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Title: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: Smallz on December 19, 2007, 10:45:22 PM
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.
Title: Re: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: cool_walking_ on December 19, 2007, 11:06:29 PM
Which specific part(s) of the wiki don't you understand?
Title: Re: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: Smallz on December 20, 2007, 03:51:19 PM
part c under manual conversion
Title: Re: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: GodEater on December 20, 2007, 04:04:19 PM
Okay, that's the bit where you write the master boot record to your ipod.

What happened when you tried it ?
Title: Re: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: Smallz on December 20, 2007, 04:37:03 PM
it says permission denied. im not really sure if im doing the right thing though.
Title: Re: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: cool_walking_ on December 20, 2007, 07:00:47 PM
I suspect you need to prefix that command with "sudo", in order to give you permission:
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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.
Title: Re: Converting ipod to FAT32 (People who use terminal)
Post by: Smallz on December 20, 2007, 07:30:25 PM
thanks that worked