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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: Manual installation Rockbox on Sony NWZ-E463
« Last post by Milardo on November 01, 2024, 01:13:40 AM »Hi Milandro,
I tried to install Rockbox with Ubuntu 18, and Ubuntu 22. Same issue on both of those distros.
My player is not mounted under /dev because sony uses mtp-protocol.
By default this mounts the player under /run/user/1000/gvfs/
How to mount it as default under /dev I don't know.
Thanks for your effort!
Tobias
Hi Tobias,
I was able to do the firmware upgrade in xubuntu 24.
Here are some screenshots of what happened when I plugged in my nwz-e353.
I am not sure if you get the same thing when you plug in your player.
I did not mount the second walkman volume the first one "/dev/sda1" was the one i mounted.
At that point you can put the rockbox build and bootloader/firmware file there.
If I tried to mount the second walkman volume it gets to something similar to /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=Sony_WALKMAN_10FBB525239788
But both have /dev directory.
Can you check what you have in the file manager when you first plug in your player?
Let me know, and if you need me to install ubuntu 18 or 22 to try that I can as well.
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by iPodVT on November 01, 2024, 12:06:13 AM »I noticed something that possibly indicates a different source of the problem: When I connect to my Windows 10 laptop while running Rockbox or in Bootloader USB Mode the computer says the disk needs to be reformatted, and can't do anything with it as is. When running the Apple OF, Windows has no problems. When connected to my Mac everything's fine in all Apple and Rockbox modes. Do you want me to restore/reformat the iPod and then reinstall the current RB dev build?
I think you might have misunderstood the point of my above description because I neglected to specify that that behavior happens even with installed versions of Rockbox that I can boot and run. That is why I offered/suggested that maybe I should reformat/restore the iPod and then test it with the current dev build.
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by iPodVT on October 31, 2024, 11:02:54 PM »Do you still want me to try to get the sector info you requested earlier? And is there anything else I can do to help?
Also - is there an automated way to install versions of Rockbox prior to the current Daily/Dev builds into my .rockbox directory so that I don't have to manually resituate all of my personal config/nav/theme/etc files?
Thanks so much for your incredible dedication and hard work.
Also - is there an automated way to install versions of Rockbox prior to the current Daily/Dev builds into my .rockbox directory so that I don't have to manually resituate all of my personal config/nav/theme/etc files?
Thanks so much for your incredible dedication and hard work.
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by speachy on October 31, 2024, 09:57:31 PM »Ok, I think I know what's going on here. The drive claims to use 512B logical sectors but 4K physical sectors. Based on what you're seeing, it appears that it can only access 4K sectors, using 512B addressing.
I need to (properly) re-introduce this functionality into the 6g's ATA driver. This may take a few days.
(Why didn't they just use 4K logical sectors too? Bah...)
</grumble>
I need to (properly) re-introduce this functionality into the 6g's ATA driver. This may take a few days.
(Why didn't they just use 4K logical sectors too? Bah...)
</grumble>
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by speachy on October 31, 2024, 09:30:55 PM »I'll do that now.
Then should I do the restore?
Thanks, got it. Hold off on the restore, if you don't mind. I want to try and figure out what's wrong with the (presumably valid) setup you have right now.
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by iPodVT on October 31, 2024, 08:57:01 PM »See attached identity_info.bin.
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by iPodVT on October 31, 2024, 08:47:43 PM »One other request -- boot into the 10-17 build, and go into the debug menu, generate an identify info dump, and send that over to me. That will be quite useful in getting to the root cause of this..
I'll do that now.
Then should I do the restore?
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by iPodVT on October 31, 2024, 08:46:18 PM »Actually, I was in the act of replying to your edit when your own follow-up was posted.
When I plug the drive into USB at the "partition not found screen" the drive is not accessible. All the iPod lets me do at that point is hard reboot.
As to getting the various sector size info for you, I can't do that tonight. I'll first have to learn how to do it, and I don't have the time or mental faculties for that tonight - I'm really sorry about that. But I could do the restore/reformat/reinstall as I can do those things zip zip with my eyes closed. Should I do that now or wait until another time and get you the segment size info first?
When I plug the drive into USB at the "partition not found screen" the drive is not accessible. All the iPod lets me do at that point is hard reboot.
As to getting the various sector size info for you, I can't do that tonight. I'll first have to learn how to do it, and I don't have the time or mental faculties for that tonight - I'm really sorry about that. But I could do the restore/reformat/reinstall as I can do those things zip zip with my eyes closed. Should I do that now or wait until another time and get you the segment size info first?
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by speachy on October 31, 2024, 08:45:33 PM »One other request -- boot into the 10-17 build, and go into the debug menu, generate an identify info dump, and send that over to me. That will be quite useful in getting to the root cause of this..
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Hardware / Re: Dev Build b30f05badc: "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it"
« Last post by speachy on October 31, 2024, 08:35:26 PM »You didn't see my edit, but what you're describing is along my line of thought.
I want to know the sector size that is reported when the ipod is plugged in, both from the Apple firmware and from within the rockbox "partition not found" screen. And see the OS view of the partition tables under both.
BTW, it's important to differentiate between the rockbox bootloader USB mode and the "partition not found" screen of the _firmware_. If the latter shows up, that means the bootloader successfully was able to access the partition. (The bootloader is fairly old at this point, but suffice it say it lacks the low-level changes that were introduced in the 10-18 build)
The fundamental issue here is that there's a mismatch between the drive's logical sector size and how the drive is partitioned. It is my understanding that all but the 160GB "fat" ipod use 512B physical sectors but the partitioning/filesystems are set up with 4K sectors, and their low-level ATA driver translates back and forth. Suffice it to say that this is PITA to deal with, especially when you need to maintain compatibility with the stock firmware and allow user-replaceable storage (eg the iflash adapters).
I want to know the sector size that is reported when the ipod is plugged in, both from the Apple firmware and from within the rockbox "partition not found" screen. And see the OS view of the partition tables under both.
BTW, it's important to differentiate between the rockbox bootloader USB mode and the "partition not found" screen of the _firmware_. If the latter shows up, that means the bootloader successfully was able to access the partition. (The bootloader is fairly old at this point, but suffice it say it lacks the low-level changes that were introduced in the 10-18 build)
The fundamental issue here is that there's a mismatch between the drive's logical sector size and how the drive is partitioned. It is my understanding that all but the 160GB "fat" ipod use 512B physical sectors but the partitioning/filesystems are set up with 4K sectors, and their low-level ATA driver translates back and forth. Suffice it to say that this is PITA to deal with, especially when you need to maintain compatibility with the stock firmware and allow user-replaceable storage (eg the iflash adapters).