I installed Rockbox on my iPod 3G and everything went just fine. However I totally screwed up because I did not follow directions literally. I unzipped the Rockbox file to a directory on my hard drive and then copied the files I could see to the root of the iPod 3G. What I should have done was to unzip rockbox to the root like it said to do and the hidden files would be there like they should.
Not a big deal, I thought, I would just reconnect the iPod and actually unzip those files directly. Wrong, now it is not recognized and will not mount. Doing "fdisk -l /dev/sda" shows nothing. The bottom line is I can't get back to the drive to fix it and I tried mounting it on my Mac and it would not see it either. I assume since I am missing some software the iPod does not know how to be a hard disk anymore. What can I do to recover and get RockBox installed?
In case it helps I get the following in dmesg:
[17179650.772000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:14:95:ae:3b:21 but no queue item exists.
[17179659.300000] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[17179811.512000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17179811.784000] ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a2700026a0a9b]
[17179811.784000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17179811.792000] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices
[17179813.004000] ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
[17179813.004000] ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[17179813.004000] Vendor: Apple Model: iPod Rev: 1.51
[17179813.004000] Type: Direct-Access-RBC ANSI SCSI revision: 02
[17179813.256000] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[17179814.176000] sda: Spinning up disk.....ready
[17179817.096000] SCSI device sda: 29297520 512-byte hdwr sectors (15000 MB)
[17179817.100000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[17179817.100000] sda: asking for cache data failed
[17179817.100000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17179817.104000] SCSI device sda: 29297520 512-byte hdwr sectors (15000 MB)
[17179817.108000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[17179817.108000] sda: asking for cache data failed
[17179817.108000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17179817.108000] sda: sda1 sda2
[17179817.128000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
[17179817.176000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 14
[17179818.208000] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
[17180152.372000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:11:50:35:87:42 but no queue item exists.
[17180184.352000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:11:50:35:87:42 but no queue item exists.
[17180239.868000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:14:95:ae:3b:21 but no queue item exists.
[17180504.252000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:11:50:35:87:42 but no queue item exists.
[17180504.252000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:14:95:ae:3b:21 but no queue item exists.
[17180820.932000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17180820.932000] ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a2700026a0a9b]
[17180820.936000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.936000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.936000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.936000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.936000] sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
[17180820.936000] sda : status=0, message=00, host=1, driver=00
[17180820.936000] sda : sense not available.
[17180820.936000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.936000] sda: Write Protect is off
[17180820.936000] sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[17180820.936000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.936000] sda: asking for cache data failed
[17180820.936000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[17180820.996000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.996000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.996000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180820.996000] 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
[17180821.844000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17180823.908000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17180904.272000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17180950.588000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17180983.068000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17180983.340000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17181000.988000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17181059.204000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17181059.476000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17181115.420000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17181125.936000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: wakeup
[17181126.320000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[17181126.500000] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[17181126.784000] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[17181127.064000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
[17181127.244000] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[17181127.528000] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[17181127.808000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
[17181128.216000] usb 2-1: device not accepting address 4, error -110
[17181128.392000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
[17181128.800000] usb 2-1: device not accepting address 5, error -110
[17181960.028000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17181960.300000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17182071.476000] Warning: /proc/ide/hd?/settings interface is obsolete, and will be removed soon!
[17182077.476000] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[17182080.064000] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[17182123.648000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:14:95:36:3f:aa but no queue item exists.
[17182172.472000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17182189.728000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:11:24:95:04:89 but no queue item exists.
[17182189.732000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:0d:3a:28:b4:42 but no queue item exists.
[17182189.732000] ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received
[17182539.720000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:12:17:2c:b8:3f but no queue item exists.
[17182738.000000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17182738.272000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17182814.124000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17182816.368000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17182816.640000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17182982.932000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:14:95:36:3f:aa but no queue item exists.
[17183206.052000] SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:0f:66:c3:46:d2 but no queue item exists.
[17183210.628000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17183239.876000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17183240.148000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17183303.616000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17183329.888000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17183330.160000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[17183937.036000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[17183938.732000] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[17183939.008000] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
hhanson@equus-laptop:~/rockbox$ dmesg
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