For the techie brave-of-heart, a software developer identifying himself only as “Mr. Gecko” has released version 0.3 of the freeware iPodLinux installer program. The new version, a 3.7 megabyte download (courtesy of MacUpdate), lets users install Linux on 5G and 5.5G iPods and adds the following changes:
-Now it knows what iPod version you have.
-It finds where your iPod is located, in case it is /dev/disk2, it will still install.
-If you’re able it installs the bootloader and Linux does not work try renaming your iPod to a simple name like “Your iPod” (no quotes).
iPodLinuxInstaller 0.3 is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later, AppleScript and a Macintosh-formatted iPod to run.
If you’ve tried the new version or have comments about Linux on the iPod, let us know over in the forums.
For the techie brave-of-heart, a software developer identifying himself only as “Mr. Gecko” has released version 0.3 of the freeware iPodLinux installer program. The new version, a 3.7 megabyte download (courtesy of MacUpdate), lets users install Linux on 5G and 5.5G iPods and adds the following changes:
-Now it knows what iPod version you have.
-It finds where your iPod is located, in case it is /dev/disk2, it will still install.
-If you’re able it installs the bootloader and Linux does not work try renaming your iPod to a simple name like “Your iPod” (no quotes).
iPodLinuxInstaller 0.3 is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later, AppleScript and a Macintosh-formatted iPod to run.
If you’ve tried the new version or have comments about Linux on the iPod, let us know over in the forums.