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iPod video with 240GB HD and RockBox - how can I should format it?

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djfonplaz:

--- Quote from: torne on March 18, 2012, 06:30:48 AM ---iTunes knows how to format the drive correctly and set up the firmware partition; you can do this yourself with the manual restore instructions on the wiki, but it can be fiddly and occasionally doesn't seem to work for no good reason. Restoring the new drive with iTunes is reliable. Up to you :)

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Uhm, so first i setup the new hd with itunes; later I install RockBox (which should remove original firmware?)

coolbox:
Rockbox don't overwrite the orignal firmware......you will have dual boot...Default your ipod boot to Rockbox....

torne:
Rockbox relies on the presence of several parts of the original firmware in order to boot. The iPod Video cannot boot at all unless the Apple firmware partition is present and contains several important boot images (including the firmware for the onboard video chip). Even if you don't use iTunes, you still need to create this partition and copy the Apple firmware into it before it's possible to install Rockbox, so unless you have absolutely no way to get access to iTunes on Windows, it's much easier to just use it.

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