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Installing iPodLinux on the iPod Nano

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the doing-it-just-to-do-it dept.

Joe Barr over at Linux.com (also owned by VA Sofware) has an interesting writeup on how he took his iPod Nano and installed iPodLinux on it, making it into a "dual-booting, sweet MP3-singing, iDoom-playing monster."

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  1. Re:does it by rmezzari · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes it does. I have it working on my 1st gen Mini. Im using Flydzilla too. I also have a game Boy emulator and several ROMs. You shoule be able to do the same using info from those sites below:
    http://www.dansfloyd.com/help.html
    http://ipodlinux.org/4G_Installer
    http://ipodlinux.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6099

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  2. Re:Vorbis etc. by Fweeky · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rockbox is a working solution for playing Vorbis, MusePack, FLAC, WavPack, etc on the Nano, provided you're happy using daily builds.