From: greg matthews <gregwaldo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:23:29 +0100

tried with current build too but same result. I also noticed that
holding down menu does not boot me into the apple firmware which makes
me suspect that it is the bootloader rather than rockbox itself which
is failing.

any help to narrow it down further much appreciated.

GREG

On 27 October 2011 10:23, greg matthews <gregwaldo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave...
>
> thanks for the reply. Sorry to have left out some essential info. I
> did indeed check that it was formatted vfat. and I was attempting to
> install 3.9.1.
>
> I'll give it a go with the current build as soon as I get another
> chance. One thing I noticed was that the ipod disk is partitioned into
> two with a small partition as sdb1 and the bulk as sdb2 which is
> formatted vfat. the second partition appears to be one block too big
> and syslog reports that it is adjusting it to EOD (end of disk?). I'll
> send a cut and paste of it to this thread when I next get chance.
> However, that should not affect the installation of the bootloader
> which presumably sits in the first few bytes of the raw disk (sdb in
> this case).
>
> On 26 October 2011 23:19, Dave Hooper <dave_at_beermex.com> wrote:
>> Is your ipod formatted as windows (vfat) or mac? Rockbox only works with
>> ipods formatted as vfat. Which version did you attempt to install (latest
>> release i.e. 3.9.1 or latest current build i.e. 'right now')? If you didn't
>> try the latest release but something else instead, try the latest release.
>> Please provide as much information (all of it) when asking for assistance!
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