[sclug] Ipod nano

[John Stumbles]

Neil Haughton wrote:

>> mount -t hfs /dev/ipod /mnt/ipod Just Works (tm) for recent (e.g. 
>> debby sarge) distros. At least it understands the -t hfs bit - I 
>> don'thave a real hfs to try it on yet.
>>
> 
> I stand corrected!

In the end it didn't matter as the nano's fs is vfat.

However gtkpod is a chocolate teapot :-(

Bizarre user interface - we couldn't get our brains round the _two_ 
Artist/Album/Genre etc panes or the 'gtkpod' default in the Playlists 
window  - and no documentation.

Bloody useless (lack of) error messages even on stdout/stderr. Nursing 
it along mounting and unmounting it manually (since gtkpod's 'Handle 
mounting/unmounting of iPod drive' function only seemed to work 
erratically) we managed just to get some mp3s onto the 'pod, but as soon 
as we got home (and back online) sproggy installed itunes on XP and has 
been using it since :-(


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John Stumbles