iPod All: iPL Loader 2.X

[nmradar]

yes

[Llorean]

And the fat32 partition, did you ever reformat it under Linux?

[nmradar]

yeah. I used
mkdosfs -F 32 -S 2048 /dev/sdX2

[Llorean]

There has been reported problems about this, it seems when formatted this way Rockbox can't read it for many (all?) people. Right know Rockbox is only known to work reliably with properly formatted iPods (those formatted by iTunes in FAT32). Apparently there's something different between the two, though nobody's identified it yet.

[nmradar]

K. I guess I'll wait a little longer then.
 Thanks for the help - and the quick replies too

[y2kcpi1]

Hi There Ya All,

I wanna know if you could use the ipl loader with the new rockbox software

Cheers,
Ben.

[Llorean]

What "new" Rockbox software?

[y2kcpi1]

i mean with the new rockbox bootloader
sorry

Cheers,
Ben.

[Llorean]

You use Loader 2 instead of a Rockbox bootloader, not alongside one.

[y2kcpi1]

what i meant was if i could use a ipl loader instead of the new rockbox one, is it going to work

Cheers,
Ben.

[gnu]

Yes, if you use the newest IPL loader. (2.5.x)

[Der Papst]

I've bumped the latest Loader 2 version to 2.5 (without d6 (d = development version)) long long time ago.
And it also checks for rockbox.ipod in /.rockbox.

nmradar: Check out the http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodConversionToFAT32 wiki. It explains how to fix your problem.

[operron]

Just to let you know I have successfully installed Loader 2 (iPL 2.5) + iPodLinux + RockBox on a 5.5G 80G unit.
I've just followed the instructions at http://www.ipodlinux.org/5.5G but have just used the following command in order to format the FAT32 partition:

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mformat -t 2428 -h 255 -s 63 -S 2048 -M 2048 -F i:

Note: for this command to work, you have to add the following line in /etc/mtools.conf

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drive i: file="/dev/sdX2"
instead of the one recommended in the above link (which was mkfs.vfat -F 32 -S 2048 /dev/sdX2).

Note2: /dev/sdX is the device attached to your iPod... please use the right one (usually /dev/sda)

[kratonator]

Hi everybody,

I have installed iPL on my 3rd gen using the Windows installer. I'm quite familiar with Rockbox (I have a Rockboxed Sansa) and I wanted to rockbox my iPod too. I read almost every bit of information available on www.ipodlinux.org and nothing helped. I read that I have to install the Loader 2.5 because of the auto-detection but it didn't work. I tried to install the new loader from "Ipodloader2-2.5.tar.gz" with the iPod Application Manager and nothing happened. I still get the Loader 2.4 screen and the error that Rockbox.ipod cannot be found. How can I install Loader 2.5?

I know that this is not the right place to ask but people over at iPL seem to be very selfish and they don't use their IRC channel.

Thanks

[Der Papst]

I know that this is not the right place to ask but people over at iPL seem to be very selfish and they don't use their IRC channel.

First of all nobody is obliged to help you. And iPL's IRC Channel is always a lot more quiet than the RockBox one. So your conclusion that we are selfish is offending.

If you meant by windows installer "Installer 2" you can easily upgrade to Loader 2.5.
Download ipodpatcher with Loader 2.5 embedded for your system. Then doubleclick it and enter "i" if it asks you if you want to install.