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FAT32, Step by Step help?
poikkeus:
Clearly, I'm blundering and need help. I have an iPod Video and want to do the FAT32 conversion.
--- Quote ---The easiest way to convert your iPod to FAT32 is to attach it to a Windows computer which has iTunes installed. When iTunes detects your ipod, it will offer to reformat it for you.
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Acknowledged, but our part of the world is profoundly Mac-centric. It will be necessary to do a...
--- Quote ---Manual conversion
a) Find your iPod and unmount it. Before you proceed you must find the device name Mac OS X has assigned to your iPod and unmount the disk. To unmount your disk, open Disk Utility (located in Applications/Utilities). Then select your iPod and click 'Unmount'.
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Unmounted.
--- Quote ---b) Download the partition table file that match your iPod. To recreate the partition table of a Windows formatted iPod you need to download the partition table file that exactly matches your iPod model. You should save this file in the same folder as files you downloaded in step 1 a).
NOTE: If you have the 30GB video ipod, you need to determine your sector size. This can be done with the ipodpatcher command - after identifying your ipod, type "ipodpatcher /dev/diskN" (replacing diskN with the device name assigned to your ipod). This should then display the sector size.
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I have a 5.5g, 30gig, so mine is 2048 byte. But if I double-click on the file that says mbr-video30gb-2048.bin, I get an error message:
The file...does not appear to be compressed or encoded. It is advised that you obtain further information abot the contents of this file from the...provider of this file.
What exactly has to be done with this file? How can I proceed?
???
saratoga:
Bin files cannot be run. They're just data.
Read the sentence immediately following your last quote. Do what it says.
poikkeus:
Thanks for the help. We're almost thee....
--- Quote ---b) Download the partition table file that match your iPod
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Done.
--- Quote ---To recreate the partition table of a Windows formatted iPod you need to download the partition table file that exactly matches your iPod model. You should save this file in the same folder as files you downloaded in step 1 a).
--- End quote ---
Done.
--- Quote ---NOTE: If you have the 30GB video ipod, you need to determine your sector size. This can be done with the ipodpatcher command - after identifying your ipod, type "ipodpatcher /dev/diskN" (replacing diskN with the device name assigned to your ipod). This should then display the sector size.
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Assuming my device's name is My Ipod, i run the bootloader (right?) and then end run the bootloader:
--- Quote ---Last login: Fri Apr 27 21:06:35 on ttyp1
/Users//Desktop/ipodpatcher; exit
Welcome to Darwin!
adsl-69-109-125-164:~ $ /Users/Desktop/ipodpatcher; exit
ipodpatcher v0.9 with v1.0 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 - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("macpod") - /dev/disk1
[INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/disk1
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part Start Sector End Sector Size (MB) Type
[INFO] 0 63 32830 64.0 Empty (0x00)
[INFO] 1 32832 14651271 28551.6 HFS/HFS+ (0xffffffff)
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("macpod")
[INFO] ************************************************************************
[INFO] *** WARNING FOR ROCKBOX USERS
[INFO] *** You must convert this ipod to FAT32 format (aka a "winpod")
[INFO] *** if you want to run Rockbox. Rockbox WILL NOT work on this ipod.
[INFO] *** See http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodConversionToFAT32
[INFO] ************************************************************************
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :^[
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At which point I realize I may have done something wrong, because...
--- Quote ---c) Apply the correct partition table
Run the below command to write the partition table to your iPod:
dd if=mbr-xxxx.bin of=/dev/diskN
Replace mbr-xxxx.bin with the name of the MBR file you downloaded in step b).
NOTE you must replace "diskN" with the correct name of the disk device assigned to your iPod - disk1, disk2 etc. Using an incorrect device name in this command may result in the partition table for another hard disk in your system being changed. Which is very bad news.
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Where is dd if=... etc. found? What's with the Rockbox warning?
Your specific advice is appreciated. Perhaps other naive potential non-Wndows users are having the same questions.
saratoga:
I really don't understand what you're asking.
How about this. What happens if you run:
dd if=mbr-xxxx.bin of=/dev/disk1
where the mbr-xxx.bin is changed to whatever bin file you downloaded before? Maybe you could post the output of that command so I have some idea what problem you're having.
poikkeus:
First, pardon my non-existent Terminal experience. And thanks for your patience.
Specifically, where is the text "dd if=mbr-2056.bin of=/dev/disk2" in the Terminal Window, or how should the current text be modified?
--- Quote ---Last login: Sat Apr 28 16:09:26 on ttyp1
/Volumes/ipodpatcher-0.9/ipodpatcher; exit
Welcome to Darwin!
adsl-69-109-125-164:~ $ /Volumes/ipodpatcher-0.9/ipodpatcher; exit
ipodpatcher v0.9 with v1.0 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. Â There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("macpod") - /dev/disk2
[INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/disk2
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part   Start Sector   End Sector  Size (MB)  Type
[INFO] Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 63 Â Â Â Â 32830 Â Â Â Â 64.0 Â Empty (0x00)
[INFO] Â Â 1 Â Â Â Â Â 32832 Â Â Â 14651271 Â Â 28551.6 Â HFS/HFS+ (0xffffffff)
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("macpod")
[INFO] ************************************************************************
[INFO] *** WARNING FOR ROCKBOX USERS
[INFO] *** You must convert this ipod to FAT32 format (aka a "winpod")
[INFO] *** if you want to run Rockbox. Â Rockbox WILL NOT work on this ipod.
[INFO] *** See http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodConversionToFAT32
[INFO] ************************************************************************
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :
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Moreover, the above "WARNING FOR ROCKBOX USERS" gives the impression that "Rockbox WILL NOT work on this ipod" given the way things are now. The message gives the impression that I have to go to the email address listed. Twice, the display has given me the frozen Apple of Death.
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