Oh man. I did something wrong and now I've got a dead player.

I tried to put the maxfid V7 on, and did something that corrupted the player in empeg/bin. Now my boot log says "No player!" Can't connect via FTP because I don;t know what the IP addy is... HELP!

Also, this is the maxfid file I used:

250633-set_empeg_max_fid.c

could someone tell me how to run it? I FTP'd it to empeg/bin, then chmod 250633-set_empeg_max_fid.c to player, then did a exec /empeg/bin/250633-set_empeg_max_fid.c, then ro, then reboot. now the player is missing empeg/bin/player or it's corrupt.

Could I get a simple step by step on how to execute this file? (once I get my player working again that is) TIA

Greetings!

Step by step, assuming a working serial connection at the moment...

a) reinstall 2.0 developer
b) download this file - it is the executable version of maxfid.v7
c) read this thread for background info
d) do the following: (This assume very little familiarity with linux or the player, so I am sorry if I get too detailed.) My comments are marked with #(comment).

#(boot the player)
q #(exits player application, goes to shell)
rw #(read/write root filesystem)
rwm #(read/write music filesystems)
cd /empeg/bin #(go to a known directory)
#(use hyperterm to upload the file "250635-set_empeg_max_fid.v7" to this directory)
chmod 755 250635-set_empeg_max_fid.v7 #(makes it executable)
./250635-set_empeg_max_fid.v7 #(runs it)

You should see output similar to what was mentioned in that thread. It should modify your player binary to support larger numbers of fids. After this completes...

rom #(music filesystems to read only)
ro #(root filesystem to read only)
exit #(exits shell, player application restarts)
#(if all goes well, reboot player and test a sync...)

Hopefully, at this point you should have a working player that will also successfully sync. You may want to save this program (maxfid.v7) somewhere handy, because every time you reinstall the player application (going to an alpha, etc.), you will need to reapply this patch.

Edit: assuming you do not have a serial connection, this can be done through FTP. Check out that thread for details. Thanks!

Got it! Thanks a TON Paul. It's been a while since I mucked-around with any of my players, so I'm a bit rusty. I really appreciate the group support.

Greetings!

I think (going from memory here) that /empeg/bin is not drive specific. You should be okay.

Glad you got the hyperterm upload working. And progress with the rest so far?

I guess I replied at the same time you did. Eveything worked perfectly! Now I've just got to reinstall Hijack and I think I'll be all set.

BTW - Hijack won't undo what I just did will it?

The maxfid.v7 patch is actually modifying the player application binary itself. That is why reinstalling the player software will overwrite this change. Hijack is the underlying kernel, so it is completely independent. Other than the fact that both of them are courtesy of Mark...