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Re: firewire, iPod and Linux

Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:

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. 


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HFS+-fs warning: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  mounti
g read-only.
this is why it is mounted read-only (filesystem marked dirty). You said that resetting the iPod fixed the file system problem - is it still mounted read-only? What messages you get with clean filesystem? What messages you get when you try to force it to be mounted rw (messages from mount and in /var/log/syslog)? 

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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.
oh, now I vaguely remember reading something about this, I think on PC it depends on firewire port, I use the one on Intel D865PERL motherboard, it does charge the iPod.
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.
what messages do you get after the filesystem problem was fixed (filesystem problem was the reason why it was mounted read-only so once the filesystem problem is gone it should be mounted rw)? 

	erik
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