Martin Arver | 0adef51 | 2006-10-25 09:22:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \fixme{This is merely a copy of the wiki page IaudioBoot, so this section needs |
| 2 | a more natural language and also error checking by Iaudio owners.} |
| 3 | |
Peter D'Hoye | 0506ec7 | 2007-12-17 22:27:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | The \playername{} has a built-in bootloader which performs the |
Nils Wallménius | fbf52ae | 2007-03-19 19:03:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | firmware update, and can also access the hard drive via USB. Therefore the |
Martin Arver | 0adef51 | 2006-10-25 09:22:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | Rockbox bootloader can be very minimalistic, without USB mode. |
| 7 | This also makes it less dangerous to install the Rockbox bootloader, as you can |
Nils Wallménius | fbf52ae | 2007-03-19 19:03:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | always restore it using the \playerman{} bootloader. |
Martin Arver | 0adef51 | 2006-10-25 09:22:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | |
Nils Wallménius | fbf52ae | 2007-03-19 19:03:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | \note{The current bootloader is not prepared to coexist with the original |
| 11 | firmware. It replaces the original firmware.} |
Martin Arver | 0adef51 | 2006-10-25 09:22:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | |
| 13 | \subsubsection{Installation} |
| 14 | \begin{itemize} |
Nils Wallménius | fbf52ae | 2007-03-19 19:03:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | \item Download the Rockbox bootloader binary from |
| 16 | \url{http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/iaudio/}. |
| 17 | \opt{x5}{Use the \fname{x5v\_fw.bin} file if your \dap{} is a X5V. If it is a X5, |
| 18 | use the \fname{x5\_fw.bin} file.} |
| 19 | \opt{m5}{Use the \fname{m5\_fw.bin} file.} |
| 20 | \item Copy it to the \fname{FIRMWARE} directory on your \dap{}. |
| 21 | \item Turn the \dap{} off, remove the USB cable and insert the charger. The |
| 22 | Rockbox bootloader will automatically be flashed. |
Martin Arver | 0adef51 | 2006-10-25 09:22:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | \end{itemize} |