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Indeed:
This is info copied from the diskutility app in os x:

   Mount Point :   /Volumes/CARL'S IPOD   Capacity :   18.6 GB (20,000,236,032 Bytes)
   Format :   MS-DOS File System (FAT32)   Available :   18.6 GB (19,925,254,144 Bytes)
   Owners Enabled :   No   Used :   62.2 MB (65,191,936 Bytes)
   Number of Folders :   0

Indeed:
Ok, I reformatted into Fat32 again, because I think last time I had the level above the partition selected when I chose "erase". Does that make sense? Anyway, now I get this:

carl-burtons-powerbook-g4-15:~/Desktop ccburton$ ./ipodpatcher /dev/disk2 -r bootpartition.bin
ipodpatcher v0.5 - (C) Dave Chapman 2006
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 from /dev/disk2
[INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63         80324        39.2   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1           80325      39054014     19030.1   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[ERR]  Firmware partition doesn't contain Apple copyright, aborting.[ERR]  Failed to read firmware directory - nimages=-1

Indeed:
This is what terminal lists for my ipod contents. ipod name is DISK2S2:

carl-burtons-powerbook-g4-15:/VOlumes/DISK2S2 ccburton$ ls -la
total 224
drwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton  16384 Dec 29 21:34 .
drwxrwxrwt   7 root      admin       238 Dec 29 21:30 ..
-rwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton   6148 Dec 29 21:39 .DS_Store
drwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton  16384 Dec 29 21:30 .Spotlight-V100
drwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton  16384 Dec 29 21:30 .Trashes
-rwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton   4096 Dec 29 21:30 ._.Trashes
drwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton  16384 Dec 28 09:54 .rockbox
drwxrwxrwx   1 ccburton  ccburton  16384 Dec 29 21:39 rockbox-ipod4gray-20061228 Folder

linuxstb:
Does the original Apple firmware still work on your ipod?  It sounds like you wiped it from your ipod when you erased the disk the first time.

A FAT32-formatted ipod with a working Apple firmware is a pre-requisite for installing Rockbox.  Get to that stage (e.g. restore your ipod with itunes, then try the conversion to FAT32 again) and then try ipodpatcher again.

Indeed:
Ok, that helped, but still a problem! Now rockbox appears to be trying to load when I disconnect after finishing the installation, but text fills half the screen, the last two lines being "rockbox error -1    loading original firmware" and then it reboots again and again on loop with this same mesage every time. all I can to is hold down the main button and the 'play' button on the quickwheel to force it to go into disk mode to make it stop rebooting.

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