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Installation from Mac OS X onto iPod video 5.5g, 30 GB - Problem

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Llorean:
And you've done:

newfs_msdos -F32 -v iPod /dev/rdisk5s2 ?

flacstax:
Actually I did this part in Disk Util - clicked on the drive (not the partition) and hit Erase > MS-DOS > Erase.

The partition only gave the option of 'erasing' in a bunch of the Mac formats.

Llorean:
You aren't supposed to reformat the whole drive.

Please, try doing the steps exactly as they're written.

flacstax:
As I stated previously, there was no option to format the partition only to MS-DOS, as there was only one partition showing on the drive. Thus I followed what was stated in the IpodConverstionToFAT32 wiki:

"The easiest method is to use 'Disk Utility'. Select the iPod partition disk on the left side, click the Erase tab, select 'MS-DOS File System' and at last click the 'Erase' button."

Since there was no option for MS-DOS fs under the particular partition (of which there is only one), under the disk, then I naturally chose the disk (as opposed to the partition) based on the statement, "iPod partition disk." Just a suggestion to whoever maintains that doc, separation of partition and disk would better clarify the instructions, since the discrepancy is quite important - disk for the mbr update, partition for the fat32 format, correct?

I'll give the command line version a shot tomorrow, perhaps. Thanks for your help.

Llorean:
Yes, only the partition is supposed to be fat32. Formatting the whole disk will destroy the other partition, the one where the iPod Firmware actually lives.

(Note: I'm not a Mac user, and didn't write the document. I missed the part where it suggested the point and click method, but I do know that many people have been successful with the terminal method. I don't know how to correct the Disk Utility method sadly.)

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