I was going to install rockbox than ....

[gabrix]

... than a blackout at my house stopped the operation . once light was back i booted my debian etch machine and the device (those in /dev/) disappeared , i mean i don't have a device my machine can see and where i can carry on to install rockbox , please help i don't know what to do . It happened long time ago , now i have a ubuntu hardy haron and i have installed some hfs tools hfsutils,ipod package gtkpod and nothing the device doesn't exists:

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root@localhost:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000a358d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       12754   102446473+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2           12755       14402    13237560   83  Linux
/dev/sda3           14403       14593     1534207+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

I tell you the all story . It is not a matter of hfs support it is that before install the rockbox , by cryptsetup,  i was going to crypt the ipod and the blackout happened just after i finished to fill the device with random data with dd and /dev/random ... Am i crazy? , well none can say that if there wasn't the blackout , maybe!!!
Now if i attach the ipod to the ubuntu (or any of my linux machines) the only think i see is the rockbox bootloader on the ipod itself:

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version 2.0 
ipod version: 0xFFFFFFFF 
Samsung HS030GA 
No partition found 
Hold menu+select to reboot than select+play for diskmode

No partition found cause there is no known file system to work on just a device full of random data.
Please help!!!!

[bluebrother]

First of all, don't panic.

Second, boot the Ipod into emergency disc mode. Then you can access the disc and repair it. Besides, how do you expect a crypted Ipod to work?

[gabrix]

First of all, don't panic.

Second, boot the Ipod into emergency disc mode. Then you can access the disc and repair it. Besides, how do you expect a crypted Ipod to work?

How do i do it ? The emergency mode i mean ! I'm totally new to ipod ! .   

[Chronon]

Follow these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363

[gabrix]

Follow these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363

I'm going to say something more about the state of my ipod , i'm sure i haven't missed anything in my first post but ...
There is no apple software on my ipod not a vfat or hfs file system on it just the rockbox bootloader .
Before encrypting the device, i formatted it , filling it with data taken from the kernel random generator device /dev/random and the application dd , it's usual practice doing this before encrypting a device. The blackout was just after this so on the actual ipod hard disk there is no filesystem any OS can see , the only thing i managed to install was the rockbox bootloader which is telling me .... what i sayd in my first post... . There is no mac apple software , just rockbox bottloader saying "No partition found" and not responding to any of the previous post said commands !II have followeb the instructions the link you gave me , but i haven't an apple software anymore on my ipod or a hfs file system on it .... i have lost my ipod !!!  :'(

[GodEater]

There is no apple software on my ipod not a vfat or hfs file system on it just the rockbox bootloader .

Utterly utterly irrelevant - the emergency disk mode code is stored in the ipod's flash - you *cannot* delete it.

i have lost my ipod !!!  :'(

No you haven't. Now go follow Chronon's instructions.