How can I turn off sleep when an iPod is connected?

Is there a way to make a PowerMac running MacOS X 10.4.2 NOT go to sleep when an iPod is connected? I can only charge my iPod by connecting it to the USB bus of the computer. The first time I was charging it, my Mac put the display to sleep and I couldn't get it to wake up. I eventually had to shut down my Mac and then reboot it.
I'd like to be able to set my Mac to sleep normally when nothing is connected but to stay awake with the iPod connected. Is this possible?

I don't know about sleeping specifically when the iPod is connected, but I do know that you can set the sleep timing to never in Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Energy Saver. Manually setting up sleep can be done via the Apple menu. There may be a way to check with the terminal if the iPod is a mounted volume, though that would be a Unix command that I'm not familiar with. You may be able to find it via the man pages here:
http://www.osxfaq.com/MAN/Index/A.ws
I was able to execute a Unix command that stops spinning down of the drive here with an Applescript:
http://www.macmaps.com/software.html
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