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Hey guys, I have an ipod shufle 2nd gen, and I have seemed to upset the format. I tried to format it in nautilus, and it gave me the: 'fat ...
  1. 01-25-2010 #1
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    Format messup!

    Hey guys, I have an ipod shufle 2nd gen, and I have seemed to upset the format. I tried to format it in nautilus, and it gave me the: 'fat 32 format not supported' error.

    now ubuntu won't recognize it, and the ipod shuffle is giving me a broken software error. I have a backup of the ipod shuffle, but how do I get ubuntu to recognize it so I can format it properly?

    Please help!
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    Have you check on Apple's support site for formatting tools? And why did you need to format it?
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
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    Because now the format is messed up, and linux won't detect the filesystem.

    Edit:

    Hey! I found it in Palimpsest Disk Utility! It's labeled as Apple ipod 1GB Unrecognized. I have no clue how to do deal with this.

    Would I format it to FAT with a Master boot record partition table?

    Thanks!
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    Good questions. I don't know what you would format it to. It could possibly be an apple disc format. Since I don't have one of these puppies, I really don't know for sure. I would suggest checking on some of the ipod forums for more information. Remember, Google is your friend!
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    I tried MBR partition on a FAT filesystem but it gave me an error saying a could not encode to FAT32. I suppose that's why all usb drives are FAT16. But Palimpsest does not give the option to encode to FAT16. Just FAT.
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    Plain FAT is FAT-16, though FAT-16 might have some additional stuff to
    help with long file names.
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