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Create an iPod with both HFS and FAT32 partitions
Authored by: silentaccord on Aug 30, '05 07:21:21PM

I have been trying to do this myself. My goal was to have the iPod use the FAT32 partition for the music library since this is something I'd like to access from different operating systems. Then I would use the HFS partition for Mac-only stuff and a bootable OS X installation.

So far, I haven't been able to get it working. I updated the iPod from a Windows machine, backed up the firmware partition it created, then repartitioned the iPod and restored the firmware partition. It wouldn't even boot up. Has anyone had success with this?



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iPod with FAT32 music and HFS+ partitions
Authored by: jediknil on Aug 22, '06 08:20:40PM
Not sure if anyone's still listening, but this is possible, though iTunes doesn't like it. I did it for iPodLinux; check out my instructions for that, specifically the Format iPod for Windows, Repartioning, Format Partitions, Making it Work with iTunes, and The Ugly Fix sections. Basically you end up having to plug-in your iPod and immediately unmount/remount the FAT32 partition to listen to your music, so it's not worth it unless you really need HFS+ on the other partition.

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