I am trying to install rockbox on my iPod Video (Gen 5, not 5.5).
Here is my error message:
Rockbox boot loader
Version: v4.0
IPOD version: 0x000B0011
TOSHIBA MK8010GAH
Partition 1: 0x0B 39005820 sectors
Loading Rockbox...
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
File not found
Here is the directory tree for the filesystem on /dev/sdc2 (sdc is the ipod).
http://pastebin.com/veByVAVjHere is the contents of rockbox-info.txt.
http://pastebin.com/KPpLX6hSlsusb lists
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 05ac:1209 Apple, Inc. iPod Video
I have no idea why it isn't working -- I tried the automated tool as well, but no dice.
Post Merge: July 22, 2011, 03:44:56 AM
Ok, I managed to figure out what I was doing wrong. It is the classic example of not making the vfat filesystem so that Rockbox can see it. I had to use mtools (which is a pain, by the way), and I used the magic incantation
sudo mformat -t 2428 -h 255 -s 63 -S 4 -M 2048 -F a:
as described on the Wiki page for making the FAT32 partition without using Windows iTunes. After that, everything went smoothly.
Post Merge: July 22, 2011, 03:46:02 AM
So here's a question: Is there any development effort going into making Rockbox more tolerant of the other possible ways of vfat formatting? At first I was formatting with MacOS, and it seems that didn't work...