2tb iFlash build on iPod 6th gen resets every time I connect it via USB

[doctorjuggles]

I'm sure I've done something really stupid here, but it's extremely frustrating.
I've installed an iFlash Quad and have just over 2tb in flash memory
I can get everything loaded (which takes over a day to transfer) and everything works fine.
However, as soon as I try to reconnect the iPod to a PC, for some reason it resets the whole thing to a single 127gb drive and then an unallocated 2tb drive so my whole damn collection is gone and I have to start all over again. It's happened a few times now and, due to the lengthy process of loading the files up, it's obviously a hell of a pain to deal with

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[saratoga]

Are you trying to use the Apple firmware or USB mode? On some models that don't support lba48 you'll get reset to 127 GB I think.

[doctorjuggles]

USB mode.
So once I load up my tracks I can never connect to a PC again?
Is is possible that having apple services or bonjour services running is causing this?

[saratoga]

You can still use rockbox USB mode, you just can't use the apple firmware or you'll get reset to the largest size it supports (IIRC). 

[doctorjuggles]

Thanks. I haven't tried to use apple firmware - is it possible I've missed a step when I'm installing? I have no interest in keeping the apple firmware, but for some reason I'm able to load everything onto the player, unplug and everything works fine, but then as soon as I plug it back into my PC I get this issue.

Just found out that it also doesn't seem to like going beyond 2TB. If I add more cards to take it beyond that, it just shows up as a single drive of 340GB or so. I assume that's a limit of the FAT32 system though

[Bilgus]

IDK that Ive seen anyone have 2TB in their iPod yet so .. In theory it works?

and yes fat32 limits

[philden]

I have 2TB, 4 x 512GB in an iFlash Quad, in my 7th Gen iPod. It works really well.

[doctorjuggles]

Thanks all. Yeah mine is 1 x 1tb and 2 x 512gb. When I try to add a third 512gb card it sends it over and then suddenly only 300-odd GB shows up.
Mine is a 6th gen, but I've bought a 7th gen today to see if I can get things working with that instead

[saratoga]

There's really only 6 generations of the classic. The 7g is just a 6g with a different hard drive iirc.

[philden]

There are more differences between the final generations of the classic, summarized here - https://www.iflash.xyz/store/iflash-compatibility/

It will be a problem using more than 2TB. One of the Ebay sellers claims he does sell 4TB iPods but wouldn't tell me how he sets them up.

[saratoga]

There are more differences between the final generations of the classic, summarized here - https://www.iflash.xyz/store/iflash-compatibility/

That's talking about the lba mode supported by the apple driver which doesn't matter if you are running rockbox.

[Bilgus]

the only way I can figure is by splitting them to separate ~2TB partitions we have multi volume code

[philden]

There are more differences between the final generations of the classic, summarized here - https://www.iflash.xyz/store/iflash-compatibility/

That's talking about the lba mode supported by the apple driver which doesn't matter if you are running rockbox.

That is true, but there are good reasons for using both operating systems. Many docks work better with the Apple firmware, and it is the only way of using docsk that extract the digital signal. So I'd always go for a 7th gen rather than a 6th.