http://home.centurytel.net/tdtooke/rockbox32.zip
I followed a tutorial posted a while back for my old iPod hard drive and it worked flawlessly however, I can't follow the tutorial exactly anymore (I switched from Fedora back to Windows) here's a link to the tutorial http://mikesubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-install-rockbox-and-extras-on.html
We don't support anything but the official rockbox build and the instructions in the manual. If you want to use something else, you'll need to ask whoever made it for support.Well, as my post said, I've tried several of the rockbox builds including the ones found on this site, both current and old builds for the iPod video. Along with your sites rockbox utility. I've also tried several of the bootloaders. The rockbox bootloader doesn't even load rockbox up it just says that the file rockbox.ipod can't be found (even though it's in the right place) the ipodloader2 boots rockbox however (boots into a non-usable state as stated)
The rockbox bootloader doesn't even load rockbox up it just says that the file rockbox.ipod can't be found (even though it's in the right place) the ipodloader2 boots rockbox however (boots into a non-usable state as stated)If you followed the tutorial you linked to, you don't have the rockbox.ipod in the right place.
The rockbox bootloader doesn't even load rockbox up it just says that the file rockbox.ipod can't be found (even though it's in the right place) the ipodloader2 boots rockbox however (boots into a non-usable state as stated)If you followed the tutorial you linked to, you don't have the rockbox.ipod in the right place.
I just had a quick look (and already had the suspicion) and found that "Step 3" is wrong. The correct place for the rockbox.ipod file is in the .rockbox folder for a while now. This is how it comes in the build zip, you are not supposed to move anything. Why should it be offered in a different way?
P.S: This is how it is needed for the official rockbox bootloader. I have no idea how the ipolinux one works so if you have questions regarding this you really need to ask over there... I don't need to know something about it since I don't even have an Ipod...
... rockbox even loads (it won't load the database or anything) so I'm assuming something else is to blame here.Regarding this point, and only this specific aspect of your problems. Rockbox loading but "things" not working right suggests a mismatched .rockbox directory and rockbox.ipod file.
Regarding this point, and only this specific aspect of your problems. Rockbox loading but "things" not working right suggests a mismatched .rockbox directory and rockbox.ipod file.
This would be as the result of having extracted two builds, one which placed an old .ipod file in root, and a newer one which placed an .ipod file in the .rockbox directory.
Let us start by removing all traces of rockbox, removing the IpodLinux loader, restoring back to stock Apple bootloader, and following the manual install instructions from the manual - no RBUtil for now.
In that order, no skipping step.
;)
ASSuming your partition layout is stock, FAT32.
Rockbox boot loader
Version:2.0
IPOD version: 0xFFFFFFFF
TOSHIBA MK3008GAL
Partition 1: 0x0B 7130 MB
Loading Rockbox...
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
File not found
Hold Menu+Select to reboot
than Select+Play for disk mode
http://build.rockbox.org/dist/build-ipodvideo/rockbox.zip
What is the partition structure of your iPod?
What is the partition structure of your iPod?
something is really strange with your partitioning -- the bootloader shows the data partition with 7130MB size, but on a 30GB Ipod this should be somewhat bigger ... also, I'm wondering why the Ipod version is reported as 0xffffffff.I Was thinking something was way off on the data partition output as well. I installed the bootloader with the ipodpatcher and there was no strange output. What firmware do you guys recommend for using on the iPod video? I'm using one about a year and a half old...
How did you install the bootloader? Using ipodpatcher as the manual installation instructions in the manual tell? Was there anything strange in the output when running ipodpatcher?
What is the partition structure of your iPod?
As I Stated in my last post it's a FAT32 freshly formatted.
No, I don't mean the file system type, I mean the partition structure - the layout of the partition table. Could you post that for us?
What OS are you on?
Ah, I don't exactly know how to do that on Windows. I just switched from Fedora linux to Windows XP last monthuse a live CD.
Ah, I don't exactly know how to do that on Windows. I just switched from Fedora linux to Windows XP last monthuse a live CD.
Alternatively, you could restore the Ipod from Itunes. That will give you a correct layout.
Ah, I don't exactly know how to do that on Windows. I just switched from Fedora linux to Windows XP last monthuse a live CD.
Alternatively, you could restore the Ipod from Itunes. That will give you a correct layout.
Ok, I did a restore from iTunes. I'm still getting the same output from the bootloader as before.
Also, iTunes updated my iPod... could that be a bad thing?
http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-ipodvideo/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-60002
Looks like a tough nut to crack. . .It prints the same information. I replaced the hard drive in the iPod, could that be causing the problem? I highly doubt it, but seeing that nothing seems to be working, it could be a variable.
Does the bootloader still print the same information when you boot it (now that you have restored it)? What about the partition table?
It's worth mentioning. Â I believe it was different block (or superblock) size that caused the 80GB iPod videos to take longer to get going.
# fdisk -l /dev/sdd
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)
Disk /dev/sdd: 80.0 GB, 80026359808 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 = 32901120 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 4 128394 0 Empty
/dev/sdd2 5 2432 78011640 b W95 FAT32
# md5sum mbr-video80gb-2048.bin
80ac20fd058625961a22303fd306fb07 mbr-video80gb-2048.bin
$ sudo mformat -t 2428 -h 255 -s 63 -S 2048 -M 2048 -F a:
argssize must be less than 6
Mtools version 3.9.11, dated May 31st, 2007
Usage: mformat [-V] [-t tracks] [-h heads] [-n sectors] [-v label] [-1] [-4] [-8] [-f size] [-N serialnumber] [-k] [-B bootsector] [-r root_dir_len] [-L fat_len] [-F] [-I fsVersion] [-C] [-c cluster_size] [-H hidden_sectors] [-S hardsectorsize] [-M softsectorsize] [-3] [-2 track0sectors] [-0 rate0] [-A rateany] [-a]device
Try using a 32mb build. It's possible your replaced motherboard isn't actually from an 80gb iPod.