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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: (More) Problems Installing Onto a 30GB 5.5G iPodRe: (More) Problems Installing Onto a 30GB 5.5G iPod
From: Barry Wardell <barry.wardell_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:53:35 +0000 Maybe you could try installing manually using ipodpatcher as described in the manual ( http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-ipodvideo/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-110002.3.2 ) I don't know what the current status is on the iPod Linux loader, but I'd definitely recommend using the Rockbox bootloader instead since that should be fully functional. On Dec 6, 2007 1:02 PM, Matt Lichtenberg <kerobaros_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I attempted the previous recommendation of installing the > bootloader and Rockbox manually, instead of using the Rockbox Utility, > and.. same result, unfortunately. > > Here's a copy of what I said in my first post, in case anyone didn't get > it: > > 'First, I tried using the Rockbox Utility (both on my iMac and my > Ubuntu box, individually) to install the bootloader and Rockbox. Both > seem to install fine, but the bootloader claims there's no '.rockbox' > directory on the disk, when clearly there is! Well, okay, fine; I > seem to recall reading that the iPod Linux loader could boot Rockbox, > so I took off the Rockbox bootloader, installed Loader 2 from iPod > Linux, and followed their directions to boot Rockbox, et voila! It > worked! ..almost. > > The iPod booted into Rockbox (after loading for a long time at the > logo screen.. odd), then claimed that there was no .rockbox directory > (even though that's where rockbox.ipod was located), and that the > 'Installation was incomplete'. Curiouser and curiouser.. > > I'd like to point out that both the Rockbox bootloader and Rockbox > itself see that there is, indeed, a hard drive in the iPod, and can > speak with it just fine. It's just trying to do anything with said > hard drive that it doesn't seem to like.' > > ..so, does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks, folks. > Received on 2007-12-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |