Thank You for your continued support and contributions!
Speaking from personal experience here: I also tried one of those iFlash mSATA adapters out in an iPod Video, with a 128GB SSD. While installation isn't so bad, I've had nothing but pain and suffering trying to get Rockbox working on this combination. Some of the issues I've experienced include:Restoring the device in iTunes wasn't an issue, but the device never showed up afterwards as a proper FAT32 volume on my Linux desktop. If I tried formatting the partition as FAT32, the iPod's firmware would complain and ask me to restore it again, even if I backup its folders beforehand.Related to the first point above, I could install Rockbox on the iPod, but then on startup, the bootloader would scream about not being able to find a FAT32 volume.Removing the mSATA drive from the adapter and putting it into an enclosure to examine in GParted revealed that the drive had an "Unknown" filesystem on its primary partition. Evoking "fdisk -l" in the terminal showed me that the drive (let's call it /dev/sdi for convenience's sake) had two partitions: "/dev/sdi1" and "/dev/sdi2". /dev/sdi1 was approximately 100MB big, which is correct, and is an unknown filesystem, which is also correct; this is the iPod firmware partition. /dev/sdi2, on the other hand, was also an unknown filesystem, and was the rest of the volume's capacity. This isn't correct; the larger partition should be either FAT32 or HFS+, depending on if it was restored in Windows or a Mac.I finally gave up on getting the iFlash to work after a while and decided to pick up a 128GB SSD I found on Amazon for pretty cheap: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TPLKQLS/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1I went with this SSD for two reasons: one, it's the correct size and connector for the iPod Video (and the Classic, in turn!), and two, since it's a proper PATA device, it'll function just as a hard drive should. And sure enough, it hasn't given me one lick of trouble at all since it's been in my iPod Video. I do get improved battery life and the peace of mind that my iPod has no moving parts in it anymore, and I also get expanded capacity for music, and Rockbox happily functions with it in place. If anything, an SSD like this is a far more viable option for those wanting to make their iPods solid state, since you're ensured better compatibility and it's good for those on a budget.
I've been having some issues, tried to follow the steps listed above, formated my iFlash dual drive, then restored the ipod in itunes, installed the bootloader then tried to format the first partition to Fat32 as noted. I now have a single FAT32 partition, but just get a message on the ipod to connect ot Itunes and restore, and I cant get Rockbox to load. Have I lost it?
I have a similar issue with my 1Tb iPod 6 classic, iFlash adapter .I install firmware no issues, I install Rockbox no issues,Load up my Ipod ( over 600Gb ). some time ( weeks ) later i want o add more songs, so plugged in my iPod, and Boom, Screen flashes, and said " No Partitions Found.I can fix by using a partition amnager ( AOMEI ) remove all partitions, create new partition ( fat32 ) .Reinstall rockbox, reload my tunes.This has now happened 3 times, am now testing latest build , as per advise here.Will report back.
Quote from: MikeyDee on August 14, 2020, 01:57:24 PMI have a similar issue with my 1Tb iPod 6 classic, iFlash adapter .I install firmware no issues, I install Rockbox no issues,Load up my Ipod ( over 600Gb ). some time ( weeks ) later i want o add more songs, so plugged in my iPod, and Boom, Screen flashes, and said " No Partitions Found.I can fix by using a partition amnager ( AOMEI ) remove all partitions, create new partition ( fat32 ) .Reinstall rockbox, reload my tunes.This has now happened 3 times, am now testing latest build , as per advise here.Will report back.I have similar problem. I have also managed to reproduce it.The 'no partition' bug strikes exactly when you plug turned off ipod with hold switch to on into computer.I also have ipod 6gen with quad iflash adapter.Does anyone know how to fix this issue?Beside that rockbox works like a charm. But I\m bit scared to use my ipod since one day i can forget myself and lose music collection (or hours on restoring it) just by plugin ipod to my laptop
./mks5lboot.x86_64 --single --bl-inst ./bootloader-ipod6g.ipod
Page created in 0.12 seconds with 18 queries.