I think i have stumbled upon the fix for this on the Ipod 5.5G. It was strange to me that it worked fine as a disc, I coule read, format, write and enything to it, just iPod would not restore to it so I was unable to put rockbox on it. I ordered a Type 1 iFlash adapter and will see if it is any better. The type 2 CF adapter works fine as a disc, but the iPod firmware would not write to it. On another note, I also have an iPod mini 2nd gen that I am trying to get to 128Gb. I love the sound quality improvement over a BT connection to my phone in the car! Thanks for the hard work! Is there a way we can throttle the transfer speed to ensure that it writes? I am sure it can transfer faster than iPod disc mode. I took the advice and rebooted it in iPod disc mode and transferred files in 12+ hours! So far no skips. It was a 2+ hour transfer and all I got was skipping. ![]() It seems as though the file transfer is too fast and the file is not actually written to the SD card completely, only the first portion when mounted as a disc in rockbox. ![]() I just got a 4x iFlash adapter for an iPod Video (5thgen) with a single 256 Gb Samsung Evo card in it. If anything, an SSD like this is a far more viable option for those wanting to make their iPods solid state, since you're ensured better compatibility and it's good for those on a budget. I do get improved battery life and the peace of mind that my iPod has no moving parts in it anymore, and I also get expanded capacity for music, and Rockbox happily functions with it in place. And sure enough, it hasn't given me one lick of trouble at all since it's been in my iPod Video. I went with this SSD for two reasons: one, it's the correct size and connector for the iPod Video (and the Classic, in turn!), and two, since it's a proper PATA device, it'll function just as a hard drive should. I finally gave up on getting the iFlash to work after a while and decided to pick up a 128GB SSD I found on Amazon for pretty cheap: This isn't correct the larger partition should be either FAT32 or HFS+, depending on if it was restored in Windows or a Mac. ![]() dev/sdi2, on the other hand, was also an unknown filesystem, and was the rest of the volume's capacity. dev/sdi1 was approximately 100MB big, which is correct, and is an unknown filesystem, which is also correct this is the iPod firmware partition. ![]() Evoking "fdisk -l" in the terminal showed me that the drive (let's call it /dev/sdi for convenience's sake) had two partitions: "/dev/sdi1" and "/dev/sdi2". Removing the mSATA drive from the adapter and putting it into an enclosure to examine in GParted revealed that the drive had an "Unknown" filesystem on its primary partition.Related to the first point above, I could install Rockbox on the iPod, but then on startup, the bootloader would scream about not being able to find a FAT32 volume.If I tried formatting the partition as FAT32, the iPod's firmware would complain and ask me to restore it again, even if I backup its folders beforehand. Restoring the device in iTunes wasn't an issue, but the device never showed up afterwards as a proper FAT32 volume on my Linux desktop.Some of the issues I've experienced include: While installation isn't so bad, I've had nothing but pain and suffering trying to get Rockbox working on this combination. Quote from: LambdaCalculus on December 07, 2018, 09:18:20 AM Speaking from personal experience here: I also tried one of those iFlash mSATA adapters out in an iPod Video, with a 128GB SSD.
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