Screenshots To Install Linux on iPod
Before you attempt to install iPod Linux on your iPod, you want to read over the documentation thoroughly, which you find on the project’s Web site at www.ipodlinux.org. There is a good deal of it, so make yourself comfortable, and if you begin to experience that queasy feeling that you always used to get in algebra class, you might be better off giving iPod Linux a skip.
As we mentioned, the first step in getting iPod Linux is to point your Web browser to www.ipodlinux.organd read over the documentation.
When you’re ready to continue, look for a link to the official installer. The installer is a software application that you download and run from your computer. There are three different versions: one for Windows XP, one for Mac OS X, and one for Linux. Choose the one that corresponds to your computer’s operating system. So if you’re on a computer running Windows XP, you want the Windows XP installer, even though your iPod is made by Apple.
After you’ve downloaded the installer application:
1. Double-click the installer’s icon on your computer. The installer launches, as this illustration shows.
2. Connect your iPod to your computer.
3. Your iPod should enter Disk Mode automatically. (You know it’s in Disk Mode when you see the Do Not Disconnect message.) If your iPod doesn’t enter Disk Mode, you can always force it. See Chapter 2 for how to put your iPod into Disk Mode manually.
4. Select your iPod from the drop-down menu in the installer window, as this illustration shows.
5. Select the option to make Linux your default operating system if you want your iPod to boot up in iPod Linux instead of in the built-in Apple firmware, as the following illustration shows. If you don’t select this option, you must choose which firmware to use whenever you turn on or reset your iPod.
6. Click the Install button. Wait until the installation completely finishes before continuing.
7. Disconnect your iPod from your computer.
8. Reset your iPod by holding down the Menu and Play buttons for about five to eight seconds.
Congratulations! You’re in iPod Linux. The graphical user interface, or GUI, of Feel free to explore. Your first stop might be some games. Try Steroids, your iPod Asteroids clone, or Blue Cube, your iPod Tetris clone, among many others. your new firmware is called podzilla after the Web browser Mozilla.
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