Ipod nano 1st gen, cannot load bootloader or partition ipod...

[sanmelkoto]

I've come to the seventh step of the nano instructions.
This is what i type. (i've tried doing the eighth step and i get the same results)

Calvin-Ngs-Computer-2:~/desktop calvinng$ ./ipodpatcher SanMel KoTO -r bootpartition.bin

This is what I get from the terminal
 in response.

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.

Usage: ipodpatcher --scan
    or ipodpatcher device [action]

Where [action] is one of the following options:
  -l,  --list
  -r,  --read-partition   bootpartition.bin
  -w,  --write-partition  bootpartition.bin
  -rf, --read-firmware    filename.ipod
  -wf, --write-firmware   filename.ipod
  -a,  --add-bootloader   filename.ipod
  -d,  --delete-bootloader

"device" is the device node (e.g. /dev/sda) assigned to your ipod.
ipodpatcher will refuse to access a disk unless it can identify it as being
an ipod.

I use a Mac... can anyone help me?

[Febs]

You're following the old instructions.  Try these:

http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-ipodnano/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-110002.2.3

[GodEater]

Calvin-Ngs-Computer-2:~/desktop calvinng$ ./ipodpatcher SanMel KoTO -r bootpartition.bin

Firstly, "SanMel KoTo" is not a device name. On OSX the device name should look something like /dev/disk2

I'm assuming you've not tried running "ipodpatcher --scan" to try and work out which device you should be using ?