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CompactFlash based iPod mini
bluebrother:
There are two definitions -- IPOD_MINI and IPOD_MINI2G depending on the generation of your mini. You made me quite curious, and I tried replacing the microdrive with a CF card in my mini. It worked, but only with the OF. Later I realized that the bootloader also uses ata.c and thus needs to be adjusted as well... I already reassembled my mini, but when my new battery arrives I might try it again. The mod itself is really simple to do ;)
Dankoozy:
I compiled rockbox for a ipod mini 2g / compactflash. but unfortunately no ipod to test on
http://97k.eu/ul/bin/rockbox-20070621-ipodmini2g_cf.zip
LambdaCalculus:
Dankoozy: YES! This sounds like the solution! I'm looking to buy a mini and a 16GB CompactFlash card to give to my brother, and with Rockbox installed... we can RULE THE WORLD!! :P
Have you given thought about making it an "official" unofficial build? I'm sure lots of hardware hackers out there would love this combination!
dbpaddler:
Well I've got the 16gb Adata card running on a 2nd gen mini. I can load music and play it, but not much more. I try to get the database going and the menu freezes. I try to explore the fonts and it freezes. And actually, getting it to play is sporadic as it freezes when trying to select files.
I've rockboxed my iriver h10 and my sansa e280. This is the first time I'm stumped. I loathed getting an ipod to begin with, but my Rio Carbon didn't like the 16gb card. Tempted to try a Creative Micro, but I figured I could stomach the ipod since I wasn't using Apple's firmware or itunes. I'm an extreme novice when it comes to the coding and programing of things, but I'm still willing to give this project a shot.
Was about to give dankoozy's build a shot, but it doesn't seem to exist through that link.
Febs:
Please note that I moved this to the hardware forum because it is not related to installation of Rockbox on an iPod. It is, however, related to "discuss[ion] [of] the actual hardware, and very hardware specific issues with the software." And this forum is therefore the appropriate forum for this thread.
Let me also note that it is NOT appropriate to use the "report post" button to express disagreement with my decision of where to place a thread. The "report post" button sends an e-mail to multiple recipients, and should be used ONLY to report inappropriate posts.
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