Linux on iPod 4G?

asi0917 · 02-04-2005, 02:06 PM

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

beaucoup · 02-04-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by asi0917

while im at it, is there anything that will re-update the mac firmware for a PC formatted ipod from a mac? >.<

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.

johnson_steve · 04-13-2005, 12:30 PM

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.

fakie_flip · 10-06-2006, 02:23 PM

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.

beaucoup · 10-06-2006, 02:34 PM

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,.