iPod 1stgen won't reboot

[alastairm]

Hello

I've loaded rockbox onto my 1stgen iPod following the manual until I get the screen on my iPod:

Rockbox boot loader... hold MENU+SELECT to reboot...

I can now access the iPod as a disk from my Mac but every time I try to reboot the iPod I just get back to the screen mentioned above.  Have I made a mistake in loading the software or is there something wrong with my iPod.

Additionally, I really want to use rockbox to access the music on my iPod so I can move it to my Mac.  I take it the Database feature will enable me to do this or will I just simply have to trawl through the iPods, disorganised folders

Cheers

Alastair

[bluebrother]

I've loaded rockbox onto my 1stgen iPod following the manual until I get the screen on my iPod:

Rockbox boot loader... hold MENU+SELECT to reboot...

Are you referring to an Ipod 1G and not Mini / Nano 1G? Then this text is wrong as the reset sequence is slightly different on the pre-clickwheel Ipods. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705 for details about the reset procedure.

I can now access the iPod as a disk from my Mac but every time I try to reboot the iPod I just get back to the screen mentioned above.  Have I made a mistake in loading the software or is there something wrong with my iPod.

Make sure you extracted the zip file to the root folder. You might want to try Rockbox Utility for this step -- you didn't give the complete error message, but I assume the bootloader can't find rockbox.ipod, which usually happens if you messed up extracting the build somehow.