Ipod install from linux - harddrive clicks

[rockboxfc]

Ok I have a black 30gig ipod video.  Full battery, running fat 32.  I'm using linux (ubuntu).  Anyway following the manual i download and extact the rockbox.zip and rockbox-fonts.zip into the /media/ipod directory.  Directory structure is intact in ./rockbox.  Next I use the ipodpatcher for linux 32 (i have 32bit ubuntu..)
 chmod +x ipodpatcher
./ipodpatcher
followed the manual and hit i

ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 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) ("winpod") - /dev/sdc
[INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/sdc
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63         48194        94.0   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1           48195      14651279     28521.7   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] Moving images to create room for new firmware...
[INFO] Reading original firmware...
[INFO]  Wrote 7553024 bytes to firmware partition
[INFO] Bootloader installed successfully.
Press ENTER to exit ipodpatcher :

I get that as an output.  Hit enter.  Unplug ipod.  Do the menu plus select to reset it.  Now the ipod just clicks.  the apple screen turns on (no white backlight) and stays that way for maybe 5 seconds, harddrive clicks a few times and it reboots itself.  Re-connecting it to the usb doesnt change anything.. Nor does hold on/off along with menu and select to reboot it.

Now what?

[rockboxfc]

what I ment by connecting to usb "doesnt change anything" is that a) linux does not recognize it, and b) the ipod doesnt change its behavior.

The ipod is also locked into a state of trying to boot itself up.  Harddrive clicks every 5-8 seconds when it reboots.

[Llorean]

Hold On/Off + Menu and Select will reboot it if you do it properly, then hold select+play (as soon as the screen clears) to force it into disk mode.

I notice you said you simply unplugged the iPod. Does this mean you did not properly eject it?

[pixelma]

Also:

Where in the manual did you find that you should put the rockbox build into the /media/ipod subdirectory? As far as I know it clearly states that you should extract it to the root of your Ipod. If you boot into disk mode manually (as Llorean described) you should try and fix that. If it's not caused by simply unplugging then that could be the problem.

On a side note: If no-one replied to your post - please hit the "modify" button and add your new thought - do not double-post (and you agreed on that when registering as you agreed on the forum guidelines).

Edit: I'm sorry - I didn't know that this is so in Ubuntu  

[rockboxfc]

Its in the root directory.  Linux mounts the ipod to /media/ipod.  Sorry about the double post.

So I got the ipod into disk mode.  And now it's linked back up with my computer.

Where do I go from here?

Edit://

Llorean - thanks alot.  re-installed the ipodpatcher, and its good to go now.  thanks again.

[shak]

hey, I just came here to tell you that you should never just unplug your ipod while in ubuntu. Ubuntu sometimes does not write all the data to your ipod and only writes it when you right click on your ipod and hit eject. It will then write to your ipod and then unmount it.