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Mar 10, 2011 So i finally got an ipod 5.5th gen and installed RockBox on it. The first 'problem' i encountered was that I needed a windows formated iPod to install rockbox on it. Without much hesitation, I booted up windows XP on my Mac, restored the iPod and installed RockBox. I use Mac OS X 98% of the time.

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2Installation

Installing Rockbox is generally a quick and easy procedure. However before beginning thereare a few important things to know.

2.1 Before Starting
2.2 Installing Rockbox
2.2.1 Automated Installation
2.2.2 Manual Installation
2.2.3 Finishing the install
2.2.4 Enabling Speech Support (optional)
2.3 Running Rockbox
2.4 Updating Rockbox
2.5 Uninstalling Rockbox
2.5.1 Automatic Uninstallation
2.5.2 Manual Uninstallation
2.6 Troubleshooting

2.1Before Starting

Supported hardware versions.: The c200 Series is available in multiple versions, and you need to make sure which you have by checking the Sandisk firmware version number under Settings → Info. The v1 firmware is named 01.xx.xx, while the v2 firmware begins with 03. Make sure that you are following the instructions from the correct manual.

USB connection.

To transfer Rockbox to your player you need to connect it to your computer. For manual installation/uninstallation, or should autodetection fail during automatic installation, you need to know where to access the player. On Windows this means you need to know the drive letter associated with the player. On Linux you need to know the mount point of your player. On Mac OS X you need to know the volume name of your player.

Note: The following steps require you to change the setting in Settings → USB Mode to MSC from within the original firmware.

Warning: Never extract files to your player while it is in recovery mode.

Administrator/Root rights.: Installing the bootloader portion of Rockbox requires you to have administrative (Windows) or root (Linux) rights. Consequently when doing either the automatic or manual bootloader install, please ensure that you are logged in with an administrator account or have root rights.

2.2Installing Rockbox

There are two ways to install Rockbox: automated and manual. The automated way is thepreferred method of installing Rockbox for the majority of people. Rockbox Utility is agraphical application that does almost everything for you. However, should you encounter aproblem, then the manual way is still available to you.

There are three separate components, two of which need to be installed in order to runRockbox:

The Sansa bootloader.: The Sansa bootloader is the program that tells your player how to load and start the original firmware. It is also responsible for any emergency, recovery, or disk modes on your player. This bootloader is stored in special flash memory in your Sansa and comes factory-installed. It is not necessary to modify this in order to install Rockbox.
The Rockbox bootloader.: The Rockbox bootloader is loaded from disk by the Sansa bootloader. It is responsible for loading the Rockbox firmware and for providing the dual boot function. It directly replaces the Sansa firmware in the player’s boot sequence.
The Rockbox firmware.: Similar to the Sansa firmware, most of the Rockbox code is contained in a “build” that resides on your player’s drive. This makes it easy to update Rockbox. The build consists of a directory called .rockbox which contains all of the Rockbox files, and is located in the root of your player’s drive.

Apart from the required parts there are some addons you might be interested ininstalling.

Fonts.: Rockbox can load custom fonts. The fonts are distributed as a separate package and thus need to be installed separately. They are not required to run Rockbox itself but a lot of themes require the fonts package to be installed.
Themes.: The appearance of Rockbox can be customised by themes. Depending on your taste you might want to install additional themes to change the look of Rockbox.

2.2.1Automated Installation

To automatically install Rockbox, download the official installer and housekeeping toolRockbox Utility. It allows you to:

Automatically install all needed components for using Rockbox (“Minimal Installation”).
Automatically install all suggested components (“Complete Installation”).
Selectively install optional components.
Install additional fonts and themes.
Install voice files and generate talk clips.
Uninstall all components you installed using Rockbox Utility.

Prebuilt binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X are available at the RockboxUtility wikipage.

When first starting Rockbox Utility run “Autodetect”, found in the configuration dialog (File→ Configure). Autodetection can detect most player types. If autodetection failsor is unable to detect the mountpoint, make sure to enter the correct values. Themountpoint indicates the location of the player in your filesystem. On Windows, thisis the drive letter the player gets assigned, on other systems this is a path in thefilesystem.

Choosing a Rockbox version

There are three different versions of Rockbox available from the Rockbox website: Releaseversion, current build and archived daily build. You need to decide which one you want toinstall and get the appropriate version for your player. If you select either “MinimalInstallation” or “Complete Installation” from the “Quick Start” tab, then Rockbox Utility willautomatically install the release version of Rockbox. Using the “Installation” tab will allowyou to select which version you wish to install.

Release.: The release version is the latest stable release, free of known critical bugs. For a manual install, the current stable release of Rockbox is available at http://www.rockbox.org/download/.
Development Build.: The development build is built at each change to the Rockbox source code repository and represents the current state of Rockbox development. This means that the build could contain bugs but most of the time is safe to use. For a manual install, you can download the current build from http://build.rockbox.org/.
Archived Build.: In addition to the release version and the current build, there is also an archive of daily builds available for download. These are built once a day from the latest source code in the repository. For a manual install, you can download archived builds from http://www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml.

Note: Because current and archived builds are development versions that change frequently,they may behave differently than described in this manual, or they may introduce new (andpotentially annoying) bugs. Unless you wish to try the latest and greatest features at the priceof possibly greater instability, or you wish to help with development, you should stick with therelease.

Please now go to section 2.2.3 to complete the installation procedure.

2.2.2Manual Installation

The manual installation method is still available to you, should you need or desire itby following the instructions below. If you have used Rockbox Utility to installRockbox, then you do not need to follow the next section and can skip straight tosection 2.2.3

Installing the firmware

1.: Download your chosen version of Rockbox from the links in the previous section.
2.: Connect your player to the computer via USB in MSC mode as described in the manual that came with your player.
3.: Take the .zip file that you downloaded and use the “Extract all” command of your unzip program to extract the files onto your player.

Note: The entire contents of the .zip file should be extracted directly to the root ofyour player’s drive. Do not try to create a separate directory on your player for theRockbox files! The .zip file already contains the internal structure that Rockboxneeds.

If the contents of the .zip file are extracted correctly, you will have a directory called.rockbox, which contains all the files needed by Rockbox, in the main directory of yourplayer’s drive.

Installing the bootloader

Bootloader installation from Windows

1.: Download sansapatcher.exe from http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/sandisk-_sansa/sansapatcher/win32/sansapatcher.exe and run it whilst logged in with an administrator account.
2.: If all has gone well, you should see some information displayed about your c200 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.

Bootloader installation from Mac OS X

1.: Attach your player to your Mac and wait for its icon to appear in Finder.
2.: Download and open sansa.dmg from http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/sandisk-_sansa/sansapatcher/macosx/sansapatcher.dmg and then double-click on the sansapatcher icon inside.
3.: If all has gone well, you should see some information displayed about your player and a message asking you if you wish to install the Rockbox bootloader. Press i followed by ENTER, and sansapatcher will now unmount your player and install the bootloader. After a short time you should see the message “[INFO] Bootloader installed successfully.” Press ENTER again to exit sansapatcher and then quit the Terminal application.

Bootloader installation from Linux

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.

Attach your player to your computer.

Open up a terminal window and type the following commands:

Note: You need to be the root user in order for sansapatcher to have sufficient permission to perform raw disk access to your player.

If all has gone well, you should see some information displayed about your c200 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.

2.2.3Finishing the install

Safely eject / unmount the USB drive, unplug the cable and restart.

2.2.4Enabling Speech Support (optional)

If you wish to use speech support you will also need a voice file. Voice files allow Rockbox tospeak the user interface to you. Rockbox Utility can install an English voice file, or you candownload it from http://www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml and unzip it to the root ofyour player. Rockbox Utility can also aid you in the creation of voice files withdifferent voices or in other languages if you have a suitable speech engine installed onyour computer. Voice menus are enabled by default and will come into effect aftera reboot. See section 8.10 for details on voice settings. Rockbox Utility can alsoaid in the production of talk files, which allow Rockbox to speak file and foldernames.

2.3Running Rockbox

When you turn the unit on, Rockbox should load.

2.4Updating Rockbox

Rockbox can be easily updated with Rockbox Utility. You can also update Rockbox manually– download a Rockbox build as detailed above, and unzip the build to the root directory ofyour player as in the manual installation stage. If your unzip program asks you whether tooverwrite files, choose the “Yes to all” option. The new build will be installed over yourcurrent build.

The bootloader only changes rarely, and should not normally need to be updated.

Note: If you use Rockbox Utility be aware that it cannot detect manually installedcomponents.

2.5Uninstalling Rockbox

Note: The Rockbox bootloader allows you to choose between Rockbox and the originalfirmware. (See section 3.1.3 for more information.)

2.5.1Automatic Uninstallation

You can uninstall Rockbox automatically by using Rockbox Utility. If you installed Rockboxmanually you can still use Rockbox Utility for uninstallation but will not be able to do thisselectively.

2.5.2Manual Uninstallation

If you wish to clean up your disk, you may also wish to delete the .rockbox directory and itscontents. Turn the Sansa off. Turn the player back on and the original Sansa software willload.

2.6Troubleshooting