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Subject: Re: RockBox On The Iriver H320?

Re: RockBox On The Iriver H320?

From: John Lawrence <blaquestic_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:03:37 -0500

thanks. i guess that saved me, but whats the reset button? anyway, do you
think i should try installing rockbox again or just wait?

On 12/14/05, Manuel Dejonghe <manuel_at_dejonghe.de> wrote:
>
> strange thing, tho.
>
> On 12/15/05, Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se> wrote:
> > Manuel Dejonghe wrote:
> > > I know it works like that with the Record-Button.
> >
> > No, you don't double-click the Record button to start the original, you
> > just hold it.
>
> Mhmm. Just coincidence then it worked out once when I tried prior to
> writing that mail...
>
> > > And I did'nt manage to get it working like that with the reset button.
> > > And I don't know how the code had to be written to intercept a click
> > > on the REAL reset-button :-S
> >
> > The thing is that the bootloader stores a cookie in the internal RAM
> > when it starts, and clears it when it starts the real firmware.
> >
> > However, if it detects that the cookie is already there when it boots,
> > it assumes that the bootloader has rebooted from a crash, and starts the
> > original firmware.
> >
> > If you press RESET in the middle of the boot process, the player
> > restarts without resetting the cookie. You must of course hold ON when
> > you do this, otherwise the player will turn off.
>
> Sounds way cool, man.
> But whenever I press the reset button, my unit goes off instead of
> rebooting. No matter which buttons I keep pressed.
>
> Whatever. Don't mind, it's just one strange box, and the rest of it is
> perfectly working.
> Thanks for the cookie-advise.
>
> lImbus
>
>
Received on 2005-12-15

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