Install Utility won't let me add the correct device path on Mac

[mikewilde]

I have converted my Mac ipod to fat 32 and have then proceeded to install Rockbox but when I run the utility autodetect won't detect the 5th gen photo ipod and asks me to enter the correct device path. But the only other field on that page is the device which is already filled in with /volumes/MW IPOD and it won't allow me to change that to enter the correct /dev/disk2 entry.

Can someone advice please?

Thanks

Mike

[LambdaCalculus]

You don't need to change the device to /dev/disk2. Mac OS X apps will always understand anything under the /Volumes folder as a mounted filesystem.

Point Rockbox Utility to /Volumes MW IPOD and go ahead and install.

[mikewilde]

Hi

It won't let me continue. When I press ok it comes up with a box that says an invalid mount point was selected and telling me to correct it first but I don't see how to do that.

Any ideas please?

Thanks

Mike
Post Merge: December 12, 2011, 12:32:35 PMThe error actually says "no mount point given".

But in the device box it has autofilled in /volumes/MW IPOD

[Llorean]

What happened when you tried to autodetect? There's no such thing as a "5th generation photo iPod." There's a 5th Generation iPod, and there's the iPod Photo which is actually a 4th generation iPod, so you may have told it the wrong device type.

[bluebrother]

But the only other field on that page is the device which is already filled in with /volumes/MW IPOD and it won't allow me to change that to enter the correct /dev/disk2 entry.

Wrong. The device path is not to be selected, so /dev/disk2 is definitely wrong. /Volumes/MW IPOD could be correct.

Mac OS X apps will always understand anything under the /Volumes folder as a mounted filesystem.

That's wrong -- applications don't magically understand this, resolving the mount point to a device file (which is needed for ipodpatcher) is something that is necessary and is implemented in Rockbox Utility. The mount points offered are retrieved from the system, they are not related to some magic /Volumes prefix.

But in the device box it has autofilled in /volumes/MW IPOD

That "device box" is a dropdown list, and as such it needs to have an entry shown. That entry is not necessarily the correct one, especially if Rockbox Utility tells you it can't select the mountpoint by itself. Open the dropdown list and see which items are available. You should be able to tell from the volume label and size shown when opening the dropdown list which one's the correct one.

The preselected item is the one that had been selected in the past. It is shown even if that mountpoint doesn't exist anymore. This is done for the case someone starts Rockbox Utility without the player connected. In that case you can simply connect the player, mount it (or wait for it to mount, depending if your OS automatically mounts it like OS X and Windows do), and then close the configuration dialog with "Ok" without the need to configure anything again. This assumes that the player will get the same mount point, but that happens in most cases.

I assume you did try to use Rockbox Utility before converting the Ipod to a Winpod. Then the configuration still has the mountpoint of the old Macpod "configuration" of the Ipod, and since the Ipod is likely to have a new label (thus new mountpoint, since OS X creates the mountpoint from the label) you need to select the new one. However, detecting the mountpoint is something that should work 100% reliable for Ipods. Since that doesn't happen for you I assume something is still wrong with the Winpod conversion. How did you perform the conversion?

[mikewilde]

The /Volumes/MW IPOD is the new device from the conversion I followed on the Rockbox website.

It's a 5th gen iPod and I've double checked that by looking up the serial number on the Apple site. 80Gb

I never used Rockbox prior to doing the conversion because I knew I had to convert it to FAT 32 as stated in the install docs.

I copied down the .bin file for the 5th ten iPod and then did the dd command on the /dev/disk2 which was the device for the /Volumes/Mike iPod and then went through the disk utility stage to format the drive as FAT32 and gave it the name MW IPOD. However I did have to put it in disk mode because it just kept trying to reboot which is what it says it might do in the conversion doc.

Once mounted I checked by doing the mount command in terminal window which shows me /Volumes/MW IPOD.

I then ran rock box utility and selected 5th gen and the drop down box only has /Volumes/MW IPOD in it which all seems fine but when I press ok I get the error window saying no mount point selected.
Post Merge: December 12, 2011, 05:49:33 PMI think I've sorted it. Looks like it doesn't like the space in MW IPOD. So I reformatted it as MWIPOD and I've now got it to auto detect and to the next step.

[bluebrother]

I think I've sorted it. Looks like it doesn't like the space in MW IPOD. So I reformatted it as MWIPOD and I've now got it to auto detect and to the next step.

This is strange -- a space in the mountpoint should work fine. I'll recheck that later, I definitely know it works on Linux. Perhaps there's an OS X specific bug.