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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Installing on Mac-formatted iPodRe: Installing on Mac-formatted iPod
From: Uli Armbruster <uli.armbruster_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 19:37:17 +0100 * Greg Ward <greg_at_gerg.ca> [01.01.2011 17:34]: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Uli Armbruster > <uli.armbruster_at_googlemail.com> wrote: > > * Greg Ward <greg_at_gerg.ca> [31.12.2010 23:03]: > >> Suggestions? I.e. is there a way to reformat an iPod Nano to > >> "Windows" format without needing iTunes on Windows? (I have easy > >> access to multiple Linux boxes and Macs, but not Windows.) > >> > > > > Well with Linux it's very easy to format a hd with fat32. All you need to run is mkfs.vfat. Look at the manpage or do some research to find out how exactly this has to be used. > > Yes, I know it's easy to create a new filesystem. But iPod firmware > is rather picky about the partition table layout: on my 1 GB first-gen > iPod nano, I have to have an empty space of 82 MB followed by a VFAT > partition. The only software that seems to know the precise > requirements is iTunes for Windows. I would like to find a way to > format my 2 GB second-gen iPod nano the same way as iTunes does, but I > don't have a Windows machine. > > Failing that, if there is a way to install Rockbox on a "blank slate" > iPod (no partition table, no filesystems), that would work too. > > Greg Ok, I didn't know that. But yes, I'm pretty sure Rockbox doesn't give a damn about the partition layout. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2011-01-01 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |