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michael.conner

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5.5G iPod with 40GB (MK4009GAL) -- would it work?
« on: April 26, 2007, 07:27:39 PM »
Is there any reason why the MK4009GAL hard drive dropped into a 5.5G iPod wouldn't work with Rockbox?

Toshiba claims the drive has 512 bytes per sector.  Specs of drive are here: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:cbkQ-ceCrnkJ:sdd.toshiba.com/localcache/820000002F5B00000D870000000100000000.pdf+MK4009GAL+%22bytes+per+sector%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a.
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Offline GodEater

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Re: 5.5G iPod with 40GB (MK4009GAL) -- would it work?
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2007, 09:04:27 AM »
This isn't an installation question really - it belongs in hardware - but that aside, I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work...
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Offline Soader03

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Re: 5.5G iPod with 40GB (MK4009GAL) -- would it work?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2007, 05:12:44 PM »
I've heard somewhere that you have to do an image of your old HDD and copy it into the new one. Not sure about that.
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Re: 5.5G iPod with 40GB (MK4009GAL) -- would it work?
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2007, 09:30:24 PM »
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michael.conner

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Re: 5.5G iPod with 40GB (MK4009GAL) -- would it work?
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2007, 09:53:43 PM »
It works just fine w/Rockbox.
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