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bocadakota:
Is it possible to create 2 partitions on a single mSata 256GB already installed on a 6th gen iPod, one for Rockbox and one for ITunes and boot to either?  Experimenting with this, my music library is less than 128gb, looking to discovery performance, battery life, etc.  Thoughts and questions requested. 

saratoga:

--- Quote from: bocadakota on July 20, 2016, 11:37:12 AM ---Is it possible to create 2 partitions on a single mSata 256GB already installed on a 6th gen iPod, one for Rockbox and one for ITunes and boot to either?

--- End quote ---

Yes, although you only need 1 partition:

https://files.freemyipod.org/~user890104/bootloader-ipodclassic.html

bocadakota:
Saratoga: Understand about dual boot one partition between iTunes and Rockbox, Issue is that iPod 6th gen is limited to 128gb in iTunes mode and I have a 256gb mSata drive installed but even Rockbox only sees 128gb due to usb connection to format.

bocadakota:
Ok, I got iPod 6th Gen (thick) loaded with iTunes and Rockbox, I can boot to either with no problem and utilize one database from iTunes sync, all working great.  The Crucial MX200 mSata ssd installed is a 250gb but both iTunes and Rockbox only see 128gb.  Anyone know how to expand the partition without losing everything?

bocadakota:
Update,  Discovered that when wiping drive completely formatting as a 250gb drive Fat32, re-partition be it as a single drive or 2 128gb partitions, iTunes on it's restore wipes it and creates a single 128gb partition, even using tools to create 2 partitions iTunes wipes the second one to were it's not visible.  Rockbox does the same on it's restore.  Still trying to figure a work around for this 6th gen ipod. No worries it's an experiment anyway.   

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