Rockbox Ports are now being developed for various digital audio players!
iPod (5th generation late 2006) (also known as iPod with video or Fifth Generation iPod)You can distinguish the iPod (5th generation late 2006) from the original iPod (5th generation) by the last three digits of the serial number. The iPod (5th generation late 2006) serial number's last three digits will be one of the following: V9K, V9P, V9M, V9R, V9L, V9N, V9Q, V9S, WU9, WUA, WUB, WUC, and X3N. The Fifth Generation U2 Special Edition iPod (30 GB Late 2006) serial number's last three digits are W9G.
iPod (5th generation late 2006) (30 GB or 80 GB) 2006-09 Click Wheel 30 GB or 80 GB soft 1.2.1iPod (5th generation) (60 GB) 2005-10 Click Wheel 60 GB soft 1.2.1iPod (5th generation ) (30 GB) 2005-10 Click Wheel 30 GB soft 1.2.1
Having to go for a full backup, I noticed two things: - the apple bootloader firmware that I needed was the 5.5th Gen Firmware 25.6.2.1 from iPod_25.1.2.1.ipsw zip file obtained through http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ This was the sole firmware to actually reflash & boot the apple-iPod mode, the two other 5th Gen failed.
- Booting the RockBox firmware after a fresh install of ipodpatcher (the new version AFAIK) & recommended 30Gb Video firmware failed again @ RB logo stage, while the 60/80Gb firmware booted OK:http://build.rockbox.org/dist/build-ipodvideo64mb/rockbox.zip
I understand RB distinguishes between 32 and 64Mb models (30Gb vs 60/80), it seems to make sense but failed for me.
This makes me think that some info on the RB website could mislead "Late 2006 and after" 30Gb Video owners:http://build.rockbox.org/ and http://www.rockbox.org/daily.shtmlbecause they only distinguish between 30 and 60/80 devices rather than 5th & 5.5th Gen ones.
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DeviceChartDoes not yet provide any distinction between Video models, while it would be the right place to help people find out which generation they are using, since it is not just capacity-based
Last but most confusing, about the new rbutilqt tool:http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RockboxUtilityQtsays that rbutil will confuse 5th and 5.5th gen devices, but that "it is safe" - where I believe I had an experience showing it probably isn't (maybe because of recent changes in the 5th gen code?).
If I was pushy and right in my assumptions, I'd add that the Manual should insist on 30Gb 5.5th gen users _not_ to use rbutils or to select 60/80model
If you hold PLAY whilst booting, the Rockbox bootloader looks for a file called linux.bin in the root of your FAT32 partition.
Why not use the Rockbox bootloader instead ? Then you can be sure this isn't the issue.
Will try, and get back, as soon as I have the partitionless IPL up and running.Cheers
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