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Manual installation Rockbox on Sony NWZ-E463
tobiasj:
Hi Rockbox-Fans
I have already successfully installed rockbox on the same device some times ago.
However now it does not work anymore.
The steps I do for installation:
First mount the player as storage device with: jmtpfs ~/sonywalkman/
I download from dev_builds the rockbox firmware.
Then I unzip it to the root directory of the player:
unzip rockbox-sonynwze460.zip -d ~/sonywalkman/Storage\ Media/
Put the firmware as described to the same folder.
Unmount and unplug device.
Plug it again.
and then use the scscitool:
./scsitool_64-nwz-v27 ~/sonywalkman/ do_fw_upgrade
however here I get the message:
Cannot open device
Do you have any idea why this happens and how I could fix it?
Thanks in advance
Tobias
Milardo:
--- Quote from: tobiasj on October 27, 2024, 08:55:15 AM ---Hi Rockbox-Fans
I have already successfully installed rockbox on the same device some times ago.
However now it does not work anymore.
The steps I do for installation:
First mount the player as storage device with: jmtpfs ~/sonywalkman/
I download from dev_builds the rockbox firmware.
Then I unzip it to the root directory of the player:
unzip rockbox-sonynwze460.zip -d ~/sonywalkman/Storage\ Media/
Put the firmware as described to the same folder.
Unmount and unplug device.
Plug it again.
and then use the scscitool:
./scsitool_64-nwz-v27 ~/sonywalkman/ do_fw_upgrade
however here I get the message:
Cannot open device
Do you have any idea why this happens and how I could fix it?
Thanks in advance
Tobias
--- End quote ---
Hi, I think your missing the drive letter. Are you using linux to enter the cmdlines? Might have to enter the entire directory. The below is for windows os.
From https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWLinuxPort.html :
"Type the following command, replacing X by the version number of scsitool and H by your drive letter:
scsitool-nwz-vX.exe H: do_fw_upgrade "
This for linux:
"Linux
Follow the Windows instruction but replace the drive letter (H:) by the path to the mass storage device (/dev/sdX), and run the tool as root or using sudo. You do not need the .bat file obviously, use whatever terminal emulator your linux distribution provides"
tobiasj:
Hi Milardo,
sorry for not mentioning, I did it in two ways, once with relative path ~/sonywalkman and with absolute path /home/mypc-name/sonywalkman
However it did not work out in both cases.
I haven't executed it as root.
I will do this soon, maybe this helps.
Thanks!
philden:
I would try with the 'real' filesystem location in /dev (or similar), rather than your mount point.
tobiasj:
HI philden and Milardo,
executing with sudo did not change anything.
@philden: the device is not mounted in location /dev...
but on :
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=Sony_WALKMAN_10FEA695760168/Storage Media
using gvfs mount.
Using this default mount point does not allow to copy files to the root directory of the mp3 player.
Therefore I use jmtpfs which allows me to easily mount mtp devices, as the Sony-mp3 player is.
Best Regards
Tobias
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