[ale] iPod mounting

[Jerald Sheets]

Also be aware that when the software asks if you want
to "prepare" the iPod, that essentially means "Do you
want to delete everything you've got on the iPod"

:)

--j

--- Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
wrote:

> Thnaks for the reply.  
> 
> I've got a quick question for you.  I do not have
> the origianl earphones and
> am using some RCA ones.  The volum is very low and
> there obviosuly no way to turn up volum.  Is that
> because the original earbuds had a volumn control?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 08:39:21PM -0400, Jay Loden
> wrote:
> > Odd, I've got two iPods (long story), a 40GB and 
> 20GB, and they both work 
> > under Linux and Windows, on firewire, USB 1.1 or
> 2.0.
> > 
> >  I've never had it format the iPod for
> "configuring" even after going back and 
> > forth between iTunes and gtkpod under Linux. I've
> also written to it as a 
> > regular usb drive after mounting it as vfat under
> Linux or as a USB Mass 
> > Storage device on Windows.
> > 
> > Maybe your file system was corrupted or something
> else that caused iTunes to 
> > think it was unformatted or improperly formatted? 
> > 
> > -Jay
> > 
> > On Tuesday 07 June 2005 05:56 pm, Christopher
> Fowler wrote:
> > > Here is a warning!
> > >
> > > I just loaded up itunes on Windows and it
> formatted the iPod without
> > > warning. It is called configuring....
> > >
> > > There was almost 40GB of music all gone :(
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 05:16:36PM -0400,
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > > > I've just conencted my iPod 40GB to Linux hand
> have found an issue.
> > > > When I transfer large amounts of data to it I
> get "rejecting io to dead
> > > > device" error messages.  I've never really had
> much luck with USB 2.0
> > > > support under Linux.  Is this a known issue?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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