No Partition Found on 2nd gen Mini with CF card mod

[karashata]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CFModGuide

Read that.  It may help you.

[iamsilvermember]

I still don't quite understand. Sorry for my poor english. Is there a detailed guide to guide my through the process?
Thanks!

[karashata]

I would recommend you search Google for a guide on how to modify your iPod to use a CF card, there are at least a few of them out there.

[Chronon]

Rockbox install
As of 2008-03-09 (r16591), support for CF cards has been added to Rockbox, no patches or workarounds are required (except when using non-SVN bootloader - see above)

So, you need to compile a new bootloader for your player using the code in SVN.

You can find info on Ipodpatcher HERE.  This should provide the info necessary to install the bootloader that you built onto your player.

Regarding hardware: Since you have an iPod Mini you should be able to simply swap out the micro-drive directly for a CF card.

[iamsilvermember]

I have actually successfully modified my ipod to a flash-based machine. It works flawlessly under the original ipod firmware. But no luck with rockbox. I tried install, but it comes with a "No partition found" warning and no way to get into rockbox.

Thanks!

[Jack Of Clubs]

I can confirm that compiling a recent bootloader works.  I got the 07-22-08 source off of the daily release page and compiled the bootloader from that, then used the precompiled Rockbox build from the site.  Flawless victory!  16gb CF iPod mini!

[ongbs]

I am facing this problem too.
Can someone help to give step-by-step guide?

[Chronon]

See my previous post.

[audio-i]

@ongbs, useful additional help & info, in case you still need it:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MiniCF (how to change HDD for CF)

http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/8901 (bootloader)