Can't load rockbox.ipod: File not found

[Frankenpod]

As I said (http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,52621.msg243354.html#msg243354) I copied over the new build and it boots fine.

The issue is that the files are not corrupt at all if I play through a computer but they are corrupt if I play through Rockbox. That's my issue and the thing I can't explain.

What do you mean by 'playing the files through a computer'?  That's an ambiguous description.

Do you mean you have copies of the same track on your computer (so not literally the same files, but what _should_ be identical copes of them), or do you mean connecting the ipod to the computer by USB and then playing the files from the ipod as an external disk with player software on the computer?

If you mean the former then the obvious conclusion is the files on the ipod are corrupt, the versions on the computer are not.  If the latter, then that's something else (and something odder).

[cereal_killer]

Does an iTunes restore also format the filesystem?

Yes. It puts the storage into the correct state to work with the original firmware and Rockbox as well. It's a factory default, so your data is lost.

[turkeyphant]

I tried CHKDSK several times before but got "Cannot read boot sector" after a long time. Then tried with Mac Disk Utility but still the same issue.

I just connected the iPod, deleted the rockbox directory and did another checkdisk on Mac and it completed correctly. Then installed Rockbox again and all my files are back

[shadleyvw]

hey, i have a 160GB ipod classic that has had rockbox on it for several years, and right up until last night it was working fine, then turned it on this morning and the screen said this:

Rockbox boot loader
Version: b99e921-160707
Battery status ok: 3999 mV
Loading Rockbox...
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
File not found
Entering USB mode...
Plug USB cable

then when i plug it in it says Bootloader USB mode... and nothing happens



ive tried the hold on/off + menu/select and keep getting the same message

can someone please help?

[Frankenpod]

Dunno.  Failed hard-drive could do that.  Or a broken cable connecting the drive.  Or the cable having disconnected from the drive.  Did it take a knock or was dropped?  Could be the drive content is corrupted, but that is often a sign of a failing hard drive anyway.

Is it a dual-boot rockbox installation?  If so, does it boot in original firmware?


Obvious thing is to try and restore it with iTunes.  I assume you don't have any unique unbacked-up content on it?

When plugged in to PC does the device manager see it?

Generally when I've seen that message it meant the cable had disconnected itself from the iFlash connector (ipod is flash modded).  I would have thought that unlikely with a hard drive.  Drive failure seems more likely.

[shadleyvw]

no wasnt dropped or anything, computer  doesnt pick it up as an external hard drive either.......
havent used itunes since 2007,
using ubuntu and just using the ipod as an audio player and has been awesome

it doesnt boot in original firmware

[saratoga]

I would try to put it into DFU mode, and then restore from scratch (ideally using iTunes, but there are ways to do it without iTunes as well).  See: https://www.freemyipod.org/wiki/Restore_iPod_without_iTunes#Putting_the_iPod_into_DFU_mode

[shadleyvw]

thank you so much, and incredibly generous with your time to respond so quickly

just thinking back this to this morning, when i plugged it into the computer, it didnt come up as it usually would, so i unplugged it and changed USB ports and the screen when glitchy, as in the usual screen went blurry so i did the usual reboot holding down both buttons and then this all happened......

so still just restart from scratch? its all backed up audio files anyway...... 99% sure