I'm really stuck - iPod

[macsonny]

Hi All,

I have an iPod classic 5.5 with 60 Gig storage.

I had tried to sinatll Rockbox on this unit via MacOS and it just didn't work - got error on install that I can't remember.

When I reformatted the iPod I have a sneaking suspicion I may have done something to the boot partition.

Connecting it to a Mac now shows the iPod on the desktop but when running Rockbox I ether get a message that I don't have permission to access or that this "Might not be an iPod".

I have tried under Windows and iTunes and get similar messages. I can't actually get iTunes in either Windows 11 or MacOS to restore the unit as it gives me error messages.

I really want to recover this unit and install RockBox.

Is there an easy way to restore the boot partition?

[saratoga]

Should be able to reboot into disk mode and restore from there:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+enter+DFU+mode+and+restore+iPod/133981