Loader2 install instructions = worth adding to wiki?

[michael.conner]

Installing Loader2 as the bootloader instead of the standard Rockbox bootloader is fairly easy.  You don't even have to put iPodlinux on the iPod to do it.

You just download a precompiled "loader.bin" from iPodlinux's page (http://ipodlinux.org/images/e/ef/Loader-2.4.zip), unzip and rename the loader.bin file as follows (taken from Rockbox installer wiki):

For iPod Color/Photo users - bootloader-color.bin, for iPod 4G (Grayscale) users - bootloader-4g.bin, for iPod Nano users - bootloader-nano.bin, for iPod Video/5G users - bootloader-video.bin, for iPod Mini 1G users - bootloader-mini1g.bin, for iPod Mini 2G users - bootloader-mini2g.bin and for iPod 3G users - bootloader-3g.bin

You then follow the standard Rockbox install instructions, adding a step at the end where you save a text file called ipodloader.conf in the root directory of the ipod that reads as follows:

timeout = 15
default = 1
Rockbox @ (hd0,1)/ROCKBO~1.IPO
Apple OS @ ramimg
Sleep @ standby
Disk Mode @ diskmode

If you want to boot to AppleOS as default, you change the line reading "default = 1" to "default = 2".

Then extract the .rockbox folder and rockbox.ipod firmware file to the root directory of the iPod.

Is this worth adding to the installer wiki?  Or would it just be unsupported and as such not worth adding?

[Xoder]

Put it in the wiki, definately. Mention, however that its not the "standard" installation method and include links back tot he normal stuff.

[soap]

Put it in the wiki, definately. Mention, however that its not the "standard" installation method and include links back tot he normal stuff.

Yell in BOLD CAPS that non-standard (or out of date) installs do not get support in the forums or IRC.
Not like it will work, but things are getting (have been?) out of hand.

[Llorean]

Please, if you put it in the wiki
A) Make it a footnote
B) Make it clear that it's not "non-standard" but ABSOLUTELY UNOFFICIAL, and UNSUPPORTED. As well, any boot-up problems will not be dealt with unless the user is willing to verify that said problem still occurs with our bootloader.

[michael.conner]

Cool -- added as a footnote and labeled UNOFFICIAL and UNSUPPORTED.  Thanks for the input!

[theory_87]

how do you shut down a iPod nano using loader2 in rockbox? i don't wish to reset the player everytime i need to shut it down. i tried holding the play button in rockbox and the player won't shut down

[L]

You might be using an unofficial build - Try holding play + menu in Rockbox.

And this is the wrong thread to post in.

[soko]

I can't get the .conf file off of the wiki, it just opens up a new tab in firefox with the contents of the file. Is there any other way to get that config file?

Thanks,
Eric

[Febs]

Right-click, "save link as ..."

[soko]

Yeah, I got it right after I posted...I use firefox and a menu customize extension -- turns out I had "save link as" turned off in the context menu, so I had to to show it before I could download the .conf file.