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6. How do I bring in a current / my personal build of Rockbox?<br>
7. Known issues, limitations<br>
<h1>1. What is this about?</h1>
<h2>1. What is this about?</h2>
<p>
This package contains tools to update the flash content of Archos Jukebox
Recorder / FM.
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a disk spinup. In my case, that's 3 seconds from powerup until resuming
playback.
<h1>2. How is it working?</h2>
<h2>2. How is it working?</h2>
<p>
The replaced firmware will host a bootloader and 2 images. I use data
compression to make this possible. The first is the "permanent" backup, not to
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the tools for the UART boot feature: a monitor program for the box and a PC
tool to drive it.
<h1>3. Is it dangerous?</h3>
<h2>3. Is it dangerous?</h3>
<p>
Yes, certainly, like programming a mainboard BIOS, CD/DVD drive firmware,
mobile phone, etc. If the power fails, your chip breaks while programming or
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The flash chip being used by Archos is specified for 100,000 cycles (in words:
one hundred thousand), so you don't need to worry about that wearing out.
<h1>4. Will it work for me?</h1>
<h2>4. Will it work for me?</h2>
<p>
You need two things:
<ul>
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in. If the chip is blank, you'll need the UART boot mod as well.
</ul>
<h1>5. How do I flash the firmware?</h1>
<h2>5. How do I flash the firmware?</h2>
<p>
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:
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box this time. Keep the Rockbox copy and the plugins of this package for that
job, because that's the one it was tested with.
<h1>6. How do I bring in a current / my personal build of Rockbox?</h1>
<h2>6. How do I bring in a current / my personal build of Rockbox?</h2>
<p>
The second image is the working copy, the "rockbox_flash.rock" plugin from this
package reprograms it. I suggest to place the plugin to where you keep the
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(4096 bytes) at a time. Don't know how slow the compression algorithm would be
on the box, that's the strenuous part.
<h1>7. Known issues, limitations</h1>
<h2>7. Known issues, limitations</h2>
<p>
The latest ATA init fixes seemed to have solved early adopter's problems.
However, the wait for the harddisk is longer, you're unlikely to reach the 3