UPDATE (May 2013): For the record, I’ve formatted my iPod back to FAT32 so I could install the open source Rockbox operating system for music players. (Rockbox will run on the iPod Classic if you first install the opensource Emcore firmware). I’m happy to run open source software on hardware that was difficult to reverse-engineer.
. . . → Continue reading: Rockboxing the iPod Classic (6g and above) (was The Forbidden iPod: HFS+ on Windows)