[iPod Mini 2G]Not able to load Apple iPod OS

[dumbears]

I switched to hold after I restarted the iPod.  It kept rebooting.

I've read the FAQ, and noticed that this is due to the new bootloader.  I wonder how to get the old bootloader.

Can anyone help me on this?  Thanks in advance.

[bluebrother]

What "old bootloader" are you talking about? You need the Rockbox bootloader. You can uninstall the Rockbox bootloader, but then you won't be able booting Rockbox -- it will only boot Apple OS as you'll be then using the Apple bootloader.

You could try if booting AppleOS from a file works: run ipodpatcher and let it extract the firmware binary:

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ipodpatcher --read-firmware apple_os.ipod

Then place the file apple_os.ipod on the root of your player.