bootloader error -1

[weedsennin]

can anybody tell me why i get that message in ipod after load firmware

[Llorean]

Because you skipped instructions during the install. Probably the entirety of section 2.2.2, skipping ahead to the bootloader installation instead of reading the whole thing.

[weedsennin]

that part tells me to decide which one i want to install.... i didnt skipped any step...

[Llorean]

It also tells you what to do after downloading it. Either you didn't do that, or you did it wrong, because rockbox.ipod is not in the root of your device.

[weedsennin]

i tried with another file from daily builds... it keep telling me ... "RockBox error -1.... Loading original firmware"  .... can i put rockbox.ipod manually into the ipod??

[Llorean]

What are you doing, exactly? What did you do with the daily build?

[weedsennin]

i downloaded then i unzipped as told in the manual.... i scanned which # is my device then created a backup of ipod firmware....... then i ipodpatcher 2 -a bootloader-ipodvideo.ipod and thats it...

[Llorean]

You didn't unzip properly then. When you unzip it properly, it should create rockbox.ipod and the .rockbox folder in the root of your device, as that's what rockbox.zip contains.

[weedsennin]

ok thanks a lot man ill try it again  

[Diaskue]

OKay I fixxed the error. They dont exactly state to unzip the files directy to the root drive of your ipod.

[Febs]

OKay I fixxed the error. They dont exactly state to unzip the files directy to the root drive of your ipod.

Are you kidding?

Here's what the directions in the Rockbox Manual say:

Use the “Extract all” command of your unzip program to extract the files in the .zip file onto your player. Note that the entire contents of the .zip file should be extracted directly to the root of your player’s drive. Do not try to create a separate directory or folder on your player for the Rockbox files! The .zip file already contains the internal directory structure that Rockbox needs.

Note: If the contents of the .zip file are extracted correctly, you will have a file called rockbox.ipod in the main folder of your player’s drive, and also a folder called /.rockbox, which contains a number of other folders and system files needed by Rockbox. If you receive a “-1” error when you start Rockbox, you have not extracted the contents of the .zip file to the proper location.

I don't see how we could make it any clearer.

[Strawberrieke]

what's the proper location?

[GodEater]

The root of the ipod.

So if your ipod appears as F:

You need to unzip to F:\

[Strawberrieke]

i can't find my ipod anymore in my computer...
it just keep flashing...