Okay. So once again I seem to be having problems with the simplest of tasks. I have been putting off tyring to add extra functionality to my empeg for fear of doing some irrepairable damage but tonight I thought I'd give voladj and the 1 drive hack a go. So, I downloaded the following file from Drakino's link

zImage.clock.irhack.voladj.1drive.mk2.zip

and unzippped it to: zImage.clock.irhack.voladj.1drive.mk2

Had a search around to find out how to get it to my empeg and found Tony's Logo Editor. Downloaded that and have followed the instructions in the FAQ but nothing seems to happen. I go to [File] [Kernel Flash Utility] and choose zImage.clock.irhack.voladj.1drive.mk2 off the list (yes, definitely not the zip file) click open and then get a DOS screen telling me I need to unplug and plug my empeg which I've done. Nothing. Do I need to rename this file or is there something I'm missing? I know that the serial cable works as I can connect using Hyperterminal. I have a Mk2 player on 1.03 and that is what I have downloaded.

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Steve - 18GB Mk II Blue

I would like to try to get my WinCE PDA to serial in via IRDA. Could someone with kernel building experience put the necessary module(s) into any of the Mk 1 kernels?
What else would I need to make the empeg connect to my PDA's terminal emulator?
Thanks,
Jason

_~= Dearing =~_
"WAY too happy about having #99."

I note that you warn people on the kernel site that using the kernels may cause the player to spontaneously sprout purple hairs. So is this a step up from causing demons to fly out of its nose (which is more traditional)?

Paul (positively identified as an old hacker)

Holder (while I buy it off my brother) of Mark I empeg 00061.

Had a search around to find out how to get it to my empeg and found Tony's Logo Editor. Downloaded that and have followed the instructions in the FAQ but nothing seems to happen.

The only thing I think of is maybe the logo editor is trying to use the wrong COM port to connect to the Empeg. Also, flashing the kernel takes a while (a minute or so), not sure if the logo editor displays any progress information during this time. Tony?

Borislav

Okay - so I try it one last time this morning and it loads up first off. Go figure. This does suggest that I was doing something wrong yesterday but I have no idea what as I'm sure I did it exactly the same way. Anyway, it works now so I'm not too bothered.

BTW - it gives a percentage counter as it uploads the new kernel. Nice work Tony. Now I can play with a few logos

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Steve - 18GB Mk II Blue

BTW - it gives a percentage counter as it uploads the new kernel. Nice work Tony.

Thanks, but I didn't do that part. The flash uploading utility was released as public source code by Hugo. It's available at the Empeg web site.

I only made some minor modifications to it:
- Changed some of the messages to make them clearer.
- Allowed command-line Com port seleciton.
- Reset the serial port before uploading to prevent the "read 0 bytes" error.

The rest of the Logo Editor (the Windows interface) is mine, although I needed a lot of advice from other folks in putting it together.

I don't know why your Com port didn't work the first time, but I have some possible suggestions:

- The cable was loose when you tried the first time.
- Another Com program was being run at the same time, such as Hyperterminal, Emplode or the Empeg Upgrade utility, and it was claiming the Com port.
- Your Com port shares an IRQ with your modem. For instance, if your modem is on Com3 and your empeg is plugged into Com1, you can't use the modem and talk to the empeg at the same time. If this is the case, you can fix it by moving the empeg cable to Com2.

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Tony Fabris

When I was having problems yesterday I did a soft boot to see whether there was anything holding the port. I guess it was the cold boot that did the trick in the end.

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Steve - 18GB Mk II Blue

Heh, well in the context of nasal demons, I figure this is a step down, since I'm only applying a few patches to an otherwise standard kernel. So overall it should be safe. In this case, you only need a good pair of scissors to fix the problem, and not an exorcist

Hey Drakino,

Nobody has mentioned the persistent settings hack yet.

How about:
clock
irhack
1drive
voladj
settings
(mk2)

I also seem to remember a kernal awhile ago that only showed the custom logo while booting (i.e. never showed the empeg/rio logo). I spent a while searching for this with no luck. If you could add this in too, that would be great. If not, maybe someone else knows what I'm talking about.

Thanks,
Tom

I also seem to remember a kernal awhile ago that only showed the custom logo while booting (i.e. never showed the empeg/rio logo).

I only remember that the small logo on bootup can be changed with the setvisual tool Frank van Gestel has cooked up a while ago. It's on his site.

Edwin de Vaan
mk2 rev.7 # 080000263 (queue 1232) 6+20Gb blue/red

Found it!

kernel that shows only the user-image

Tom

I haven't forgotten about this yet, just been too busy here at work to crank out more kernels recently. I should be able to get around to it here soon though.

Take your time, it's not a big deal.

Later,
Tom