4th Gen w/o power adapter

I bought a 4th generation 20GB iPod from eBay. I plugged it in and it started syncing right away, but it was slow because my old-school iBook only has USB 1.0. So, after a couple hours of syncing, I got a message saying that the iPod had no power left and that I should connect it to an external power source. I messed with it for a little while and got the syncing to sort of start again, but then more trouble, so I restored it using the 'restore' button in iTunes. The result followed pretty closely the details of this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
But when it got to the point where it says "Restore Instruction 1: Disconnect iPod and connect it to iPod Power Adapter (typically applies to older iPod models)" I was stuck because I don't have a power adapter. I thought iPods were powered by the USB. (The seller, a company [not an individual], made no mention of this either way.) But the point is, all the iPod does now is show a little picture of an adapter plugging into a wall. Any idea what I need to do here? Is it as simple as buying an adapter, or is there another way to deal with this?
Side note: I plugged it into my wife's G4 iBook with USB 2.0, and it still showed the picture described above.
Can anyone help with this?

I plugged it into my wife's G4 iBook with USB 2.0, and it still showed the picture described above.
Plug it into the iBook G4 with FireWire, or an unit such as the iPod Hi-Fi, or try this method, or take it to an Apple Store.
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