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Re: [solved] Re: mounting iPod with USB



on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:43:56PM -0700, Brian Nelson insinuated:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 12:34:25PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> > on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:17:23AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen insinuated:
> > > i just got an iPod(!), and i'm very excited to start using it.
> > > however, i can't figure out how to mount it.  i'm not even trying to
> > > set up automounting or anything right now (though eventually i'd like
> > > to); i just want to mount it to write music to it.
> [...] 
> > okay, i figured out that:
> > 
> > - i need to load several kernel modules, like usb-storage and sbp2,
> >   for the iPod to show up in my /proc/scsi/scsi.
> 
> Well, you only need sbp2 if you're using firewire.

oh.  cool :)

> > - because the iPod is listed first in /proc/scsi/scsi, its device is
> >   /dev/sda.
> > - its filesystem type is actually hfsplus.  who knew?  (this is the
> >   latest-generation iPod, which the box says is for mac or windows,
> >   fwiw).
> > - and, last but not least, gtkpod wanted my mountpoint to be named
> >   /mnt/ipod, no capital 'P'.
> > 
> > just for the record.
> > 
> > all appears to work now.  my files are transferring over
> > slow-as-molassses USB 1 ...
> 
> modprobe ehci_hcd?

i already have uhci_hcd ... i though they were mutually exclusive?

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