Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] How to destroy our iPod :)

[Bernard L. <le...@bo...>]

To the best of my knowledge it is not possible to completely destroy your iPod
by installing or running the Linux firmware.  The worst you can do is end up
with an iPod that doesn't boot a OS.  In this case the forced disk mode is
always available so you can restore your backups.

In theory you should also just be able to run the Apple restore tool to reset
your iPod but since I've never run it I can't confirm that.

To make things easy to restore or revert, make sure you take backups of your
firmware and boot partition and store them in a safe place.

The easy way to mess up the install is to get the 'dd' commands wrong, e.g. dd
the firmware to /dev/sda3 instead of sda2 and you will nuke your music partition.

Just follow the documentation, double check the commands and make sure they
are correct for your environment (be especially carefull if you have other
SCSI devices!).  If there isn't enough info in the docs, just ask here

cheers,
bern.

Mathieu <zi...@xw...> said:

> Hi everybody !
> I am very interested by this project but I have one question...
> Is it possible ton "destroy" our ipod when we install the firmware based on
> linux ?
> If yes, how :) ?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> 
> 
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