DSL and iPod
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Topic: DSL and iPod
started by: Sheltem
Posted by Sheltem on Feb. 02 2006,10:18
Hello!I succesfully managed to boot DSL on an old pentium 166 MMX with 50MB of RAM! Great!!
I tried to mount my iPod but that just resturns an error message:
' wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/sda, or to many mounted file systems'
BUT: that is the only thing I want to mount! I tried mounting the harddrive / floppy and it works fine. When I unmount those and try the ipod again : mount /dev/sda I only get the error message.
I know the ipod got an partition where it saves all the songs which is different (file system?) to where I can save files but how do I mount that (second??) partition??
Thanks!
Posted by doobit on Feb. 02 2006,13:47
I think the ipod mini should be a FAT file system, though I'm not positive. The HDD models could be HFS, but I thought the idea was for them to be compatible with Windows systems now. Maybe you need one of the HP models for that.
Posted by net30 on Feb. 21 2006,03:39
| Quote (Sheltem @ Feb. 02 2006,05:18) |
| I tried to mount my iPod but that just resturns an error message: ' wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/sda, or to many mounted file systems' BUT: that is the only thing I want to mount! I tried mounting the harddrive / floppy and it works fine. When I unmount those and try the ipod again : mount /dev/sda I only get the error message. I know the ipod got an partition where it saves all the songs which is different (file system?) to where I can save files but how do I mount that (second??) partition?? Thanks! |
Try to mount your iPod as dev/sda2.
My iPod has two partition when I look at the USB device, the first seems to be the proprietary iTunes stuff, the second is the USB drive that you can mount.
- make sure you have your iPod enabled to work as a USB drive.
- the iPod needs to be formatted for Windows (FAT32).
net30
Posted by Sheltem on Feb. 21 2006,09:58
net30: What Do you mean by:'- make sure you have your iPod enabled to work as a USB drive.'
Thanks!
Posted by struppi on Feb. 21 2006,12:21
all ipods use the apple fs. so there is no way to mount it the classical way. if you format it with FAT32, it doesn't play mp3s anymore.BUT your solution should be here:
< http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....timedia > (gnupod.dsl)
&
< http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....tk2 > (gtkpod-gtk2-0.93.dsl)
Posted by net30 on Feb. 25 2006,05:32
| Quote (struppi @ Feb. 21 2006,07:21) |
| all ipods use the apple fs. so there is no way to mount it the classical way. if you format it with FAT32, it doesn't play mp3s anymore. |
Struppi,
that is not entirely true. The Windows version of iTunes has a menu to "enable disk use". It formates the ipod with FAT32 and still allows you to store and play your tunes. It lets your iPod work as a regular USB hard drive. See iPod/iTunes manuals for details.
I have my iPod (Video) setup like this and it shows up as /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 in Linux. I can mount /dev/sda2 just fine as VFAT.
The only limitation is that Apple does not allow you to access your tunes via the USB drive. For that you will still need some special tools or iTunes.
So to use your iPod as a USB hard drive with DSL
1. plug iPod in the USB port of your Windows box
2. start iTunes: Edit->preferences->iPod->Music->enable disk use
(careful: this may erase all your tunes!)
3. plug iPod in the USB port of your DSL box
4. boot DSL
5. use the mount tool to mount sda2
Have fun,
net30
Posted by struppi on Feb. 26 2006,11:07
nice trick, but you still need windows, so the extensions are the right (and more elegant) way for dsl.