iPodStudios » linux http://www.ipodstudios.com All about iPod Tutorials Sat, 22 May 2010 19:19:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to modify the Bootloader http://www.ipodstudios.com/how-to-modify-the-bootloader http://www.ipodstudios.com/how-to-modify-the-bootloader#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:07:02 +0000 Slus http://www.ipodstuff.org/?p=309 Difficulty – Very easy |

What is the IPL Bootloader?

The iPod Bootloader is a menu that will let you access extra options on your iPod.

For example you can install iPodLinux, RockBox, iBoy, iGPSP, extra themes, Iarcnes and many others. When you install iPodLinux you automatically get a bootloader but the only options that come with it are

  1. Apple  OS (The original iPod operating System)
  2. iPodLinux (Enables you to launch iPodLinux
  3. Sleep (Puts your iPod in deep sleep. To turn on just press and hold menu + center)
  4. Disk mode  (Same as when you press and hold center + Play when the iPod is connected. Useful when your computer cannot find your iPod)

As I wrote earlier you can add even more options by editing the Bootloader file and here is how to do it.

Note this works with iPod Video 5G, 5.5G and Nano

Thank to an example of a loader.cfg file provided by Y2KCPI1 I will show you how to edit the file. The file is called loader.cfg and is located in the root of the iPod.

  1. Make sure you installed iPodlinux
  2. Make sure your iPod is plugged
  3. Go to Start > my computer > “Your iPod”
  4. Find the file name loader.cfg
  5. Right-Click and open with Wordpad

    6. You will see something like this:
    #iPodLoader 2.5 config File

    Apple OS @ osos

    iPodLinux @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin

    Sleep @ Standby (To Put The iPod To Sleep)

    Disk Mode @ diskmode

  6. To add another menu option you must put the code in a new line

Here are all the option you can add/ modify

Note: All the menu choices for iPodLinux, Rockbox, iBoy, IArcnes etc are given in each of the respective tutorials.

#iPodLoader 2.5 config File

backlight = 1 (Backlight On) (Must Be 1)

timeout = 10 (How Long Before It Chooses The Default)

default = 1 (Which One It Chooses If No Response)

# Here Come The Menu Choices:

Apple OS @ osos (This Is The Regular Apple Software)

iPodLinux @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin (This Is If You Have iPodLinux)

Rockbox @ (hd0,1)/.rockbox/rockbox.ipod (For Rockbox)

Sleep @ Standby (To Put The iPod To Sleep)

Disk Mode @ diskmode (To Put The iPod Into Diskmode)

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Extra Settings (These Are Not Required)

debug (To Debug Differnent Settings)

  • 1 – print messages to screen and pause for a few seconds before the menu appears or an image is started.
  • 2 – print messages to screen and wait for a keypress before the menu appears or an image is started.
  • 4 – print messages to screen and pause for a second after each printed line.
  • 8 – lines counting from 1 to 15 will be printed. This is to test the scroll feature (see below) .
  • 16 – to show a test screen in which you can adjust the contrast, turn backlight on/off and test the keys.

contrast = 0 (The Contrast Used For The Menu Screen It Goes From -10 to +10)

How To Set Colors >> Provide Numbers From 0 – 255 For The Three Colors

bg_color = (red,green,blue) (Menu Background Color)

  • (Default is (0,255,128)

hilight_color = (red,green,blue) (Menu Hilight & Selector Color)

  • (Default is (128,128,0)

bg_gradient = 1 (To Have A Gradient BG Ranging From Black To The bg_color To Have A Plain Background Just Put 0)

  • (Default is (1)

beep_duration 50ms (The Duration Of The Click (Has To Be In milliseconds(1/1000))

beep_period 30 (The Pitch Of The Beep (Could Go From 20 To 40))

You can Also Download an example file that I personally use.
Here is the download link.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nj0kmeg0ijm/loader.cfg

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This tutorial will show you how to install wikipedia on your ipod!

  1. Install iPodLinux
  2. Download this file and extract its content to your iPod root (Start > my computer > your iPod)
  3. Download encyclopodia (be careful it is 1.7 gig) and place it in your ipod under /Wikipodia/encyclopodia/library
  4. Go get a cup of coffee or do your groceries because it might take long
  5. If you have a loader.cfg file in your root add this line anywhere you want

    6. Wikipedia @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin /mnt/Wikipodia/wikizilla

  6. If you dont have one you can download this one and edit it by adding the line in the previous step Download file (Loader.cfg)
  7. Save your loader.cfg in the root, eject and reboot!
  8. That’s it, now select wikipedia and search what you want!
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This is the simplest tutorial on installing ipod linux on your 5G or 5.5G

Alright get ready

  1. Download this file
  2. Unzip the file
  3. Now Double-Click on the iPodLinuxManager folder
    IPL0.5
  4. Double-Click the iPodLinux Manager.bat file

    5. IPL0.7

  5. This window will pop-up and click on Next

    6. IPL1

    When clicking on Next you might encounter some ERRORS , If you do:

    1. Make sure your iPod is plugged
    2. Keep pressing Retry and it should work
  6. This command prompt window should appear and it should add a lot of files to your iPod

    7. IPL2

  7. When it is done click on Finish

    8. IPL3

  8. When it is done rebooting Select iPodLinux wait until it loads

If you want to uninstall iPodLinux, Just click here

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How to Install Extra Modules (Programs/Games)

To go see the modules,

  1. Make sure your iPod is plugged
  2. Click on start
  3. My computer
  4. Find your iPod
  5. Double-Click on the userland folder
    userland
  6. Double-Click on the modules folder
    modules

This folder contains modules but they are not all installed

The default ones are

about
animated_deco
bluecube
browser
calc
calendar
clocks
cube
invaders
ipobble
minesweeper
mpd
mpdc
podwrite
pong
sleep
textinput
tifbk
tikeypad
tiosk
tiptext
tiwidgets
tixtensions
truchet
tunnel
vortex
wumpus

All the other modules are waiting for you to install them.

Here is how you do it

  1. Make sure your iPod is plugged
  2. Click on start
  3. My computer
  4. Find your iPod

  5. Double-Click on iplconfig
    iplconfig
  6. Open the file called modules_enable.txt and in there type the name of the module you want to install (The name of the module is the same as the modules folder in the userland/modules)

“Ie: lets say there is a module in the modules folder called avalanche2939 in the modules_enable.txt you will have to write avalanche2939″

OR you can open the readme file in the iplconfig folder and follow it

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Downloading and Installing Modules

You can also get more modules on the iPodlinux official website

  1. Go to http://www.ipodlinux.org/wiki/Special:Module
  2. Download the module you want
  3. Unzip it
  4. Make sure your iPod is plugged
  5. Click on start
  6. My computer
  7. Find your iPod
  8. Double-Click on the userland folder
    userland
  9. Double-Click on the modules folder
    modules
  10. Drag and drop the module you just downloaded
  11. Follow step 5 and 6 of the previous tutorial

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Installing Schemes (Themes)

The iPodLinux scheme website is currently not working so you cant download any scheme but here is a tutorial on how to add them

  1. Go to the official scheme site
  2. Download a scheme you like.
  3. Extract it to somewhere you will remember
  4. Go to the userland folder in your iPod
  5. Double-Click on the Schemes folder
  6. Drag and drop the extracted scheme to this folder.
  7. Make your iPod go into Linux mode
  8. Go to Settings>appearance>Color Scheme> your scheme

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How to Remove the MPD/MPDC Error When iPodLinux Starts

Mpd and Mpdc are music and video playing modules for ipod linux. Unfortunately, they do not always work on ipod videos. With Apple OS and Rockbox, you don’t really need it. follow the short list below to remove the pointless function

  1. Go to your ipod root and open the folder “iplconfig” then go to “modules_disable.txt” and open it with notepad
  2. Type the following:
    mpd
    mpdc
  3. Make sure you pushed enter so that each is on its own line
  4. Save the changes and exit.
  5. Reboot your iPod and open iPodLinux to test. When it is loading, you shouldn’t get the MPD/MPDC error anymore.

How to uninstall iPodLinux

Just go into your iPod root and delete the folders related to iPodwizard. MAKE SURE NOT TO DELETE ANY OTHER you might delete precious information

The folders to delete are

userland, sbin, proc, iplconfig, etc, dev, and linux.bin

and thats it!

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