RockBOx No Partition Found Insert USB Cable HELP

[harrisim0]

Right ok Ill try and work out how to do this.

Thank you for your patience and help

[harrisim0]

Right ok sorry about that. I'll try and work out how to do that.

Thank you for your patience and help

[harrisim0]

Hi,

I've managed to get the files you requested, I've put them in a zip here: https://we.tl/t-322G2ubb0S

Thanks for any help you can offer!

[speachy]

I've managed to get the files you requested, I've put them in a zip here: https://we.tl/t-322G2ubb0S
Thanks for any help you can offer!

I finally had time to dig into this further; the sector dumps look sane so far -- This is one of those annoying ipods with 2K sectors -- but I'm waiting on another dump from a working ipod to see if some difference stands out.

You're using the mSATA iFlash adapter, which is based on different technology than the more common SD models -- and probably violate the ATA specs in new and not-so-exciting ways.   Unfortunately we're in a bit of a chicken-n-egg situation -- the ideal debugging path for this is to plug the iFlash adapter into an ZIF->IDE adapter so we can bypass the USB mass storage stuff that's mucking with things.

[harrisim0]

Ok I'll try and find an adapter do you have any recomendations of what exact one I'll need or where to get it from?

To be clear is it just so the ssd can connect without the i flash or is this adapter to connect the ssd within the i flash?

Apologies I didn't realise these things didn't just work out of the box and I'm not all clued up as much as I should be.

Appreciate the help and look forward to hearing more advice and solutions soon

[speachy]

Ok I'll try and find an adapter do you have any recomendations of what exact one I'll need or where to get it from?
To be clear is it just so the ssd can connect without the i flash or is this adapter to connect the ssd within the i flash?

What we're needing to debug is the actual iFlash adapter.  Unfortunately this is likely to be a bit of a rabbit hole, as the final setup will look something like this:

mSATA SSD :: iFlash :: ZIF-50-pin PATA :: 50->40-pin PATA :: Legacy PATA IDE port on a motherboard

We _might_ be able to get away with a PATA->SATA adapter at the end, but it is critically important that no USB adapter is used.

To be honest, if you don't already have most of these bits lying around it would be pretty hard to justify the expense, versus just buying an SD-based iFlash instead...

Apologies I didn't realise these things didn't just work out of the box and I'm not all clued up as much as I should be.

There's nothing to apologize for; it's not your fault for not knowing things in advance.  And, as you discovered, the mSATA adapter seems to work fine with the stock iPod firmware.

[harrisim0]

I think I'll order the bits as I have come this far and wanted a 1tb pod for lossless audio and to not use it with i tunes.

Bit dissapointed with I flash I messaged them and had no response about this at all?!

Just a big thank you for your help and patience with this.

Out of interest do you have any recomendations for where's best to obtain these components? I'm in the UK.

Thanks for the positivity too I don't feel so much of an idiot now lol!

[vagepap]

Well I was troubled if I had to open a new topic or to reply to this one. I have 2 ipod video 5.5 with the iFlash adapter holding a Samsung evo 1TB.
The modification was done back in 2018 or even earlier, I don't remember. Everything was working fine, till I saw that there is a new version of Rockbox and tried to install it on one of the units.
Boom. I had the same error as described above. I have tried all possible ways to restore it to the previous state with no help.
Finally I have restored it via itunes, copied and pasted all files from the other one and only installed the bootloader from the new version and now it works as before.
If anyone needs it I can provide an image of the files used to restore it via email.