Hello
I'm brand new to this, so please forgive any stupid mistakes.
Today I attempted to install Rockbox on my 4G iPod using Linux. After rebooting the iPod states:
Rockbox error: -2
Loading original firmware
I don't recall anything going wrong during the installation process. Here's the terminal history:
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ gcc -o ipod_fw ipod_fw.c
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ dmesg
heaps of output, conluding with...
[17180334.184000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[17180339.184000] Vendor: Apple Model: iPod Rev: 1.62
[17180339.184000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
[17180339.184000] SCSI device sdb: 39063023 512-byte hdwr sectors (20000 MB)
[17180339.184000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[17180339.184000] sdb: Mode Sense: 64 00 00 08
[17180339.184000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
[17180339.188000] SCSI device sdb: 39063023 512-byte hdwr sectors (20000 MB)
[17180339.188000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[17180339.188000] sdb: Mode Sense: 64 00 00 08
[17180339.188000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
[17180339.188000] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
[17180339.264000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
[17180339.264000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[17180339.268000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[17180340.040000] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 GB, 20000267776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2431 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 5 40131 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 6 2431 19486845 b W95 FAT32
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr.bin count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes (512 B) copied, 9.9e-05 seconds, 5.2 MB/s
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=bootpartition.bin
80262+0 records in
80262+0 records out
41094144 bytes (41 MB) copied, 5.68784 seconds, 7.2 MB/s
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ ./ipod_fw -o apple_os.bin -e 0 bootpartition.bin
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ ./ipod_fw -g 4g -o rockboot.bin -i apple_os.bin bootloader-4g.bin
Generating firmware image compatible with iPod mini, 4g and iPod photo/color...
jem@fawkes:~/Desktop/rockbox_temp$ dd if=rockboot.bin of=/dev/sdb1
6980+1 records in
6980+1 records out
3574224 bytes (3.6 MB) copied, 7.42204 seconds, 482 kB/s
The structure of my iPod filesystem includes:
/media/ipod:
total 36
4 drwx------ 8 jem jem 4096 1970-01-01 10:00 .
4 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2006-10-13 09:12 ..
4 -rwx------ 1 jem jem 1480 2005-12-20 22:42 BOOTEX.LOG
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2008-08-09 18:09 Calendars
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2008-08-09 18:09 Contacts
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2005-12-20 22:42 FOUND.000
4 drwx------ 6 jem jem 4096 2006-09-28 20:36 iPod_Control
4 drwx------ 3 jem jem 4096 2006-09-28 20:37 Notes
4 drwx------ 12 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 .rockbox
0 -rwx------ 1 jem jem 0 2006-10-13 08:35 rockbox.ipod
/media/ipod/.rockbox:
total 48
4 drwx------ 12 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 .
4 drwx------ 8 jem jem 4096 1970-01-01 10:00 ..
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 backdrops
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 codecs
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 codepages
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 docs
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 eqs
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 langs
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 rocks
0 -rwx------ 1 jem jem 0 2006-10-13 08:35 tagnavi.config
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 themes
4 drwx------ 2 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 viewers
0 -rwx------ 1 jem jem 0 2006-10-13 08:35 viewers.config
4 drwx------ 11 jem jem 4096 2006-10-13 08:35 wps
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might have done wrong or how I can get RB working?
Thanks
Seine
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