Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] ppc ipod questions

[Steven L. <sl...@uc...>]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:47:01AM +0200, Florin Boariu <fl...@bn...> said
> my question is: what about partitioning? mac ipods have a different 
> partitioning. do i have to repartition my ipod to match the win-ipod 
> version?
> 
> and if i do: are there any restrictions about partition sizes, layouts 
> etc? or is it sufficient if i make a firmware partition of ~35 megs and 
> split the rest of the disk into different partitions?

download gnupod (it's homepage is on gnu's site).  the documentation includes
detailed instructions on  how to switch between 'mac' and 'win' ipods,
including partitioning (note that mac partitions are different than pc
partitions, and, indeed, the ipod even has a different number of partitions
depending on its winness or it's macness).  in short, i'd recommend
'converting' it to a win ipod for development purposes -- you can always
revert it back with apple's tool (converting either way requires reformatting
and thus wipes all data, so back up).

Steven