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Can I install Rockbox without "Initialising" a via iTunes?
mruddo:
I’m about to acquire my first ever iPod: an 80GB 5.5g Ipod Video which will be a refurbished unit from the Apple store in the US. I’m not sure whether the drive will be initialised when it arrives, or whether it will be ‘as new’.
Ideally, I have no intention of installing iTunes on any of my PC’s or letting it anywhere near my MP3 files, and yet the ‘new’ iPod will need to be initialised with a FAT32 filesystem.
The manual mentions converting the filesystem, but does not appear to mention what to do on a brand new drive.
What I want to understand is can I do all this without going near iTunes? Or am will I have to install iTunes if only to initialise the drive?
Apologies if this is covered elsewhere - I did have a look around, but have not found anything specific (yet).
soap:
IIRC New in box, the Gen 5.5s were all FAT32 formatted. No iTunes required.
cool_walking_:
If you're on Mac OS X or Linux (probably BSD, etc. also), there's a way to convert it without using iTunes: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodConversionToFAT32
GodEater:
You only need to do the FAT32 conversion if you used the iPod from OSX. Nothing on Linux will reformat it to a non-FAT32 file system (unless you flat out went and did that yourself - but then it wouldn't work at all anymore).
mruddo:
Thanks all for the replies - fingers crossed then that I'll be able to just install Rockbox from day 1 and get going with the MP3 files I already have.
:)
My Rio Karma's served me well for many years, but the battery's running out of steam, and I've way more files than drive space, so I've been looking out for a replacement for sometime... Nothing really comes close to the feature set I'm looking for - yet - but a Rockbox'd iPod will hopefully do the trick nicely.
I understand the iPod will also come with a warranty - does anyone know if I can register it without iTunes as well? (Of course, I realise I'll have to switch back to the Apple firmware if I ever need to return it.)
Thanks,
Matt
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