11 mo. ago

How the first gen iPod was reverse engineered to run Rockbox

mastodon.social daniel:// stenberg:// (@bagder@mastodon.social)

How the first gen ipod was reverse engineered to run #Rockbox: 1. Someone figured out that when loading a particular HTML page (for viewing on the device), the device would reboot. It crashed. A buffer overflow in the HTML viewer! 2. The device remembered what it did before the crash, so it would ...

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Still trying to find a way to install Rockbox on an iPod without using Windows. Any ideas?
- They also have automatic installers for Linux and MacOS
  
  Great news, thank you! Will check it out soon!
  
  Tried today, but it still requires a FAT32 formatted iPod. Not getting there without a Windows computer..

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