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Geek Culture / anyone got ipodlinux on their ipod?

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Lukas W
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Posted: 24th Jun 2006 17:11
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i was thinking about installing iPL (ipodlinux) on my iPod.
but what i've read the iPL for the 5g ipod is still in beta.

i don't really find the formatting of my iPod very tempting, neither the partitioning. it doesn't say anywhere how to restore it to it's original setting (remove iPL).

so, have anyone installed iPL on their iPod?
is it really worth the formatting and stuff?

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Oddmind
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Posted: 25th Jun 2006 00:42
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iPL doesnt make you format or partition, losing data. Just install it and it will keep data on there. hold rewind to boot the secondary OS...

Its cool but mainly just a way to say "Im uber as shiot cuz i can play doom on my iPod"

its worthless really unless your impressing like klingon chicks.

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the_winch
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Posted: 25th Jun 2006 02:18 Edited at: 25th Jun 2006 02:20
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IPL won't run on a fat32 (aka windows) formatted ipod without creating an aditional ext2 partiton. If you have a hfs+ (aka mac) formatted ipod you don't need to partition.

To remove it all you should have to do is remove the ext2 partition and restore the firmware partiton. I belive the IPL installer makes a backup of the firmware partition and can restore it. If you really mess it up the Apple ipod updater software will sort it out but will format the whole drive.

I'm sure the installer does pretty much everything for you and is pretty simple.

If you just want to do normal audio player stuff perhaps try rockbox instead of IPL.

By way of demonstration, he emitted a batlike squeak that was indeed bothersome.
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Oddmind
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Posted: 25th Jun 2006 02:20
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iPL didnt erase any of my files, it made a partition on the end of my HDD that had no files on it. I have fat32 still for my "apple/windows firmware"

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Lukas W
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Posted: 25th Jun 2006 03:01
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interesting.

so if i want to uninstall IPL / rockbox all i have to do is run the iPod Updater? (which will cause my iPod to format).

if it's that easy to uninstall, them i think i will give it a shot.

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Jeku
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Posted: 25th Jun 2006 09:23
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And the point of this would be...


"I understand creative people. After all, I worked with towel designers." - Ray Kassar, former head of Atari
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Oddmind
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Posted: 25th Jun 2006 09:36
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Jeku check my first post... its stupid.

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