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diff --git a/README.SysInfo b/README.SysInfo index 34b79f2..1a598e5 100644 --- a/README.SysInfo +++ b/README.SysInfo @@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ Having that file is enough for libgpod to figure out the iPod firewire id. The 2nd method requires more manual intervention. First, you need to get your firewire id manually. To do that, run "sudo lsusb -v | grep -i Serial" (without the "") with your iPod plugged in, this should print a 16 character long string -like 00A1234567891231. Once you have that number, create/edit -/mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo (if your iPod is mounted at /mnt/ipod). -Add to that file the line below: +like 00A1234567891231. For an iPod Touch, this number will be much longer than +16 characters, the firewire ID is constituted by the first 16 characters. +Once you have that number, create/edit /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo +(if your iPod is mounted at /mnt/ipod). Add to that file the line below: FirewireGuid: 0xffffffffffffffff (replace ffffffffffffffff with the string you obtained at the previous step and don't forget the trailing 0x before the string) @@ -32,3 +33,9 @@ file when you do that. So if after doing that libgpod still seems to write invalid content to the iPod, double-check the content of that SysInfo file to make sure the FirewireGuid line you added isn't gone. If that happens, readd it to the end of the file, and make sure libgpod rewrite the iPod content. + + + +Once that is done, if you compiled libgpod from source, you can test that +libgpod can find the firewire ID on your iPod by running +libgpod/tests/test-firewire-id /ipod/mount/point |