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"Hi Steve! I've got your little bitch!"
Apr. 27th, 2007 09:37 pm...and with those words, he entered into the Phabulous World of iPod Linux Programming...
The following Simplified Diagram represents my efforts to write programs for the iPod.
1) "I'd like to write programs for my new iPod!"
2) (Weeks of Bullshit, Swearing, and Forgetting the Fucking -p Option.)
3) Two Apple Products, Four Operating Systems achieved
I now have both an Apple OS and a Linux OS installed an functioning on both my iPod and my G4 Powerbook, the RadioMac. Why, you ask, is this so?
1) I want to write programs that will run on my iPod.
2) Apple doesn't want to help me, so they hide how to do this. You're "not allowed" to write iPod programs unless you're one of Apple's Annointed.
3) The Linux crowd also wanted to write programs for their iPods, so they ported Linux to it.
4) Linux is a fully open, anyone-can-help OS, and can be installed without losing the iPod's normal functions.
5) However, it's much easier to develop FOR Linux IN Linux (as opposed to Mac OS X), so I also installed Linux on my Mac.
Next I'll figure out what development software I need to install in Linux to target the iPod.
Then the fun begins...
1) "I'd like to write programs for my new iPod!"
2) (Weeks of Bullshit, Swearing, and Forgetting the Fucking -p Option.)
3) Two Apple Products, Four Operating Systems achieved
I now have both an Apple OS and a Linux OS installed an functioning on both my iPod and my G4 Powerbook, the RadioMac. Why, you ask, is this so?
1) I want to write programs that will run on my iPod.
2) Apple doesn't want to help me, so they hide how to do this. You're "not allowed" to write iPod programs unless you're one of Apple's Annointed.
3) The Linux crowd also wanted to write programs for their iPods, so they ported Linux to it.
4) Linux is a fully open, anyone-can-help OS, and can be installed without losing the iPod's normal functions.
5) However, it's much easier to develop FOR Linux IN Linux (as opposed to Mac OS X), so I also installed Linux on my Mac.
Next I'll figure out what development software I need to install in Linux to target the iPod.
Then the fun begins...
It worked!
Apr. 18th, 2007 04:20 amAll my circumlocutions were mooted by this:
http://ipodlinux.org/5.5G
I'm now running Linux on my iPod!
Time to figure out how to get set up to do development for it!
You can boot back and forth between Linux and the Apple OS, so you don't actually lose any functionality. If you want to sync with iTunes, you have to re-boot into the Apple OS before connecting.
http://ipodlinux.org/5.5G
I'm now running Linux on my iPod!
Time to figure out how to get set up to do development for it!
You can boot back and forth between Linux and the Apple OS, so you don't actually lose any functionality. If you want to sync with iTunes, you have to re-boot into the Apple OS before connecting.
Linux on the Ipod and Carpet Destruction!
Apr. 16th, 2007 04:49 amAfter having been laid low for several days due to what I suspect was "boy-are-my-fucking-furnace-filters-dirty"-related illness, I was finally able to get back out into public today. I used this opportunity to attend a splendid carpet-destroying party hosted by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
austingoddess at her not-new-but-soon-to-be-newly-bought house. Suffice to say, the Mission was Accomplished, and Fun was Had by All.
Except, perhaps, El Carpet.
I don't want people thinking I'm a geek, but I've been trying to install Linux on my new iPod. It's not working, and I believe I've narrowed the difficulty down to a difference in the new 5.5G iPods, which is that they use 2048-byte blocks on their HFS+ partitions instead of 512-byte ones like all the other iPods. Many of the installation tools seem to be hard-coded to only work properly with the default size. My solution is to re-format my Ipod to use 512-byte blocks, but I'm not exactly sure how to do this. I'm currently backing up the entire contents by way of an unrestricted dd dump onto my external firewire drive. I think there should then be a way to re-format the Ipod's hard drive to use 512-byte blocks, then copy the files back over. So the basic question is, how does one take an HFS+ partition currently operating with one block size (2048b) and end up with another block size? (512b) Anyone know how to do this?
Because iTunes, etc., works just fine with a 512b block size for all the *other* iPods, I don't think it will care that my newer one is "improperly" formated with the older size.
Another idea was to find some older 5G firmware before they created the new block size, and see if I could find a way to load it onto my iPod.
austingoddess at her not-new-but-soon-to-be-newly-bought house. Suffice to say, the Mission was Accomplished, and Fun was Had by All. Except, perhaps, El Carpet.
I don't want people thinking I'm a geek, but I've been trying to install Linux on my new iPod. It's not working, and I believe I've narrowed the difficulty down to a difference in the new 5.5G iPods, which is that they use 2048-byte blocks on their HFS+ partitions instead of 512-byte ones like all the other iPods. Many of the installation tools seem to be hard-coded to only work properly with the default size. My solution is to re-format my Ipod to use 512-byte blocks, but I'm not exactly sure how to do this. I'm currently backing up the entire contents by way of an unrestricted dd dump onto my external firewire drive. I think there should then be a way to re-format the Ipod's hard drive to use 512-byte blocks, then copy the files back over. So the basic question is, how does one take an HFS+ partition currently operating with one block size (2048b) and end up with another block size? (512b) Anyone know how to do this?
Because iTunes, etc., works just fine with a 512b block size for all the *other* iPods, I don't think it will care that my newer one is "improperly" formated with the older size.
Another idea was to find some older 5G firmware before they created the new block size, and see if I could find a way to load it onto my iPod.
Alpining the Ipod Experience
Apr. 10th, 2007 03:03 amAlmost the entire day today was spent installing my
new "Ipod Ready" Alpine stereo system. The good news
is that when I got the entire 20+ piece re-assembly of
the dashboard finished and realized I hadn't connected
the FM antenna, it went much faster the second time
around. The bad news is that Alpine's interpretation
of "Ipod Ready" means the following:
1) No auxiliary input jack for just using your Ipod
normally.
2) When you use the Ipod with it's Ipod connector, it
charges (which is cool) but it also completely
disables the Ipod's vastly superior interface in favor
of it's own.
Now, I haven't used the Alpine interface enough to
say that what I've basically done is paid a lot of
money to downgrade my ability to control my Ipod on my
car stereo, but it seems like that's very possible.
If so, I may be taking the fucker back for yet another
go around. However, insofar as it does work, giving
you the ability to quickly search by album, artist,
song title, etc, etc, etc, I suddenly find myself
caring about data hygiene. When my songs were simply
a sexily large number of files on my hard drive that I
could, at some point, theoretically listen to, I
didn't care that much that they weren't all indexed
with sufficient anality.
Now, suddenly, as I'm actually attempting not only to
*LISTEN* to them (new and exciting) but also to *FIND*
them using Alpine's esoteric interface, I do.
new "Ipod Ready" Alpine stereo system. The good news
is that when I got the entire 20+ piece re-assembly of
the dashboard finished and realized I hadn't connected
the FM antenna, it went much faster the second time
around. The bad news is that Alpine's interpretation
of "Ipod Ready" means the following:
1) No auxiliary input jack for just using your Ipod
normally.
2) When you use the Ipod with it's Ipod connector, it
charges (which is cool) but it also completely
disables the Ipod's vastly superior interface in favor
of it's own.
Now, I haven't used the Alpine interface enough to
say that what I've basically done is paid a lot of
money to downgrade my ability to control my Ipod on my
car stereo, but it seems like that's very possible.
If so, I may be taking the fucker back for yet another
go around. However, insofar as it does work, giving
you the ability to quickly search by album, artist,
song title, etc, etc, etc, I suddenly find myself
caring about data hygiene. When my songs were simply
a sexily large number of files on my hard drive that I
could, at some point, theoretically listen to, I
didn't care that much that they weren't all indexed
with sufficient anality.
Now, suddenly, as I'm actually attempting not only to
*LISTEN* to them (new and exciting) but also to *FIND*
them using Alpine's esoteric interface, I do.
"My Cubans!"
Apr. 8th, 2007 01:33 amAfter awakening from a nap after a great day with Kat, I discovered the forecast had not only dropped to below freezing, but was to include freezing rain and sleet! I had already moved my citrus trees inside to protect my tiny orange and grapefruit harvest from the weather, but the flimsy torn-up garbage bags I had thrown up over my vegetables were suddenly completely inadequate to the task of saving my future food supply. Headlamp piercing through the not-quite-freezing-yet rain, I placed tarps over all my vegetables, almost completely covering them, including my climbing sweet peas. I overturned plastic pots on my strawberry plants, then bricked down a tarp over them, too.
Hopefully it will be enough. I can't believe it was in the high 80s a few days ago!
In other News, I've finally been Assimilated. I've somehow managed to live without an Ipod until now, but with the anticipation of professionalizing my firedancing and photography, it was time to bite the bullet. I managed to score a 30gb Ipod with Video for about $180 delivered on Ebay, and it arrived in a shockingly short period of time. I also got a new stereo for my car with a full Ipod interface, allowing me to browse my collection from the stereo. Finally, I checked my Sony AV cable, and, as I suspected, you can use it with the Ipod as long as you realize the red wire is now the video and the yellow wire is one of the audio signals. I didn't bother to test which audio signal was which, but I added tape markers on the cable so I can tell at a glance which one to use with the Sony and which with the Ipod. I also downloaded a copy of iSquint since I had video encoding problems with iTunes.
Hopefully it will be enough. I can't believe it was in the high 80s a few days ago!
In other News, I've finally been Assimilated. I've somehow managed to live without an Ipod until now, but with the anticipation of professionalizing my firedancing and photography, it was time to bite the bullet. I managed to score a 30gb Ipod with Video for about $180 delivered on Ebay, and it arrived in a shockingly short period of time. I also got a new stereo for my car with a full Ipod interface, allowing me to browse my collection from the stereo. Finally, I checked my Sony AV cable, and, as I suspected, you can use it with the Ipod as long as you realize the red wire is now the video and the yellow wire is one of the audio signals. I didn't bother to test which audio signal was which, but I added tape markers on the cable so I can tell at a glance which one to use with the Sony and which with the Ipod. I also downloaded a copy of iSquint since I had video encoding problems with iTunes.
