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webmonkey:
Greetings,
I'm new to Rockbox, although I do have iPodlinux installed.

I tried doing a search of the forums, but it came up an error.

I want to clear up a few things before starting on this, this may be answered elsewhere.

My current setup:
Mac B/W  G3 Firewire/USB, iPod Mini 2nd Generation 6GB,
with iPodlinux installed, windows format.

The crux of the biscuit:

Do I need to: (multiple choice)
1: Start Utterly over, as in reformat the iPod with OEM firmware, then do this?
2: Just remove iPodlinux before installing this
3: Just run the installer, it plays well with iPodlinux.

I'm not attached emotionally it the iPodlinux, especially since my version doesn't play music well. More of the 'Neat, I can play tetris' kind of thing.

Backup of the music files is a given, I suppose. Just in case.

Subcategories of nuances:
I prefer using my firewire connector, as it doesn't take up a USB port.
Okay for initial install, then I have to switch to USB? Is there plans for enabling firewire?

Again, I'm sorry if this is old topics, but I tried searching and I don't want to brick me iPod.
Answers or pointers to relevant discussion topic would be appreciated..

GodEater:
Which bootloader are you using ?

scorche:
What format is your iPod in?

Also, we have no "installer".  If you are referring to "Rockbox Installer X" or whatever they call it these days, keep in mind that it is unofficial and we will not support it here.

Llorean:
Error: -1 means you did NOT follow the instructions exactly

It is a very specific error message. While most of us interpret it as "The user didn't read section 2.2.2 of the manual" it can mean several things, but one of the ones it absolutely does NOT mean, EVER, is "They followed the instructions exactly."

You don't have rockbox.ipod in the root of your fat32 partition.

webmonkey:
sorry, hit the wrong button. 'delete instead of modify'

 the error was -1.

 The problem was in the extraction; the folder is preceded with a .rockbox, which made the folder invisible on my Mac, when I opened it..
there was only one file (visible) to copy to the root directory, the rockbox.ipod

Oopsie! thought that was a quite compact file. It starts now..

sorry for the confusion, but the manual seems quite PC-oriented and didn't take the invisibility factor into account in regards to the zip file.

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