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Hey all,
I got the idea to use my red iPod Nano 2nd gen as an external drive to install ubuntu on, so I wouldn't have to install it on my internal harddrive on my macbook pro. In an attempt to get this working I used diskutil to reformat my ipod as MBRFormat, which did succeed (the ubuntu install however wouldn't work on the ipod), but now I want to restore the iPod to use it as a music device again, and iTunes tells me I can't.
It downloads the software and everything then says there was an unknown error, with the same icon as the 'Device Removal' message you get when you yank out a usb drive.
Is there any way I can manually reformat the iPod and/or restore an image to get it working again? I should have made one myself, doh.
I got the idea to use my red iPod Nano 2nd gen as an external drive to install ubuntu on, so I wouldn't have to install it on my internal harddrive on my macbook pro. In an attempt to get this working I used diskutil to reformat my ipod as MBRFormat, which did succeed (the ubuntu install however wouldn't work on the ipod), but now I want to restore the iPod to use it as a music device again, and iTunes tells me I can't.
It downloads the software and everything then says there was an unknown error, with the same icon as the 'Device Removal' message you get when you yank out a usb drive.
Is there any way I can manually reformat the iPod and/or restore an image to get it working again? I should have made one myself, doh.