iPod Touch 2G will not upgrade to iOS4.2

Obviously 4.2 is not available yet.

Be patient. It will be available "today"

im having the same issue but the website does say today so yeah.. patience

I am having the same problem, tells me that the software is up to date. There isn't really much point updating anyway because hardly anything supports the iPod Touch 2G.

i have a 2g to but still anything makes slight improvements..but it will come out today the apple website updated before the itunes server did

At least I sure hope it comes out today. Would be annoying if it didn't.

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Yeah suppose your right - things like bug fixes i suppose - but it would be nice to be able to use the other features as well.

really the only thing i hope the new ios 4.2 for second generations is a performance boost just to speed things up..

I think it'll probably do the opposite and slow it down, as most updates do - in my experience.

Update your iTunes to 10.1 then install iOS 4.2. It's available for download. I'm going to wait a day or two before I update so the sever won't be overloaded.

I have just downloaded it now - all worked fine

I have 3 (ipod Touch 2g). 1 worked fine and the other two lost the video. It starts and then it crashes.

PS I don't recommend the update iOS 4.2 on 2g ipod touches. Its a different story on 3g.

I have a problem, today still i cannot update iOs 4.2 to my iPod touch 2g, all i have is a message that software 2.2.1 is current version!
i have downloaded update from this site ( http://www.redmondpie.com/download-ios-4.2.1-iphone-4-3gs-3g-ipad-ipod-touch-fin al-version/) directly and still nothing!
i have downloaded a new iTunes... and nothing!
what can I do else?

It sounds like you really have a 1G iPod. You can identify your model here. The one 1G can only go to iOS 3.1.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353

To get iOS 3.1 for the 1G go here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2052
Some users have had to use different browsers to get .the link "Purchase the iOS 3.1....." to work in the above link

Same happened to me then I noticed if you look at the page where the 4.2 announcement is, the footnote says 4.2 is for Gen 3 & up NOT gen 2 & up. Thats why in itunes it shows your IPOD is up to date. Just yet another Apple screw up. I sent in a feedback form to notify them of the inconsistency on their website & asked if that means us Gen 2 users are forever hung out to dry w/the crap performance & bugs that IOS 4 gave us...

This Apple page clearly says iOS 4.2 is applicable to iPod 2G and later:
http://www.apple.com/ios/
Many users have successfully installed iOS 4.2 on 2G iPods. Just not that Many of the iOS 4.2 feature are not available on the 2G. See:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4205