After installing RockBox (auto or manually), running ipodpatcher.exe - it,
I rebooted the Ipod and it showed the Apple and the displayed the following message:
"undefined instruction at 00046498 (0)"Using Menu+Play, Lock keypad, boots the ipod bootloader succesfully
Using Menu+Play, and REW+FWD boots the Disk Mode sucessfully
It just seems impossible to boot from the rockbox bootloader (see message) above
First time after reapplying ipodpatcher I get another response
"data abort at 20002002 (0)" - in fact this is various addresses
Background Internet connectivity:
Windows XP Pro
Firefox
Apple Ipod 3G -- Apple Firmware Version 2.3
Please can anyone advise? Am about to try other but rockbox does meet what I am looking for ...
Steps 1) Downloaded Current Build from
http://build.rockbox.org/ on 05 Jan 2007 - installed automatically - no joy - so removed .rockbox and unzipped files directly (manually)
2) Downloaded and ran ipodpatcher.exe
C:\Downloads>
ipodpatcher.exeipodpatcher 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 - 3rd Generation ("winpod") - disk device 1
[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes
[INFO] Part Start Sector End Sector Size (MB) Type
[INFO] 0 63 80324 39.2 Empty (0x00)
[INFO] 1 80325 78124094 38107.3 W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: 3rd Generation ("winpod")
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :
i[INFO] Using internal bootloader - 47620 bytes
[INFO] Reading original firmware...
[INFO] Wrote 3481600 bytes to firmware partition
[INFO] Bootloader installed successfully.
Press ENTER to exit ipodpatcher :
Contents of rockbox-info.txt
(using Cygwin shell)
$ cat .rockbox/rockbox-info.txt Target: ipod3g
Target id: 16
Target define: -DIPOD_3G
Memory: 32
CPU: arm
Manufacturer: ipod
Version: r16000-080105
Binary: rockbox.ipod
Binary size: 452252
Actual size: 452244
RAM usage: 831804
gcc: arm-elf-gcc (GCC) 4.0.3
ld: GNU ld version 2.16.1
Host gcc: gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3)
Host system: Linux
$ cat .rockbox/rbutil.log[Bootloader]
md5sum=d0bc5f14521509be76180be452c0c1bd
$ cat iPod_Control/Device/SysInfoBoardHwName: iPod Q14
pszSerialNumber:
ModelNumStr: M9245
FirewireGuid: 0x006DED76
HddFirmwareRev: JD001B
RegionCode: LL(0x0001)
PolicyFlags: 0x00000000
buildID: 0x02308000 (2.3)
visibleBuildID: 0x02308000 (2.3)
boardHwRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
boardHwSwInterfaceRev: 0x00030001 (0.0.3 1)
bootLoaderImageRev: 0x00010000 (0.0.1 0)
diskModeImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
diagImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
osImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
iPodFamily: 0x00000000
updaterFamily: 0x00000000
oemv: 0x00000002
$ ls -l .rockbox/total 468
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:47 codecs
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:47 codepages
-rw-r--r-- 1 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 06:49 database.ignore
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:48 docs
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:47 eqs
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:51 fonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:48 icons
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:46 langs
-rw-r--r-- 1 DerrinM None 55 Jan 5 17:27 rbutil.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 DerrinM None 334 Jan 5 16:03 rockbox-info.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 DerrinM None 452252 Jan 5 16:03 rockbox.ipod Is this file correct size?drwxr-xr-x 6 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:46 rocks
-rwxr-xr-x 1 DerrinM None 8882 Jan 5 16:03 tagnavi.config
drwxr-xr-x 2 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:47 themes
-rw-r--r-- 1 DerrinM None 696 Jan 5 16:03 viewers.config
drwxr-xr-x 12 DerrinM None 0 Jan 5 17:47 wps
Removing the bootloader C:\Downloads>ipodpatcher.exe
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 - 3rd Generation ("winpod") - disk device 1
[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes
[INFO] Part Start Sector End Sector Size (MB) Type
[INFO] 0 63 80324 39.2 Empty (0x00)
[INFO] 1 80325 78124094 38107.3 W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: 3rd Generation ("winpod")
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :u
[INFO] Reading firmware (3433472 bytes) This is smaller than the amount written during the install? [INFO] Padding read from 0x00346400 to 0x00346400 bytes
[INFO] Updating firmware checksum
[INFO] Bootloader removed.
Press ENTER to exit ipodpatcher :
Further investigations:
Remember Contents of rockbox-info.txt
(using Cygwin shell)
$ cat .rockbox/rockbox-info.txt Target: ipod3g
Target id: 16
Target define: -DIPOD_3G
Memory: 32
CPU: arm
Manufacturer: ipod
Version: r16000-080105
Binary: rockbox.ipod
Binary size: 452252
Actual size: 452244
RAM usage: 831804
gcc: arm-elf-gcc (GCC) 4.0.3
ld: GNU ld version 2.16.1
>> Why is this? << Host gcc: gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3)
Host system: Linux
Is it meant to be booting Linux?
Because when rebooting and holding Play/Pause during the apple: The following is displayed
Rockboc boot loader
Version: 2.0
IPOD version: 0x000e0001
TOSHIBA MK4004GAH
Partition 1:0x0B 38107 MB
Loading Linux....
Error
Can't find Linux.bin:
File not found
Hold MENU+PLAY to
reboot then REW+FF
for disk mode
Looking in the rockbox.zip distro for the Ipod 3G there is no file linux.bin?
Thanks in advance and help is really appreciated -
BTW - I have managed to get this working on a GreyScale click ipod first time so am surprised by this
Thanks
One more point to note - on the Greyscale Click ipod there is a bin file
./rockbase/nvram.bin
On the 3G there is no .bin anywhere on the disk.
I have tried ipodpatcher a few more times but it does not create any
(find . | grep ) bin files anywhere on the disk. Plus I cannot find any "new" files on the disk as would be written at the specific timestamp of when ipodpatcher is run -
hope that makes sense? Is there a .bin file I can download and copy directly or does it require mbr writing?
Thanks