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4GB iPod Mini 2g - unable to install with utility or manually

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woyciesjes:
   Yeah, okay, makes sense.

syslinkdown:
@linuxstb: I am indeed running windows XP (SP3) as an administrator.

@woyciesjes: Yes, all Apple related processes are dead.

@bluebrother: ------------------------------------
OS
Windows version 5.1, build 2600 (Service Pack 3)

Username
Owner

Permissions
Admin

Attached USB devices
VID: 046d PID: c044, USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
VID: 04a9 PID: 1091, iP1500
VID: 04b8 PID: 0103, Perfection610
VID: 05ac PID: 1260, iPod
VID: 093a PID: 2468, CIF Single Chip
VID: 0a48 PID: 3239, eM Bay Reader
VID: 0ecd PID: a100, Mass Storage Device

Filesystem
C:\, 127068 MiB available
D:\, 1526 MiB available
E:\, 0 MiB available
F:\, 0 MiB available
G:\, 0 MiB available
H:\, 0 MiB available
I:\, 0 MiB available
J:\, 3742 MiB available
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@Steffjuh: Yes, I am certain that it is the latest version of the Rockbox Utility.

@bluebrother, preemptively: The USB connection shouldn't be an issue - it's USB 2.0, and is not a case-front port.

rabbitsf:
hello: Same problem here too with same ipod, XP, and everything else.  i do not have itunes, and the mini ipod has a new Kingston compact flash drive installed which is widely reported to work perfectly on the ipod mini. do i need to install the itunes and all that ipod crap on my empty flash drive, or can i install only rockbox?  i think the original poster has the same issue and question and same blank flash drive without the ipod operating system installed.  is this the problem? do you have to have functioning ipod software installed on the ipod before you can install Rockbox?  Or is there a way to make the Rockbox installer think the blank flashdrive is the ipod mini and only have Rockbox installed...no dual boot? thank -david

Chronon:
I think that autodetection in Rockbox Utility will fail if you have nothing on the drive and a non-iPod partition table.  The bootloader installation might also have problems since it usually expects to find an Apple firmware to patch.  I think it's possible to manually install the Rockbox bootloader without the Apple firmware by using Ipodpatcher, but I'm not sure if it's possible within Rockbox Utility.

linuxstb:

--- Quote from: Chronon on March 27, 2009, 07:13:56 PM ---I think it's possible to manually install the Rockbox bootloader without the Apple firmware by using Ipodpatcher, but I'm not sure if it's possible within Rockbox Utility.

--- End quote ---

No, that's not possible with ipodpatcher - it requires a working copy of Apple's firmware on the ipod, which it then modifies.

On Windows, the easiest way to do that is with itunes.  On Linux, you can follow these instructions:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodManualRestore

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