80GB iPod Classic refuses to sync on connection to iTunes 9

Since upgrading (HA!) to iTunes 9 my aged but still functional iPod Classic 80GB produces an error on every connection.
iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted. You may need to restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes. You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the iPod.
Have done the reconnect thing a dozen times and done three separate restorations. The iPod works fine. But iTunes 9 will not sync with it.
Not sure if this is a known problem, but it sure is annoying.
Doc

Well, from what I've read, Apple is aware of the issue (and at this point, they'd better be). The big question is - how long before everyone with older iPods can start syncing them again? Since Apple does not sanction downgrading to an earlier version of iTunes (I had a post deleted that had a site with older versions available), we will just have to hope that Apple can fix this quickly.
I personally never upgrade to a new version until it proves to be relatively bug free (I am still using 8.1). If this is Apple's way of coercing people to upgrade their iPods, shame on them (I read one post that stated Apple support advised someone to purchase a new iPod).

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https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/0/MA629/en_US/iPod_nano_4th_gen_UserGuide .pdf
See at the bottom of page 69 -
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3 In iTunes, select iPod nano in the source list and click the Summary tab.
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4 Click Update to install the latest version of the software.
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