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HansieC:
Okay, kids, let's see if we can't fix this one. I'm hoping the hardware isn't totally fubar'd but we'll see I guess. I had RockBox running nicely and then all of a sudden the iPod decided it couldn't find the bootloader. After me trying to reinstall it and a bunch of other things, it now won't even turn up if I plug it into my Ubuntu machine.

dmesg prints this when I do:

--- Code: ---[ 4875.212000] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[ 4875.344000] usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4875.344000] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 4875.344000] usb-storage: device found at 8
[ 4875.344000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 4880.348000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 4880.348000] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 4880.348000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 212343775 512-byte hardware sectors (108720 MB)
[ 4880.348000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 4880.348000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 64 00 00 08
[ 4880.348000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4880.352000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 212343775 512-byte hardware sectors (108720 MB)
[ 4880.352000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 4880.352000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 64 00 00 08
[ 4880.352000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4880.352000] sdb: sdb1
[ 4880.788000] sdb: p1 exceeds device capacity
[ 4880.788000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 4880.788000] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 4880.916000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
[ 4880.916000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current]
[ 4880.916000] Info fld=0x0
[ 4880.916000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Positioning error detected by read of medium
[ 4880.916000] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 212343552
[ 4880.916000] printk: 131 messages suppressed.
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343552
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343553
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343554
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343555
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343556
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343557
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343558
[ 4880.916000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 212343559
[ 4880.924000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
[ 4880.924000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current]
[ 4880.924000] Info fld=0x0
[ 4880.924000] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Positioning error detected by read of medium
[ 4880.924000] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 212343552

... repeated a kazillion times, sometimes I think the sector is different ...

[ 4881.224000] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 4881.224000] sdb: rw=0, want=212345799, limit=212343775
[ 4881.224000] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 4881.224000] sdb: rw=0, want=212345799, limit=212343775

--- End code ---

Unfortunately, I don't have a Windows machine to plug it into to see if that'll fix it. Last time I was able to scrounge one (in Swedish, so I wasn't totally sure I was doing the right thing) I could see files, but some of them, particularly the ones in the .rockbox subdir, were allegedly in use and could not be deleted.

Am I able to reset the factory settings on Linux, or does anyone else have any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks!

GodEater:
Looks to me like the hard-drive has died. There's not going to be a software method to fix it.

HansieC:
Ugh, figured that might be the case. Anyone have a defibrillator for iPod hard drives? Oj oj oj...

LambdaCalculus:
Don't know about defibrillators, but I do know about replacements; try these guys:

http://www.ifixit.com

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