I think it installed....

[BrianOBrien]

I ran RockBoxUtility

Device: Apple iPod Classic (6th gen) (unknown)
Mount Point /Volumes/CLASSIC/
Development Version (Revision 2ef7a54)

(Bootloader The Selected Player doesn't need a bootloader)
Rockbox (Check)
Fonts (Check)
Themes (Check)
Game Files (Check)


I clicked the install button!
Downloading file rockbox-ipod6g.zip
Cached file used.
Download finished.
Extracting file.
Creating installation log
Package installation finished successfully.
Downloading file rockbox-fonts.zip
Cached file used.
Download finished.
Extracting file.
Creating installation log
Package installation finished successfully.
No themes selected, skipping
Downloading file rockdoom.zip
Cached file used.
Download finished.
Extracting file.
Creating installation log
Package installation finished successfully.

I clicked OK!
Now what?
I reboot my iPod and nothing seems to be different.

What am I missing?

[saratoga]

You need to follow the install directions on the wiki for the 6g until support is added to rbutil.

[whiskers75]

Specifically, install emCORE from freemyipod.

[bluebrother]

There is a reason why the 6g is only shown if you enable the "show disabled targets" option, and why enabling this option tells you to only do this if you know what you're doing ...

[[Saint]]

In a sense, I don't blame the OP in this case (despite blindly clicking through and/or ignoring the given warning).

Even though it is necessary to specifically tell RbUtil to display the disabled targets, in the case of the Classic, especially if you have no experience with this device and Rockbox, I suppose it would be non-obvious that one must first install a bootloader from a entirely separate project that the utility makes no mention of, and that RbUtil is incapable of installing said bootloader (or that this is even required).


[Saint]

[BrianOBrien]

emCORE doesn't work on an Apple OS... I need to have a linux or Windows Box to install it.

EmCORE Installation/iPodClassic/UnsupportedOS

Sorry, your PC operating system is not supported. Please get access to either a Windows (XP or newer) or Linux computer to install emCORE.

[[Saint]]

Ah, indeed.

Sorry about this, but it is outside of the control of this project. While emCORE and Rockbox are intertwined, they are entirely separate projects.
If you don't have access to a Linux or Windows based machine, you can create a LiveCD or LiveUSB and follow the Linux based emCORE installation directions.


[Saint]

[BrianOBrien]

http://lifehacker.com/298345/easily-install-ipodlinux
What about this thing... I still gotta have a ubuntu but...

[saratoga]

http://lifehacker.com/298345/easily-install-ipodlinux
What about this thing... I still gotta have a ubuntu but...

Thats actually a different software project that works on a different mp3 player then you own.