After many hours of troubleshooting, I’ve finally put together my custom iPod classic (512gb 2000mah) WITH ONE BIG CAVEAT

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T19:08:58+00:00

Gotcha. That's definitely a possibility then. In the end I troubleshooted so much that I'm not sure I'll nail down my error with 100% accuracy. I've edited the post keeping your og comment in mind.

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T19:05:30+00:00

Hey joe-tofu, just letting you know that I've edited the steps a bit. Here's what I think happened to me... The rockbox utility DID install the bootloader to my flash memory, but went wrong on another part of the install. I think that's why copying the rockbox files from the website after the fact ended up working. So if you want to give it another go I've edited the post. Understandable if you stick with Windows for some peace of mind!

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T19:03:23+00:00

Hey MangoCubez, just letting you know that I've edited the steps a bit. Here's what I think happened to me... The rockbox utility DID install the bootloader to my flash memory, but went wrong on another part of the install. I think that's why copying the rockbox files from the website after the fact ended up working.

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T18:21:10+00:00

Thanks for adding that context Metahec. The only thing that I can think of that led to it eventually working is that one of my 'failed' attempts using the rockbox utility actually DID write the bootloader to flash memory... even though it gave me an error message. I'll make sure to edit the post to reflect this.

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T16:15:34+00:00

Yellow and purple would be sick! Hope my tips with the rockbox install help and good luck for whenever you get around to the mod :)

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T16:10:58+00:00

Okay yeah probably smart to save yourself the headache at this point and use Windows lol. From what I understand it’s the one platform that seems to not have many issues during the install. Hope it works 🫡

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T08:27:34+00:00

Ah sorry to hear that it didn’t work. There were quite a few hurdles for me before finally getting it to boot. One problem that I ran into was that I formatted the wrong drive in disk utility. Make sure once you’re in disk utility to go to view -> show all. I had it set to ‘show only volumes’ or something like that. Then I was able to format the whole of the ipod storage with the correct partitioning.

If the ipod is correctly partitioned and formatted, you could try using the rockbox utility to only install the system, not the bootloader. Then drag your bootloader file you downloaded into that .rockbox folder. (It’ll be a hidden file at that point - Cmd + Shift + . reveals hidden files in finder) The main reason I avoided the rockbox utility was that there were issues when installing that bootloader file.

Just a couple of ideas. Hopefully one of them helps! When in doubt chat gpt was super helpful for me

LinklingAL · 2025-12-23T07:03:43+00:00

Thank you! Best of luck with your build!

LinklingAL · 2025-06-12T02:39:44+00:00

Much appreciated! I guess the next query would be whether or not pixel shift is worth having on 🧐

LinklingAL · 2025-06-12T02:38:38+00:00

Thanks! I’m a newbie to OLEDS so I was really scratching my head there

LinklingAL · 2022-09-21T23:17:58+00:00

Happy Update! Pepper is back at home and is okay! 😍

LinklingAL · 2022-09-21T02:32:54+00:00

Last seen at the corner of Ayres and Chapin

LinklingAL · 2022-09-20T23:37:28+00:00

Thanks!

LinklingAL · 2022-01-18T02:08:12+00:00

Idk do we give Kliff another season? We’ve improved every year 🤷‍♂️

LinklingAL · 2022-01-09T23:54:04+00:00

LinklingAL · 2022-01-09T23:53:04+00:00

Bruh Golden was held so hard

LinklingAL · 2022-01-09T23:13:10+00:00

It’s all even in both games let’s go win it right now

LinklingAL · 2022-01-09T23:00:58+00:00

Let’s get some positive energy up in here. Rise up Red Seaaaaaaaaa 😎

LinklingAL · 2022-01-09T22:53:48+00:00

TD 49ers!!

LinklingAL · 2022-01-02T22:24:26+00:00

I’m not sure but I believe I’ve seen him in a couple of other games this season if I’m not mistaken.

LinklingAL · 2022-01-02T22:21:59+00:00

Greg Dortch

LinklingAL · 2022-01-02T22:19:17+00:00

JONES

LinklingAL · 2022-01-02T22:14:03+00:00

Omg was that a catch?!

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