Nano. What are those hidden partitions for?

[DeadMan]

I noticed when looking in computer management that there is 47mb unnallocated and 31mb allocated (Healthy) but not assigned a drive letter.

Does anyone know what they are used for? I take it I cannot use them for storing stuff on?

[dcr693]

I wondered about that myself, but you're probably better off asking the question on iLounge or some other iPod specific board and not the Rockbox forums.

[L]

Disk mode, Apple OS etc

[brandun_6]

Those are too small for the apple OS...

[L]

Those are too small for the apple OS...

Wow, how is 47mb too small for the default firmware?

[brandun_6]

Ever notice that 200mb missing on your iPod......

[Llorean]

The firmware partition is not 200mb. The "200mb" that you see missing is from the fact that they define 1 gigabyte as 1000^3 bytes instead of the 1024^3 that your computer considers it.

The Apple firmware itself is ~5mb. On 5th generation iPods, there's a second 5mb for running the Broadcom chip. The firmware partition is between 40mb and 120mb depending on which model of iPod you have. This is to store the contents of RAM when it sleeps.

[L]

Ever notice that 200mb missing on your iPod......

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[brandun_6]

Lol.....MY bad...I'm wondering now then on my 30GB Video iPod whats the rest of the missing space for?

[L]

Lol.....MY bad...I'm wondering now then on my 30GB Video iPod whats the rest of the missing space for?

Like what Llorean said. The marketing calculation considers 1000kb as 1 MB and so 1000mb = 1gb. However, real calculation as done by the computer considers 1024 KB as 1 MB and so 1024MB = 1GB. So for every 1gb you have, you have "lost" 24mb.

Take your 30 x 24mb and also add in the firmware partition and you got it.

[brandun_6]

Ohhhhhhhhhh I see now.