01-19-2008, 05:23 PM
First i need to tell you, you cannot brick your ipod by doing this, also this is how you put your ipod to reset. HOLD MENU AND SELECT for 6 seconds, to put it in disk mode, which it should always be while installing these,Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons for at least 6 seconds until the Apple logo appears.
When the Apple logo appears, release the Menu and Select buttons and immediately press and hold the Select and the Play/Pause buttons until the Disk Mode screen appears.
NOTE: IF THERE INS'T A LOADER.CFG file in your ipod root dirc, then make one, only after installing ipod linux.
Welcome to the home of the iPodLinux Project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipodlinux/)! iPodLinux is an open source venture into porting Linux onto the iPod (http://www.apple.com/ipod/). So far, we have successfully ported a customized uClinux (http://www.uclinux.org) kernel to the iPod, and written a simple user interface for it dubbed podzilla.
Additional applications and modules have been written, adding many capabilities not found in Apple's firmware.
iPodLinux currently works on all iPod generations except on 2nd/3rd generation iPod nanos and 6th generation iPod classics. Donations always help when it comes to supporting new hardware. Progress can be tracked on the Project Status.
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A new installer is currently in development for Linux (WinPods only) and Windows. It will only work on some iPods. Check Project Status page to see if your iPod is supported; the "improved" revision of 5th Generation iPods, and presumably any iPod running an Apple Firmware newer than Sept. 12, 2006 (iTunes 7), will definitely not work. See Limitations. The installer is written using Qt (http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt).
The nightly builds are currently broken, thus the installer is unable to download and install the kernel. In the mean time, you can use either the networkless installer below or manually install the kernel.
The new installer was made possible by the rawpod library; it basically throws its own device system on top of the raw iPod device, so it can partition, format, read and write files to the ext2 partition, etc.
Limitations
Official Installer for Windows
Official Installer for OSX
Official Installer for Linux
If it cannot find your Ipod Make sure its in Disk mode, or if your ipod is 5.5 or 5 gen then use this installer.
The 5.5 and 5 Gen installer
iLaunch is a launch pad that you select and has games like doom 1, GBA, Game Boy, SNES, and more.
It installs
iLaunch 2.1
iDoom
iBoy - you need roms
iDarcnes - you need roms
iPodMAME - you need roms
ScummVM - you need games
Mv_player - you need movies (.mvpd)
iGameGear - you need roms
iGpsp - you need roms and gba_bios.bin
[edit]Installation
Run the installer V.03 and add this to your loader. You need roms and gba_bios.bin as mentioned above.
When done downloading add this to the loader.cfg
iLaunch @ (hd0,2)/linux.bin /mnt/iLaunch/iLaunch
or switch it to
iLaunch @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin /mnt/iLaunch/iLaunch
Whichever you find working. Just look at the other options and check of they are 2 , or 1.
here is the installer
ROCKBOX
Rockbox is an open source firmware for mp3 players, written from scratch. It runs on a wide range of players
It offers more themes, better than ipod linux and more games and applications. It requires Ipod linux installer to work correctly.
Go here and select your ipod
After your done, just put the folder .rockbox into your ipod root folder, which is the main folder, the one where you go to my computer, select your ipod. Once you put it in there, go to loader.cfg and add Rockbox @ (hd0,1)/.rockbox/rockbox.ipod .
WHEN YOUR DONE YOUR LOADER.CFG SHOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS
When the Apple logo appears, release the Menu and Select buttons and immediately press and hold the Select and the Play/Pause buttons until the Disk Mode screen appears.
NOTE: IF THERE INS'T A LOADER.CFG file in your ipod root dirc, then make one, only after installing ipod linux.
Welcome to the home of the iPodLinux Project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipodlinux/)! iPodLinux is an open source venture into porting Linux onto the iPod (http://www.apple.com/ipod/). So far, we have successfully ported a customized uClinux (http://www.uclinux.org) kernel to the iPod, and written a simple user interface for it dubbed podzilla.
Additional applications and modules have been written, adding many capabilities not found in Apple's firmware.
iPodLinux currently works on all iPod generations except on 2nd/3rd generation iPod nanos and 6th generation iPod classics. Donations always help when it comes to supporting new hardware. Progress can be tracked on the Project Status.
Code:
http://ipodlinux.org/Project_StatusA new installer is currently in development for Linux (WinPods only) and Windows. It will only work on some iPods. Check Project Status page to see if your iPod is supported; the "improved" revision of 5th Generation iPods, and presumably any iPod running an Apple Firmware newer than Sept. 12, 2006 (iTunes 7), will definitely not work. See Limitations. The installer is written using Qt (http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt).
The nightly builds are currently broken, thus the installer is unable to download and install the kernel. In the mean time, you can use either the networkless installer below or manually install the kernel.
The new installer was made possible by the rawpod library; it basically throws its own device system on top of the raw iPod device, so it can partition, format, read and write files to the ext2 partition, etc.
Limitations
Code:
http://ipodlinux.org/Installer_2#LimitationsOfficial Installer for Windows
Code:
http://www.josh.sys-techs.com/installer/ipodlinux-installer-2.3w.zipOfficial Installer for OSX
Code:
http://ipodlinux.org/Manual_InstallationOfficial Installer for Linux
Code:
http://ipodlinux.org/Installer_2#DownloadIf it cannot find your Ipod Make sure its in Disk mode, or if your ipod is 5.5 or 5 gen then use this installer.
The 5.5 and 5 Gen installer
Code:
http://ipodlinux.org/IPodLinux_ManageriLaunch is a launch pad that you select and has games like doom 1, GBA, Game Boy, SNES, and more.
It installs
iLaunch 2.1
iDoom
iBoy - you need roms
iDarcnes - you need roms
iPodMAME - you need roms
ScummVM - you need games
Mv_player - you need movies (.mvpd)
iGameGear - you need roms
iGpsp - you need roms and gba_bios.bin
[edit]Installation
Run the installer V.03 and add this to your loader. You need roms and gba_bios.bin as mentioned above.
When done downloading add this to the loader.cfg
iLaunch @ (hd0,2)/linux.bin /mnt/iLaunch/iLaunch
or switch it to
iLaunch @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin /mnt/iLaunch/iLaunch
Whichever you find working. Just look at the other options and check of they are 2 , or 1.
here is the installer
Code:
http://www.mediafire.com/?40nxu9xhzccROCKBOX
Rockbox is an open source firmware for mp3 players, written from scratch. It runs on a wide range of players
It offers more themes, better than ipod linux and more games and applications. It requires Ipod linux installer to work correctly.
Go here and select your ipod
Code:
http://build.rockbox.org/After your done, just put the folder .rockbox into your ipod root folder, which is the main folder, the one where you go to my computer, select your ipod. Once you put it in there, go to loader.cfg and add Rockbox @ (hd0,1)/.rockbox/rockbox.ipod .
WHEN YOUR DONE YOUR LOADER.CFG SHOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS
Code:
Apple OS @ ramimg
IpodLinux @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin
Rockbox @ (hd0,1)/.rockbox/rockbox.ipod
iLaunch @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin /mnt/iLaunch/iLaunch
Sleep @ standby
Disk Mode @ diskmode
I did this so long ago that i got board of it, so then i hacked the apple fw 
Ill do a tut soon 
gj