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im guessing you just drag the fliles/folders
.rockbox
patches applied
rockbox.elf (not sure about patches and this elf file???)
over into the root of the ipod copy over the files and its ok(well at least mine is saying the newer build in infos)
I think you just have to backup when you are booting a new version of emcore??
Just to clarify things: there's no need to extract anything else besides the
.rockbox folder to the ipod, rockbox.elf and the patches folder are included in case you have issues with the build, and a rockbox/freemyipod developer asks you for those. All you need is to put the .rockbox folder in your ipod's root directory, overwriting any existing files in it.
About the backup question: please always backup your data when doing initial emcore/rockbox installation (and sometimes when doing emcore upgrade - see below). the most recent emcore release didn't wipe the data on my 2G classic when i've done an initial installation, but you are strongly advised to do a backup. no one is going to take responsibility for losing the data on your ipod's hard disk, in case something goes wrong for some reason. And again, did i tell you to make a backup?
About upgrading emcore/rockbox:
1. if you're using an emcore release before r836 and install a later one, your hard drive will be formatted, and you'll be warned about that. In all other cases, upgrading emcore won't require a format (and you won't see any warnings, it will simply re-flash emcore).
2. upgrading rockbox is just copy/paste of the .rockbox folder, and a restart of rockbox after that (it detects there's a new version installed, and asks you to restart, completing the upgrade). no formatting involved at all.
Since the volume patch has an bug in it, and someone said that it made the sound worse (although i can't hear a difference, mostly because i'm using the stock apple earphones), i'm going to make another build in the near furture that updates the rockbox codebase of my build to the latest rockbox/emcore code, and fixes the volume patch, and another build that excludes that volume patch, having all of the first one's features/improvements. So people with proper equipment can tell if that patch is making sound worse.
I don't know when i'll have time to compile, test and post a more recent build, so if there's anyone else who can do that, he's welcome.