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Re: firewire, iPod and Linux



On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 03:41:13AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 04:13:51PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> >>Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> >>mount -t hfsplus -w /dev/sda3 /mnt/ipod
> >Same thing...it's still read-only.
> 
>   any errors? what if you try to remount it rw, does it say anything? 
> Is there anything interesting/related in /var/log/syslog?

Other than it saying the disk wasn't properly unmounted ...there's nothing 
out of the ordinary that I can see.

sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[000a27000266158c]
ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices
ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
  Vendor: Apple     Model: iPod              Rev: 1.50
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sda: Spinning up disk.....ready
SCSI device sda: 39063024 512-byte hdwr sectors (20000 MB)
sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sda: asking for cache data failed
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 sda: [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,  type 0
HFS+-fs warning: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  mounti
g read-only.
HFS+-fs warning: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  mounti
g read-only.
HFS+-fs warning: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  mounti
g read-only.
ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[000a27000266158c]

> >Ths time the iPod ran out of battery while I was trying to work things out
> >and now I can't umount it and I get the following errors when I try to
> >read the files:
> 
>   which universe is this in? iPod battery is _charged_ via firewire 
> connection. how can it run out of battery???

No...not the new ones. The new ones are both PC/Mac. If you're using a Mac
it is charged through the firmware but if you're using a PC you have to
charge it separately. /me shrugs. At least that's what the information
booklet says and that's what my experience tells me.

>   sometime I have to reset iPod to make it work again (switch hold 
> button to HOLD, wait 5s, switch hold off, press menu and play buttons 
> for few seconbs).

This fixed the file system mix up, but not the read-write problem.

thanks for all your help on this!

emma

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