Chapter 2. Installation
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2.2.4. Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux
1. Create a folder called “rbinstall” in your home directory, and then extract the OF,
the bootloader and mkimxboot into it.
2. Open a new terminal, and navigate to the “rbinstall” folder.
3. Run mkimxboot, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that you down-
loaded, in addition to a name for the output file and the option argument for
dualboot.
Code
./mkimxboot -i firmware.sb -b bootloader-fuzeplus.sansa -o patched.sb -t dualboot
If mkimxboot does not report success, then retry or abort.
4. Copy the output file (“patched.sb” in the example given above) to the root of the
device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier
(“firmware.sb” above).
Please now go to section
(page
) to complete the installation procedure.
2.2.5. Finishing the install
Warning:
Before proceeding further, make sure that your player’s battery is enough
!
charged. Interrupting the next step due to a power failure most likely will brick your
player.
Note:
If you are updating/reinstalling the bootloader on a previously rockbox installed
b
bootloader you will need to boot into the original firmware in order to perform the
following step. See section
(page
) for details on how to do so
Update your player’s firmware with the patched bootloader. To do this, safely eject
/unmount your player. The update process should start immediatly. The Sansa will
display an animation indicating that the firmware update is in progress with words:
“Updating Fuze+”. Do
not
interrupt this process. When the firmware update is com-
plete the player will restart (The update firmware process usually takes one to several
minutes.). You are now ready to go.
2.2.6. Enabling Speech Support (optional)
If you wish to use speech support you will also need a voice file. Voice files allow Rockbox
to speak the user interface to you. Rockbox Utility can install an English voice file, or
you can download it from
http://www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml
and unzip it to the root
of your player. Rockbox Utility can also aid you in the creation of voice files with
different voices or in other languages if you have a suitable speech engine installed on
your computer. Voice menus are enabled by default and will come into effect after a
reboot. See section
(page
) for details on voice settings. Rockbox Utility can also
aid in the production of talk files, which allow Rockbox to speak file and folder names.
The Rockbox manual
(version 3.14)
Sansa Fuze+
