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New Bootloader and Installation Procedures - please test and give feedback
linuxstb:
A new set of ipod installation instructions (one page for all users - Linux, Mac OS X and Windows) is available here:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodInstallationBeta
The major changes to the previous install are:
1) A new version of the bootloader. The main difference to the earlier release is that the hold switch is now used to start the Apple firmware - just turn the hold switch as soon as you reboot, and the Apple firmware will start. Every time.
2) A new (cross-platform) version of the ipodpatcher tool. This does the job of both the old ipodpatcher (or diskdump for Mac users) and ipod_fw. Installing the Rockbox bootloader is now a simple two-command process:
ipodpatcher --scan
ipodpatcher N -a bootloader-ipodXXXX.ipod
The --scan option will show you the disk number of your ipod, which you then use in the second command in place of N.
The hope is that the new "rbutil" utility will be able to incorporate the code from ipodpatcher and provide a GUI bootloader install function.
3) Support for the 30GB 5.5g ipod. The Rockbox daily/bleeding edge builds have supported this ipod for a week or two, and now ipodpatcher fully supports it as well. This is fully automatic - 30GB 5.5g owners just install exactly the same files as all other 5g owners.
Sadly the issues with the 80GB still haven't been fixed, so that remains unsupported.
mightybrick:
I just tried it, and it seems to work great! The instructions are easy to follow; the new ipodpatcher is nice; the --scan option is great. Very simple.
The new bootloader works great too. The "hold switch for original firmware" is a great idea. I also like the black background and light text- looks great.
It's a job well done.
vuittion:
I am happy to report that its working great on my 30GB 5.5g ipod using the new bootloader, I can now dual boot with either apple or Rockbox firmware, a big thank you to everyone involved in making this possible :D
frause:
Well it does not seem to work for me on my 5.5G 30GB.
EDIT:
It works now, see http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=7737.msg60652#msg60652
1. With the new bootloader, I get:
--- Code: ---No partition found
Press MENU+SELECT to reboot
then SELECT+PLAY for disk mode
--- End code ---
2. With an unpatched cvs-build from 2006-12-04 and a bootloader (ipodpatcher) from 2006-11-25 (patched ipod_fw), it works.
3. With the old bootloader and a 2006-12-18 build, it seems to boot and then I get:
--- Code: ---No partition found.
Insert USB cable
and fix it."
--- End code ---
4. The original Apple firmware works.
I don't have time to do more testing right now, but I will try again tomorrow. Unfortunately I don't have access to a winputer (gentoo linux here), so an Itunes restore won't be done in a reasonable amount of time. I'll try reformatting or something tomorrow.
linuxstb:
--- Quote from: frause on December 18, 2006, 04:17:01 PM ---I don't have time to do more testing right now, but I will try again tomorrow. Unfortunately I don't have access to a winputer (gentoo linux here), so an Itunes restore won't be done in a reasonable amount of time. I'll try reformatting or something tomorrow.
--- End quote ---
My only thought is that you've done something strange to your ipod in the course of testing various experimental 5.5g builds which is causing the problems.
Do you have a backup of your original MBR (i.e. the first sector on the disk) and the original contents of the firmware partition that you can restore before trying ipodpatcher and the new bootloader again?
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