cannot extract apple firmware 4G

[ababurko]

Just trying to install rockbox for the first time.   I am running into an issue that has me a little worried that I have a paperweight.

Wehn I try to extract the apple firmware, I get:

 bob$ ./diskdump -r /dev/disk1 bootpartition.bi
n
diskdump v0.1 - (C) Dave Chapman 2005
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Reading partition table...
Bad boot sector signature
Part    Type   Start Sector    End Sector    Size (MB)
   0    0x90     -1073742720    2147482051     1572863
   1    0xbf           9412    -1073733309     1572863
   2    0xfe     -1881116380    -1881101421           7
   3    0x00     -2139062144    -2139062145           0
[INFO] Seeking to sector -1073742720
[WARN] Seek error - reading -1073742720 sectors instead

and just hangs there.

I then did a restore, which I believed reformatted my ipod.  I hope I am correct in assuming that it formatted it....I figured that it would fix any isses with the bad sectors.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Bob

[linuxstb]

It looks like you're trying to install Rockbox on an HFS+ formatted ipod.  Rockbox only works on FAT32 formatted ipods.

[ababurko]

Thanks for the warning.  

For those who will run into this issue in the future.....here is the way I went about fixing it.

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodInstallationFromMacOSX#Convert_an_iPod_from_HFS_to_FAT3


-Bob