[ERR] --add-bootloader failed. HELP!

[geastes]

wHEN TRYING TO PUT rOCKBOX ON MY 1ST GEN IPOD NANO I GET THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: (copyed from command prompt)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Graham>c:\rockbox\ipodpatcher --scan
ipodpatcher v0.5 - (C) Dave Chapman 2006
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - 1st Generation Nano - disk device 1

C:\Documents and Settings\Graham>c:\rockbox\ipodpatcher 1 -r bootpartition.bin
ipodpatcher v0.5 - (C) Dave Chapman 2006
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63        160649        78.4   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1          160656       3984119      1866.9   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: 1st Generation Nano
[INFO] Seeking to sector 63
[INFO] Writing 160587 sectors to output file
[INFO] Done.
[INFO] Partition extracted to bootpartition.bin.

C:\Documents and Settings\Graham>c:\rockbox\ipodpatcher 1 -a bootloader-ipodnano
.ipod
ipodpatcher v0.5 - (C) Dave Chapman 2006
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63        160649        78.4   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1          160656       3984119      1866.9   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: 1st Generation Nano
[ERR]  Couldn't open input file bootloader-ipodnano.ipod
[ERR]  --add-bootloader failed.

C:\Documents and Settings\Graham>

[Llorean]

You didn't follow the instructions explicitly. They tell you to change directories to the one where iPodplacther is stored. You skipped that step.

What you're instead doing is typing in the full path to the command, which is like saying "Take the program over there, but run it here" which works in the first step, but not the second, because it doesn't know that the bootloader.ipod file is also 'there'.

[geastes]

so.. whats next for me to do?
at the moment i the bootloader is in  c:\rockbox\bootloader-ipodnano.ipod

[Llorean]

Change directories to C:\Rockbox

[geastes]

It is!!!

[Febs]

geastes, I don't know which set of instructions you are following, but you might find it helpful to follow the instructions in the Rockbox Manual rather than on the wiki.  The instructions in the manual were updated (as of today) to be more clear.  We haven't yet incorporated those changes into the version on the wiki.

[Llorean]

You are in C:\Documents and Settings\Graham>
You need to be in C:\Rockbox>

You shouldn't be TYPING C:\Rockbox> at the start of every line.

[geastes]

What do i type to get into c:\rockbox>?

[Febs]

Please read this section of the manual and follow the instructions there:

http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-ipodnano/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-110002.2.3

Let me know if this enables you to resolve your issue.  I'd like to get a sense of whether these new instructions are clear.

[geastes]

  i think its worked!!! thanks

[geastes]

new manual easyer 2 use