Panic on Ipod Mini 2nd gen

[Estimator1659]

Hello I have an ipod mini 2nd gen.
It is modded with a 64gb Compact Flash card. I don't know what Rockbox version I am using because I really can't do anything or remove the panic screen (I tried pressing menu+select after hold-on-off for way too long). But it is whatever latest version of rockbox existed in August 2022.



I am waiting for the battery to finish, and I will restart it. If there is some log or anything that could be helpful to you. Please leave me a comment with instructions, I am happy to share it.

[Estimator1659]

Update, battery died.

Version 3.15

It seems to be stuck in recording tag cache 2/9 and then it keep restarting itself. It works fine if I start with the original firmware.

[saratoga]

The current build has some workarounds for flash adapters.  I think they should not be needed on a CF card, but worth updating to the current build to see if it helps.  Otherwise, you may need to look for another flash device.

[Estimator1659]

I tried to get the Daily Build, and now I got a Data abort at 00050210.
Clearly not my day :/

Well, it should not have that much battery, I barely charged

[iPodVT]

IIRC, I have sometimes been unable to do a hard reset (Menu&Select) on my 2nd Gen mini, but then found I could do it if the mini was plugged into a brick.  Not sure if it was Firewire or USB, though.  Sorry to not be more definitive, but do try (re)plugging it in if/when it is frozen and won't let you do a hard reset.

[Estimator1659]

Well, it got panicked yesterday after replacing with the daily build, and left it all night. Replaced with the stable 3.15 and I have tried to reproduce the same song that made it panic but apparently now it is fine?

I am unsure what did provoke the panic, if someone tell me how to extract any log that might be useful for developers I am happy to get it done.

Curiously, every time I turn it on it shows writing tag cache, which it didn't before.

I have also removed all song with non-ascii characters in their filename now.