Re: iPod Classic, journaled hfsplus (hfs+) and linux

Nuno J. Silva wrote:

I got an iPod Classic. And I got into a DRM nightmare, of course. After
some unsucessful testing with gtkpod (just after unboxing it, it was
able to be mounted without any hfs+ support), and with iTunes, and after
some hacking into iPod_Control which forced the iPod to restart and
iTunes to stop saying it was unable to access the device contents, I got
it working with iTunes (on an OS X computer).

Now, I'm trying it again with gtkpod, and before getting any result, I
found that it was mounted read-only, because writing to the journaled
hfs+ filesystem is not recommended.

After some googling, I found out that this is expected, and that a
solution is to disable journaling using an Apple OS X computer. (A more
drastic one being reseting the iPod using iTunes on Windows.)

But is there any way to solve this just using linux? (I have no Mac OS X
or Windoze computer available here) Or is there any mature hfs+
journaled (writing) support?


You didn't do your homework, before you spent your money. The best possible
solution for you is to format the partition as vfat and start over. Next
time, avoid apple proprietary filesystems at all costs.

--

Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)
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