2008/11/10 Alex Bennee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Daniel Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Alex Bennee wrote: >> >>> Basically I'm looking for the easiest way to test new firmwares without >>> potentially killing my working install. >> >> Then backup/rename your existing .rockbox first, then unpack your >> experimental one on the target. > > I'm curious now as to the point of being able to run/boot arbitrary > .ipod files from the existing instance if the resultant firmware will > never work properly because it's missing the rest of the .rockbox file > hierarchy? Is there a tight coupling between the firmware and the > contents of .rockbox?
.rockbox is hardcoded in both the bootloader and the .ipod... so yes.. its pretty tight
