What are the alternatives to iFlash for an iPod Classic?

[Psychotronics]

I'm getting real tired of the issues that come with Rockbox and iFlash. Going back to the OG firmware isn't an option: iTunes won't even recognise my iPod anymore.
I chose iFlash because it was easy to install, but it's getting frustrating enough that I'm willing to learn whatever's necessary for a better solution. Has anyone ever installed an actual SSD on it? If so, was it hard?

[cereal_killer]

I once had a Supertalent DuraDrive ZT3 IDE/ZIF-40 Solid State Drive installed in my iPod 5.5g and it worked fine. Was only 256 GB tough. Installation was plug & play.

[speachy]

I'm getting real tired of the issues that come with Rockbox and iFlash. Going back to the OG firmware isn't an option: iTunes won't even recognise my iPod anymore.

if iTunes won't recognize the device then your problrms have nothing to do with Rockbox.