Re: erased iPod software
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:11:34 +0200, George Iordanou <iordanou@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 07:58:21PM +0200, George Iordanou wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I've purchased an iPod (40GB) for Macs. I've mounted the hfs+ partition
> >>to /media/ipod. Then i've had the *stupid* idea to rm -rf /media/ipod/*.
> >>Unfortunately the ipod won't start since i erased its software. Any
> >>ideas how to restore it?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >It comes with software for MacOS and Windows that can restore the
> >filesystem. There's no way to restore it in Linux though unless you
> >backed it up manually beforehand.
> >
> >
> >
> I do have a windows machine around. The problem is that it does not
> turns on in order for my pc to detect it and restore the filesystem.
It does not turn on at all? I think there may be a more serious issue
than just a missing OS. It should still be usable as a firewire disk
and be capable of a 'restore' or 'update'.
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Darryl
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