well first off:
I downloaded the rockbox utility onto my mac then I tried to load rockbox onto my ipod...the utility told me to format the pod in windows, so i restored it with a windows comp. then i clicked on the button for "complete installation," the progress window popped up and it installed everything, bootloader, fonts, rockdoom... But it was not able to install the themes because it said the theme site was being reworked; it also said that nothing was wrong so, I ejected the ipod and it reset itself.
a few seconds later it displayed:
"
Rockbox boot loader
Version: 3.0
IPOD version: 0x000B0005
TOSHIBA MK3008GAL
Partition 1: 0x0B 28537 MB
Loading Rockbox...
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
File not found
Hold MENU+SELECT to reboot
then SELECT+PLAY for disk mode
"
so i did what the message said with the disk mode idea, I plugged it back into my mac, and I tried reloading everything; the utility even asked about the rockbox that it detected was on the ipod, if I wanted to load over the existing rockbox. but when i ejected the pod it again did the same exact thing.