IPod not recognized/won't mount

Hello,
I have OS x 10.2.8, iTunes 6.0.5 and an iPod Nano. One day the iPod would not mount. I got an error message in OS X saying that there were no volumes that the system could recognize, etc. I restored the iPod using iPod updater, after going through all of the diagnostic stuff like resetting, restarting, etc. Then the ipod started mounting properly, until I put music on it from another Mac. Now it will not mount anymore again, but no error messages. The ipod shows the do not disconnect symbol and looks like it should, but never shows up in the finder or itunes. Any ideas?

This is what shows up in disk utility when i repair.
Repairing disk "MrAiPod".
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Invalid B-tree Header
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Repairing volume.
The volume MrAiPod was repaired successfully.
Repair completed.

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