iPod Nano 1G Firmware issues.

[articquad]

Hi, I just received this iPod from a friend, as he assumed it was broken.  I went home and plugged it into my mac, and it charged up until it got past the "very low battery" screen. It then stopped charging, so I plugged it into my iPod Stereo.  This charged the whole thing up.  I went to then plug it into my mac, and still couldn't mount it.  So I reset the iPod and came to the rockbox bootloader.  I'm not too familiar with rockbox, but how do I remove rockbox completely? 

P.S., I also have another box running ubuntu 8.10, if any software needs to be run on linux.  Thanks!

[Chronon]

There are instructions in the manual.

[articquad]

Alright, but I haven't been able to get the iPod to mount in either OS X 10.5 or Ubuntu 8.10.

I tried manually putting it in disk mode, but that isn't working either.

[Febs]

What do you mean when you say disk mode "isn't working"?

[articquad]

I mean I restart it, hold down select and play/pause, get into disk mode, plug it in, and it says "Okay to disconect."  It won't mount on OS X or Ubuntu.

I also tried mounting it in disk mode when it was plugged in already. Still no avail.

[Chronon]

Try to exclude possible factors like bad cable, bad port, etc.  You might try on another PC.

Can you dual boot into the Apple firmware?

[Febs]

Can you dual boot into the Apple firmware?

Yes, what happens if you boot into the Apple firmware and then connect to USB?

[articquad]

If I boot into the apple firmware, it charges for a moment, then just sits at the main menu.  It will not mount.

It doesn't show up on the desktop, under "Computer" on Ubuntu, or under disk utility on OS X.

[Chronon]

Have you excluded the possibility of a bad cable?  Apparently you can get into both USB modes but it won't connect.  Does lsusb ever show any clues as to the iPod's presence?