New iPod nano - do I have the steps correct to step up?

Question

Checked our Wiki and did not find anything specific to connecting a brand new iPod (never been set up on any computer) to an Arch system. I cobbled together the steps below from some of our forum posts and a HOWTO on the Gentoo Wiki.
Let's see if I have the steps correct to connect in Arch (using Gnome, HAL, dbus, gnome-volume-manager...my iPod is automounted when connected):
1 ) Create a mount point
# mkdir /mnt/ipod
2 ) Create a ipod group
# groupadd ipod
3 ) Add your user ID to group (bob in my case)
# gpasswd -a bob ipod
4 ) Create a udev rule (/etc/udev/rules.d/60-ipod.rules):
BUS=="usb", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Apple*", ATTRS{model}=="iPod*", KERNEL=="sd?2", SYMLINK+="ipod", NAME="%k", GROUP:="ipod"
5 ) Restart udev
# /etc/start_udev
6 ) Plug in iPod to USB port
7 ) Open gtkPod, click 'Load iPod' button and allow gtkPod to load the iPod. (need to add info on assigning the correct mount point in gtkPod)
8 )  Load music and enjoy iPod!
Any errors or improvements? I don't want to brick my new toy! 
Thanks!
Bob
EDIT: added step 4 to add user ID to group
EDIT #2: Corrected udev entry from SYSFS{manufacturer}=="Apple*" to ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Apple*"
EDIT #3: Removed step of creating an fstab entry of '/dev/ipod  /mnt/ipod  vfat  async,nodev,nosuid,user,rw,noauto 0 0'. Snarkout pointed out that by my use of HAL & dbus I could just have them recognize the device.
EDIT #4: Added info at top that my steps apply to user using Gnome, HAL, dbus, gnome-volume-manager. Also corrected command to restart udev in Step 5 as per Snarkout.

Answer 1

Name           : udev
Version        : 103-2
Groups         : None
Packager       : Arch Linux (http://www.archlinux.org)
URL            : http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/k … /udev.html
License        : None
Architecture   : i686
Size           : 498451
Build Date     : Mon Dec  4 22:37:20 2006 UTC
Install Date   : Sun Dec 10 03:45:15 2006 UTC
Install Script : Yes
Reason:        : explicitly installed
Provides       : None
Depends On     : coreutils mktemp util-linux
Required By    : hal initscripts
Conflicts With : hotplug pcmcia-cs
Description    : The userspace dev tools (udev)
AND
Name           : kernel26
Version        : 2.6.19.1-1
Groups         : None
Packager       : Thomas Baechler <thomas>
URL            : http://www.kernel.org
License        : None
Architecture   : i686
Size           : 58837034
Build Date     : Tue Dec 12 12:11:28 2006 UTC
Install Date   : Fri Dec 15 02:11:12 2006 UTC
Install Script : Yes
Reason:        : explicitly installed
Provides       : None
Depends On     : mkinitcpio>=0.5.11 module-init-tools
Required By    : lirc nvidia
Conflicts With : None
Description    : The Linux Kernel and modules
So I guess my rule is not doing very much of anything(?)
I know the symlink is working, because I mount by doing
mount -t hfsplus /dev/ipod /media/ipod
And you are right, my iPod was first used on a Mac, so I guess that explains the hfsplus fs.