Just thought I'd update this thread for anyone who experiences the same problem.

I eventually got Rockbox running on the ipod photo by manually
installing an older version of the bootloader. This leads me to
believe my initial guess that this is a bootloader problem rather than
a problem with rockbox itself.

GREG

On 1 November 2011 18:27, greg matthews <gregwaldo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> yup, could try an fsck. note that I don't have any access to a windows
> pc at all. However, I do have access to a Mac Book Air running OSX ( I
> think).
>
> My file level restore of the original ipod files does not seem to have
> worked very well as nothing appears in playlists/albums/etc. folders.
> The Apple firmware appears to be working ok tho. It is not the end of
> the world - I'm not likely to use the ipod unless I get rockbox
> running anyway.
>
> Don't have time tonight but will post an update on my next attempt...
>
> GREG
>
> On 1 November 2011 16:57, Dave Hooper <dave_at_beermex.com> wrote:
>> Ok but I think you mentioned that you had a different model of ipod.
>>
>> Maybe, the original poster could perform a fsck and check for bad sectors
>> before taking anything apart.
>>
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