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@@ -12,31 +12,25 @@ by J
7. Known issues, limitations
8. Movies and images
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Flashing in the sense used here and elsewhere in regard to Rockbox means +
+Flashing in the sense used here and elsewhere in regard to Rockbox means reprogramming the flash memory of the Archos unit. Flash memory (sometimes called "Flash ROM") is a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased and -reprogrammed. It is a variation of electrically erasable programmable -read-only memory (EEPROM). - +reprogrammed in circuit. It is a variation of electrically erasable +programmable read-only memory (EEPROM).
When you bought Your Archos, it came with the Archos firmware flashed. Now, you can replace the built-in software with Rockbox. - -
-This package contains tools to update the flash content of Archos Jukebox -Recorder / FM.
Some terminology I'm gonna use in the following:
Firmware means the flash ROM content as a whole.
Image means one operating software started from there.
-By reprogramming the firmware we can boot much faster. Archos has a pathetic -boot loader, versus the boot time for rockbox is much faster than the disk +By reprogramming the firmware we can bot much faster. Archos has a pathetic +boot loader, versus the boot time for Rrockbox is much faster than the disk spinup, in fact it has to wait for the disk. Your boot time will be as quick as -a disk spinup. In my case, that's 3 seconds from powerup until resuming +a disk spinup. In my case, that's 4 seconds from powerup until resuming playback.
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ such low level code should behave different on your box. There's one ultimate safety net to bring back boxes with even completely garbled flash content: the UART boot mod, which in turn requires the serial mod. It can bring the dead back to life, with that it's possible to reflash -completely from the outside, even if the flash is completely erased. I used +independently from the outside, even if the flash is completely erased. I used that during development, else Rockbox in flash wouldn't have been possible. Most of the developing effort went into this tooling. So people skilled to do these mods don't need to worry. The others may feel unpleasant using the first @@ -134,12 +130,17 @@ different. It takes a developer with the serial mod to go ahead with it. I'm using the new plugin feature to run the flasher code. There's not really a wrong path to take, however here's a suggested step by step procedure:
Linux users will have to download it from there and compile it, for Win32 -and Cygwin I can do that, so the executables are in the package. The -sample program from that download is called "uclpack". We'll use that to +and Cygwin I can do that, so the executables are in +the packages. +The sample program from that download is called "uclpack". We'll use that to compress "rockbox.bin" which is the result of the compilation. This is a part of the build process meanwhile. If you compile Rockbox yourself, you should copy uclpack to a directory which is in the path, I recommend @@ -236,10 +237,10 @@ bootloader), with maximum compression, by typing "uclpack --2e --best rockbox.bin rockbox.ucl". You can make a batch file for this and the above step, if you like. -
+If you like or have to, you can also flash the Archos image as the second one, +e.g. in case Rockbox from flash doesn't work for you. This way you keep the +dual bootloader and you can easily try different later. I prepared +UCLs +for the latest Recorder and FM firmware.
@@ -290,11 +297,12 @@ the new version before flashing it.
Two people have an issue with recording, it freezes after a few minutes or so -(statistically). The use F1 to record with Archos software as a workaround. +(statistically). They use F1 to record with Archos software as a workaround.
- Jörg's AVI movie (1.5MB) rockbox_flash_boot.avi showing his unit booting Rockbox from flash. + Jörg's AVI movie (1.5MB) rockbox_flash_boot.avi +showing his unit booting Rockbox from flash.
Roland's screendump from the movie: