On 2013-07-29 20:09, pademc1 wrote:
I have an older Ipod which I somehow lost ownership of. I tried to put some new music on it, but I get an error message stating it is "read only".
What were you using to put new music on this ipod? What's the model of the ipod? Is it disk-based, or flash-based? How old is the ipod? The ones with disks will eventually suffer mechanical failure, while the ones with flash will probably eventually get bit rot.
I tried to change it to read and write from the command line (using sudo) but it still comes back read only.
Have a look at the output from dmesg for anything to do with filesystem problems or disk errors on the device. Filesystem problems may require a mkdosfs followed by using gtkpod to recreate the file structure. Disk errors probably mean the device is on its last legs.
G-parted I think I wouldn't be able to reuse the Ipod because I can't find any Linux based software to install on the Ipod.
Is this a disk-based ipod? If so, you might be able to replace its firmware. The disk-based ipods I've seen typically have 2 partitions, 1 containing a firmware blob and 1 containing a FAT or HFS+ filesystem. Some people have made alternative firmware images. I don't think replacing the firmware would help you do what you want, though.
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