[Ipodlinux-devel] Partition Information

[Frogbert G. <fro...@gm...>]

After successfully borking my entire Ipod by using the windows linux
installer I am at a loss at what to do. I have a number of theorys
that each require a little bit of assistance from you people.

The situation is this, the Ipod (3g 20gb) boots, shows the apple logo,
then promptly shows the folder with the x above it. It says like that
for a few seconds, reboots and trys again. I can't seem to force it
into disk mode but perhaps i'm doing it wrong (Resetting by turning
hold on/off then holding menu and play pause. Then I hold ff and
rewind when the apple logo appears) or whether it resets before I have
a change to do it properly.

If I plug it into the firewire port I get a do not disconnect message
followed by a tick and a safe to disconnect message. The same thing
happens with the usb cord however the computer claims it has an
unknown usb device attached.

My first question is, is the disk mode code stored on the hard disk or
the bios? If it is on the hard disk it is conceivable I ca'nt get into
it because I've overwritten something bad.

Assuming I am going about getting into disk mode all wrong and I can
get into it, I could possibly use the apple update to fix the
partitions no?

If I cant get into disk mode it looks like I'm going to have to open
my Ipod up and take the hard disk out, as far as I can tell its a
reasonably stock standard PCMCIA hard disk so I should be able to then
plug it into my laptop, and assuming the backups the windows installer
are of any use, restore my Ipod, failing that perhaps the data is
stored in the upgrade program somewhere *Fingers crossed*.

Will I have to repartition the whole lot, (I have linux)  and if so
what are the sizes/file formats?

Would the upgrade work if I just formatted the disk? Would it allow me
into disk mode then?

And Suggestions?