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iPod video - Disk mode fails, sector size problem. PLEASE help!
saratoga:
The bootloader USB mode is on a ROM chip on the logic board. I don't see how doing anything to the hard disk short of smashing it could impact the ROM.
Arj:
I thought the standard build supported 60/80GB drives? Do different 80GB drives have different physical sector sizes?
torne:
The standard build supports the drives Apple shipped in the 5.5G iPod Video which have 1024 byte sectors. Other drives obtained from alternative sources may have any sector size.
However, most or all drives other than the one that came with the 5.5G 80GB iPod should work fine *without* the workaround to handle the larger sector size (in fact they should work *better*). That specific drive does not follow the ATA spec correctly. We just don't currently have a better way of handling this case. I am planning on taking a look at it when I have time.
TexasRockbox:
What is the manufacturer and model of the slim 80GB drive? Is it listed on this page: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/HardDriveReplacement ?
Arj:
Is there an easy way to determine what drive you have in an iPod w/o having to open up the case? I ask because I have a 120GB Video I bought off eBay and had the same issue as the OP with the 4096 sector size. So I installed the unsupported build that had the changes needed and it is working fine. The one thing I am not sure about is if the LBA needed to be set to 48 (if I recall correctly) or not and maybe the drive info would help me determine that.
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