Smiffla Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I did a quick search on here but there are no threads that I can see. I have a 5th generation iPod (video with iPod) and I'm trying to install Linux on it; should work right? I get this when I type 'mount' in Terminal /dev/disk1s3 on /Volumes/myPod (local, nodev, nosuid, journaled) That means it is definately formatted correctly, right? Anyway, when I use the dd if=/dev/disk1s3 of=ipod_os_partition_backup I get this message: dd: /dev/disk1s3: Resource busy Don't suppose anyone has any idea why do they? Thanks a lot in advance :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I think you should umount the device before you dd to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffla Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 If I do that it says that the resource or drive doesn't exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflux Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 i thought ipod linux had a nice gui step by step installer so you dont need to go though all this command line crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 i thought ipod linux had a nice gui step by step installer so you dont need to go though all this command line crap I'm almost offended by that sentence... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffla Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 i thought ipod linux had a nice gui step by step installer so you dont need to go though all this command line crap Yeah but it said "No iPod found" when searching for it. It was definately plugged in at the time. It's an 80GB model... and I can only find documentation for the 30 and 60... could it be that it's just not supported? I'm almost offended by that sentence... Heh :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 You have what is called a 5.5g iPod. Within the last 2 weeks they have got it working on the 5.5g's. It is really experimental and although I am really tempted to put it on my iPod, I've decided to wait for a couple months until they iron out a few bugs. You can find their guide for installing it at http://ipodlinux.org/5.5G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffla Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thanks :) I too will wait until it's been sorted :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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