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Subject: Re: Blind IPod user needs help

Re: Blind IPod user needs help

From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:00:53 -0700

Hi SarI,

I think it's the 5.5 gen that rocbox does not work on.

I have not been following or reading much from the www.rockbox.org site re
the Ipod port so someone else may wish to chime in with the answer on the
suitability of rockbox and the Ipod video 5th generation.

Good luck...rocker

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarai D. Bucciarelli" <bucc7465_at_bellsouth.net>
To: "Sarai D. Bucciarelli" <bucc7465_at_bellsouth.net>; "Rockbox"
<rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Blind IPod user needs help


I also double checked w/ a sighted person, its a 5th gen unit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarai D. Bucciarelli" <bucc7465_at_bellsouth.net>
To: <golergka_at_gmail.com>; "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: Blind IPod user needs help


> According to the instructions, it said to use C disk.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "????? ??????" <golergka_at_gmail.com>
> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 1:33 PM
> Subject: Blind IPod user needs help
>
>
>>> Hi guys,
>>> I'm not sure this went through. I'm not at my PC w/ the address book.
>>> I received a 60 GB white IPod for Christmas. I'm installing Rockbox, but
>>> am
>>> receiving errors at step 8 in the manual. I unzipped the font and the
>>> CVS
>>> build to themain root of the player. I also put the english voice file
>>> in
>>> the lang dirrectory. I downloaded the two files for my PC that are in
>>> the
>>> c:\rockbox folder of my PC. I went to run then typed in cmd and pressed
>>> enter. Typed in c:\rockbox, and got to that dirrectory.
>>> Then I typed in ipodpatcher --scan
>>> I was told it was device 1 or given the number 1. Then I made the backup
>>> by
>>> typing ipodpatcher 1 -r bootpartition.bin
>>> That went fine.
>>> Then I typed in ipodpatcher 1 -a bootloader-ipodvideo.ipod
>>> I got some kind of error saying failed to load bootloader. It recognizes
>>> it
>>> as a FAT32 5 gen IPod video, and is in disk mode.
>>> Help!? I followed all steps in the Rockbox manual. For other Blind
>>> users,
>>> I'm using Jaws 8, and XP home.
>>
>> I'm not an iPod, neither Windows user, but may be this will help - you
>> said your're using C:\ disc, but may be you should have used your iPod
>> disc?
>>
>>
>
>
>
Received on 2006-12-28

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