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HAPTER
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(main) image. In current firmware files this first image contains
Bootbox
(see wiki for
details). The second image is what is booted by default. The current firmware files
contain a copy of Rockbox 3.0.1 in the main image. It can easily be updated/replaced
later.
The bootloader allows to select which image to run. Pressing
Left
at boot selects
the first image.
Up
selects the second image, which will also be booted if you don’t
press any button. The button mapping is only there for completeness.
Right
selects the
built-in serial monitor called
Minimon
. You should know this in case you invoke it by
accident. Minimon won’t display anything on the screen. To get out of it, perform a
hardware shutdown of your player.
11.5.3. Initial Flashing Procedure
You only need to perform this procedure the first time you flash your Ondio. You may
also want to perform it in case the update procedure for the second image recommends
it. In the latter case do not perform the steps listed under ”Preparation”.
Preparation
You should perform a backup of the current flash ROM contents, in case you want to
restore it later. Select S
YSTEM
→
D
EBUG
(K
EEP
O
UT
!)
→
D
UMP
ROM
CONTENTS
.
You’ll notice a few seconds of disk activity. When you connect your player to the PC
afterwards, you’ll find two files in the root of your player. Copy the 256KB-sized file
named
internal rom 2000000-203FFFF.bin
to a safe place.
Flashing
1. Download the correct package for your player from
http://download.rockbox.org/
bootloader/archos/
. It is named
flash-
<
model
>
-
<
version
>
.zip
. The cur-
rent packages are v2.
2. Unzip the flash package to the root of your player. This will extract one file to
the root,
firmware
<
model
>
.bin
. Now safely disconnect USB.
3. Make sure you use a set of fresh batteries. Flashing doesn’t need more power
than normal operation, but you don’t want your player to run out of power while
flashing.
4. Select P
LUGINS
→
A
PPLICATIONS
, and run the
firmware flash
plugin. It will
tell you about your flash and which file it is going to program. After pressing
Left
it will check the file. If the file is OK, pressing
Up
will give you a big warning.
If we still didn’t manage to scare you off, you need to press
Right
to actually
program and verify. The programming takes just a few seconds.
5. In the unlikely event that the programming or verify steps should give you any
error,
do not switch off the box!
Otherwise you’ll have seen it working for the last
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OCKBOX MANUAL
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