manual/getting_started/gigabeats_install.tex

   1 % $Id$
   2
   3 \warn{Before starting this procedure, ensure that you have a copy
   4 of the original \playerman{} firmware. Without this, it is
   5 \emph{not} possible to uninstall Rockbox. The \playerman{}
   6 firmware can be downloaded from
   7 \url{http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/firmware/MESV12US.zip}.\\}
   8
   9 Installing the bootloader is only needed once. It involves replacing the
  10 existing firmware file on your \dap{} with another version.
  11 When running the original \playerman{} firmware (a version of Windows CE), it is
  12 only possible to connect the \dap{} to a PC in ``MTP mode'', which hides
  13 the actual content of your \daps{} disk and provides restricted access
  14 to its contents.
  15 In reality, the \daps{} hard disk contains two partitions, a small
  16 (150MB) ``firmware partition'' containing the \daps{} firmware (operating
  17 system), and a second ``data partition'' containing your media files. The main
  18 firmware file in the bootloader partition is called \fname{nk.bin}, and
  19 this is the file that is loaded into RAM (by the \daps{} ROM-based
  20 bootloader) and executed when your \dap{} is powered on.
  21
  22 \subsubsection{Bootloader installation from Windows}
  23
  24 \begin{enumerate}
  25
  26 \item Attach your \dap{} to your computer.
  27
  28 \item Download \fname{beastpatcher.exe} from
  29 \fixme{add download location}
  30 and run it.
  31
  32 \item You should see some information displayed about
  33 your \dap{} and a message asking you if you wish to install the Rockbox
  34 bootloader. Press i followed by ENTER, and beastpatcher will
  35 install the bootloader. After a short time you should see the message
  36 ``[INFO] Bootloader installed successfully'' followed by some error
  37 messages that you can safely ignore. Press ENTER again to exit
  38 beastpatcher.
  39
  40 \item After a successful installation, your \dap{} will immediately turn off.
  41 Turn it on again, and (because it is still connected to your PC)
  42 it will enter the Rockbox bootloader's
  43 ``USB Mass Storage'' mode, which exposes your \daps{} disk to your computer
  44 as a standard USB Mass Storage device.
  45 \end{enumerate}
  46
  47 \subsubsection{Bootloader installation from Mac OS X}
  48 \begin{enumerate}
  49 \item Attach your \dap{} to your computer.
  50
  51 \item Download and open beastpatcher.dmg from
  52 \fixme{add download location}
  53 and then double-click on the beastpatcher icon inside. You can also
  54 drag the beastpatcher icon to a location on your hard drive and launch
  55 it from the Terminal.
  56
  57 \item If all has gone well, you should see some
  58 information displayed about your \dap{} and a message asking you if you
  59 wish to install the Rockbox bootloader. Press i followed by ENTER, and
  60 beastpatcher will now install the bootloader. After a short time you
  61 should see the message ``[INFO] Bootloader installed successfully''
  62 followed by some error messages that you can safely ignore. Press
  63 ENTER again to exit beastpatcher and then quit the Terminal application.
  64
  65 \item After a successful installation, your \dap{} will immediately turn off.
  66 Turn it on again, and (because it is still connected to your Mac)
  67 it will enter the Rockbox bootloader's
  68 ``USB Mass Storage'' mode, which exposes your \daps{} disk to your computer
  69 as a standard USB Mass Storage device.
  70 \end{enumerate}
  71
  72 \subsubsection{Bootloader installation from Linux}
  73
  74 \begin{enumerate}
  75
  76 \item Download beastpatcher from
  77 \fixme{add download location} (32-bit x86
  78 binary) or \fixme{add download location}
  79 (64-bit amd64 binary). You can save this anywhere you wish, but the next
  80 steps will assume you have saved it in your home directory.
  81
  82 \item Attach your \dap{} to your computer.
  83
  84 \item Open up a terminal window and type the following commands:
  85
  86 \begin{code}
  87     cd $HOME
  88     chmod +x beastpatcher
  89     ./beastpatcher
  90 \end{code}
  91
  92 \item If all has gone well, you should see some information displayed about
  93 your \dap{} and a message asking you if you wish to install the Rockbox
  94 bootloader. Press i followed by ENTER, and beastpatcher will now install the
  95 bootloader. After a short time you should see the message ``[INFO] Bootloader
  96 installed successfully'' followed by some error
  97 messages that you can safely ignore. Press ENTER again to exit beastpatcher.
  98
  99 \item After a successful installation, your \dap{} will immediately turn off.
 100 Turn it on again, and (because it is still connected to your PC)
 101 it will enter the Rockbox bootloader's
 102 ``USB Mass Storage'' mode, which exposes your \daps{} disk to your computer
 103 as a standard USB Mass Storage device.
 104
 105 \end{enumerate}