Backup files / image requests (UK TiVo's only)

[frogbaiter]

The last time I had to repair my Tivo and upgrade to 2 drives, someone generously helped me out with a copy of the Tivo image. That was 2 years or so ago. Since then, the computer I had the image on has gone, and I can't find any source from all my original Tivo disks or others to create a new set of disks from.

Can anyone help me out with a backup image..... pretty please?

Steve

[Pete77]

The last time I had to repair my Tivo and upgrade to 2 drives, someone generously helped me out with a copy of the Tivo image. That was 2 years or so ago. Since then, the computer I had the image on has gone, and I can't find any source from all my original Tivo disks or others to create a new set of disks from.

Can anyone help me out with a backup image..... pretty please?

I am sure wonder_lander will send you a PM with a link to the backup image.

You may also find the guide at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html helpful in reminding you of the drive replacement process.

www.tivoheaven.co.uk also have a download called Hooch which comes with Tivoweb and the drivers for a Turbonet or Cachecard pre-installed as part of the package. Although that costs £20, whereas the download here is free.

[Wonder_lander]

The last time I had to repair my Tivo and upgrade to 2 drives, someone generously helped me out with a copy of the Tivo image. That was 2 years or so ago. Since then, the computer I had the image on has gone, and I can't find any source from all my original Tivo disks or others to create a new set of disks from.

Can anyone help me out with a backup image..... pretty please?

Steve

PM Sent chap

[IainJH]

Hi

i recently asked for (and got, thanks!) an image for a UK tivo with LBA48. However I need v 2.5.5a to get round the teletext bug problem on my philips tv.The auto update has now been applied by tivo CS and of course... it's trashed my var/hack etc.

Please can I be PM'ed for a 2.5.5a image inc LBA48? if you have that!

thanks again for all your help.

iain

[Wonder_lander]

Hi

i recently asked for (and got, thanks!) an image for a UK tivo with LBA48. However I need v 2.5.5a to get round the teletext bug problem on my philips tv.The auto update has now been applied by tivo CS and of course... it's trashed my var/hack etc.

Please can I be PM'ed for a 2.5.5a image inc LBA48? if you have that!

thanks again for all your help.

iain

PM Sent

[chris_hamblin]

Hi,

I'm trying to fix a tiVo for a friend.

I've plugged it's hard drive (40gb Firebal) into my WinXP machine, and all it can see is a 9MB partitian.

any chance of getting a link for an image of the standard 40GB file?
If there's an image for the UK tivo with the turbonet card instaled that would save loads of time too.

thanks

chris

[Pete77]

If there's an image for the UK tivo with the turbonet card instaled that would save loads of time too.

Hooch from www.tivoheaven.co.uk does what you want but will cost 20 quid for the download.

Or get the free download here and from www.silicondust.com (for the Turbonet drivers) and follow the instructions at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo

[blindlemon]

Hooch from www.tivoheaven.co.uk does what you want but will cost 20 quid for the download.Thanks for the plug Pete;) - but I should make it clear that Hooch installs cachecard drivers plus TiVoWeb, etc.... not turbonet drivers.

Still great though :)

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

I'm trying to fix a tiVo for a friend.

I've plugged it's hard drive (40gb Firebal) into my WinXP machine, and all it can see is a 9MB partitian.

any chance of getting a link for an image of the standard 40GB file?
If there's an image for the UK tivo with the turbonet card instaled that would save loads of time too.

thanks

chris

PM Sent

[Pete77]

Thanks for the plug Pete;) - but I should make it clear that Hooch installs cachecard drivers plus TiVoWeb, etc.... not turbonet drivers.:)

Clearly a missed marketing opportunity then given the number of Tivos with Turbonet cards out there that have their hard drives suddenly fail.

Given that Silicon dust make both products what would be the obstacle to providing a Turbonet and Cachecard version of Hooch?

[d33mb33]

My 300G Maxtor drive just died after three years of fine service. Can I have the link to the image please?

[Pete77]

My 300G Maxtor drive just died after three years of fine service. Can I have the link to the image please?

Time for a Western Digital Green Power 1TB drive with an IDE to SATA adapter perhaps?

[Wonder_lander]

My 300G Maxtor drive just died after three years of fine service. Can I have the link to the image please?

PM Sent

[earlybirddisco]

I am in need a philips hdr112 image can someone please send me a link?. Thanks.

[steveroe]

I am in need a philips hdr112 image can someone please send me a link?. Thanks.

Sorry earlybird, as the thread title says, we only deal with UK TiVos here. Suggest you try in the american forum.

[darnold11]

Hi,

After many years of not going near my Tivo it won't go past the 'just a few more seconds screen'....possibly due to recent thunderstorm.

Never has need to open up the Tivo until now but I assume I will need the image (40gb Quantum drive) can someone PM me on where I could get the drive image (was after one that supported mode 0 if at all possible).

Thanks for your help!

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

After many years of not going near my Tivo it won't go past the 'just a few more seconds screen'....possibly due to recent thunderstorm.

Never has need to open up the Tivo until now but I assume I will need the image (40gb Quantum drive) can someone PM me on where I could get the drive image (was after one that supported mode 0 if at all possible).

Thanks for your help!

PM Sent!

[Pete77]

Never has need to open up the Tivo until now but I assume I will need the image (40gb Quantum drive) can someone PM me on where I could get the drive image (was after one that supported mode 0 if at all possible).

Thanks for your help!

To do it yourself you will need to use the image you have been sent the link for by Wonder_Lander plus follow the instructions at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html

Alternatively if you find the idea of replacing the Tivo hard drive yourself daunting (as someone who has not taken the lid off your Tivo box in several years) then you may be pleasantly surprised by the fairly cheap pre-prepared hard drive upgrade prices for the base smallest 160GB drive hard drive size if you check out www.tivocentral.co.uk, www.tivoheaven.co.uk or www.tivoland.com

[blindlemon]

Hi,

After many years of not going near my Tivo it won't go past the 'just a few more seconds screen'....possibly due to recent thunderstorm.I would think your modem is fried rather than your hard drive as the TiVo will often hang at the modem test stage (during "almost there...") if the modem is knocked out by a storm.

You need to delete the modemtest program to see if this is the case, and if it is, you will need to fit a network card - eg. a cachecard - to get your updates via the internet rather than the phone.

To delete the file without using a network card, unplug your main (boot) drive from your PC to avoid the danger of booting into Windows by accident and install your TiVo "A" drive into the PC on any IDE port except Primary Master. Then boot from a CD that does byteswapping by default - eg. the NIC install CD from SiliconDust (http://download.silicondust.com/tivo/nic_cd_20050218.iso).

Now mount the TiVo system partition by typing

mkdir /mnt/tivo
mount /dev/hdx4 /mnt/tivo

where hdx is hdb, hdc or hdd depending on whether you have installed the drive as Primary Slave, Secondary Master or Secondary Slave. If you get an error from the mkdir command ignore it. If you get an error from the mount command, retry it using a 7 instead of a 4.

You should now have the TiVo system partition mounted at /mnt/tivo so navigate to the /tvbin directory by typing

cd /mnt/tivo/tvbin

then check for the existence of the modemtest file with

ls

If it's there, then don't delete it; rename it - eg.

mv modemtest modemtest.old

Now close down linux by typing

halt

and put the drive back in your TiVo to see whether it was a modem problem.

[Pete77]

You need to delete the modemtest program to see if this is the case, and if it is, you will need to fit a network card - eg. a cachecard - to get your updates via the internet rather than the phone.

Or a TurboNZ card for about 32GBP delivered which you can find on a certain well known website by typing in Turbonet as the search command.

Well done to blindlemon though for reminding us that a failed modem due to a lightning strike is the most likely cause of this error message. A lightning strike during a hail storm brought a huge tree down round the corner from here on Good Friday.

[glolouest]

Hi, my Thomson PVR10 drive (40Gb) died on me, does anyone has an image? Thanks.

[blindlemon]

I'm sure wonder_lander will be along soon with his link to a free image.

There are other options available, but I'm not allowed to advertise them here ;)

[Pete77]

I'm sure wonder_lander will be along soon with his link to a free image.

There are other options available, but I'm not allowed to advertise them here ;)

I thought your post was an advert judging from the website (www.tivoheaven.co.uk) listed under your forum name?;):p

The other sites the previous poster might be interested in for pre prepared hard drive upgrades are www.tivocentral.co.uk and www.tivoland.com

[Wonder_lander]

Hi, my Thomson PVR10 drive (40Gb) died on me, does anyone has an image? Thanks.

PM Sent

[glolouest]

Thanks folks !

Now I am facing issues with the images:
I am using mfstools 2.0 which works fine using an US tivo image (I also have a Philips serie 1);
But when I am using the UK image from the thomson, I have:

mfsrestore -r 4 -s 127 -zpi /mnt/dos/tivo48uk.bak /dev/hdb
Restore failed: Unknown backup format

I tried on a 80 Gb or 120 Gb drives. What I am doing wrong ?

[blindlemon]

mfsrestore -r 4 -s 127 -zpi /mnt/dos/tivo48uk.bak /dev/hdb
Restore failed: Unknown backup formatThe command looks OK to me (although I normally don't put a space between the "-r" and "4") - are you sure the backup is valid?

[Pete77]

I tried on a 80 Gb or 120 Gb drives. What I am doing wrong ?

Have you tried following the step by step guide for UK Tivo drive preparation at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html?

[glolouest]

Well I don't get it:
I tried pete77 advise and even used mfstools2 for large drives and used the restore command instead the mfsrestore one, but same result.
Looks like blinlemon is right, my uk images are incorrects.
But I got them from Wonder_lander and I don't think I am the first one to use it.
I have re-downloaded it but I got the same file size.

[blindlemon]

What size is the file? I would expect around 320mb for a fully compressed UK image.

[glolouest]

tivo.bak: 324 883 kb
tivo48.bak: 367 984 kb
=> both are failing

[blindlemon]

- Are they zipfiles? Maybe you need to decompress them first?
- Where are you trying to read them from?

[elwell]

Upgraded HDD back to the 160G and forgot to add the lba48 back on (drive was away for warranty repair)

now tivo hangs at a few minutes more...

Please can someone pm me details of an image?


Ta

[Wonder_lander]

Upgraded HDD back to the 160G and forgot to add the lba48 back on (drive was away for warranty repair)

now tivo hangs at a few minutes more...

Please can someone pm me details of an image?


Ta

sent

[jed]

Please can someone furnish me with an image for a replacement 40Gb drive (the original has started playing up). Preferably with up to date version 2.5.5, but I'll take anything if it comes to it.
Thanks,
Jed

[Wonder_lander]

Please can someone furnish me with an image for a replacement 40Gb drive (the original has started playing up). Preferably with up to date version 2.5.5, but I'll take anything if it comes to it.
Thanks,
Jed

PM Sent

[Tintop2K]

Hi all, my 120GB hard drive died. I've taken an image of it, but when restoring to a new drive, I get a segmentation fault error once the restore has finished and it's trying to clean up. I take it this means it's fubared?

I've got an old backup from when I first upgraded my Tivo (without all the hacks :(). Will this work OK or do I need a new image from here?

[Wonder_lander]

The old backup should do the trick

If you need the image just reply and I'll send you a pm

[Tintop2K]

Well it looks like my backup image that I've been saving all these years is borked as well :(

Can you PM the location of a new image to me please? Going to read up on backing up my season passes and /var/hack directory as well :rolleyes:

[Wonder_lander]

Well it looks like my backup image that I've been saving all these years is borked as well :(

Can you PM the location of a new image to me please? Going to read up on backing up my season passes and /var/hack directory as well :rolleyes:

PM Sent

[Tintop2K]

Back up and running. Thank you so much :)

Now to put all the hacks back on...

[bluewomble]

I think I might have fried my drives in the process of trying to replace them...

Could someone send me a link to an image? 2.5.5a if anyone's got it...

Thanks,
Ash.

[poggs]

Can I have the link please?

Want to create a back up drive before playing with tivoweb.

[Wonder_lander]

PM's sent

[Heuer]

TiVo died and my backup image seems to be corrupt. Image please?

[Wonder_lander]

TiVo died and my backup image seems to be corrupt. Image please?

PM Sent

[napm]

Is it possible for someone to send me the link for the image files please, as the one I had used in the past is no longer working.

Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Is it possible for someone to send me the link for the image files please, as the one I had used in the past is no longer working.

Thanks

PM Sent

[ibound]

I'd be very grateful if someone could pm me a link to an image file?

[Wonder_lander]

I'd be very grateful if someone could pm me a link to an image file?

PM Sent

[due77]

i need an image for hdr 212.. any help would be great.. pm me.. thanks

[steveroe]

i need an image for hdr 212.. any help would be great.. pm me.. thanks

Sorry, (as per the thread title) we only have UK images here, suggest trying the US forums.

[patshone]

Hello,

I have just inherited a Thompson PVR10K Series 1 which doesn't seem to want to boot up. It's cycling around a gsod.

Could I possibly have a link to a new image?

many thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Hello,

I have just inherited a Thompson PVR10K Series 1 which doesn't seem to want to boot up. It's cycling around a gsod.

Could I possibly have a link to a new image?

many thanks

PM Sent

[gjh]

Hi. I never did get around to upgrading just for disk size... I can live with basic quality.

The drive died.

Please help me out with an image. The old drive is one of the 40Gig quantum fireball ones. UK Tivo, obviously.

Thanks!
Greg

gregharewood ..... mac.com

[Wonder_lander]

PM Sent

[Pete77]

Hi. I never did get around to upgrading just for disk size... I can live with basic quality.

If you have postponed upgrading yourself for this long you might also consider it worth paying the difference to get a pre-prepared drive you can simply drop in. Prices have come down a lot lately for pre-prepared drives.

Chech out both the www.tivocentral.co.uk and www.tivoheaven.co.uk websites.

[Fred1]

120G HDD looks like it has died - could someone post me an image please?

Many thanks

[Wonder_lander]

120G HDD looks like it has died - could someone post me an image please?

Many thanks

PM Sent

[woldsweather]

I think you would all do better to buy a pre-configured drive from PaceLink. A 120GB Samsung hard drive costs 99 quid + VAT and is a simple drop-in replacement for any UK TiVo.

www.pacelink.co.uk

So are you saying you can buy a prepared HD and take the old one out and put the new one in and it's as easy as that? Is it as easy as with a PC which I have done.

Would I need to know whether I have 1 or 2 drives before I order? I seem to remember this isn't easy to work out either?

[Wonder_lander]

So are you saying you can buy a prepared HD and take the old one out and put the new one in and it's as easy as that? Is it as easy as with a PC which I have done.

Would I need to know whether I have 1 or 2 drives before I order? I seem to remember this isn't easy to work out either?

You just buy the new drive and drop it in.

If you already have 2 drives then you take them both out and replace them with the one.

Other suppliers can provide a ready prepared drive if you take a look around the forums, I'm sure Pete will be along shortly to give you details!

Do remember that you will lose everything you have including recordings, season passes and wishlists

[Pete77]

If you already have 2 drives then you take them both out and replace them with the one.

Other suppliers can provide a ready prepared drive if you take a look around the forums, I'm sure Pete will be along shortly to give you details!

As Wonder_lander so accurately forecast here I am to suggest that Pacelink is not really the best place to get a replacement hard drive you can just drop in after wielding a screwdriver to open your Tivo. It appears Pacelink aren't really active in the market any more and their prices for replacement drives are very expensive and limited to one size. They also don't include extras like Endpad as standard features on their pre-prepared drives unlike two of the other suppliers.

You are probably best off looking at www.tivocentral.co.uk or www.tivoheaven.co.uk, who have the widest range of hard drive upgrade choices and offer a very quick service in terms of providing a replacement Tivo hard drive that you can just drop in.

There is another prepared replacement drive supplier - www.tivoland.com - but they also don't really seem to be quite as active in the market these days.

You could also do it yourself a bit more cheaply (especially for larger hard drive sizes) but with probably a lot more hassle and heartache following the guide at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html

[SJBrooks]

Could someone please send me a image of 2.5.5a please :)

Thanks,
Simon

[Wonder_lander]

Could someone please send me a image of 2.5.5a please :)

Thanks,
Simon

PM Sent

[TivoTown]

Could someone send me a link to the standard UK image please?

My drive is now whining and I fear the worst.

thanks!

[Wonder_lander]

Could someone send me a link to the standard UK image please?

My drive is now whining and I fear the worst.

thanks!

PM Sent

[GavinP]

Please can you also send me a PM to the UK software as a disk failure has necessitated a rebuild, thanks very much.

[Wonder_lander]

Please can you also send me a PM to the UK software as a disk failure has necessitated a rebuild, thanks very much.

PM Sent

[TrainManG]

Could somebody, please, send a PM to link me to the original 2.5.5 software as I'm rebuilding one of my TiVo's assembled from many bits.

I would be most grateful.

Geoff.

[Wonder_lander]

Could somebody, please, send a PM to link me to the original 2.5.5 software as I'm rebuilding one of my TiVo's assembled from many bits.

I would be most grateful.

Geoff.

Sent chap!

[weenyd]

Hi,
can someone PM a link for image please? My hard drive has just bit the dust :-(
Thanks in advance

[mikerr]

Do remember that you will lose everything you have including recordings, season passes and wishlists
the above mentioned suppliers will transfer recordings and settings accross too if you post your old drives to them. :up::up:

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,
can someone PM a link for image please? My hard drive has just bit the dust :-(
Thanks in advance

PM Sent

[Wonder_lander]

the above mentioned suppliers will transfer recordings and settings accross too if you post your old drives to them. :up::up:

Indeedy, providing you existing drive is OK then it can all be copied over or else you can just backup your own drive and restore it to the new disk.

[katman]

I'd be very grateful if someone could pm me a link to an image file please

Got a new 250Gb drive I want to load up. My Tivo is SW 2.5.5-01-1-023

Many thanks. Keith

[Wonder_lander]

I'd be very grateful if someone could pm me a link to an image file please

Got a new 250Gb drive I want to load up. My Tivo is SW 2.5.5-01-1-023

Many thanks. Keith

PM Sent

[katman]

Thanks Wonder_lander :)

[TCM2007]

Howdy. Could do with a clean 2.5.5 image, if you'd be so kind.

One with Turbonet drivers already on would be even kinder!

[Wonder_lander]

Howdy. Could do with a clean 2.5.5 image, if you'd be so kind.

One with Turbonet drivers already on would be even kinder!

PM Sent

[Pete77]

Howdy. Could do with a clean 2.5.5 image, if you'd be so kind.

Did the hard drive on your prized possession fail before it found a new home on Ebay then.;):p

One with Turbonet drivers already on would be even kinder!

I believe that product is known as Hooch from Tivoheaven but he charges £20 for it. Although believe it or not a long time ago he did offer me a free copy of the said item.:eek:

[bobbymobile]

Hi can I get a link to the tivo image please? green light on the front but nothing else. Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Hi can I get a link to the tivo image please? green light on the front but nothing else. Thanks

PM Sent

[TrainManG]

Hi there. Thanks for the PM'd link you sent me a while ago. Could you PM the the string you use to extract the image to a new drive. Been having some problems getting it written.

Geoff.

[mikerr]

restore -s 300 -r 4 -zxpi /mnt/dos/tivo.bak /dev/hdc

[TrainManG]

restore -s 300 -r 4 -zxpi /mnt/dos/tivo.bak /dev/hdc

Thanks.

[msui772]

I could really do with a 2.5.5 image, Please Please Please... if you'd be so kind.

One with Turbonet drivers already on would be even more appreciated... but really anything that can fit into 160 GB drive would be appreciated...

I was so convinced I could fix my father's Tivo with a backup of my own but then I discovered I couldn't shrink my 2x120GB image on to a single 160 GB drive.... ( I thought by "original" the hinsdale howto meant "before first any upgrades"...)
And of course I discovered that I had stupidly overwritten my 40G original trying to save my PC last year... and lost my backup re-imaging my macbook :-( Quite comic really....

Thanks in advance! :-)

Michael

[romanpj]

Ditto that last request please.

Managed to screw a working 40gb disk while trying to copy it too another 40gb disk.

Thanks

Paul

[msui772]

Oh well - looks like I'll support the hooch development ;-)
Unfortunately paypal won't take my card today so it'll probably be a while before I finally get this sorted :(

Michael

[Wonder_lander]

Sorry guys, missed my e-mail update on the thread

PM's Sent

[msui772]

You are a most generous! :) Thanks a lot! Now all I have to do is remember all the hoops I went through to automatically send the PIN for the movie channels but that's another story ;)

[romanpj]

Got it. Many thanks.

Just gotta figure out how to use it (and find the time :( ).

[afrokiwi]

Hello all,

Is there a 2.5.5a image available with Turbonet drivers?

Thanks in advance

Me

[romanpj]

Many thanks for the image. Got it on the drive successfully and seems to be working OK. But stuck on 'Guided Setup' phone call. Is the image from a networked Tivo?

Thanks,

Paul

[Wonder_lander]

Hello all,

Is there a 2.5.5a image available with Turbonet drivers?

Thanks in advance

Me

I dont currently have a working 2.5.5a image, sorry

[Wonder_lander]

Many thanks for the image. Got it on the drive successfully and seems to be working OK. But stuck on 'Guided Setup' phone call. Is the image from a networked Tivo?

Thanks,

Paul

Image is from a standard 40gb Tivo

[romanpj]

Originally Posted by romanpj View Post
Many thanks for the image. Got it on the drive successfully and seems to be working OK. But stuck on 'Guided Setup' phone call. Is the image from a networked Tivo?

Thanks,

Paul

Image is from a standard 40gb Tivo

How about the lba48 image?

[Wonder_lander]

How about the lba48 image?

Not sure on that one to be fair, somebody uploaded that for me.

[mikerr]

Even if network drivers (turbonet or cachecard) are installed on a tivo hard drive
it will still use the dialup modem if your tivo doesn't have a cachecard/turbonet installed.

[AMc]

I dont currently have a working 2.5.5a image, sorryDid the image I FTPed back to you not work? I still have it but I've never used it. If it's junk I'll delete it.

[romanpj]

Originally Posted by romanpj View Post
How about the lba48 image?

Not sure on that one to be fair, somebody uploaded that for me.

FYI it is from a networked Tivo using Sky with an IP of 192.168.1.200 (255.255.255.0). All working OK now, thanks again.


Originally Posted by mikerr
Even if network drivers (turbonet or cachecard) are installed on a tivo hard drive it will still use the dialup modem if your tivo doesn't have a cachecard/turbonet installed.

But if the recipient Tivo does have a network card then it might not work. If I'd known in advance that the donor image was a networked Tivo then I'd have saved myself some work and worry by knowing I needed to run the nic_install immediately after putting the image on the new drive and before trying to run the 'Guided Setup'. :)

[Wonder_lander]

Did the image I FTPed back to you not work? I still have it but I've never used it. If it's junk I'll delete it.

Not sure if it was the image you supplied, can you confirm the size?

[Wonder_lander]

FYI it is from a networked Tivo using Sky with an IP of 192.168.1.200 (255.255.255.0). All working OK now, thanks again.



But if the recipient Tivo does have a network card then it might not work. If I'd known in advance that the donor image was a networked Tivo then I'd have saved myself some work and worry by knowing I needed to run the nic_install immediately after putting the image on the new drive and before trying to run the 'Guided Setup'. :)

Apologies for not knowing the exact source of the image. Glad you are all up and running OK!

[romanpj]

No apology needed, :) I really appreciate you providing the image. :up:

[AMc]

tivo255a.bak 292 MB (306,380,800 bytes)

I also have
tivo.bak 317 MB (332,680,180 bytes)
tvolba48.bak 359 MB (376,814,830 bytes)

All downloaded from you back in late 2006 in preparation for upgrading my parents disk that Christmas. They turned out not to need 255a
IIRC I ended up being able to backup their settings so I may never have tested any of those images.

[Wonder_lander]

Yeah I think as the 255a image is much smaller then the other standard images so is corrupt/incomplete

[gallen9]

could I get a copy of the 2.5.5 image please?

cheers

[gallen9]

sorry to bump this one back up but after about 4 hours of fiddling, it now looks like my old spare original drive is toast too so the image really would help...

martin

ps thanks for help on other threads.

[blindlemon]

I tried to PM you but you have them switched off!

Email me for an alternative if you are in a hurry ;)

[gallen9]

Sorry about that - always wondered why I never got any PMs :)

I am in a wee bit of a hurry - if tivo's not up and running by Eastenders tomorrow, I'll be for the high jump!

[Wonder_lander]

Sorry about that - always wondered why I never got any PMs :)

I am in a wee bit of a hurry - if tivo's not up and running by Eastenders tomorrow, I'll be for the high jump!

PM Sent!

[ascorbic]

Hi,
I would be very grateful if someone could make available a 2.5.5 image for me.
Thanks,

Matt :)

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,
I would be very grateful if someone could make available a 2.5.5 image for me.
Thanks,

Matt :)

PM Sent

[fletchrocks2003]

Hi,

My original TiVo A drive has bought it after about 5 years of loyal service. I fitted a second drive a couple of years ago and that one is all good.

Please could I have an image for a new A drive. Is it possible to get one that knows about the B drive?

Thanks,
Fletch

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

My original TiVo A drive has bought it after about 5 years of loyal service. I fitted a second drive a couple of years ago and that one is all good.

Please could I have an image for a new A drive. Is it possible to get one that knows about the B drive?

Thanks,
Fletch

PM Sent. I think you need to do a full restore of both disks but someone else should be able to provide further information if you start a new thread

[Craig B]

Hi, could someone please let me have a 255 drive image please? I have a single disk machine that is going to be a 160gig, my drive has failed and the backups I have aren't working once restored. Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Hi, could someone please let me have a 255 drive image please? I have a single disk machine that is going to be a 160gig, my drive has failed and the backups I have aren't working once restored. Thanks

PM Sent

[Notion]

Sorry, any chance I have a 2.5.5 image or similar with Turbonet drivers if possible. Trying to make use of my 400gb drive and it's all gone horribly wrong! (but enjoying learning on route; possibly a little too late :D)

[Wonder_lander]

Sorry, any chance I have a 2.5.5 image or similar with Turbonet drivers if possible. Trying to make use of my 400gb drive and it's all gone horribly wrong! (but enjoying learning on route; possibly a little too late :D)

PM Sent

[Pete77]

Sorry, any chance I have a 2.5.5 image or similar with Turbonet drivers if possible. Trying to make use of my 400gb drive and it's all gone horribly wrong! (but enjoying learning on route; possibly a little too late :D)

You might want to take a look at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html for more assistance with how to carry out this upgrade.

Or if you start another thread indicating where you are getting stuck I am sure other members of the forum will try and help you out.

[Notion]

I got stuck on the Tivo "powering up" screen after doing the upgrade; the disks are brand new and I've done a full format so I really hope it isn't faulty hard disks. Weirdly it all worked at the 137gb limit, just not when trying to increase it further (in fact I'm using 2x400gb). I think starting again is probably the best method though as my hacking skills have improved over the years and I suspect that my current Tivo image was on borrowed time due to me muddling through previously! Cheers tho - much appreciated. And thanks to wonder_lander for the image of course (donation wired to the charity of his choice).

[Pete77]

Did you reconnect the IDE cable to the Tivo motherboard the right way round? Unlike the hard drive PIN sockets it lets you connect it either way and one is wrong, causing your Tivo to stop at powering up as it cannot detect the drives.

[Notion]

Did you reconnect the IDE cable to the Tivo motherboard the right way round? Unlike the hard drive PIN sockets it lets you connect it either way and one is wrong, causing your Tivo to stop at powering up as it cannot detect the drives.

Definitely not the IDE cables as they have the clip things to make sure they are in the right way (and I had the jumpers set); the images worked a treat though so I have 973 hours of recording space... :) Lots of Radio 4 to Tivo search through and work out what I will be interested in :) :)

[xellos2099]

Anyone here got a working dsr7000 image? I tried gackingup mine but the hdd is corrupted so it is unextractable.

[steveroe]

Sorry - as per the thread title "UK TiVo's only" in here.

Try here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=7) in the DirecTV Receiver with TiVo forum.

[limbob]

Hi

I desperately need a 2.5.5 image (with LBA 48 kernel and Cachecard drivers if possible).

Thanks in advance!



Limbob

[Wonder_lander]

Hi

I desperately need a 2.5.5 image (with LBA 48 kernel and Cachecard drivers if possible).

Thanks in advance!



Limbob

pm sent

[warrenrb]

Could I get an 2.5.5 image file please?

Thanks!

[warrenrb]

I'm feeling a little left out. Any chance of a 'PM sent' please? :D

[jeffrosie]

Hey guys,

Okay I've posted elsewhere, people keep pointing to here...

I have dead 2 HD Tivo
Tivo A - 500 G
Tivo B - 160 G

Diagnostics show B disk is toasted. I don't care for any of my settings or recordings, just want to reconfigure Tivo to use the 1 good disk. I believe I need an Image for that config...can someone help me out please?

Cheers,
jeff

[jeffrosie]

Anyone home? Bueller?

Sorry for being impatient, I have the time today and was hoping to have this ready for John Stewart tonight...:cool:

Cheers,

[ColinYounger]

If you're REALLY determined, you can visit TiVoHeaven (http://www.tivoheaven.co.uk/) and look for Hooch! £20 gets a download.

Otherwise, you'll have to wait for the Image Banker, I'm afraid.

[AMc]

If you're really at a loose end I would try to get a backup of your existing set up - it might work and will save you a guided setup
http://www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html

[Wonder_lander]

sorry guys I am in California scattering my mums ashes so haven't been checking this thread.

I have sent jeff and warren a pm for the standard images so I hope they get back up and running soon

Again apologies for the delay and I will be back in England by the end of the week.

[warrenrb]

No need to apologise - I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Thanks for the PM.

[jeffrosie]

Cheers Wonder_lander - sorry to be so impatient - this bloody thing has almost got me a divorce!

Image on disk, setup complete! Rock and roll.

Cheers guys,

Jeff

[jaydeeman]

..can anyone be so kind as to send me a link of the Hooch image download (2.5.5) please!!!

Many thanks

[RichardJH]

Hooch is only available to purchase see http://www.tivoheaven.com/

[Cookiez]

Would anyone be so kind as to point me to a 2.5.5 image please.
I would really appreciate one with no hacks installed, Trying to eliminate a problem.

Thanks in advance

Cookiez

[Wonder_lander]

Would anyone be so kind as to point me to a 2.5.5 image please.
I would really appreciate one with no hacks installed, Trying to eliminate a problem.

Thanks in advance

Cookiez

PM Sent

[KaosUK]

Anybody able to point me to a 2.5.5 image (Serial PPP etc enabled)

[Wonder_lander]

Anybody able to point me to a 2.5.5 image (Serial PPP etc enabled)

PM Sent for standard image

[KaosUK]

Caught me unawares there, wasnt expecting a reply so quickly. :up:

[jeffrosie]

Can I get a 2.5.5 image please...

Thanks,
Jeff

[Wonder_lander]

Can I get a 2.5.5 image please...

Thanks,
Jeff

PM Sent

[ksheena]

Has anyone got an image for a Thompson series1 tivo with (preferably with the cachecard)?
I'd really appreciate it.

Have a good Xmas and Newyear.

[Pete77]

Has anyone got an image for a Thompson series1 tivo with (preferably with the cachecard)? I'd really appreciate it.

www.tivoheaven.com/hooch will sell you a download called Hooch that includes the Cachecard drivers for £20

Alternatively follow the instructions at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html and www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/cachecard.html

[Wonder_lander]

Has anyone got an image for a Thompson series1 tivo with (preferably with the cachecard)?
I'd really appreciate it.

Have a good Xmas and Newyear.

PM Sent

[a_tivo_noob]

i think i know the answer to this, but can I create an image of my Tivo 'over the network' or do i need to get off my bum and whip the drive out and put it in my PC?

[ksheena]

Wonder_lander.

Thanks for the image it hsa saved my tivo from going to the tip.
I would PM you but I've not posted enough to be able to reply.

Thanks again

[Wonder_lander]

Wonder_lander.

Thanks for the image it hsa saved my tivo from going to the tip.
I would PM you but I've not posted enough to be able to reply.

Thanks again

No worries, glad I could be of assistance!! Happy New Year!

[ciper]

I would like a clean backup image of a UK TiVo for preservation purposes.
It will be available for end users to download if you know where to look.

If you have a clean image (or images if there are more than one hardware rev) let me know and we'll figure out how to get it copied over

Thanks :)

[tivoupgrade]

I would like a clean backup image of a UK TiVo for preservation purposes.
It will be available for end users to download if you know where to look.

If you have a clean image (or images if there are more than one hardware rev) let me know and we'll figure out how to get it copied over

Thanks :)

I have a few images, but their state is 'unknown.' I've recently had a few requests for InstantCake for the UK TiVo's and would be happy to look into working on a version or two. I do not know what the hardware compatibility issues are on these units (they are the only units we don't have).

Has anyone confirmed that we can, or can't use these images on the old Series1 standalone boxes (just for testing) and that configuration for TurboNet anc CacheCards are the same?

Lou

[ciper]

Has anyone confirmed that we can, or can't use these images on the old Series1 standalone boxes (just for testing) and that configuration for TurboNet anc CacheCards are the same?

I wouldn't mind to test a UK image on a US TiVo but I'd think there would be issues getting video output.

I would hope one of the UK users would see this thread and give me a copy of the image they've already used.

[ukuser17]

My main Tivo seems to have died and I seem to be having trouble imaging from the drives in my 2nd Tivo. I think at this stage I'd like to try a known good backup. Is anyone able to help me get a copy of a standard 2.5.5 image?

Thanks in advance

[Wonder_lander]

My main Tivo seems to have died and I seem to be having trouble imaging from the drives in my 2nd Tivo. I think at this stage I'd like to try a known good backup. Is anyone able to help me get a copy of a standard 2.5.5 image?

Thanks in advance

PM Sent!

[son_t]

Could someone send me a link of a UK Tivo 2.5.5 operating system, please?

My problem is described here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7088340#post7088340

[Wonder_lander]

Could someone send me a link of a UK Tivo 2.5.5 operating system, please?

My problem is described here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7088340#post7088340

PM Sent

[flanker2]

Sorry not enough posts to PM.

Just after a test image - pref. with Turbonet, LBA etc. but will be really grateful for anything.

TIA

[Wonder_lander]

Sorry not enough posts to PM.

Just after a test image - pref. with Turbonet, LBA etc. but will be really grateful for anything.

TIA

PM Sent

[a_tivo_noob]

this is a long shot i guess... and it may come across as being lazy but i've banged my head against the wall for so long getting all this stuff running, that I haven't got the energy to do it again... so any help to cut the work out would be appreciated

anyways, due to repeated frozen screens, i'd like to try re-imaging just to make sure there's no corruption... currently have:

2.5.5 image (for 120gb drive so no LBA)
Cachecard (v2)
Mode 0 enabled (default settings)
vserver (can't remember how i set this up :( )
Tivoweb
End-pad

anyone got anything close to that?

sorry for being a cheeky pig!

[Wonder_lander]

this is a long shot i guess... and it may come across as being lazy but i've banged my head against the wall for so long getting all this stuff running, that I haven't got the energy to do it again... so any help to cut the work out would be appreciated

anyways, due to repeated frozen screens, i'd like to try re-imaging just to make sure there's no corruption... currently have:

2.5.5 image (for 120gb drive so no LBA)
Cachecard (v2)
Mode 0 enabled (default settings)
vserver (can't remember how i set this up :( )
Tivoweb
End-pad

anyone got anything close to that?

sorry for being a cheeky pig!

PM Sent

[Pete77]

anyone got anything close to that?

sorry for being a cheeky pig!

You could try www.tivoheaven.com/hooch as that does most of what you want but the download will cost you £19.99 compared to this thread's basic imsage download, in conjunction with the www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html guide and other www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo guides, being free of charge.;)

[a_tivo_noob]

yeah Pete... i could do it all again from scratch to be honest but it would just wind me up when i find out it was just the hard drive / psu / cachecard (etc etc) all along! :)

BUT

i'm a tight fisted git so would prefer to persevere if push came to shove as beats paying twenty squid

will knock out the other factors first i think and then work on the basic image link i've been sent (thanks wonder_lander) :)

[Puma]

Got home today to find my tivo had hung on recording
A reboot and now sticks at : Almost there. A few more seconds please... :mad:

Suppose its a good a time as any to updgrade the hdd :rolleyes:

Can any kind soul pm me a link with a uk tivo image backup ;)

Thanks
Paul

[Wonder_lander]

Got home today to find my tivo had hung on recording
A reboot and now sticks at : Almost there. A few more seconds please... :mad:

Suppose its a good a time as any to updgrade the hdd :rolleyes:

Can any kind soul pm me a link with a uk tivo image backup ;)

Thanks
Paul

PM Sent

[Puma]

PM Sent

Thank you :cool: :up:

[poppadave]

Would someone send me the link for a 2.5.5 image please, if possible with turbonet drivers, as my mate has just sent me one to install on my machine and I think I might as well fit a bigger hd at the same time.

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

[Wonder_lander]

Would someone send me the link for a 2.5.5 image please, if possible with turbonet drivers, as my mate has just sent me one to install on my machine and I think I might as well fit a bigger hd at the same time.

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

PM Sent

[poppadave]

Thanks very much for that, super-fast service.

Paul

[gumboe]

Hi is anyone able to help with a link to a 2.5.5a image for a uk Thomson series 1 Tivo. My hard disk croaked it 2 weeks ago and I now realise how important it is that I should have performed a backup.

[velocitysurfer1]

My twin 120gb TiVo is dying, and I've lost the original 40gb disk. Can somone help with a 2.5.5 image?

[Wonder_lander]

Hi is anyone able to help with a link to a 2.5.5a image for a uk Thomson series 1 Tivo. My hard disk croaked it 2 weeks ago and I now realise how important it is that I should have performed a backup.

Unfortunately I don't have a good 2.5.5a backup image available

[Wonder_lander]

My twin 120gb TiVo is dying, and I've lost the original 40gb disk. Can somone help with a 2.5.5 image?

PM Sent

[gumboe]

Ok thanks anyway Wonder_lander, do you think I could use a stock 2.5.5 image and ring Tivo CS and ask them to do whatever it was they did originally so that my Tivo updated itself with the 2.5.5a image?

[Wonder_lander]

Ok thanks anyway Wonder_lander, do you think I could use a stock 2.5.5 image and ring Tivo CS and ask them to do whatever it was they did originally so that my Tivo updated itself with the 2.5.5a image?

I will pm you the standard image link.

I think because CS has your version as 2.5.5a the first time it does a daily call after you restore the 2.5.5 image it will realise it needs upgrading and will download it. Maybe create a new thread to check before you do the restore though!

[gumboe]

I will pm you the standard image link.

I think because CS has your version as 2.5.5a the first time it does a daily call after you restore the 2.5.5 image it will realise it needs upgrading and will download it. Maybe create a new thread to check before you do the restore though!

Thanks - I'll certainly do that. I'm sure others would like to know.

[BrianHughes]

Yes, that's what will happen but if you're using a disk more than 137GB you'll crash and burn as the downloaded version won't have the LBA 48 kernel.

[gumboe]

Yes, that's what will happen but if you're using a disk more than 137GB you'll crash and burn as the downloaded version won't have the LBA 48 kernel.

I believe I have the 48bit LBA version of the standard 2.5.5 uk tivo. Do you think this will be ok installing on a 160Gb drive? I then hope to get the Tivo to dial home and hopefully it will download version 2.5.5a.

[BrianHughes]

I believe I have the 48bit LBA version of the standard 2.5.5 uk tivo. Do you think this will be ok installing on a 160Gb drive? I then hope to get the Tivo to dial home and hopefully it will download version 2.5.5a.

You need the 48bit LBA version to access all of your 160GB drive but when Tivo dials up it'll realise you need version 2.5.5a, download & install it. Then it'll be using a non 48bit LBA version to access your hard drive & since it can't access the bit beyond 137GB it'll overwrite random bits of your drive when it tries to write there.

I personally would ask BlindLemon for advice. He's extremely helpful - he may even have a version of Hooch (which sets up the disk for you, complete with tivoweb etc) with 2.5.5a on it. His site is tivoheaven.com

[gumboe]

Hi Wonder_lander and Brian, thanks for all your help with this - it really is appreciated. I've managed to get a copy of the 2.5.5a software off my original 40Gb Quantum drive from my Tivo. Although the drive was ropey enough for the Tivo to keep freezing up it was good enough for me to get the s/w image off of it. Anyway using the mfslive cd I restored the image onto my replacement hdd - which wasn't a 160Gb drive but only 120Gb.

It's a hitachi 7200rpm 120Gb that's a lot noisier than the original drive - so I'll be looking to get something quieter soon - maybe a western digital greenpower drive? I think they spin slower than 7200rpm.

Thanks to you all.

[Pete77]

It's a hitachi 7200rpm 120Gb that's a lot noisier than the original drive - so I'll be looking to get something quieter soon - maybe a western digital greenpower drive? I think they spin slower than 7200rpm.
They are 5400rpm but you also need a suitable IDE to SATA converter. An advanced search for "Green Power" or SATA on the Tivo UK forum section ought to return a lot of relevant threads to read through.

www.tivocentral.co.uk and www.tivoheaven.co.uk will sell you one of these drives pre-prepared and the converter for it but its quite a lot more expensive than doing it all yourself.

[healeydave]

I believe I have the 48bit LBA version of the standard 2.5.5 uk tivo. Do you think this will be ok installing on a 160Gb drive? I then hope to get the Tivo to dial home and hopefully it will download version 2.5.5a.


Its no problem if you need 2.5.5a but only have a 2.5.5 image.
there are a couple of options:

Firstly you can search some old threads on here on how to simply apply the 2.5.5a changes to a 2.5.5 image (before you let Tivo Dial home)

or

Secondly, let Tivo dial home and update you to 2.5.5a. This will equip you with 2.5.5a but in doing so will put the old kernel back on, so all you need to do is re-apply the LBA48 kernel and your done.

e.g.
./tpip -k vmlinux.px -s /dev/hdx

Where x = the device your Tivo drive is on.
Primary Slave = /dev/hdb
Secondary Master = /dev/hdc
Secondayr Salve = /dev/hdd

[lucy_t]

Tried all weekend to get tivo back, just getting a failed to load listings once tivo has tried to index it's download. Gone from upgraded 160GB disk, tried an alternate 160GB disk, with the upgraded image. Tried creating an image from my original A+B drives and putting this on the 160GB disk with tiger and large mfs, still no good!!!

Please can you PM me a good 2.5.5 image so I can try it and I have a 40GB disk spare I can try using tigers tools.

Thanks again to all those on the forums for their help

[Wonder_lander]

Tried all weekend to get tivo back, just getting a failed to load listings once tivo has tried to index it's download. Gone from upgraded 160GB disk, tried an alternate 160GB disk, with the upgraded image. Tried creating an image from my original A+B drives and putting this on the 160GB disk with tiger and large mfs, still no good!!!

Please can you PM me a good 2.5.5 image so I can try it and I have a 40GB disk spare I can try using tigers tools.

Thanks again to all those on the forums for their help

PM Sent

[lucy_t]

PM Sent

PM Recieved, I am now having a thought over the cachecard, would a fail to load listing maybe be a ram issue on the cachecard?

Has anyone else had that issue?

[blindlemon]

Yes it could be, There are two drivers - one for the network and one for the RAM cache - you get an "driver failed to load" error if either fails.

Do you have network access?

[B33K34]

Having worked out my 'b' drive had failed i tried restoring my existing back up to the single 120gb 'a' drive at the weekend. The restore appeared to go OK but hung at the 'cleaning up restore' point. After 30 minutes or so i turned off the power and a second attempt gave a message that 'could not find partition' or 'could not unlock partition' and no amount of messing with fdisk managed to get the boot disc to deal with it.

I can't remember what my disc state was when I made the backup - my original 40 gb disc was replaced by 120gb + 40gb and then 120+120. Could this be the problem?

I figure the easiest thing to do is start with a nice clean image - can anyone give me a 2.5.5a (preferably with Cachecard drivers, ideally with Tivoweb and Endpad as well).

thanks

[lucy_t]

Cheers for the image I have it and have loaded it to tivo. I now get a different issue of being unable to go to the pick program to record screen as it just hangs.

Blindlemon I do have network access and I posted my testing questions in a seperate thread at:http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7225068#post7225068, just to not hijack this one.

[Wonder_lander]

Having worked out my 'b' drive had failed i tried restoring my existing back up to the single 120gb 'a' drive at the weekend. The restore appeared to go OK but hung at the 'cleaning up restore' point. After 30 minutes or so i turned off the power and a second attempt gave a message that 'could not find partition' or 'could not unlock partition' and no amount of messing with fdisk managed to get the boot disc to deal with it.

I can't remember what my disc state was when I made the backup - my original 40 gb disc was replaced by 120gb + 40gb and then 120+120. Could this be the problem?

I figure the easiest thing to do is start with a nice clean image - can anyone give me a 2.5.5a (preferably with Cachecard drivers, ideally with Tivoweb and Endpad as well).

thanks

I don't have a current working 2.5.5a image I'm afraid

[blindlemon]

can anyone give me a 2.5.5a (preferably with Cachecard drivers, ideally with Tivoweb and Endpad as well).
Hooch! (www.tivoheaven.com/hooch.htm) has a 2.5.5a version and includes CC drivers and TW.

[lucy_t]

memory and hd are ok, new image is super, and tivo is green and go go go :D:D:D:D:D:D

just filling tivoweb abd tivoweb modules back up!!!

Thanks for your help

[a_tivo_noob]

has anyone got an image for a 30gb drive? (or anything less than 40gb basically...)

[Wonder_lander]

has anyone got an image for a 30gb drive? (or anything less than 40gb basically...)

Not sure if the standard image can be restored to a 30gb

[a_tivo_noob]

thanks for the reply WonderLander :)
to cut a long story short, i have an image but when i restore it to my 40gb drive, it reports as 'destination drive is too small' (or something like that) --- googling up on it appears that although i have a 40gb drive, its not 'quite' big enough for the image i have... so thought if i could get an image from one of the 'split' drive Tivo's, I could just restore and then expand with mfstools to fill the 40gb :)

[jarob10]

Would some kind soul please send me a link for a 2.5.5 image suitable for a new 1TB WD Green Power HDD?

Many thanks, John

[Wonder_lander]

Would some kind soul please send me a link for a 2.5.5 image suitable for a new 1TB WD Green Power HDD?

Many thanks, John

PM Sent

[tweiner]

hi, can someone send a pm for an image of a hd tcd652160?

Thanks

tw

[steveroe]

hi, can someone send a pm for an image of a hd tcd652160?

Thanks

tw

Sorry, this thread is in the UK forum and only handles UK images [as per the thread title]

[beastman]

Would some kind soul please send me a link for a 2.5.5 image suitable for a new 1TB WD Green Power HDD?

Many thanks, John

could I have this as well please (any chance of an image with cachecard drivers and endpad hack etc?)

[tbabalola]

hi im new to the forums Wonderlander could i have an 2.5.5 image for a Thomson PVR 10 UK (130GB) + if possible could i have a 3.0 image with turbonet drivers, tivo web (PM me the link) etc thanks in advance

[Wonder_lander]

hi im new to the forums Wonderlander could i have an 2.5.5 image for a Thomson PVR 10 UK (130GB) + if possible could i have a 3.0 image with turbonet drivers, tivo web (PM me the link) etc thanks in advance

Vanilla Image PM Sent

[pinkie22]

Could I please get a link to the vanilla UK tivo image? Thanks very much!!!!

Cheers,
Pinks.

[Wonder_lander]

Could I please get a link to the vanilla UK tivo image? Thanks very much!!!!

Cheers,
Pinks.

PM Sent

[wajcn50]

Hi,
I'd be very grateful for a link to a 2.5.5 image with TurboNet drivers. Currently pulling my hair out trying to install - initially overcame 'unable to access MFS' error by using force, but now stuck on 'initrd not found'.

Thanks

John

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,
I'd be very grateful for a link to a 2.5.5 image with TurboNet drivers. Currently pulling my hair out trying to install - initially overcame 'unable to access MFS' error by using force, but now stuck on 'initrd not found'.

Thanks

John

Hi John,

I only have a vanilla image available, let me know if you'd still like the link to this.

[agoodey]

My TiVo has died :down: and I am just replacing the HDD but I am getting a lot of errors copying to the new drive - could someone possibly supply me with a vanilla image to put on my new hdd?
many thanks

[npatchett]

Hi, I currently have a dead Tivo which I am trying to fix using a tivo48.bak file.

I am trying to restore this to 2x 120GB drives but I am having a lot of problems.

The restore gets so far then fails with the error: Restore failed: Error restoring MFS data.

The restore command I have been using is: restore -x -s 300 -zpi /mnt/dos/tivo48.bak /dev/hdc /dev/hdb

Could someone confirm if this is correct? I also have a tivo.bak file if I should be using that, but I seem to have even less sucess with that file. I have tried different variations on that command using different figures to 300 with no success.

Any help would be greatly received to get this Tivo working again.

[Wonder_lander]

My TiVo has died :down: and I am just replacing the HDD but I am getting a lot of errors copying to the new drive - could someone possibly supply me with a vanilla image to put on my new hdd?
many thanks

PM Sent

[ChrisHS]

Hi,

My tivo has hit green screen of death & dd_rescue didn't get enough of a copy to make it work again on a new disk.

Can somone please pm me a link to an image ?

UK 2.5.5 SA Series 1 (had cachecard drivers but any image is better than what its got now)

Thanks

Chris
~~~~~

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

My tivo has hit green screen of death & dd_rescue didn't get enough of a copy to make it work again on a new disk.

Can somone please pm me a link to an image ?

UK 2.5.5 SA Series 1 (had cachecard drivers but any image is better than what its got now)

Thanks

Chris
~~~~~

PM Sent

[ScoobyDooZ]

Hello can someone pm me an image I can copy to a 160gb drive.

Having a bit of a nightmare with my tivo :(

[Wonder_lander]

Hello can someone pm me an image I can copy to a 160gb drive.

Having a bit of a nightmare with my tivo :(

PM Sent

[Tylerdyrden]

Had some problems with the upgraded 250gb disk in my tivo which has now got to the stage where it reports errors with the cachecard/network card drivers and stays there. I've pulled it out of the machine now and am staring at it.
Could someone be kind enough to forward me an (2.5.5) image please ?

Thx in advance

[Wonder_lander]

Had some problems with the upgraded 250gb disk in my tivo which has now got to the stage where it reports errors with the cachecard/network card drivers and stays there. I've pulled it out of the machine now and am staring at it.
Could someone be kind enough to forward me an (2.5.5) image please ?

Thx in advance

PM'd

[jsebright]

My tivo now fails to boot - sits for hours at the "A few more seconds...". Trying to get a replacement drive together, but my backup (taken in 2002!) doesn't want to restore. I end up with "Restore failed: Decompression error...94%)"

Would appreciate a single drive image - cachecard drivers + the works would be a bonus, but I can probably work it out.

Thanks in advance.

Jon.

[Wonder_lander]

My tivo now fails to boot - sits for hours at the "A few more seconds...". Trying to get a replacement drive together, but my backup (taken in 2002!) doesn't want to restore. I end up with "Restore failed: Decompression error...94%)"

Would appreciate a single drive image - cachecard drivers + the works would be a bonus, but I can probably work it out.

Thanks in advance.

Jon.

PM Sent

[caver99]

I am looking for an image for Thompson PVR-10UK series 1 tivo, can anyone help please.
My hdd died and i have go a replacement but the dead one cant be used to get an image off of.

[Wonder_lander]

I am looking for an image for Thompson PVR-10UK series 1 tivo, can anyone help please.
My hdd died and i have go a replacement but the dead one cant be used to get an image off of.

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[caver99]

the .bak files that we have what is the bes prog to put them to disk and can the linux files be used with the windows software.

Thanks

[RichardJH]

Make a start by reading this http://www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade2.html

[nickst]

Hello I hope someone reading this can help me as I would like to repair my uk Tivo. I have a new hartd drive but need a copy of the image. Could someone please please PM me to sort me out. I'd be so grateful to you. Thanks.

[Wonder_lander]

Hello I hope someone reading this can help me as I would like to repair my uk Tivo. I have a new hartd drive but need a copy of the image. Could someone please please PM me to sort me out. I'd be so grateful to you. Thanks.

PM Sent

[Pete77]

Hello I hope someone reading this can help me as I would like to repair my uk Tivo. I have a new hartd drive but need a copy of the image. Could someone please please PM me to sort me out. I'd be so grateful to you. Thanks.

Once Wonder_lander has PM'ed you a link to the image you may also find the guides at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo to be of assistance in creating your Tivo hard drive and/or installing Tivoweb. You may also find the tools at www.mfslive.org are a possible alternative approach to cretaing your new Tivo hard drive.

[shineyshoes]

Hello,

I got a (blank) replacement for a defective drive today.

UK 255 Series 1 (was a single drive with tivonet drivers but any working image is a step forward! )

Can someone please pm me a link to an image ?

[Wonder_lander]

Hello,

I got a (blank) replacement for a defective drive today.

UK 255 Series 1 (was a single drive with tivonet drivers but any working image is a step forward! )

Can someone please pm me a link to an image ?

PM Sent

[scottiejambo]

Hi, I would like to repair my uk Tivo. I have a new 80Gb drive as my 40Gb is fried but need a copy of the image, 2.5.5. Could someone please PM me. I'd be very grateful. Thanks.

[Wonder_lander]

Hi, I would like to repair my uk Tivo. I have a new 80Gb drive as my 40Gb is fried but need a copy of the image, 2.5.5. Could someone please PM me. I'd be very grateful. Thanks.

You have PM!

[Brillopad]

Greetings!

I've just had to replace my TiVO HDD, and would greatly appreciate it if someone could provide me with the U.K. image (I can't recall if it's a 2.5.5 or 2.5.5a, so I'd appreciate both images).

Many thanks in advance!

[Wonder_lander]

Greetings!

I've just had to replace my TiVO HDD, and would greatly appreciate it if someone could provide me with the U.K. image (I can't recall if it's a 2.5.5 or 2.5.5a, so I'd appreciate both images).

Many thanks in advance!

PM Sent

[smiffy]

Does anyone still have a Series 1 image as my HDD has died:

[Wonder_lander]

Does anyone still have a Series 1 image as my HDD has died:

PM Sent!

[AnyUser]

Hi Folks,

I've just been given a PVR 10 UK with no hard drives in. I've fitted a spare 80gig unit, and got the device to power up. Can anyone tell me where I can get a linux OS for it, please? Not fussed if it's an original image or a 'modded' OS - I'd just like to play with the unit and see what I can get it to do.

Cheers for any help.

[AnyUser]

Still looking for an image for this unit, if anyone could please PM it to me....?

Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Still looking for an image for this unit, if anyone could please PM it to me....?

Thanks

PM Sent, sorry been on holiday this last week!

[AnyUser]

Hi Wonder_lander,

Thanks for the PM, that's brilliant. You've really helped me, thanks very much!

[theGecko]

Would some kind soul help me with a 2.5.5a image? Bricked the TiVo trying a manual patch to fix the teletext issue on a new LCD TV :)

Cheers, Rob

[Wonder_lander]

I've only got vanilla 2.5.5 I'm afraid

[theGecko]

Would you mind if I nab that for now, better than nowt and I can try the patch again :)

[theGecko]

Thanks mate, much appreciated :)

[babycakes]

Sigh - My Tivo has been playing up and I need to reinstall the image on it.

Can anyone please point me in the correct direction to obtain a suitable UK Image and instructions on how to put the image on the drive.

The last time I did this was in 2003 and sadly I cannot remember....

[Pete77]

Can anyone please point me in the correct direction to obtain a suitable UK Image and instructions on how to put the image on the drive.

The last time I did this was in 2003 and sadly I cannot remember....

Wonderlander can send you a vanilla image but you may also want to refer to www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html or alternatively you could buy a pre-prepared drive from www.tivocentral.co.uk or www.tivoland.com

Note that most drives are now SATA and also require an SATA to IDE adapter to work in a Tivo. Not all of these adapters work in a Tivo but Mike at Tivocentral can definitely sell you one with one of his prepared hard drives that will work.

N.B. I am not a salesman for Tivocentral or Tivoland but I think the DIY route is now a little more difficult, especially as the firmware of many more recent IDE and SATA drives is not compatible with successful operation in a Tivo (the uncooperative drives just refuse to boot). Again Tivocentral and Tivoland only sell drives that they know will work in a Tivo.

I did my own upgrade in 2005 with advice on here from blindlemon but I wonder if I would bother with the DIY route now as it seems so easy to buy an incompatible drive or SATA adapter if you try to do it yourself.

[babycakes]

Thanks Pete77

I should be okay as the drive itself tests okay - the image or mfs appears to be corrupt. All I want to do is restore the image on it and see if that gets me going again.

[Pete77]

You may also find some of the stuff at www.mfslive.org comes in handy depending on how much of a techie you are.

[babycakes]

Can anyone help me locate an image for my ailing Tivo?

Please? :)

[Pete77]

Can anyone help me locate an image for my ailing Tivo?

Please? :)

Wonder_lander is meant to be the keeper of the Tivo images but doesn't seem to have responded to your post so far. Has he perhaps gone trekking in the Himalayas or is he laid low with some unpleasant illness?

[babycakes]

No worries - My partner has decided that Tivo has to go to meet its maker.

Scrub my request for the image.

[Pete77]

No worries - My partner has decided that Tivo has to go to meet its maker.

What does your partner wrongly imagine will be better than a Tivo. And why does your partner think Thomson will actually be interested in taking back a product they made some 10 years ago.;):p

[AMc]

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[richard_m_w]

I'm getting into the Tivo upgrading and seeing Linux for the first time brought home to me the chance of error and bricking the existing drive. Being cautious, I would like to put the image on the new drive without doing anything to the existing Tivo drive - So would some kind soul please send me a link for a 2.5.5 image suitable for a new 1TB WD Green Power HDD?

Many thanks, Richard

[Wonder_lander]

Hi Richard, have sent you a PM

[dogsbody]

Wonder_lander, you are doing a stirling job and a thankless task so I just wanted to say thank you for keeping the home fires burning.

Now if I may ask for a link to the most excellent image for a 2.5.5 UK install.

Thank you :-)