Ubuntu – How to mount the iPod Touch 4G

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When I plug in my 32GB iPod Touch 4G, it mounts a 1GB drive. Rhythmbox does not react, neither does Banshee.

Any ideas how to copy my music?

The output of df with ipod plugged is:

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1             28834716   4347480  23022512  16% /
udev                   1026788       288   1026500   1% /dev
none                   1026788      1496   1025292   1% /dev/shm
none                   1026788       204   1026584   1% /var/run
none                   1026788         0   1026788   0% /var/lock
none                   1026788         0   1026788   0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sda6             96124904  62709456  28532496  69% /home

and for sudo fdisk -l also with ipod plugged:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009b4b0

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        3647    29294496   83  Linux
/dev/sda2            3648       15927    98639100    5  Extended
/dev/sda5            3648        3769      979933+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            3770       15927    97659103+  83  Linux

Best Answer

It appears there are issues with the iOS firmware on the iPod Touch 4G and Ubuntu - there is a long and detailed post on Ubuntu Forums here detailing methods to troubleshoot and fix.

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