Specifications

Chapter 2. Installation 12
2 Installation
Installing Rockbox is generally a quick and easy procedure. However before beginning
there are a few things it is important to know.
2.1 Before Starting
NOTE: These instructions will not work on the “Rhapsody” version of the
E200 series (also known as E200R). Please follow the instructions at http:
//www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SansaE200RInstallation.
Supported hardware versions. The e200 and e200R Series is available in multiple ver-
sions, not all of which run Rockbox. Rockbox doesn’t run on the newer v2 models.
They can be identified by checking the Sandisk firmware version number under
Settings → Info. The v1 firmware is named 01.xx.xx, while the v2 firmware begins
with 03.
USB connection. To transfer Rockbox to your player you need to connect it to your
computer. For manual installation/uninstallation, or should autodetection fail
during automatic installation, you need to know where to access the player. On
Windows this means you need to know the drive letter associated with the player.
On Linux you need to know the mount point of your player. On Mac OS X you
need to know the volume name of your player.
The following steps require you to change the setting in Settings → USB Mode
to MSC from within the original firmware.
Warning: Never extract files to your player while it is in recovery mode.
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Administrator/Root rights. Installing the bootloader portion of Rockbox requires you
to have administrative (Windows) or root (Linux) rights. Consequently when
doing either the automatic or manual bootloader install, please ensure that you
are logged in with an administrator account or have root rights.
2.2 Installing Rockbox
There are two ways to install Rockbox: automated and manual. The automated way is
the preferred method of installing Rockbox for the majority of people. Rockbox Utility
is a graphical application that does almost everything for you. However, should you
The Rockbox manual Sansa e200 and e200R Series