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Installation / Removal => Rockbox Utility => Topic started by: pt123 on July 21, 2020, 06:56:58 PM

Title: Can no longer find any bootload files for Sansa Fuze
Post by: pt123 on July 21, 2020, 06:56:58 PM
Thanks in advance to any who can help me!  I have converted Sansa Fuze players to Rockbox several times in past years.  I got a new player -- a Fuze v2. -- and went to find bootloader file online and no longer see any active download locations.  The link on the Rockbox/Fuze page is no longer linking up to an active download.  HELP!!  Again, many thanks for anyone who can.--Peter
Title: Re: Can no longer find any bootload files for Sansa Fuze
Post by: saratoga on July 21, 2020, 07:28:17 PM
The download links are all working for me. Could you clarify which one you couldn't access?
Title: Re: Can no longer find any bootload files for Sansa Fuze
Post by: pt123 on July 21, 2020, 08:55:46 PM
Hi Saratoga, can't thank you enough.

I begin here:
http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/win32/RockboxUtility-v1.4.1.zip

then I get to this page, where I click on the bootload file for Sansa v.2:
https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaAMS

and the file I download under "bootloader": for Sansa v2
is not a file that the Utility can upload. 

the file I download is named: bootloader-fuzev2  (which seems fine)

but when I try to save it from my downloads folder to desktop, so I can identiify it for the Utility,
... it will not be accepted by the rockbox Utility

It's like it's an empty file.  Odd. 
Title: Re: Can no longer find any bootload files for Sansa Fuze
Post by: saratoga on July 21, 2020, 10:05:02 PM
Rockbox utility will download the bootloader automatically, and so you don't need to download it yourself.  What you need to download is the sandisk firmware.
Title: Re: Can no longer find any bootload files for Sansa Fuze
Post by: pt123 on July 22, 2020, 02:16:54 PM
You are absolutely correct.  Problem solved.  Rockbox installed with no issues.  Very embarrassing!  I really appreciate your help, and salute the whole community, which is amazingly dedicated.  Thank you.--peter