well if you dont get a operating system either rockbox or the apple os then your ipod is screwed the last resort was using boot into disk mode.
sorry for the bad news but you could always try sending it back to them and saying that you droped it down wooden stairs
id do that sumtimes
Edit: Also before when i said my ipod has version 1.3 i ment that the official ipod linux installer from ipodlinux.org would no longer be able to detect my ipod because well it couldnt detect it anymore
but i fixed it with another installer