Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] gen 4

[Antonio V. <win...@gm...>]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:24:06 +0100, Philipp Pap <phi...@gm...> wrote:
> I would use "ephpod" (its a schmall windows program)
> 
> http://www.ephpod.com/
> 
> to copy the mp3 files to the ipod! you can even make an ephpod folder, within
> you place some directory references(is this the correct english word?) and if
> ephpod is correctly configured just pressing on the sync and quit button in
> the start-programm-menu  is doing everything for you!
> have fun!
> 
> On Saturday 25 December 2004 20:44, Peter wrote:
> > Hi,
> >      A friend of mine got an ipod for christmas and he wanted me to put
> > some music in it.  Problem is, I use an old Mac OS 9 computer for
> > playing mp3s, my OS X laptop has no mp3s on it and no room for them, my
> > windows computer refuses to run iTunes, it just quits instantly,
> > (possibly because it doesn't like my driver debugger, I need to try it
> > without that loaded).  And none of my linux or BSD computers have any
> > mp3s either.  It seems the only way I can put mp3s on his computer
> > would be to ftp them like 10 at a time from the OS 9 to the OS X and
> > then copy them from there to the ipod which is a pain in the ass and
> > then if he wants to use any other computer to get songs, he can't
> > because they're limited to one computer.
> >
> >     I think its an ipod mini which would mean gen 4?  Its small, 20 GB,
> > "MP000 Model: MP102" on the back.  The "About screen" says Version
> > 3.0.1 Model PE435 A, I take the "435" to mean gen 4.
> >
> >    I told him I'm sure there are hacks on the web to fix all these
> > issues, and that I heard you could put linux on them.  But then I see
> > that you don't have gen 4 yet.  What would happen if I tried the OS X
> > gui linux loader and tried to put linux on this probable gen 4 ipod?
> > Would it just not work?  Would it mess things up?  Could I reinstall
> > the firm ware?  What's the stumbling point for getting the code to work
> > on it?  Is gen 4 firmware totally different or is it just that you
> > haven't tested it yet?
> >
> >     I'm hoping you'll tell me, that you don't know if it works or not
> > and that I should try the loader with some debug flag on and that the
> > loader is capable of reloading the apple firmware in case of screw ups.
> >   My friend isn't going to be here for very long so please email me back
> > as soon as possible.  Thanks and you should put the exact reasons why
> > the gen 4's don't work on your wiki for future googlers.  When I read
> > "unsupported", I sometimes think "works but extremely buggy".
> >
> >                       - Peter
> >
> >

I've got a related problem:

My main home machine is MAC so i formatted the ipod using the mac.
This was flawless :)

Now, when I try to dock the ipod to a windows machine they can't read
the data partition, since it's HFS+.

So, my question is, if I format the ipod on windows, will I be able
to sync mac->ipod correctly? Will I have to update the ipod firmware
from windows instead of mac also?

ps. I got no windows machine at home, only mac and linux...

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