Ipod 5.5 80gig - two partition issue

[Martyn]

Hey,

I tried installing rockbox, and it all seemed fine apart from I get the rockbox.ipod not found (checksum error.)  

I get this when I run the boot loader:

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - disk device 1
[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63         64259       125.4   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1           64260      39070079     76183.2   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod")

All the files are copied to the larger partition, however I think the boot loader is looking at the smaller partition, hence giving me the error.

Can anyone help?  Do I need to reformat my ipod?  If so is there a guide anywhere to doing it, so I don't brick the ipod?

Cheers,

Martyn

[LambdaCalculus]

You've got everything backwards. What you showed us right now is the output of ipodpatcher, not the bootloader. And I have to assume you installed the bootloader already, and forgot of course to read the manual and didn't install the software itself.

Please, for the love of whatever deity you worship, read the bloody manual when you're installing.

P.S. Nothing is installed to the smaller partition. That's the iPod firmware.

[Martyn]

Sorry, I know this is the output of the ipodpatcher...just mixing my words.  Apologies for the confusion.  I put this in there to demonstrate the dual partitions (it doesn't mention anywhere in the manual that there should be two!)

So, I've copied over the boot loader (currently sitting on my ipod in the .rockbox folder), I've copied over the font files (both extracts using 7-zip), I've run the ipodpatcher, which completes successfully :

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - disk device 1
[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63         64259       125.4   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1           64260      39070079     76183.2   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod")
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
 or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :i
[INFO] Using internal bootloader - 50520 bytes
[INFO] Reading original firmware...
[INFO]  Wrote 7540736 bytes to firmware partition
[INFO] Bootloader installed successfully.

and yet when the ipod starts I get this:

Rockbox boot loader
Version: 1.1
IPOD version: 0xffffffff
TOSHIBA MK8010GAH
Partition 1: 0x0B 76183 MB
Loading Roackbox...
Length: 76F9C
Checksum: 30190E4
Model name: ipco
Loading rockbox.ipod
Sum: 30190E6
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
Bad checksum
hold MENU...etc

The checksum is wrong, but why?  Any ideas? I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions to the letter.

M

[LambdaCalculus]

The manual doesn't mention the second partition because it has nothing to do with the Rockbox installation. The second partition is only used by the iPod to store and load Apple's default iPod firmware.

Did you extract the rockbox.zip file to the root? If your iPod shows up as a disk in your operating system (for example, as F:\ in Windows), is there a folder in it called .rockbox (F:\.rockbox)? The rockbox.ipod file is in that folder. If the bootloader is complaining, then you either didn't extract it to the correct location, or you're using the 30GB build.

If that's the case, go and download the iPod video 60/80GB build.

[GodEater]

No No No.

The 1st Partition, the one marked with Type 0x00 is most DEFINITELY used by ipodpatcher. That's where it installs the Rockbox bootloader.

After unzipping rockbox.zip to your ipod (this would be to the second partition - the only one which contains a file system, and therefore the only one you can mount (if your a POSIX-ophile) or see as a drive letter (if you're into your Windows) - you should have a .rockbox folder containing the rockbox.ipod file, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

[LambdaCalculus]

ACK! Now I'm the one getting my words crossed! I didn't even realize what I was typing! *facepalm!*

I feel rather sheepish now...

[GodEater]

Your "Bad Checksum" Error looks to me to indicate that your download of rockbox.zip is corrupted, or that the unzip process to your ipod got interuppted. Download the rockbox.zip again, and re-unzip it to your ipod. All should be well once you've done this

[Llorean]

If you read carefully, he downloaded the iPod Color build, not the iPod Video build. see "IPCO" in the bootloader output.

[LambdaCalculus]

I have no Caps Lock key and I must scream... what a *bleepity-bleep*!  

[GodEater]

If you read carefully, he downloaded the iPod Color build, not the iPod Video build. see "IPCO" in the bootloader output.

I'm going to plead "never seen an ipod colour boot before" so didn't know that - and I've never looked at my own boot screen long enough to see what it says more model there.

*Cough* *cough*.

 

[Llorean]

This is a problem that happens more with the H100 / H120, since not everyone realizes the 110 and 115 need a separate build from the 120/140, and you could tell if someone had the wrong build by a checksum error and the wrong model name listed there.

[GodEater]

This is a problem that happens more with the H100 / H120, since not everyone realizes the 110 and 115 need a separate build from the 120/140, and you could tell if someone had the wrong build by a checksum error and the wrong model name listed there.

I don't recall seeing a thread on that recently though