1st gen nano cmd prompt problem

[KillaDilla]

I got it to find my ipod, then typing in the:
ipodpatcher N -R bootpartition.bin
really messed me up. It wouldn't work with a small r, then with a big R it said some weird thing about [DISKNO] and [ACTION] What do i do?

[Llorean]

Since we can't read minds it might help to tell us

A) What exactly you typed (if that line is what you typed, you didn't read the instructions very carefully)
B) What exactly the output said.

[KillaDilla]

DUH. i got it fixed, on my own

[dan_a]

Would you be kind enough to mention what you did, just in case someone else is having the same problem in the future and is searching for a solution?

[KillaDilla]

Yeah,   sorry for my imture remark. Instead of putting N, you put the disk number that you learned earlier when you typed in --scan. Now, i have another problem, i have the bootloader on my ipod and it displays a screen on my ipod saying that it cannot locate rockbox.ipod. Heres a pic of my directory: is there something wrong?

Whoa, thats really small. let me fix it.... fixed.
Jeez, apparently i needed to do was this:
ipodpatcher (N) -wf rockbox.ipod
I'm on a roll! Sorry for wasting your time when i answered my own questions!

[Llorean]

Well, again you didn't read the full instructions. See section 2.2.2 of the manual.

[KillaDilla]

Yeah, i edited my post and figured it out, dumb me!

[Llorean]

-wf is not in the instructions at all...

That doesn't give you a proper install of Rockbox (you'll have to -wf every time you update, and you've overwritten your apple firmware)

[linuxstb]

If I was you I would restore your ipod with itunes and follow the new, easy instructions here:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodInstallationBeta

But please read the entire page, and do every step...  Everything on that page is there for a reason.

[KillaDilla]

I read the manual, which didn't include all the steps. I havent even seen this...

[Llorean]

The manual does include all the steps. Every single one of them. The IpodInstallationBeta page is a completely new method, different from the manual, but the step you did with -wf is not part of either install process. Which is why it's not in the manual.

[KillaDilla]

I understand that, but all the pdf manual said was to install the boot loader, nothing about the firmware, i had to install that myself. It worked, just not updating, so no it'll be fine thanks.

[Llorean]

The section telling you to install the firmware is BEFORE the bootloader section.

2.2.2, which I explicitly referenced you to.

[Febs]

I understand that, but all the pdf manual said was to install the boot loader, nothing about the firmware

Perhaps you should take another look, because I can assure you that the PDF manual DOES discuss installing the firmware.