Chapter 2. Installation
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installed successfully.” Press ENTER again to exit sansapatcher and then quit the
Terminal application.
Bootloader installation from Linux
1. Download sansapatcher from
http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/sandisk-sansa/
sansapatcher/linux32x86/sansapatcher
(32-bit x86 binary) or
http://download.rockbox.
org/bootloader/sandisk-sansa/sansapatcher/linux64amd64/sansapatcher
(64-bit amd64
binary). You can save this anywhere you wish, but the next steps will assume you
have saved it in your home directory.
2. Attach your player to your computer.
3. Open up a terminal window and type the following commands:
Code
cd $HOME
chmod +x sansapatcher
./sansapatcher
Note:
You need to be the root user in order for sansapatcher to have sufficient
b
permission to perform raw disk access to your player.
4. If all has gone well, you should see some information displayed about your e200
and e200R Series and a message asking you if you wish to install the Rockbox
bootloader. Press i followed by ENTER, and sansapatcher will now install the
bootloader. After a short time you should see the message “[INFO] Bootloader
installed successfully.” Press ENTER again to exit sansapatcher.
2.2.3. Finishing the install
Safely eject / unmount the USB drive, unplug the cable and restart.
Your e200 will automatically reboot and Rockbox should load.
2.2.4. 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
8.10
(page
79
) 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 rUnversioned directory-150220)
Sansa e200 and e200R Series