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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: ipod photo stalls at apple logoRe: ipod photo stalls at apple logo
From: greg matthews <gregwaldo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:24:31 +0000 On 27 October 2011 23:08, Dave Hooper <dave_at_beermex.com> wrote: > One thought - do you *definitely* have the correct ipod model? pretty sure. checked it pretty thoroughly on the rockbox site, wikipedia and the apple site. Also rockbox utility detects it as a color/photo model. my next step will be to put a new partition table on there and reformat the disk. If I take a copy of all the files on /dev/sdb2 will this be sufficient to restore the system to its original state or do I need to do a block level copy of the whole 60GB? GREG > > On Oct 27, 2011 4:25 PM, "greg matthews" <gregwaldo_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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! >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Greg Matthews >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Greg Matthews >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > -- Greg Matthews ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.htmlReceived on 2011-10-30 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |