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new ipods - rockbox port proposal
saratoga:
Sure, as said above, LBA48 support was added ages ago.
cormie:
I wasn't sure what lba48 support was, so you're saying that a 160GB HD can be fitted, and the full capacity recognised, with ROCKBOX loaded onto it on the H100, H300 and iPod 5.5 Video? I thought there was a problem with different connections or something?
AlexP:
I linked to a wiki page a few posts back. That says there are two potential problems, software and hardware. Software is not a problem, Rockbox has the necessary software LBA48 support.
That leaves hardware:
1) Find a disk big enough with the coirrect connector, or make an adaptor for another
2)
--- Quote from: Llorean on September 17, 2007, 11:06:16 AM ---[big disks] they're only a problem to the PC, and only if the USB-to-ATA bridge has that problem.
This problem definitely affects the Archoses, as we know. This problem probably will not affect the Software USB targets (Portalplayers, iPods included) because there is no USB-ATA bridge doohicky, there's just our software. (Yes, I used doohicky, I hate to admit it but I like that word).
For the other targets (h100, h300, x5, m5, gigabeat, etc) I imagine it'll depend on the nature of the hardware.
--- End quote ---
cormie:
So is it yet to be confirmed whether a 160GB HD can connect to a H300/H100/iPod 5.5 Video hardware wise, or is it known and possible/impossible?
You're talking to a complete ignoramus here with regards all the technical things. I just like my music, and lots of it, so would love to get an mp3 player with 160GB using RockBox.
LambdaCalculus:
The iPod video won't work with the new iPod Classic's hard drives. The iPod video uses what's called a "Zero Insertion Force" connector on the hard drive, instead of a regular 50-pin connector. If you remember the old days of the NES, you may have heard of ZIF.
You could, however, use the drives in the older iPod generations, and there should be no reason why they wouldn't work in the iriver H100/H300 models.
If you want to know more about LBA and ZIF, here's some articles on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_block_addressing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Insertion_Force
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