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money2themax
March 7th, 2008, 02:08 AM
I'm trying to install iPod linux on a 30Gb White 5.5G iPod and i need pointer also i need to portion the ipod for either HFS+ or Ext2 i have the ability to read and write to both i have al the libs installed

money2themax
March 7th, 2008, 02:30 AM
Meow!

aktiwers
March 7th, 2008, 02:58 AM
Why not use the installer?
:)

money2themax
March 7th, 2008, 03:02 AM
Why not use the installer?
:)
i tried it needs me to partition the iPod HDD

money2themax
March 7th, 2008, 04:00 AM
Meow!

money2themax
March 7th, 2008, 04:57 AM
this is how far i've gotten


To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

root@MX-UBUNTU-000:~# ./ipodpatcher --scan
ipodpatcher v2.0 with v2.0 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - /dev/sdg
root@MX-UBUNTU-000:~# ./ipodpatcher -r bootpartition.bin
ipodpatcher v2.0 with v2.0 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - /dev/sdg
[INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/sdg
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part Start Sector End Sector Size (MB) Type
[INFO] 0 63 48194 94.0 Empty (0x00)
[INFO] 1 48195 14651278 28521.6 W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod")
[INFO] Writing 48132 sectors to output file
[INFO] Done.
[INFO] Partition extracted to bootpartition.bin.
root@MX-UBUNTU-000:~# umount /dev/sdg2
root@MX-UBUNTU-000:~# umount /dev/sdg
umount: /dev/sdg: not mounted
root@MX-UBUNTU-000:~# fdisk /dev/sdg
Warning: Device /dev/sdg has a logical sector size of 2048. Not all parts of
GNU Parted support this at the moment, and the working code is HIGHLY
EXPERIMENTAL.

Error: Unable to open /dev/sdg - unrecognised disk label.

money2themax
March 7th, 2008, 05:45 AM
this is what i'm trying to do

http://ipodlinux.org/Manual_Installation

but im gonna do it with this prog i just need help setting it up


mke2fs