Sansa e200 to Sansa e200R

[crazyeye]

Yeah i'm no programer, i just have alot of computer knowledge.

I notice whenever I plug in e200r rhapsody updates the firmwire (it asks) so I assume it must know the directory to the bootloader. Is this possible?

[saratoga]

Directories are things in a file system. Theres no file system here. Its just bytes in a ROM.

And no, the rhapsody software does not update the boot loader as far as I know, and I can think of no reason to think it knows anything more about it then we do.

[crazyeye]

hmm, then where can it be =S

[Guymann]

We need something to scan the entire disk, and ignore file-system properties, and any other attributes (i. e. hidden, write protected). Then we may be able to find what we're looking for.

[saratoga]

Originally Posted by saratoga

Theres no file system here.

Originally Posted by Guymann

We need something to scan the entire disk, and ignore file-system properties, and any other attributes (i. e. hidden, write protected). Then we may be able to find what we're looking for.

If you're going to try and give advice, at least read the thread.

[USS Sovereign NCC-73811]

Crazyeye, glad to see you're hard at work. What have you tried so far?

[chrisjs162216]

Originally Posted by crazyeye

I notice whenever I plug in e200r rhapsody updates the firmwire (it asks) so I assume it must know the directory to the bootloader. Is this possible?

It most likely just reads the VERSION.TXT file that's on the Sansa. You could always do some sort of USB dump and see what exactly it does.

hmm, then where can it be =S

I think that's what we're all trying to figure out

[USS Sovereign NCC-73811]

USB Dump? Forgive me for a juvenile question but what is that?

UPDATE: I'm running e200tool on WIndows with its binary, but even though I've installed drivers for it, it cannot be detected!

[saratoga]

Although the code compiles for Windows, I think e200tool has to be run from linux.

[Guymann]

You need libusb for it to work under Windows. But even if you do get everything all set, there's still only a 30% chance that it might work.

[crazyeye]

Originally Posted by USS Sovereign NCC-73811

Crazyeye, glad to see you're hard at work. What have you tried so far?

I've tried a entire format of the entire MP3 player, and just alot of random crap that failed, I even tried norton partition magic to see if it could magically find the hidden partition, but norton didn't pick up the player.


Maybe flashing the device?

^^^ i'm not to sure what that means but I heard that u can get into any part of the device and just erase everyhting and have it still recognize on computer so u can add files -edit

[USS Sovereign NCC-73811]

It's good to see the project going again. I need to figure out how to run the e200tool on Linux now! How do I get it running? Hint: I'm bad at Linux commands.

[crazyeye]

i'm going to install linux, learn the commands and try to run it too. I'm going to use Ubuntu

[chrisjs162216]

I feel bad for you....I just turned my e200 into an R series (with bootloader) and back. It wasn't that hard either - I got to be a lab rat to see if the modified R bootloader would boot Rockbox - and sadly, it didn't. Regardless, I was able to do a complete switch, and was also able to confirm that it is possible to convert the R series back into the non R, even if you are using the R bootloader. So much for very, very, very impossible...

[crazyeye]

Originally Posted by chrisjs162216

I feel bad for you....I just turned my e200 into an R series (with bootloader) and back. It wasn't that hard either - I got to be a lab rat to see if the modified R bootloader would boot Rockbox - and sadly, it didn't. Regardless, I was able to do a complete switch, and was also able to confirm that it is possible to convert the R series back into the non R, even if you are using the R bootloader. So much for very, very, very impossible...

With the R bootloader, How can you do this?

[USS Sovereign NCC-73811]

Originally Posted by chrisjs162216

I feel bad for you....I just turned my e200 into an R series (with bootloader) and back. It wasn't that hard either - I got to be a lab rat to see if the modified R bootloader would boot Rockbox - and sadly, it didn't. Regardless, I was able to do a complete switch, and was also able to confirm that it is possible to convert the R series back into the non R, even if you are using the R bootloader. So much for very, very, very impossible...

I hate to be rude, but Spill it! You might have found the key to using RB on the R series!

[chrisjs162216]

Originally Posted by crazyeye

With the R bootloader, How can you do this?

I plan on writing a howto shortly.

[crazyeye]

Originally Posted by chrisjs162216

I plan on writing a howto shortly.

Alrihgt, thank you.

I want to be able to run Rockbox on the R series and be able to switch from NON-R to R. =]

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by chrisjs162216

I plan on writing a howto shortly.

Chrisjs has already said that he'll post a how to, please stop posting off topic into this thread.

[kugel]

Originally Posted by crazyeye

Alrihgt, thank you.

I want to be able to run Rockbox on the R series and be able to switch from NON-R to R. =]

Please read carefully, he wasn't able to run the Rockbox. You won't have any benefits, at least for now.