problems after ipod nano linux

There have been several forums regarding this issue -- the iPod Linux site specifically states that it does not support iPod nano -- and yet people keep on trying ...

I would try using the iBook -- presuming it's a recent (white, not colored) one -- to reformat and restore the iPod to its factory settings.

If this doesn't work, I'm not sure if an Apple store will be of much help -- you probably voided whatever warranty you had when you installed iPod Linux ...

Considering past experiences with the apple store, I don't believe you'll run into issues. I've tried doing iPod linux on my 4g 60gb photo. Couldn't get it to work, ran into the same issue, had to do a hard reset (can't remember how - use the power of google) ran the restore through the iPod updater and it works fine now.

getting that error in killdisk is normal, just hit I for ignore to continue on with the instructions. Find ipodMe and kill it, most likely there will be no progress in formatting it once you tell it to kill the drive so close the window at 0% then disconnect the drive and plug it back in (preferably force it into disk mode if you know the trick) now if you double click on 'my computer' and right click on removable disk (usually e:) and go to format you will see now that it is a 1.92gb disk that you can format to fat32. Do so. Now you can use the ipod updater to restore your ipod back to factory default. Fresh as new.

Ipod linux isnt all that bad,
Ok when the ipod messed up this is how i fixed it. You need to go to control panel, admin tools, computer management, disk management, u will then see there is a partition on the ipod, remove it, now it is in a stable state and windows can format it. Then use the apple updator to restore ipod to factory settings.

I was not going to be beaten tho and was determine to get avi files working on my 2gig nano

Check out this site
http://ipodlinux.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3847
these are the instructions i used - they are verygood and take you through how to set up ur ipod with linux, mine is now dual bootable so i have the best of both worlds, ipod linux and the orginial apple firmware.

Hope this was of help . . .

Thanks for replying to my post
Mario

I removed the partition and tried to format it and it told me it couldnt, so then i unplugged it and plugged it back in and nothing.... it doesnt show any screen or take a charge, so now im stuck.

any help would be nice. thanks

alright i fixed that problem by just doin the menu + select reboot, now I formated and then restored it back to its original state, and then installed linux and put the podzilla and start in the main G partition, but when it goes to boot it scrolls through a bunch of blue lettering and then stops and says somthing about podzilla.

if its not powering up then it sounds like a hardware fault, leave ur ipod plugged in for a few hours, could be dead battery

is that what it says, it seems like you havent installed it properly and havent copied the podzilla file to the root, therfore ipod linux is trying to load the podzilla file which isnt actually there, format the ipod and restore to factory settings then follow the instructions . . . carefully in the website i posted above, that should solve your problems.
Let me knwo how it goes
mario

ok i have done everything possible to get linux on it. I finally got it back to factory settings and then tried to put linux on it and after i install it and i unplug it and go back into disk mode to put the podzilla and start files onto the root drive it tells me i have to format the drive. I've reformated and installed at least 10 times and the same thing always happends. I followed the istructions from that site to a t and still dont know whats wrong. I'm gonna try it on another computer and see what happends.

Thanks for the replys

well i have no idea what i did but i woke up this morning and tried to install it again and it worked! i was able to access the drive after the install and put the podzilla and start files in the root and it booted up perfectly. I did mess around a little with the partitions using 7tools partition manager but thats all. Thanks for all your help guys.

now my next question is, will the convertion of video files always output a larger file than the original. And is there anyway to make them smaller?

Hi...been following these posts to make sure there was a way out of anything that went wrong. Well...Im screwed now. Made the same mistake joe did. It didnt really say WHEN to copy the podzilla and start files into the G drive. So I tried to format and it wouldnt let me. Then i did what the other guy said (cant remember the name at the moment). I deleted the partition which was about 35 megs or so. NOW my iPod looks like an OLD mac program in black and white and I still cant format like he said I could. I cant restore I cant do anything. I think I'm gonna slowly have to accept that i know longer have a nano. Any help would be greatly appreciated, but I'm sure u already know that.

Thanks

mate uve removed the partition, try using a free app on da internet called killdisk, they have a free version, u can format it using that and then use the ipod recovery app from the apple website to install ur firmware back on it, u will not loose ur nano . . . there is always a way!

as long as you can get into disk mode theres still hope, so just reboot and go into disk mode and partition it using eather the hp format tool, 7tools partition manager or some other partitioning program. Get to disk mode by pressing the play + select buttons as soon as the ipod displays the apple logo without the backlight on. I too thought i was screwed the first time, but got outta it.

hey can ne1 help me i used linux for my nano and now it doesnt work. i cant format my ipod because it says insert disk into drive E when its in there already, and i cant restore using the updater because it says insert ipod plz help

My Ipod is plugged in but I can't remove the partition cause it doesn't show up.

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Just my opinion, but shouldn't this be in Kiwi?

my ipod has this same message

alright i fixed that problem by just doin the menu + select reboot, now I formated and then restored it back to its original state, and then installed linux and put the podzilla and start in the main G partition, but when it goes to boot it scrolls through a bunch of blue lettering and then stops and says somthing about podzilla.

i dont know what to do please tell me, email me on

please

ok, my suggestion would be to remove all oof the partitions, reformat it, and restore it using the ipod updater. then wait until ipodlinux supports the nano. thts what im doing with my 5g ipod!