Re: Using gtkpod for an ipod

["Sridhar M.A." <mas@mylug.org>]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 03:32:58PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
   > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 03:41:12PM +0200, Peter Robinson wrote:
   > > peter:/home/peter# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ipod/
   > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type
   > 
   > Try:
   > 
   > 	mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ipod/
   > 
   > > peter:/home/peter# dmesg | tail
   > > sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
   > > sdb: sdb1 sdb2

Generally, sdb1 is the partition which has apple's firmware, etc. The
songs and other stuff will be sdb2. 

So, try mounting sdb2 rather than sdb1. 

Regards,

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