Linux on iPod 4G?
 

i finally got my hands on a 20Gb apple iPod+HP, im so happy with it but i've heard good things about linux on iPods recently and am looking for a distro to try on my iPod. So far, I've messed up the operating sistem by trying to install uClinux from ipolinux.org, can anyone recomend another OS?
preferably with a dualboot?
while im at it, is there anything that will re-update the mac firmware for a PC formatted ipod from a mac? >.<
my first question is more important

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thanks for any help

Re: Linux on iPod 4G?
 

I don't think you need to update the firmware at all; just reformat the Firewire disk as VFAT (MS-DOS) instead of HFS+ (Mac OS).

Obviously, you'll lose all your music and settings.

you cant run linux on the 4th generatin ipod yet (thats the one with just the click wheel ) it's not the same cpu as th 3rd gen. are you wanting to run linux on the ipod or have the ipod work with a linux computer

there are only 2 ways (from apple) to update the firmware one for mac and one for pc. if you update it from a mac it will format it hfs+. you can dd the firmware to you harddisk then format it fat32 and dd it back. But the hfs+ ipods work fine in linux mine is used with both linux and mac at the same time.

Does anyone know about getting open source software with ogg vorbis codecs on the ipod? I was told about it a while ago and gaven a website.

www.rockbox.org

It's not Linux based, but it's open source, and supports a number of codecs including ogg. It'ss generally just a really mature interface...I prefer it to the Apple firmware.

There is a Linux distribution for the iPod available, and it's a facinating proof of concept, but it's media playback abilities arn't nearly as far along,.