Ok so i decided i was going to try to put Rockbox onto my Sansa e280 and although id like to think i am, im not all that tech savey, im not dumb but im no einstein… Anyway so i put it on but i first installed a skin that i didnt really like so i went back in to try to change it and didnt realize that i didnt have to uninstall the whole thing and then do it again with a different skin… so anyway i uninstalled it or at least i thought i did but now when i turn it loads Rockbox but then just says
Rockbox boot loader
Version 5.0
Sandisk Sansa e200
Partition 0: 0X0B 7649 MB
Partition 1: 0X84 20 MB
Mi4 size: 93800
CRC32: D83AOFEC
Model id: e200
Bianary Type: RBOS
Can’t Load Rockbox. Mi4:
Read failded (image)
Can’t load Rockbox. e200:
File Not Found
It shows this briefly and then shuts off.
I would have no problem with this because usually i would just plug it in and then format it the problem is that my computer no longer recoginzes it…
Once it is plugged in the main Rockbox lable comes up and then fads out and then flashes back to the Sandisk lable and repeats itself…\
I really have found myself in quite the situation if someone could please help me i would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks a lot!
by the way its a v1 01.02.18A
Try this. It will reinstall the Sandisk firmware and format the player (wiping out Rockbox in the process), which should allow your player to boot normally. Then you can reinstall Rockbox if you want.
Message Edited by gwk1967 on 06-20-2009 11:45 PM
Note that if you do format the player it will wipe out all your music, so don’t format unless you have a backup copy.
If you don’t want to format, my guess, and it is only a guess, is that you erased the Rockbox firmware and now the bootloader is telling you it can’t find it.
Make the bootloader load the Sansa firmware: Pressing & holding the REW |<< button while the unit powers up will boot the Sansa original firmware (thanks Tapeworm!).
Do that. Then try connecting and put a new copy of Rockbox on the same way you did before.
Message Edited by c1u31355 on 06-21-2009 11:58 PM
@c1u31355 wrote:
Note that if you do format the player it will wipe out all your music, so don’t format unless you have a backup copy.
If you don’t want to format, my guess, and it is only a guess, is that you erased the Rockbox firmware and now the bootloader is telling you it can’t find it. Look at the Rockbox instructions and see how to make the bootloader load the Sansa firmware–_ is it holding the center button when you turn it on? I forget _–and do that. Then try connecting and put a new copy of Rockbox on the same way you did before.
Pressing & holding the REW |<< button while the unit powers up will boot the Sansa OF on Rockboxed players.
WOW!! thanks so much guys its working fine now i just have to put my music back on it but thats not a problem… anyway one more question, while im here…
what is the biggest micro sd card i can use on this sansa… im pretty sure its just a 2 gig, is there anyway around that?
once again thanks so much
@silvernixz34 wrote:
WOW!! thanks so much guys its working fine now i just have to put my music back on it but thats not a problem… anyway one more question, while im here…
what is the biggest micro sd card i can use on this sansa… im pretty sure its just a 2 gig, is there anyway around that?
once again thanks so much
With the OF (original firmwre) 2GB is the limit on v1 machines. Part of (in fact, most of) the allure of Rockbox is that it allows the use of the higher capacity SDHC cards up to the current ‘Big Daddy’ of 16GB.
Keeping in mind that in order to put songs onto the card, the player must be connected to your computer in the OF. You must use an external card reader to transfer songs to the SDHC format card, then plug the card into the player, boot into Rockbox and away you go.
Recent updates to the Rockbox firmware does enable USB support, so the external card reader may not be necessary, but this is only if you use the daily builds. It hasn’t been perfected yet for the official release.
@silvernixz34 wrote:
what is the biggest micro sd card i can use on this sansa… im pretty sure its just a 2 gig, is there anyway around that?
With the OF (original firmwre) 2GB is the limit on v1 machines. Part of (in fact, most of) the allure of Rockbox is that it allows the use of the higher capacity SDHC cards up to the current ‘Big Daddy’ of 16GB.
Keeping in mind that in order to put songs onto the card, the player must be connected to your computer in the OF. You must use an external card reader to transfer songs to the SDHC format card, then plug the card into the player, boot into Rockbox and away you go.
Recent updates to the Rockbox firmware does enable USB support, so the external card reader may not be necessary, but this is only if you use the daily builds. It hasn’t been perfected yet for the official release. 
