ipod nano[i installed ipodlinux on my ipod nano & pasted the podzilla & start files]

[hawkx[nano]]

i installed ipod linux for my ipod nano and followed everything now step by step i pasted the podzilla and start files in the root directory on my ipod nano which is in my drive D:

i'm not really sure where is the root of the directory but please guys if you know my problem please help me out!!

i have the ipodlinux installer that's already complied, the on you k=just download ,extract and install th ipodlinux installer then copy the files from the folder titled "put these files in the root directory of your ipod"

i have re-formatted and re-installed but i still don't know what's wrong!! the ipod linux boots up and and says it can't find the start file and the podzilla file.

please i'm desperate!!!

[UnprovenProphet]

Are you using Linux or Windows?

For Windows:

1. Go to: sf.net/projects/ipodlinuxinst
2. Extract files to C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username >\Desktop\ipodlinux
3. Go to your desktop and double click the ipodlinux folder.
4. Double click ipodlinux-installer.exe
This will install it for you all you have to do is specify which boots by default.

For Linux:
1. Open up and tile four console windows.
2. su to root in all the windows
3a. Make a directory: /mnt/ipod. To do this type (without quotes) "mkdir /mnt/ipod"
3b. Now find out how Linux sees your device. To do this type (without quotes) "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" Usually it will see it as the first SCSI device, this is shown as "host: scsi0" this means that the location of the device is /dev/sda.
3c. Mount the device. To do this type (without quotes) "mount /dev/sda /mnt/ipod"
4. Create a backup for the device. To do this, type (without quotes) "dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr_backup count=1" and then "dd if=/dev/sda1 of=partition.orig "
5. Now use fdisk to restructure the partition table of the device. To do this, type (without quotes) "fdisk -u /dev/sda" then "d" then "1". This will delete the firmware partition of the device. Then create a new primary partition with the length of 1 cylinder. To do this, type (without quotes) "n" then "p" then "1" then "1" (again) then "4". Now activate the new partition. To do this, type (without quotes) "a" then "1". Now set the partition type to Empty. To do this, type (without quotes) "t" then "1" then "0". Now create the third primary partition To do this, type (without quotes) "n" then "p" then "3" then "5" then "10". Now print out the partition table and make sure everything looks alright. To do this, type (without quotes) "p". Once you are sure everything is as it is supposed to be, write the new partition table. To do this, type (without quotes) "w". fdisk will now exit, now make the new filesystem out of /dev/sda3. To do this, type (without quotes) "mke2fs -j /dev/sda3" Now set the maximal count to never. To do this, type (without quotes) "tune2fs -c 0 /dev/sda3".

I think you should probably use the precompiled kernel binary...so I will skip the part where you build the kernel. Download the kernel binary and copy it to the location you are in.

6. Use the make_fw utility to extract the native OS. You will have to dip into your backup to do this. To do this, type (without quotes) "./make_fw -o nativeos.bin -e 0 partition.orig"
7. Now patch the Linux binary into the firmware partition.To do this and use the native OS as the default, type (without quotes) "./make_fw -3 -o newos.bin -i nativeos.bin -l <DOWNLOADED BINARY NAME>" Note that <DOWNLOADED BINARY NAME> is the binary kernel you downloaded and that the name of the binary should replace the placeholder.
8. Now copy the new OS back into the device. To do this, type (without quotes) "dd if=newos.bin of=/dev/sda1"
8. Unmount the iPod. To do this type (without quotes) umount /dev/sda"
9. Now copy the kernel modules to the device. To do this, type (without quotes) "mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /mnt/ipod" then "cp -rf lib /mnt/ipod"
10. Extract the Userland to the root partition. This will include podzilla. To do this type, without quotes "tar -zxf <userland.tar.gz> /mnt/ipod" Update the root filesystem with latest kernel modules only if step 9 did not work correctly using the userland.tar.gz file. Note that userland.tar.gz and <userland.tar.gz> are placeholders for the file you downloaded.

[hawkx[nano]]

i'm using windows!

already done that! nothing works still
and i still get the same error message!

[hawkx[nano]]

whoever started this ipodlinux stuff is an idiot because i don't know why i have to get a linux os just to get ipodlinux. why didn't the idiot just do the whole installation think without having to use a double os in the first place! the idea of windows installation is freaking stupid. why didn't the guy say 'to get ipod linux download blah,blah,blah and find a linux os pc to do it"
sheesh!!
computer freaks come online and say yah i just got ipodlinux via windows os like they just did what the installer guide said and got it. at least they should have the decency to say how and what they did because the ####ing guide doesn't workk at all and for johnnywest you pumpos ###! check your freaking program and ensure that it works well on the nano before labeling it ipod linux installer for nano . because duh! it doesn't work. don't try to say updating kernels or podzilla. IT JUST DOESN'T WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UnprovenProphet]

Well, a lot of effort went into this process. The *closed-source* native OS had to be hacked through using some ingenious reverse engineering and a bit of guesswork. And to call the man who put all of it together is very insulting. Please don't talk like that. The idea of a Windows installer was developed independently from the actual iPodLinux project and likewise is related only on a tangent to the developers of iPodLinux. Can you please post the exact error message resulting from trying to boot into Linux? Did you get the installer from sf.net/projects/ipodlinuxinst or did you download the files from ipodlinux.org? You need to download the installer from the former and not the latter. The iPodlinux.org site hosts files for only those using Linux. If you are that desperate to get Linux running on your iPod, download the Knoppix Live CD and build the kernel yourself. This way all your issues can be resolved, after all how can there be a problem with the software if you hack it yourself. If you can post the exact error you get perhaps I can help your better.

[hawkx[nano]]

sorry about that dude my apologies!
i was fustrated thats all,
umm........... the error message i got is.
---------------------------|
v 03:02. |
da2 on /hp failed: Inv|
pid 32: failed 256 |
ordings |
Shell invoked to run f |
/hp/start: No such fil |
Command: podzilla |
----------------------------

thats what keeps showing on my ipod nano screen after i reboot!

[hawkx[nano]]

---------------------------
v 03:02.
da2 on /hp failed: Inv
pid 32: failed 256
ordings
Shell invoked to run f
/hp/start: No such fil
Command: podzilla
----------------------------


this is what shows on the screen sorry about the previous description

[UnprovenProphet]

Well it appears /hp doesn't exist and subsequently /hp/start some process fails to start and I'd imagine it is because you're missing an entire directory in your root filesystem. Did you follow the exact instructions word for word, syllable for syllable? That message makes me want to think you didn't put files where they were supposed to be put. I'm not 100% sure on the procedure for Nano's though. Maybe you should post in the forums on the project page (ipodlinux.org). Or else you may want to reload the native OS and factory settings and start over. Your best option however would be to find a suitable Linux Live CD (if you don't want to keep Linux) or a distro (Gentoo is a good one for these kinds of projects) and just build the entire kernel yourself.

[gbrandt3]

I'd try floydzilla, because IPL didn't work for me either when I used podzilla, it gave me the same type of problem, but floydzilla worked...

[yellowchocolate]

I got the same problem. Whenever o load podzilla it says hp/start file does not exist or something.

[htam_har]

i got a similar problem!! its like this

pid 32: failed 256 |
ordings |
irectory '/hp/Recordin |
pid 33: failed 256 |
Shell invoked to run f |
/hp/start: No such file |
Command: podzilla |


and i cant turn it off and my computer cant find the iPod. its a 1st generation nano...

HELP!!!!!

[Partitioner]

I don't know if this will help, but I'm trying to install ipodlinux on my nano and I noticed in fdisk that before running all the partitions I have only one partition and not a separate boot and logic partition:

the only partition is:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 280 776508 b W95 FAT32

Now I don't know if this is what is causing the problems but I would bet it is as when I followed the instructions and hit d, it didn't let me choose a number for a partition to delete and automatically choose one as there is only one partition. So from there everything is out of sync....

If this is the cause of the problems then it is not just a windows thing but there needs to be separate instructions for installing ipodlinux to a nano...

I'll keep looking into it, but feeback is good too, can the other people with this problem (or a nano) reset their ipod and see what they get when they go into fdisk and run p right off the bat?