Quick Tip: Unplug that iPod during boot!
Here’s a quick hit for everyone. If you’re using a Mac (like my iMac), and you’ve got your iPod connected via USB - unplug it before rebooting.
I had a three or four minute extreme panic run when my Mac threw a couple of beeps out, and sat with a gray screen…three boots in a row. After some digging, it became clear that the beeps were flagging an unbootable disk; that disk was my 4G iPod, plugged in via USB.
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