little oops on the previous post, it started out as an email to jiri in response to the request for a debug log, forgot to edit the start b4 i posted. Anyway: just tried rebuilding the device database with MM, once it finished all the system files (about 1000) it started on the songs, but again when ...

I've seen the post on this topic, and I'm not sure if there's a formal debug log, i can't find it in MM, but i have had the same issue. The sync worked fine(twice) till near the end, then froze my comp, with the processor chugging away at 100%. After a manual reboot the space shows up on the ipod as ...