Broken my iPod, trying to install Rockbox

[bunnyDrop]

I got a new iPod which I previously synced up with some music on iTunes.
I decided I wanted to install Rockbox so I tried it but, during the installation, when it asked me to remount the device,
I was prompted by Windows to format a small partition (about 192MB) and it wouldn't continue until I did.

However, as I was installing the themes, it interrupted when the 192MB partition ran out of space as it turned out
while the rest of the storage was left untouched as a separate partiton.

So I went on the disk partition management menu and deleted all the partitions but now Rockbox won't detect
the device as an iPod!

Where do I go from here?

[bluebrother]

The easiest solution is to restore the Ipod using Itunes on Windows. You didn't mention what Ipod you have, so this might or might not apply: https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodManualRestore

Generally, it's a bad idea to change the partitions on an Ipod. The firmware needs them exactly the way they are. Also, Rockbox doesn't detect the Ipod -- Rockbox Utility is the thing doing that job. Unless you're talking about something I didn't get

[bunnyDrop]

Hi.

Well, one of the iPods is a Model A1238 with 160GB.
The other has 160GB too but is slimmer but I can't find out what its model number is.

I guess they're both 5th generation.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a partition table file that matches
anything with that high capacity. https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodConversionToFAT32

[Frankenpod]

Based just on the capacity sounds like a 6th gen (thick one) and a "7.5" gen (slim one).  Unless it's cobbled-together from mismatched parts (as in my forum name).

[bunnyDrop]

Thanks but, in this page, there's no partition table tile for either of the generation models you mentioned.
https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodConversionToFAT32

So I am stuck for good?

[Frankenpod]

Unfortunately I don't know much about that page, because I'm not a Mac user.  I gather it's about an issue specific to Mac Users.
Easiest solution is to use a Windows PC with iTunes to restore the thing.  But I'm sure there must be a way to do it via a Mac, even for the 6th and later generations.  Hopefully someone here will be able to tell you the method.

Edit - tried searching this site for anyone who had the same issue, but the only ones I found all eventually solved it by just finding a windows PC to use for it.

[fx.padbravo]

I dont know if it could help with your issue...
I have an iPod 6g (or maybe 5th?)... the thing is: by mistake, I got the iPod near a STRONG magnet... and the disk become unrecognized by anyone (the iPod, iTunes and RockBox)... tine after, I booted in DISK MODE (enter+pause) and could get it in that way... I used a LOW LEVEL FORMAT program (I use w7, not w10) and then, I could re-partitioin the disk... and after that iTunes becomes aware of the iPod and restored it... (still RockBox does not recognize it, but, at lleast, iTunes does)