Ipod 2G (20GB) Installation of ipodpatcher failed. Firewire?

[mutilated]

Just realized that Rockbox Utility (http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/RockboxUtilityQt) should be able to recognize and install on those Ipods -- it was build after the 1G / 2G got added and it includes a recent ipodpatcher from svn.

(Besides, it would be really interesting to get feedback about Rockbox Utility )

I gave it a shot and it won't recognize a 1G ipod over firewire, even if I tell it where the Ipod is located and what type it is.  Ends with "No Ipods found. . ."

[bluebrother]

I gave it a shot and it won't recognize a 1G ipod over firewire, even if I tell it where the Ipod is located and what type it is.  Ends with "No Ipods found. . ."

Does the Ipod show up as drive in windows?

[squaredot]

I gave it a shot and it won't recognize a 1G ipod over firewire, even if I tell it where the Ipod is located and what type it is.  Ends with "No Ipods found. . ."

Does the Ipod show up as drive in windows?

I, too, am trying to put rockbox on a 2g.

I snagged RockboxUtilityQt from:
Windows binary  m1.0.1 / r14595  http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/win32/rbutilqt-v1.0.1.zip

The ipod does show up as a drive letter in windows.

When I run RUQ and press autodetect, it does indeed detect the 1/2G ipod and selects the proper drive letter.

It prompts to install the latest bootloader, but after continuing past prompts I get a dialog that says no ipods are found.

What can I do to provide more helpful information?

[linuxstb]

Please read the earlier posts in this thread - there is _no_ released version of the bootloader for the 1g/2g ipods yet, so none of the existing install utilities (ipodpatcher or rbutilqt) will be able to install the bootloader.

You will either need to be patient, or download the Rockbox source code from SVN and build the bootloader (and ipodpatcher) yourself.

[squaredot]

Please read the earlier posts in this thread - there is _no_ released version of the bootloader for the 1g/2g ipods yet, so none of the existing install utilities (ipodpatcher or rbutilqt) will be able to install the bootloader.

I had, but sometimes responses are not entirely clear. For instance:

There are bootloaders for the 1st and 2nd generation iPods. There is no version of iPodPatcher for installing the botloader.

I did see the reply post saying there were none on the server but figued I'd try what I could before building. I wasn't sure if I was missing something noobish. Will attempt a build myself.

Cheers and thanks for the reply.

[linuxstb]

I had, but sometimes responses are not entirely clear.

Yes, I know that this thread has contained mixed messages - my post was an attempt to clarify things.  Apologies if I sounded harsh.

[squaredot]

Yes, I know that this thread has contained mixed messages - my post was an attempt to clarify things.

And you pointed me in the right direction. Compiled the bootloader and ipodpatcher. Booted, plays music. I'm sure I'll fiddle.

slightly OT (my apologies.)
If you wondered what I did (I used a new 7.04 ubuntu install):
-make sure you have build-essential installed via synaptic/apt-get/etc
-grab the svn packages for ipodpatcher and rockbox as per compilation guides
-use the arm dev installer script in rockbox tools dir (rockboxdev.sh)
-add the arm bin to path as suggested at the end of the arm toolset installer script
-make the bootloader
-make ipodpatcher, copy the bootloader to where you built/copied the ipodpatcher bin
-ipodpatch away (ipodpatcher -a )

[squaredot]

results of my x86 compile:
http://www.squaredot.net/rockbox/iPodPatcherUbuntu704-1g2g.zip

-edit: use the new version of ipodpatcher, rather than this build.

[Llorean]

Just as a note, this shouldn't be considered "Supported" and it may be best to simply wait for the official bootloader release (which should be in a matter of days).

[mutilated]

I gave it a shot and it won't recognize a 1G ipod over firewire, even if I tell it where the Ipod is located and what type it is.  Ends with "No Ipods found. . ."

Does the Ipod show up as drive in windows?

Yes it does.  I am able to install the rockbox software.  It's just the bootloader that isn't working which makes sense as there isn't an ipodpatcher version that recognizes firewire yet.  I will look for it over the next couple of weeks.  .  . but thanks for trying to help

[yapper]

Just a quick update ... I just successfully installed the latest release r14831 on my 2Gen Firewire iPod (20G) using the new iPodpatcher v2.0 with v2.0 bootloaders.

You guys Rock(box)!