Re: iPod mini + ASUS P3B-F motherboard + FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
I wrote: Is anyone successfully using this mix of old and new technology? I'm trying to, but I'm not succeeding. The on-board USB ports on this machine are USB1.1, which, while not officially supported by Apple, should work with iPod according to many reports on the Net. I do understand that it would be very slow, though. The very first time I took the iPod out of the package and connected it to my PC, it was recognized successfully: May 30 20:08:32 premium kernel: umass0: Apple iPod mini, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2 May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0: Apple iPod 1.62 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device Note, however, that there's a 4 minute time gap between umass0 and da0 lines. Since my machine doesn't have any support for reading the HFS (or is it HFS+?) file system which is what the iPod has out of the box, I couldn't however mount any slices from da0. I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the iPod a few times and now the umass0 line appears but the da0 line doesn't appear at all, even after waiting for 40 minutes. I went to a Windows PC with USB2 ports and connected the iPod to that. It was recognized immediately and re-formatted as FAT32. Back to my FreeBSD PC and there's no change - when plugging in the iPod, the umass0 line appears in dmesg, but the da0 line doesn't. What would be the best course of action to get the iPod talking to my FreeBSD box? - install an add-on USB 2.0 card ? - update the PC-s BIOS to latest version (there is a newer version than the one I'm running now)? - update to latest -STABLE (current checkout is from May 10)? - wipe FreeBSD and install Windows? (just kidding!!!) - something else? I have now tried all the suggestions above, except installing Windows or doing something else, and I still haven't gotten any further. The most irritating thing is that if I boot my PC with Knoppix 3.7 CD, I can successfully mount the iPod as /dev/sda2. Some more googling has revealed that similar problems have been reported with OpenBSD and NetBSD, but no solution seems to exist: http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive2/misc/200501/msg00149.html http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2004/09/14/.html One last resort I can think of is FireWire. But for that I would need to get a FireWire adapter (any recommendations?) and iPod dock connector to FireWire cable. Both ca 20 EUR. And I'm still not sure it would work. I'm planning to file a PR on this. The kernel with USB_DEBUG is being built as I type. But for now it looks like FreeBSD users would do well to steer clear of the 2nd generation iPod mini. --- ... Work is for people who don't know how to fish. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iPod mini + ASUS P3B-F motherboard + FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
Be aware that the iPod has some freaky partitioning going on. Even if you format the 'drive' as fat32, there's still a partition there you're not seeing. Read over the info at the ipod linux site. That should clear things up for you. :) Tony On Tue, 31 May 2005, Toomas Aas wrote: Is anyone successfully using this mix of old and new technology? I'm trying to, but I'm not succeeding. The on-board USB ports on this machine are USB1.1, which, while not officially supported by Apple, should work with iPod according to many reports on the Net. I do understand that it would be very slow, though. The very first time I took the iPod out of the package and connected it to my PC, it was recognized successfully: May 30 20:08:32 premium kernel: umass0: Apple iPod mini, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2 May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0: Apple iPod 1.62 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device Note, however, that there's a 4 minute time gap between umass0 and da0 lines. Since my machine doesn't have any support for reading the HFS (or is it HFS+?) file system which is what the iPod has out of the box, I couldn't however mount any slices from da0. I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the iPod a few times and now the umass0 line appears but the da0 line doesn't appear at all, even after waiting for 40 minutes. I went to a Windows PC with USB2 ports and connected the iPod to that. It was recognized immediately and re-formatted as FAT32. Back to my FreeBSD PC and there's no change - when plugging in the iPod, the umass0 line appears in dmesg, but the da0 line doesn't. What would be the best course of action to get the iPod talking to my FreeBSD box? - install an add-on USB 2.0 card ? - update the PC-s BIOS to latest version (there is a newer version than the one I'm running now)? - update to latest -STABLE (current checkout is from May 10)? - wipe FreeBSD and install Windows? (just kidding!!!) - something else? --- ... Windows NT - the world's only 80 MB solitaire game! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iPod mini + ASUS P3B-F motherboard + FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
Tony Shadwick wrote: Be aware that the iPod has some freaky partitioning going on. Even if you format the 'drive' as fat32, there's still a partition there you're not seeing. Yep, I understand that. The 'drive' has already been formatted to fat32. That happened when I installed the iPod software to a Windows PC and connected iPod to it. Meanwhile, back at my FreeBSD machine, I booted up with a Knoppix 3.7 CD and could mount the iPod successfully as /dev/sda2 and see some directories on it (/Calendar, /Notes and whatnot). I'm now upgrading my FreeBSD to today's 5-STABLE, and if that won't help I'll put in an add-on PCI card with USB2 ports. Upgrading the BIOS of my ASUS P3B-F motherboard to latest non-beta version (1006) didn't seem to have any effect on this issue. Read over the info at the ipod linux site. That should clear things up for you. :) I've been reading all those sites for past couple of days. It just seems that things that work for other people for some reason don't work for me :) --- ... Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
iPod mini + ASUS P3B-F motherboard + FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
Is anyone successfully using this mix of old and new technology? I'm trying to, but I'm not succeeding. The on-board USB ports on this machine are USB1.1, which, while not officially supported by Apple, should work with iPod according to many reports on the Net. I do understand that it would be very slow, though. The very first time I took the iPod out of the package and connected it to my PC, it was recognized successfully: May 30 20:08:32 premium kernel: umass0: Apple iPod mini, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2 May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0: Apple iPod 1.62 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device Note, however, that there's a 4 minute time gap between umass0 and da0 lines. Since my machine doesn't have any support for reading the HFS (or is it HFS+?) file system which is what the iPod has out of the box, I couldn't however mount any slices from da0. I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the iPod a few times and now the umass0 line appears but the da0 line doesn't appear at all, even after waiting for 40 minutes. I went to a Windows PC with USB2 ports and connected the iPod to that. It was recognized immediately and re-formatted as FAT32. Back to my FreeBSD PC and there's no change - when plugging in the iPod, the umass0 line appears in dmesg, but the da0 line doesn't. What would be the best course of action to get the iPod talking to my FreeBSD box? - install an add-on USB 2.0 card ? - update the PC-s BIOS to latest version (there is a newer version than the one I'm running now)? - update to latest -STABLE (current checkout is from May 10)? - wipe FreeBSD and install Windows? (just kidding!!!) - something else? --- ... Windows NT - the world's only 80 MB solitaire game! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
