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Rockbox General => Rockbox General Discussion => Topic started by: Smallz on December 19, 2007, 10:45:22 PM
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I am trying to convert my ipod to FAT32 format so I can install rockbox on it and I don't have easy access to a windows computer. I read the wiki page on manually converting it but I don't know anything about using terminal and I'm kind of confused on exactly what to do.
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Which specific part(s) of the wiki don't you understand?
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part c under manual conversion
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Okay, that's the bit where you write the master boot record to your ipod.
What happened when you tried it ?
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it says permission denied. im not really sure if im doing the right thing though.
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I suspect you need to prefix that command with "sudo", in order to give you permission:
sudo dd if=mbr-xxxx.bin of=/dev/diskN
As the wiki notes, be very careful that you have the right disk (/dev/diskN), or you will potentially overwrite one of your system drives.
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thanks that worked