The Continuing iPod 5.5G Linux Saga...
Apr. 18th, 2007 03:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
errantemberThe Plot, like the fluid in my lungs after 7 bowls of pudding, Thickens, as the Filesystem portion of the second
parition, where the music, etc. is stored is explicitly listed as having an "allocation block" size of 4k. I do seem to recall that it's possible to have more than one "block" to each "allocation block," but this kind of hairy horseshit isn't exactly making it any easier to properly void my warranty. The first partition, where the OS is stored, is 64 MB exactly, but doesn't have a recognizable "file system" under iPartition. This makes me wonder why it is I have to use the 252 parameter instead of the 63 parameter from here:
http://www.ipodlinux.org/Loader_2
It brings up the ulgy possibility that my OS partition does, in fact, have a different "block size" in some file system the details of which are a complete mystery. Why that's relevant when using dd, which is a byte-wise copying mechanism that couldn't care less about filesystems, like much else in the project, mystifies me.
So far, all attempts to figure out how to manually specify the block size of a new partition using Apple's built-in tools has failed. However, I found the following lead:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-89960.html
...that seems to suggest that the Ubuntu Linux Desktop CD (Linux that boots from a CD without installing) for PowerPC may well be able to do the re-formatting.
The next question, answered in about 20 minutes when the download is complete, is "will it also recognize my iPod?"
If not, I suppose I could create the filesystem somewhere else, then re-copy it onto the iPod from OS X using dd.
parition, where the music, etc. is stored is explicitly listed as having an "allocation block" size of 4k. I do seem to recall that it's possible to have more than one "block" to each "allocation block," but this kind of hairy horseshit isn't exactly making it any easier to properly void my warranty. The first partition, where the OS is stored, is 64 MB exactly, but doesn't have a recognizable "file system" under iPartition. This makes me wonder why it is I have to use the 252 parameter instead of the 63 parameter from here:
http://www.ipodlinux.org/Loader_2
It brings up the ulgy possibility that my OS partition does, in fact, have a different "block size" in some file system the details of which are a complete mystery. Why that's relevant when using dd, which is a byte-wise copying mechanism that couldn't care less about filesystems, like much else in the project, mystifies me.
So far, all attempts to figure out how to manually specify the block size of a new partition using Apple's built-in tools has failed. However, I found the following lead:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-89960.html
...that seems to suggest that the Ubuntu Linux Desktop CD (Linux that boots from a CD without installing) for PowerPC may well be able to do the re-formatting.
The next question, answered in about 20 minutes when the download is complete, is "will it also recognize my iPod?"
If not, I suppose I could create the filesystem somewhere else, then re-copy it onto the iPod from OS X using dd.
