I have had some fun fighting with the muvo today. (I recieived it as a Christmas present)
To sum up what I have learned:
(I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR MUVO. THE FOLLOWING MAY OR MAY NOT VOID YOUR WARRENTEE OR MESS IT UP)
To get it to work in Linux (in redhat 8.0 at least)
Find out which scsi device it is registered as.
Most likely it will be the default /dev/sda1 unless you have other usb or scsi devices.
Then to mount you must (with the correct sd* device)
mkdir /mnt/muvo
mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/muvo
When you mount it you will see a file on it called settings.dat
that is just the volume setting. If you remove it nothing will happen (it will reset the volume to 12% every time you shut it off then turn it back on), but just leave it there.
Sometimes the muvo is finicky. It might refuse to turn on sometimes (im not sure why... maybe if you remove it before turning it off).
To fix this I fiddled with it by removing the battery and the file store unit in different combinations (remove both, remove one then the other, etc) along with formatting(with their windows utility) or removing all or some of the files on it.
One time It seemed not to want to turn on because I had filled it too much (why this is possible ? dont ask). It started to work after reformatting using format utility it comes with.
One other thing that happened is that I think I may have messed up the partition table by unplugging from the computer before it was done. In any case if you see the following symptoms, follow my instructions and your problem may be solved. (Warning: these instructions will delete the data on the muvo)
if:
- you know there are files on there, but the light stays red and wont play etc
- wont mount in linux nor windows.
- you get in /var/log/messages : " kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:01."
- you get when trying to mount : "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
or too many mounted file systems"
- any other problem where the muvo wont work and you know the battery is good.
then (as root):
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/home/myhomedirectory/muvo.bak
This is a back up just in case something goes wrong.
fdisk /dev/sda1
delete the partition
create a new partition with all default values
change the partition's system id to 1 (fat12)
write partition table to disk
then put your muvo on a windows computer.
It should show up as a removable drive.
use the format utitlity that came with the muvo and reformat (not quick format)
Now it should work. (in both windows and linux)
