is in the .rockbox folder.

[jamesqf]

Humm... How much RAM?  Would it be possible to create a stripped-down version of Rockbox that would fit?  All I want to do is play audio :-)  Where could I find technical info?

Though it seems the question may have become academic, as trying to install the latest SanDisk firmware seems to have bricked the player :-(