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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: ROMbox is back, for all flashable ArchosRe: ROMbox is back, for all flashable Archos
From: George Michaelson <ggm_at_apnic.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 09:12:28 +1000 On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:58:17 -0400 Mike Bartz <mob_at_bartzfamily.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have flashed the new bootbox on my v2 recorder. It works great -- > no toast! :-) Then I put the Sept 1st rombox daily build on there as > well. Normal boot works, F1 boot goes to bootbox which then rolo's. > After that, I removed the AJZ file, F1 booted, and saw that bootbox > asked to go to USB mode. I was able to do that.** > > ** is for the fact that my v2 recorder often needs 2-3 USB > connect/disconnect/connect before Windows sees it as a disk drive. It > does this on all machines. Bug or just something with my unit? It's > done that from day one. USB drivers on different OS, and the chip in the Archos can cause this. Its not just you, and its not just Archos: I get this with NetBSD, and with Archos, CF cards, iPods.. It depends on the USB chipset both sides, and how they test for bulk-only mode, 1.0, 1+, 2.0, attach, the phase of the moon, chicken entrails etc. -George > > Thank you for your work on this! > Mike > > On 8/31/05, [IDC]Dragon <idc-dragon_at_gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > impatient people caused me to do a pre-release, prior to v2.5, see: > > http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/BootBox > > > > I did prepare firmware images with both BootBox in the first and a > > daily build of ROMbox in the 2nd part. (With the 2nd just for > > safety, in case bootbox should give a problem). Flashing such an > > image leaves 228 KB behind BootBox, more than enough to give Rombox > > back. Normal safety rules and disclaimer apply, of course. > > > > We can now officially distribute the images, since they don't > > contain Archos code any more. In future they will go without the > > 2nd image, very lightweight. Now that it fits for all, perhaps > > ROMbox will become the only supported way of flasing, why would > > anybody not want the 150 KB gain? Startup on Ondio is a bit faster, > > no decompression any more. The other models look faster, but > > Rockbox still has to wait for the disk spinup. > > > > So long > > Jörg > > > > -- > > Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! > > Satte Provisionen für GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner > > _______________________________________________ > > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > > > > -- > Mike Bartz > mob_at_bartzfamily.net > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-09-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |