% $Id: % In order to install the bootloader, you will need to download the following files: \begin{itemize} \item An original firmware (OF) from \opt{e200v2}{ \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=e200&thread.id=13548}} \opt{fuze}{ \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=sansafuse&thread.id=23276}} \opt{clipv1,clipv2}{ \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=clip&thread.id=15109}} \opt{clipplus}{ \url{http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=clipplus&thread.id=2911}} \item The bootloader: \opt{e200v2}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/e200v2/bootloader-e200v2.sansa}} \opt{fuze}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/fuze/bootloader-fuze.sansa}} \opt{clipv1}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/clip/bootloader-clip.sansa}} \opt{clipv2}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/clipv2/bootloader-clipv2.sansa}} \opt{clipplus}{\download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/clipplus/bootloader-clipplus.sansa}} \item The version of mkamsboot for your operating system from \download{bootloader/sandisk-sansa/mkamsboot/} \end{itemize} \subsection{Bootloader installation from Windows} \begin{enumerate} \item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' on your desktop, and then extract the OF, the bootloader and mkamsboot into it. \item Open a new command prompt, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder. \item Run mkamsboot.exe, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file. \begin{code} \opt{fuze}{mkamsboot.exe fuzea.bin bootloader-fuze.sansa patched.bin} \opt{e200v2}{mkamsboot.exe e200pe.bin bootloader-e200v2.sansa patched.bin} \opt{clipv1}{mkamsboot.exe m300a.bin bootloader-clip.sansa patched.bin} \opt{clipv2}{mkamsboot.exe m30pa.bin bootloader-clipv2.sansa patched.bin} \opt{clipplus}{mkamsboot.exe clppa.bin bootloader-clipplus.sansa patched.bin} \end{code} If mkamsboot.exe does not report success, then retry or abort. \item Copy the output file (``patched.bin'' in the example given above) to the root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier \opt{fuze}{(``fuzea.bin''} \opt{e200v2}{(``e200pe.bin''} \opt{clipv1}{(``m300a.bin''} \opt{clipv2}{(``m30pa.bin''} \opt{clipplus}{(``clppa.bin''} above). \item Safely eject the device, unplug USB and wait for the firmware update to finish. \end{enumerate} \subsection{Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux} \begin{enumerate} \item Create a folder called ``rbinstall'' in your home directory, and then extract the OF, the bootloader and mkamsboot into it. \item Open a new terminal, and navigate to the ``rbinstall'' folder. \item Run mkamsboot, passing the name of the OF and bootloader files that you downloaded, in addition to a name for the output file. \begin{code} \opt{fuze}{./mkamsboot fuzea.bin bootloader-fuze.sansa patched.bin} \opt{e200v2}{./mkamsboot e200pe.bin bootloader-e200v2.sansa patched.bin} \opt{clipv1}{./mkamsboot m300a.bin bootloader-clip.sansa patched.bin} \opt{clipv2}{./mkamsboot m30pa.bin bootloader-clipv2.sansa patched.bin} \opt{clipplus}{./mkamsboot clppa.bin bootloader-clipplus.sansa patched.bin} \end{code} If mkamsboot does not report success, then retry or abort. \item Copy the output file (``patched.bin'' in the example given above) to the root of the device and rename it to the same name as the OF file you downloaded earlier \opt{fuze}{(``fuzea.bin''} \opt{e200v2}{(``e200pe.bin''} \opt{clipv1}{(``m300a.bin''} \opt{clipv2}{(``m30pa.bin''} \opt{clipplus}{(``clppa.bin''} above). \item Safely eject the device, unplug USB and wait for the firmware update to finish. \end{enumerate}