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| author | William Wilgus <me.theuser@yahoo.com> | 2018-10-23 13:25:35 -0400 |
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| committer | William Wilgus <me.theuser@yahoo.com> | 2019-07-27 21:46:54 +0200 |
| commit | 42263152d4a0da02d62ffd2c6500a9519df852f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 723762ab2b3fd6542704ac96739d56443deff425 | |
| parent | e1475a38ef89ef7bb36aeb1238bf5f7d139b78e2 (diff) | |
Multiboot update manual entry
Change-Id: I99abe45adaade350222fa1f0aaf864a06d6dfcdf
| -rw-r--r-- | apps/features.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | manual/advanced_topics/main.tex | 31 |
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diff --git a/apps/features.txt b/apps/features.txt index 3a8636e8a1..832da4c5ca 100644 --- a/apps/features.txt +++ b/apps/features.txt @@ -292,3 +292,7 @@ play_frequency #if defined(HAVE_BOOTDATA) boot_data #endif + +#if defined(HAVE_MULTIBOOT) +multi_boot +#endif diff --git a/manual/advanced_topics/main.tex b/manual/advanced_topics/main.tex index 7025282fe9..669b878e10 100755 --- a/manual/advanced_topics/main.tex +++ b/manual/advanced_topics/main.tex @@ -689,6 +689,37 @@ current version. \opt{archos}{\input{advanced_topics/archos-flashing.tex}} +\opt{multi_boot}{ +\subsection{\label{ref:using_multiboot}Using Multiboot} + \newcommand{\redirectext}{<playername>} + \opt{fuze}{\renewcommand*{\redirectext}{fuze}} + \opt{fuzev2}{\renewcommand*{\redirectext}{fuze2}} + \opt{fuzeplus}{\renewcommand*{\redirectext}{fuze+}} + \opt{clipplus}{\renewcommand*{\redirectext}{clip+}} + \opt{clipzip}{\renewcommand*{\redirectext}{clipzip}} + + Using a specially crafted redirect file combined with special firmware builds + that allow the boot drive to be passed from the bootloader, some devices can + run Rockbox from a MicroSD card. You can even direct the bootloader to run the + firmware from a different folder within the SD card if desired. + \note{ + Each supported model looks for a specific redirect file + (file extension is unique to each model). + } + + Create \fname{/rockbox\_main.\redirectext{}} in the root of the SD card. + The redirect file should contain a single line denoting the path to the root + of the desired \fname{.rockbox} directory. A single forward slash ``/'' indicates + \fname{/.rockbox} in the root of the sd card. + \note{The redirect file does not work when placed on the internal drive.} + + If instead you wanted to run the Rockbox from SD card \fname{/mybuild/.rockbox} + then your \fname{/rockbox\_main.\redirectext{}} file should contain:\\ + \begin{exampleredirect} + /mybuild/ + \end{exampleredirect} +} + \section{Optimising battery runtime} Rockbox offers a lot of settings that have high impact on the battery runtime of your \dap{}. The largest power savings can be achieved through disabling |