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Ipod Classic 6g 160GB: Not recognized Correctly via USB

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Poodlemastah:
Xeni, that would be good but doesn't work for two reasons.
1. To boot rockbox you need to replace the bootloader, this means that there is no disk mode anymore.
2. The installation of rockbox on the iPod classic reformats the entire iPod disk.

sexenox:
I've got a similar problem - I install rockbox with emcore and am able to copy a bundle of files once. When I boot the iPod again, however, rockbox freezes when I connect the device to my PC so i have to hard reset it.

LambdaCalculus:
I know that this won't exactly solve anyone's issues, but as someone who speaks from experience with an iPod Classic, I will say this:

The port of Rockbox on the iPod Classic is still pretty young and immature. Expect a lot of bumps on the road if you're going to use it at this early stage; it's still not in the realm of "Unstable", as the front page shows. It's what we consider an "Unusable" port: it's working to a degree (i.e. audio playback, plugins, etc.), but there's still a hell of a lot of work to be done to get the port more up to speed.

With that said, I have been having issues with USB connectivity on my own iPod Classic as well. Mac OS X doesn't like the "superfloppy" formatted HDD that emCore and thus Rockbox are using, and so I'll get a connection that'll either immediately drop, or OS X will ask if it can format the drive as it doesn't recognize it.

For me, booting into a Windows or Linux VM and passing the USB connection over to either will allow me to access the drive. I would also very much recommend copying files in small spurts; the USB connection is still unstable at this point on the port.

sexenox:
I know that this port is still quite unusable, my ipod, however, does not connect correctly any more even if i reflash it with the original firm- and software via itunes.
It seems if this early build broke my ipod's hdd in some way...

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