Upgrading iPod 80GB (5.5 Generation) Harddrive to MK2431GAH (240GB)
From Joe's Boredom
Running RockBox bios & software
Links and resources used:
- Choosing harddrive
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/HardDriveReplacement
- RockBox ("large HDD") software support (version 3.6 +)
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/MajorChanges
- Partitioning and formatting via Linux
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodManualRestore
- iPod "commands"
http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands/
Partitioning
1) Started iPod in 'Disk Mode' (holding the Select and Play buttons (while disconnected from computer))
2) Pluged iPod into computer
3) Made sure the the iPod was not mounted, this is important.
4) Find the iPods disk path (my path was /dev/sdf so that is what i will use for the rest of this article):
| Terminal |
| name@machine:/$ sudo fdisk -l |
5) I made sure that there was no partitions on the iPod (if so i deleted them, then ran partprobe to re-read partition table):
| Terminal |
| name@machine:/$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdf name@machine:/$ sudo partprobe /dev/sdf |
6) In terminal, change to the dir which holds the mbr-xxxx.bin file then "extract" to iPod with the following:
| Terminal |
| name@machine:/$ dd if=mbr-*.bin of=/dev/sdf |
7)Re-read iPods MBR
| Terminal |
| name@machine:/$ sudo hdparm -z /dev/sdf |
8)Install the Firmware.xxx.ipsw file to iPod.
| Terminal |
| name@machine:/$ sudo hdparm -z /dev/sdf |
