manual/getting_started/sansaAMS_install.tex

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   3 In order to install the bootloader, you will need to download the following
   4 files:
   5
   6 \begin{itemize}
   7   \item An original firmware (OF) from
   8     \opt{e200v2}{
   9       \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=e200&thread.id=13548}}
  10     \opt{fuze}{
  11       \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=sansafuse&thread.id=23276}}
  12
  13   \item The bootloader:
  14     \opt{e200v2}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/e200v2/bootloader-e200v2.sansa}}
  15     \opt{fuze}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/fuze/bootloader-fuze.sansa}}
  16
  17   \item The version of mkamsboot for your operating system from
  18     \download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/mkamsboot/}
  19 \end{itemize}
  20
  21 \subsection{Bootloader installation from Windows}
  22
  23 \begin{enumerate}
  24
  25 \item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' on your desktop, and then extract
  26   the OF, the bootloader and mkamsboot into it.
  27
  28 \item Open a new command prompt, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder.
  29
  30 \item Run mkamsboot.exe, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that
  31   you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file.
  32
  33   \begin{code}
  34     \opt{fuze}{mkamsboot.exe fuzea.bin bootloader-fuze.sansa patched.bin}
  35     \opt{e200v2}{mkamsboot.exe e200pe.bin bootloader-e200v2.sansa patched.bin}
  36   \end{code}
  37
  38   If mkamsboot.exe does not report success, then retry or abort.
  39
  40 \item Copy the output file (``patched.bin'' in the example given above) to the
  41   root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier
  42   \opt{fuze}{(``fuzea.bin''} \opt{e200v2}{(``e200pe.bin''} above).
  43
  44 \item Safely eject the device, unplug USB and wait for the firmware update to finish.
  45 \end{enumerate}
  46
  47 \subsection{Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux}
  48
  49 \begin{enumerate}
  50
  51 \item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' in your home directory, and then
  52   extract the OF, the bootloader and mkamsboot into it.
  53
  54 \item Open a new terminal, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder.
  55
  56 \item Run mkamsboot, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that
  57   you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file.
  58
  59   \begin{code}
  60     \opt{fuze}{./mkamsboot fuzea.bin bootloader-fuze.sansa patched.bin}
  61     \opt{e200v2}{./mkamsboot e200pe.bin bootloader-e200v2.sansa patched.bin}
  62   \end{code}
  63
  64   If mkamsboot does not report success, then retry or abort.
  65
  66 \item Copy the output file (``patched.bin'' in the example given above) to the
  67   root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier
  68   \opt{fuze}{(``fuzea.bin''} \opt{e200v2}{(``e200pe.bin''} above).
  69
  70 \item Safely eject the device, unplug USB and wait for the firmware update to finish.
  71 \end{enumerate}