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Chapter 2. Installation 14
Installing the firmware
1. Download your chosen version of Rockbox from the links in the previous section.
2. Connect your player to the computer via USB as described in the manual that
came with your player.
3. Take the .zip file that you downloaded and use the “Extract all” command of
your unzip program to extract the files onto your player.
Note: The entire contents of the .zip file should be extracted directly to the root
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of your player’s drive. Do not try to create a separate directory on your player
for the Rockbox files! The .zip file already contains the internal structure that
Rockbox needs.
Note: If the contents of the .zip file are extracted correctly, you will have a directory
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called .rockbox, which contains all the files needed by Rockbox, in the main directory
of your player’s drive. If you receive a “-1” error when you start Rockbox, you have not
extracted the contents of the .zip file to the proper location.
Installing the fonts package
Rockbox has a fonts package that is available at http://www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml or
from the extras link in the menu on the Rockbox website. While the current builds
and daily builds change frequently, the fonts package rarely changes and is therefore not
included in these builds. When installing Rockbox for the first time, you should install
the fonts package. The release version, on the other hand, does not change, so fonts are
included with it.
1. Download the fonts package from the link above.
2. Take the file that you downloaded above, and use the “Extract all” command
of your unzip program to extract the files in the .zip file onto your player. As
with the firmware installation, the entire contents of the fonts .zip should be
extracted directly to the root of your player’s drive. Do not try to create a separate
directory on your player for the fonts! The .zip already contains the correct
internal structure.
Installing the bootloader
Installing the bootloader is only needed once. It simply requires you to replace a file
on your player with the Rockbox bootloader. To be able booting the original firmware
please make sure to rename the original file properly. If you ever wish to uninstall
Rockbox you should keep a backup copy of the original file.
• Download the Rockbox bootloader from http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/
gigabeat/
The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series