iPod mini + ASUS P3B-F motherboard + FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE

From: Toomas Aas (toomas.aas_at_raad.tartu.ee)
Date: 05/30/05

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    Is anyone successfully using this mix of old and new technology? I'm
    trying to, but I'm not succeeding.

    The on-board USB ports on this machine are USB1.1, which, while not
    "officially" supported by Apple, should work with iPod according to many
    reports on the Net. I do understand that it would be very slow, though.

    The very first time I took the iPod out of the package and connected it
    to my PC, it was recognized successfully:

    May 30 20:08:32 premium kernel: umass0: Apple iPod mini, rev 2.00/0.01,
    addr 2
    May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
    May 30 20:12:52 premium kernel: da0: <Apple iPod 1.62> Removable Direct
    Access SCSI-0 device

    Note, however, that there's a 4 minute time gap between umass0 and da0
    lines.

    Since my machine doesn't have any support for reading the HFS (or is it
    HFS+?) file system which is what the iPod has out of the box, I couldn't
    however mount any slices from da0. I tried disconnecting and
    re-connecting the iPod a few times and now the umass0 line appears but
    the da0 line doesn't appear at all, even after waiting for 40 minutes.

    I went to a Windows PC with USB2 ports and connected the iPod to that.
    It was recognized immediately and re-formatted as FAT32. Back to my
    FreeBSD PC and there's no change - when plugging in the iPod, the umass0
    line appears in dmesg, but the da0 line doesn't.

    What would be the best course of action to get the iPod talking to my
    FreeBSD box?
    - install an add-on USB 2.0 card ?
    - update the PC-s BIOS to latest version (there is a newer version than
       the one I'm running now)?
    - update to latest -STABLE (current checkout is from May 10)?
    - wipe FreeBSD and install Windows? (just kidding!!!)
    - something else? 

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