Hacking your Series 2 DTivo just got a WHOLE lot easier...

[Gunnyman]

conflicting reports on that question.
Most people myself included just order PPV from DTV's website.

[rpdre1]

Your TiVo will still call DirecTV to report PPVs after the Zipper. The calls your TiVo won't make after the Zipper are calls directly to TiVo reporting usage info,etc.

At least that's what I've read before?

[qwertypo]

My DTivo will no longer dial for pay per view. And for a short period after I zippered, I could payperview on the internet. Now they block that, I guess they noticed I don't dial in anymore. I have to call them directly to pay per view.... The good news is, that the operators don't know why it won;t let me pay online, and they have given the pay per views for free "until they fix the problem". So, hey good news! Hope they NEVER fix it! :)

[SMcColl]

Is there any reason we disable dial-in during the zipper process? Can I just disable the software updating portion without disabling dial-up?

[Gunnyman]

qwertypo I have no idea why you can't order ppv online. As I have said before none of my DTivos have dialed in in over a year and I can order PPV online.

[Gunnyman]

Is there any reason we disable dial-in during the zipper process? Can I just disable the software updating portion without disabling dial-up?

I don't suppose it matters as much anymore, but the main reason not to dial in is you will lose the ability to use HMO and MRV 6 months after you connect.
Rbautch's script can reset this though.

[SMcColl]

What is MRV? Does Rbautch's script just modify the crontab or something? Why would dialing up disable HMO when it is already a free open-source deal?

[dieselpower]

What is MRV? Does Rbautch's script just modify the crontab or something? Why would dialing up disable HMO when it is already a free open-source deal?

MRV = Multi Room Viewing.

http://www.tivo.com/1.2.12.asp

[Gunnyman]

What is MRV? Does Rbautch's script just modify the crontab or something? Why would dialing up disable HMO when it is already a free open-source deal?
because DTV sets a "certificate" that will expire 180 days after it gets set.
This expiring certificate disables HMO.

[SMcColl]

WHOA! That's a sweet bonus that I didn't even know I was going to get! Ok, so how do I update the EProm on my R10 so I can zipper it, also? Is it possible to do any of these things using a 1-gen Sony T60?

[qwertypo]

qwertypo I have no idea why you can't order ppv online. As I have said before none of my DTivos have dialed in in over a year and I can order PPV online.

Neither does DirecTv. It says that the card I am trying to order on has exceeded its balance, but DirecTv has confirmed that this doesn't make any sense, since it is set to a $200 limit, and obviously I am no where near that!

They have given my two free shows so far! Go figure. My Dial in PPV hasn't worked since Zippering..... not sure why. Maybe I will rerun tweak and see if it resolves the problem.

Clearly it is an isolated issue, and likely has nothing to do with THE ZIPPER..... if no one else has this problem.... still pleased with the situation. I was pretty suprised when she made the offer, since I can call in PPV, but I told her I would prefer to use the web, and she then extended me the offer :P

[jedware]

What does "Logo Space" refer to in tivowebplus when uploading logos?

The options are "Tivo and DirecTV".

I am wanting to update some logos and don't want to mess anything up. The logos loaded with the enhancement script still have some missing.

[SMcColl]

Oh, jeez... R10 EProm update involves soldering. Bad things happen when I bust out the soldering iron.

[Gunnyman]

IF you can find a reprogrammed PROM, a good TV repai shop can do the job for you from around 100 bucks.

[landie]

It sounds like you may have used an IP address that was already leased by the Airport's DHCP server and perhaps hasn't been released yet. Try using an IP in the 10.0.1.0/24 range that you know has never been used.

I'm assuming you also used 10.0.1.1 for your router. If not, that could be your problem as well.

Yes, I think you are correct.
The exclamation yellow triangle keeps popping up for the network. I ran the zipper before seeing your reply and set the tivo as 192.168.1.101 to be completely different but it still can't telnet.

Zippered again with 10.0.1.22 for tivo and 10.0.1.1 for router.

I get the following for ping and ipconfig:

C:\Documents and Settings\user>ping 10.0.1.22

Pinging 10.0.1.22 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 10.0.1.22:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.22
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


FA120 both lights on. Local area connection shows nothing received. Firewall off.
The triangle warning comes up occasionally knocking off my wireless connection to the airport, needing to be disabled to allow it to connect to the airport again. Obviously something is in conflict yet I am unable to figure it out.

Rezippering and entering a different IP doesn't seem to solve my problem. I tried 192.168.1.101 for tivo and 10.0.1.1 for router still unable to telnet.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

[dieselpower]

Yes, I think you are correct.
The exclamation yellow triangle keeps popping up for the network. I ran the zipper before seeing your reply and set the tivo as 192.168.1.101 to be completely different but it still can't telnet.

Zippered again with 10.0.1.22 for tivo and 10.0.1.1 for router.

I get the following for ping and ipconfig:

C:\Documents and Settings\user>ping 10.0.1.22

Pinging 10.0.1.22 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.0.1.22: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 10.0.1.22:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.22
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


FA120 both lights on. Local area connection shows nothing received. Firewall off.
The triangle warning comes up occasionally knocking off my wireless connection to the airport, needing to be disabled to allow it to connect to the airport again. Obviously something is in conflict yet I am unable to figure it out.

Rezippering and entering a different IP doesn't seem to solve my problem. I tried 192.168.1.101 for tivo and 10.0.1.1 for router still unable to telnet.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.


Well one problem I spot right off the bat is that you're using an IP address for your Tivo (192.168.1.101) which is outside the realm of your router (10.0.1.1). You might try an IP address of 10.0.1.101 for your Tivo if your router really is 10.0.1.1 and not really 192.168.1.1.

I'm assuming you're calling your Airpot base station the router or do you have a router plugged in behind the Airport? Perhaps you can shed some more light on your network configuration.

[landie]

Well one problem I spot right off the bat is that you're using an IP address for your Tivo (192.168.1.101) which is outside the realm of your router (10.0.1.1). You might try an IP address of 10.0.1.101 for your Tivo if your router really is 10.0.1.1 and not really 192.168.1.1.

Thanks. Actually tried them both. Entered 192.168.1.101 only because the other tries with 10.0.1.xx range did not work. Didn't try anything over 10.0.1.22


I'm assuming you're calling your Airpot base station the router or do you have a router plugged in behind the Airport? Perhaps you can shed some more light on your network configuration.

Airport = router
No other router only a 10/100 hub

phone line > airport > desktop via motorola 802.11g WPC1810G adapter
desktop also has cat5e to hub
tivo with Netgear FA120 to hub

This set up worked with bash/ftp with the other hacked drive.

[dieselpower]

Thanks. Actually tried them both. Entered 192.168.1.101 only because the other tries with 10.0.1.xx range did not work. Didn't try anything over 10.0.1.22



Airport = router
No other router only a 10/100 hub

phone line > airport > desktop via motorola 802.11g WPC1810G adapter
desktop also has cat5e to hub
tivo with Netgear FA120 to hub

This set up worked with bash/ftp with the other hacked drive.

Well, assuming your Airport is 10.0.1.1, the 10.0.1.X IP should work fine. You might try rebooting your Airport if you haven't already. Do you recall what IP your old drive/Tivo used? I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to use the same IP.

[dieselpower]

Well, assuming your Airport is 10.0.1.1, the 10.0.1.X IP should work fine. You might try rebooting your Airport if you haven't already. Do you recall what IP your old drive/Tivo used? I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to use the same IP.

You might try plugging your FA120 into another port on your hub. I've seen hub/router/switch ports go bad in the past.

[landie]

169.254.151.114 tivo
10.0.1.1 router

Yes, I tried zippering these settings too as well as rebooting the airport.

Got 169.254.151.114 from looking at the tivo desktop server property settings entered it into network properties and was able to access tivowebplus/telnet/ftp, so I know it works with the other hacked drive, I just can't get it to work with the zipper.

[dieselpower]

169.254.151.114 tivo
10.0.1.1 router

Yes, I tried zippering these settings too as well as rebooting the airport.

Got 169.254.151.114 from looking at the tivo desktop server property settings entered it into network properties and was able to access tivowebplus/telnet/ftp, so I know it works with the other hacked drive, I just can't get it to work with the zipper.

169.254.151.114 isn't a valid IP address. It is part of a block reserved by IANA. If your router is 10.0.1.1, then you want to assign your Tivo an IP in the 10.0.1.X range. What ever your desktop IP address is, increase it by 1 and make that your Tivo IP. For example, if your desktop is 10.0.1.2 make your Tivo 10.0.1.3 (assuming you have no other networked computers obtaining an IP from your Airport).

You could always mount your drive using the boot CD and checking the network configuration files and see if it's saving your IP and routing information properly.

[landie]

169.254.151.114 isn't a valid IP address. It is part of a block reserved by IANA.

All I know is that it worked ; )


If your router is 10.0.1.1, then you want to assign your Tivo an IP in the 10.0.1.X range. What ever your desktop IP address is, increase it by 1 and make that your Tivo IP. For example, if your desktop is 10.0.1.2 make your Tivo 10.0.1.3 (assuming you have no other networked computers obtaining an IP from your Airport)[QUOTE=dieselpower]

Tried this too : (
Feel like I'm getting ready for the zipper olympics : )
My tivo has spent more time hooked to my computer than to the tv this past week.

[QUOTE=dieselpower]
You could always mount your drive using the boot CD and checking the network configuration files and see if it's saving your IP and routing information properly.
Am attempting a drive copy, if it stalls again, I'll try this next.

Thanks : )

[dieselpower]

All I know is that it worked ; )



Strange. ;)

Did you try changing the port on the hub?

[Luv2DrvFst]

I am using a Mac to burn the Tools CD. Once burned --

rc.sysinit.author becomes rcsysinit.author

and

superpatch-67all-nutkase-1.1.tcl becomes superpatch-67all-nutkase-1.tcl

My Mac isn't liking the second 'dot'. I know I read somewhere how to fix this but now I can't find it anywhere. How can I keep the integrity of the file names during the burn?

Help!

[dieselpower]

I am using a Mac to burn the Tools CD. Once burned --

rc.sysinit.author becomes rcsysinit.author

and

superpatch-67all-nutkase-1.1.tcl becomes superpatch-67all-nutkase-1.tcl

My Mac isn't liking the second 'dot'. I know I read somewhere how to fix this but now I can't find it anywhere. How can I keep the integrity of the file names during the burn?

Help!

Are you using finder/disk utlity to burn your disk or some other authoring software like Toast? You can't burn an ISO 9660/Joliet disk using finder/disk utility. You'll have to use something like Toast or DragonBurn.

[DougF]

Would a superpatched, unsubscribed SA Series 2 work (MRV-wise) with one or more Zippered, subscribed S2 DTiVos? I know I couldn't record on the SA, but would it be able to copy programs from the DTiVos?

[Gunnyman]

yep
been covered a couple of times in this thread :p

[DougF]

yep
been covered a couple of times in this thread :p

Thanks, Gunny.

I figured it had been asked already. I just didn't put in the right keywords to search. I did four or five searches and didn't find it.

[Gunnyman]

you searched four or five times? ;)

[dieselpower]

you searched four or five times? ;)

I think he meant using different keyword combinations. Be nice Gunninator. =)

[Gunnyman]

I am being nice! Doug knows what I'm talking about :p

[dieselpower]

I am being nice! Doug knows what I'm talking about :p

Heheh okie doke. See my newbie stripes are showing. *grin*

[Luv2DrvFst]

Are you using finder/disk utlity to burn your disk or some other authoring software like Toast? You can't burn an ISO 9660/Joliet disk using finder/disk utility. You'll have to use something like Toast or DragonBurn.

Using Finder. I've got an older version of Toast somewhere, I'll see if I can get it updated to work with OS X 10.4.

Thanks!

[dieselpower]

Using Finder. I've got an older version of Toast somewhere, I'll see if I can get it updated to work with OS X 10.4.

Thanks!

NP. BTW, you can download a fully functional trial version of Dragonburn (good for 10 burns). Though, I just bought a copy of Toast 7 and it seems to fit the bill rather nicely.

There is also a freeware (open source) application called cdrecord that can burn ISO 9660/Joliet from the command line and there is a GUI front-end for it called X-CD-Roast too.

[Vito the TiVo]

Sorry if this is slightly off topic, but I love my zipper and MRV DirecTiVos - Does anyone know of or can point me in the direction of how to get an MRV "slave" tivo to stop attempting to connect to the satellite?

Over on the other forum, I could only find AlphaWolf hinting at a "messy process" and they aren't the most helpful over there.

[Gunnyman]

Sorry Vito,
all of my DTivos are connected and subbed.

[jedware]

What does "Logo Space" refer to in tivowebplus when uploading logos?

The options are "Tivo and DirecTV".

I am wanting to update some logos and don't want to mess anything up. The logos loaded with the enhancement script still have some missing.


I guess it doesn't matter the choice. Both options do not work on any of my zippered tivos.

Is there a fix for this or another method to add new logos to a zippered tivo?

[Gunnyman]

look on ddb for a logo slice file then dbload it.

[jedware]

look on ddb for a logo slice file then dbload it.

The latest version I find is v193 and that is the same as what is currently included in the zipper. Is there a newer version?

Is there no way to load a single logo or custom logo?

[Rob00GT]

Airport = router
No other router only a 10/100 hub

phone line > airport > desktop via motorola 802.11g WPC1810G adapter
desktop also has cat5e to hub
tivo with Netgear FA120 to hub

This set up worked with bash/ftp with the other hacked drive.

OK, one quick question as I might have missed something here. Your Tivo's network connection goes something like this.....

Wireless router > a PC with wireless network adapter and ethernet adapter > wired 10/100 Hub > Tivo

If this is correct, then your Tivo is not getting an IP address from the router. The wireless router assigns an IP address to the PC but unless you've gone through whatever steps are needed to make your PC serve as a network bridge then there's no way DHCP service is making it to your Tivo. The router doesn't even see it, only the PC.
Edit: I know you're not going to use the DHCP service from the router, but if the router can't see the Tivo, it's not in the routing table and it won't be seen by other devices hooked into the network. A hub is IP illiterate and can't help here either.


I would also like to take one moment to express my sincere thanks to Gunnyman for the Zipper. I used it last week on my two units and love being able to share programs between them. Tools like this really show how user-friendly this site is (expecially compared to the "other" one) and I can't imagine everyone here being more helpful. Bravo, and thanks.

Now for my silly noob question. Can I use the Tivo desktop software (http://www.tivo.com/4.9.4.1.asp) to add music and photos to my Zippered Tivos? Or do they need to be added by FTP or other means?

[hollepe]

Hi,
When I browse to //<tivo_IP>/whatson.html, I get the 404 Not Found error on my browser with different user messages every time I refresh. I have refreshed it over 50 times and it seems there are many different messages. Does anyone know what this is all about?

I only get this on the Firefox, Netscape and Opera browsers, but not IE.

Here are samples of what I get :

Not Found
Surely you've not given up your quest for the Holy Grail?

<I refresh again>

O Lord, bless this Thy tivoweb server that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy

<refresh>

Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni! We shall say Ni! again if you do not appease us

<refresh>

The page you're looking for is currently on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard

<refresh>

I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time-a!

[Gunnyman]

does the rest of tivoweb work?
if so go into your tivoweb directory and search the modules directory for whatson.itcl. If it's there, I'd overwrite it
some how this module either is missing or corrupt and not loading for some reason.

[JD9900]

Well, the HR10-250 upgrade went without a hitch. A couple of notes regarding the process:

1. I really enjoyed using the scripts. As an experienced Tivo hacker, they seem really well designed to me. Very straight-forward. These will be of enormous help to the newer hackers. I see these scripts becoming the next logical step for hackers who have comfortably and successfully upgraded their hard drives, and are looking for more out of their DTivos.

2. Because the HR10-250 requires the 3.1.5f image, you cannot use MRV/HMO. I am currently looking into "Plan B" solutions, as this was an expected condition.

3. Likewise, all of the networking support has to come via ifconfig statements in the rc.sysinit.author file, as there is no GUI network configuration option on the Tivo menus.

4. The Zipper script does not currently support wireless LAN adapters for the HR10-250. I think this is a condition of the 3.1.5 image moreso than the scripts, but I'm not sure. Since my HD Tivo is not going to be utilizing a wireless LAN adapter, this is not a concern of mine.

5. I had a slight problem with the tweak script. The script did not copy the rbautch_files.gtz file from my CD to my hacks directory. When the script ran, I got a number of errors as a result, and no patches installed. I opened up the script, and was able to determine that this file was supposed to be there, but was not. As such, I manually ftp'd it to the proper directory, and re-ran the script with success.

6. After the reboot, I was still in Boat Anchor Mode (error 51). I ran the 51killer script in the busybox directory, rebooted, and everything was fine (Just as The Zipper guide suggested).

*******************************
All things considered, I was extremely pleased with the simplicity and ease of this upgrade compared to all the others I have done (4.0 upgrade using HUGE's guide, 4.0 slice upgrade using AlphaWolf's posts on a different forum, and various other combinations). The main advantage I found was speed - everything was easy to obtain thanks to well-maintained links, and any questions I had were pretty much answered by the guide and the contents of the scripts. I hearty "Well Done!" to all involved with this, you gentlemen have my thanks. If anyone has some suggestions for HMO/MRV options for the HR10-250, please post them here or feel free to PM me.

[rbautch]

Thanks for the complements, and for bringing to light the fact that the scripts are not just for newbies hacking for the first time. I find myself using the scripts constantly to set up new drives and test new features. As you say, the big advantage is speed. I can take a blank drive and turn it into a fully tricked-out Tivo in less than 15 minutes.

I believe that wireless for the HR10-250 can be accomplished with wlan-ng, which is not trivial to set up. I just haven't had time to incorporate it into the Zipper yet. Not sure why your files archive didn't copy over, but I'll check it out. I don't think you'll ever see HMO/MRV for the HR10-250 until someone figures out a way to port 6.2 software to it.

[grins]

Whew! Read the whole thread, and I think I know what to do, but I wanted to check. Of course, first and foremost, mad props to gunnyman and Russ :D

I've got an HDTivo and an HDVR2, both hacked to run the-server-which-cannot-be-named, telnet, ftp, and a few things hacks. Both of them got their var dirs wiped this weekend (it's happened a few times since I hacked them), and rather than try to re-create it all _again_, I'm interested in Zippering.

Since I want to save shows on at least the HDTivo, I think the best path for both of them is to re-enable the daily call and upgrades, then let them both call in and upgrade to the latest software rev (6.2 for the hdvr2 (I think it's at 3 something now) and 3.1.5f for the HDTivo (it's at 3.1.5d)), and then zipper them both.

Sound right? Both of them have wired network connections, so no wireless worries. I never got ftp to work on the hdtivo last time, although mfs_ftp worked like a champ, so we'll see what happens with the zipper/enhancements.

Thanks again for your efforts and peerless customer support!

Todd

[matt_auer]

FYI, JustdealsDOT.com (justdeals.com) has the FA120 Wired Lan adapters for 12.95 (Free Shipping).

[dieselpower]

Well, it turns out my SIR-S4080 is fried. I thought originally I just had a bad drive, but after installing a new zippered drive and powering up, I got nothing but a blank, black screen. I removed the drive and put it in my SIR-S4040 and it worked fine. So needless to say my 4040 got upgraded to an 80GB drive and is now Zippered, but I don't have a second Tivo any more to do MRV. :(

Has anyone else seen the black screen of death on a Tivo?

How about a good place to pick up a replacement Tivo that can be hacked? I have a drive, just need a body. I like the Samsung units and wouldn't mind another. I'm also looking for some place that is reputable and trustworthy, if such a place exists. I checked ebay for a 4040 or 4080, but got no hits.

Oh yeah, when I ran the 51 killer it mentioned something about encrypted / scrambled shows not working any more. I don't have to disable encryption/scrambling again do I? New stuff will be unencrypted?

Thanks Gunnyman and Russ, the zipper is awesome! I really appreciate the work you've put into this project.

[landie]

OK, one quick question as I might have missed something here. Your Tivo's network connection goes something like this.....

Wireless router > a PC with wireless network adapter and ethernet adapter > wired 10/100 Hub > Tivo

Correct, if you mean that the Tivo is wired directly to the hub.

If this is correct, then your Tivo is not getting an IP address from the router. The wireless router assigns an IP address to the PC but unless you've gone through whatever steps are needed to make your PC serve as a network bridge then there's no way DHCP service is making it to your Tivo. The router doesn't even see it, only the PC.
Edit: I know you're not going to use the DHCP service from the router, but if the router can't see the Tivo, it's not in the routing table and it won't be seen by other devices hooked into the network. A hub is IP illiterate and can't help here either.

I'm not quite sure what is going on since I finally managed to copy the already hacked drive that does network with the above set up getting me ftp/bash/tivowebplus.

I was unable to enter the correct IP's during the zipper set up which is why I went with a copy of the hacked drive that does network. My next step is to apply the inhancements script to my already hacked copy to see what it will upgrade or change but I sure would like to know how to enter the IP correctly in the zipper with a new drive.

Now for my silly noob question. Can I use the Tivo desktop software (http://www.tivo.com/4.9.4.1.asp) to add music and photos to my Zippered Tivos? Or do they need to be added by FTP or other means?

I have tivo desktop 2.0 and it works for music and photos only, very easily. Directv central has a listing for music & photos.

Tivo desktop is what I have been using to check for an IP address to get telnet.
server > tivo server properties > access control.
When I enter the IP it finds for my tivo, then I can telnet. It seems I'm doing things backwards, but it works.

Now that I have the non zippered but already hacked drive backed up, I'm hoping to try the enhancements part to see what that does to the already hacked drive.

Obviously, I don't understand everything I'm doing here, which is the next challenge to sort out. But I do know some of what I'm doing is working!

Is there a ftp directory listing for the zipper posted somewhere? I'd like to compare it to my current hacked drive.

Thanks!

[dieselpower]

Wireless router > a PC with wireless network adapter and ethernet adapter > wired 10/100 Hub > Tivo

Correct, if you mean that the Tivo is wired directly to the hub.


Looks like you need to move your hub in between the Airport and the PC/Tivo. In other words, connect your hub to your Airport and then plug your PC and Tivo into your hub.

[Gunnyman]

Well, it turns out my SIR-S4080 is fried. I thought originally I just had a bad drive, but after installing a new zippered drive and powering up, I got nothing but a blank, black screen. I removed the drive and put it in my SIR-S4040 and it worked fine. So needless to say my 4040 got upgraded to an 80GB drive and is now Zippered, but I don't have a second Tivo any more to do MRV. :(

Has anyone else seen the black screen of death on a Tivo?

How about a good place to pick up a replacement Tivo that can be hacked? I have a drive, just need a body. I like the Samsung units and wouldn't mind another. I'm also looking for some place that is reputable and trustworthy, if such a place exists. I checked ebay for a 4040 or 4080, but got no hits.

Oh yeah, when I ran the 51 killer it mentioned something about encrypted / scrambled shows not working any more. I don't have to disable encryption/scrambling again do I? New stuff will be unencrypted?

Thanks Gunnyman and Russ, the zipper is awesome! I really appreciate the work you've put into this project.

Check with Robert at Value Electronics last I heard he had some samsungs for sale.

[matt_auer]

weaknees.com ($35) for dsr7000 (No drive or Remote) (Free shipping)

[dieselpower]

weaknees.com ($35) for dsr7000 (No drive or Remote) (Free shipping)


Good model? Don't know anything about them.

Of course, can't be any worse than my dead one. hehehehe :)

[Gunnyman]

they're all the same and made at the same factory. All differences are cosmetic.

[dieselpower]

they're all the same and made at the same factory. All differences are cosmetic.


Nice, too funny, I had no clue.

I just checked the weaknees site for that dsr7000 for 35 bones, but I don't see it listed any where. I'll give them a call.

[Gunnyman]

its there but you have to dig.
I'ma nice guy so I dug it up
https://www.weaknees.com/cart/customer/product.php?productid=52114&cat=265&page=1

[dieselpower]

its there but you have to dig.
I'ma nice guy so I dug it up
https://www.weaknees.com/cart/customer/product.php?productid=52114&cat=265&page=1


Nice you are, thanks for that. Now I still don't see that in the search results for DSR7000. What was the trick to finding that on their site?

[Gunnyman]

open box and other specials bottom of the page

[dieselpower]

If I buy that DSR7000 from Weaknees, will I be able to use the access card from my dead SIR-S4080? Anything special I need to do with DirecTV to get it to work or do I need to buy a new card too?

I'm totally in the dark when it comes to the hardware.

[Gunnyman]

you should be able to just deactivate that receiver put the card in the one from weaknees
call 1800directv and use extension 722.
Quick and painless.

[dieselpower]

you should be able to just deactivate that receiver put the card in the one from weaknees
call 1800directv and use extension 722.
Quick and painless.


Cool, thanks again sir.

[DtivoNewbie]

Has anyone tried a netgear wg111 with a zippered hdvr2 box? The led on the nic is not lighting when I boot up.

Also, what happens if I clear and delete everything on a zippered box?

Thanks.

[rbautch]

Since I want to save shows on at least the HDTivo, I think the best path for both of them is to re-enable the daily call and upgrades, then let them both call in and upgrade to the latest software rev (6.2 for the hdvr2 (I think it's at 3 something now) and 3.1.5f for the HDTivo (it's at 3.1.5d)), and then zipper them both. This is indeed the correct process.

[rbautch]

Has anyone tried a netgear wg111 with a zippered hdvr2 box? The led on the nic is not lighting when I boot up.

Also, what happens if I clear and delete everything on a zippered box?

Thanks. G adapters don't work with 6.2. C&D will clear your network settings in MFS, which will make MRV not function properly. You may have to telnet in using DHCP, and then reset your IP information by running: sh /enhancements/net-launch.sh. Why would you want to do a C&D?

[rbautch]

How about a good place to pick up a replacement Tivo that can be hacked? I have a drive, just need a body. I like the Samsung units and wouldn't mind another. I'm also looking for some place that is reputable and trustworthy, if such a place exists. I checked ebay for a 4040 or 4080, but got no hits.

Oh yeah, when I ran the 51 killer it mentioned something about encrypted / scrambled shows not working any more. I don't have to disable encryption/scrambling again do I? New stuff will be unencrypted?

Thanks Gunnyman and Russ, the zipper is awesome! I really appreciate the work you've put into this project.Weaknees was selling DSR7000's for $35. 51killer message just means that if you had encrypted shows on there before, you won't be able to watch them anymore. However, if you're running 51killer, it likely means that you installed a new image and you don't care about existing shows.

[dieselpower]

51killer message just means that if you had encrypted shows on there before, you won't be able to watch them anymore. However, if you're running 51killer, it likely means that you installed a new image and you don't care about existing shows.


Perfect, thanks for confirming that.

[tonydi]

FYI, JustdealsDOT.com (justdeals.com) has the FA120 Wired Lan adapters for 12.95 (Free Shipping).
Just a note that these are refurbished. Also, their resellerratings.com reviews are somewhat disconcerting if you have any sort of problem with your order. Caveat emptor, I guess.

[bnm81002]

Gunny and Russ, go to "DDB" forum and check out the the thread "Son Of Sleeper" in the General Tivo Discussions forum, it's about "The Zipper" being a BAD IDEA that is another form of "Sleeper" being made, THEY ARE PRETTY UPSET OVER THERE :( :( :(

[Gunnyman]

wow it took a LONG time for that to happen.

[rbautch]

I wouldn't call that "upset". The comments so far are kind compared to the discussions in the "sewer".

[Gunnyman]

true dat
double true

[Gunnyman]

what I find funny is how they think it's gonna be depracated.
I mean 6.2 is the last software we will see.
Killhdinitrd won't be replaced anytime soon I bet.

[rpdre1]

what I find funny is how they think it's gonna be depracated.
I mean 6.2 is the last software we will see.
Killhdinitrd won't be replaced anytime soon I bet.

...
None of the hack files are included with the script so you have to download all of the required files yourself and create a CD to load them from, thus avoiding any conflicts regarding distribution of copyrighted intellectual property. The Zipper script authors have treaded lightly in this regard and seem to be honoring the wishes of the hack developers so for that I applaud them. The fact that none of the hack files are included will prevent the script from becoming depracated any time soon as hacks are improved and rereleased.
....

[filler]

[DtivoNewbie]

I used the image from Instantcake and when I first booted up my channel logos were incorrect. The channels were correct though. For instance 9 was the dc area 9 but the logo said wb not wusa. It appeared that the settings in hte image were taken from the chicago area. Also, I couldn't see any of the guide data for the premium chans that I subscribe to. I did a c&d and now I get the correct logos and I see the guide data.

The wg111 says that it's compatible with a and b networks so I bought it. I guess I'll have to take it back.

[Gunnyman]

Applause to Captain Video for getting it right. :up: :up:

[Tracy RainH2o]

Applause to Captain Video for getting it right. :up: :up:

In the end that is.

I fully understand the Hacking elite wanting to stay on top of the hill. To consolidate a few steps and create a script that sets the framework up for me, has surely been a big help. If anything, The Zipper and the possibilities it has opened up, has caused me to do further digging into Linux. As I am finding out it has lots of similar structure to DOS. The some commands are different as is the syntax.

In my field, portrait and wedding photography, there are those who do not freely share information. Then there are those, me included, who have created their own competition. Oh well, that's what I get for being a nice guy. ;)

In the end, if those who used The Zipper had used this thread as intended we would not be having this conversation. Now.......back to ripping my CD collection for use with my new Tivo network. :D :D :D

[gsr]

In the end, if those who used The Zipper had used this thread as intended we would not be having this conversation.

Someone within the DDB group was bound to get upset about it sooner or later. I do get their point about people not knowing what they're doing, but everyone has to make choices - you simply can't know how to do EVERYTHING in life in depth. If the DDB mentality is followed through, we should all cook all of our food from scratch (no premade meals, no easy to make mixes, etc.), do all work on our automobiles (not just oil changes, but everything), write our own operating systems (so we can fix it when there are problems), install all software applications by hand (so we can re-register a COM object if it gets dropped from the registry), etc..... Absurd, isn't it?

As I've said before, I appreciate the effort RBautch and Gunny have put into making the Zipper happen. I also appreciate all the effort others have put into making the tools that the Zipper uses happen - without them the Zipper wouldn't exist and we'd all be using bone stock Tivos.

[jcrompton]

I just zippered my HD DirectTivo unit. It reported a sucess.

During the process I was asked if I wanted to install the USB 2.o drivers - I instinctivley answered - yes.
However after the zipper completed I cannot get the lights on my previously working (works on my Series 2 Tivo unit) Linksys USB100M wired adapter.

When I "updated" the HD unit to USB 2.0 would that cause the USB100M adapter not to function?
If so , how do I remove the USB 0 upgrade (please be specific, I'm not extremely familiar with linux commands) ?

Thanks in advance for responding!!
jcrompton

[BiggyB]

I just upgraded my DSR7000 from an old hacked 2.5 software version to 6.2 using instantcake image and zipper. Now I am no longer able to purchase PPV via the remote. The nag tag code is x732. Can anyone give me some insight as to what may be the cause? Or even better a way to correct it?

ThanX

BiggyB

[mikellanes]

Just Zippered my spare (bedroom) HDVR2 and it reported success! Got a couple of questions as I wait till the weekend for my wired adapter (will order 2 wireless ones later if all goes well)

1) Can I use Mac OS X terminal to telnet in to finish the zippering?

2) Is there anyway to tell from the tivo if everything was installed correctly or do I need to network it and telnet in to tell?

[dieselpower]

1) Can I use Mac OS X terminal to telnet in to finish the zippering?

Not a problem at all. telnet -K <ip address>


2) Is there anyway to tell from the tivo if everything was installed correctly or do I need to network it and telnet in to tell?

Not sure what you mean, but once you do telnet in, you can check the directory structure and finish running the enhancement script (tweak.sh).

[grins]

I just upgraded my DSR7000 from an old hacked 2.5 software version to 6.2 using instantcake image and zipper. Now I am no longer able to purchase PPV via the remote. The nag tag code is x732. Can anyone give me some insight as to what may be the cause? Or even better a way to correct it?

ThanX

BiggyB

Hey Biggy!

I just read through this whole thread today...back in the middle of the thread somewhere, somebody mentioned that they could purchase by selecting season pass and other options on the initial screen, then selecting buy and record on that subsequent screen. Dunno if that helps you or not.

Good luck!

t

[Dan Collins]

wow it took a LONG time for that to happen.It is probably my fault that it has been brought to their attention. I recommended the Zipper to a user on my forum in a thread that captain video had also posted to. Sorry about that. :(

CV is a man of strong opinions, but a basically good guy. I'm sorry he felt compelled to make an issue of the Zipper on DDB.

[mikellanes]

Not a problem at all. telnet -K <ip address>

2) Is there anyway to tell from the tivo if everything was installed correctly or do I need to network it and telnet in to tell?

Thanks on #1! I can haul this PC back to work now.. haha -k disables the echo?

on #2 I meant since I don't have the usb adapter yet can I see something on the Tivo/TV to see that is was successful, I guess I will find out when I get the adapter, patience, and all that...

Lastly anyone know if the Mac HMO client works with these hacked tivos? I might just convert all my .m4a audio back to .mp3 if it does :)

[Dan Collins]

If you applied the superpatch, you can tell that was successful on the system info screen - it will show "Backdoors: Enabled!" and lots of extra information. Your last succesful call in should also show as the time fakecall ran (sometime between 12AM and 3AM depending on your timezone).

Other than that, you'll need it attached to the network.

[BiggyB]

I just read through this whole thread today...back in the middle of the thread somewhere, somebody mentioned that they could purchase by selecting season pass and other options on the initial screen, then selecting buy and record on that subsequent screen.
t

I read this also, but my problem is not ordering future PPV showings, its ordering any of them. Even on the season pass screen it tells me code 732 (which is saying my PPV is suspended) and up until I recently upgraded my system I was ordering PPV via remote regularly.

BiggyB

[Matt L]

Hey THANKS for a GREAT piece of software!

I've scanned through much of this thread and even did a search but nothing looked like it answered my question/problem. my system no longer reports the added HD space.

Here are the basics:

1.) Back in October I tried to hack my HD TiVo, I created an good image and had copied all my programming to the new disks, a 300g and a 200g.

2.) Something went wrong when I tried to install the networking and various other patches, so I dumped the copy and just installed the image.

3.) I expanded the swap space and installed the new disks in my HD TiVo and all was well, system reported the correct amount of space, don't recall anymore what it was, but I believe the SD topped out at 500 hours.

4.) Since I didn't get the network portion to work I put the 2 disks on the shelf until now. I had watched everything I had saved up over the last two weeks and was down to a few saved movies, and I decided to try coping the disk again, came across this thread and decided I really didn't need to copy 6 or 8 movies, If I really wanted to see them I could always plug in the original drive or set up a wishlist to grab them.

5.) Applied Zipper to the imaged disks and installed them in the TiVo, all went well, I was able to telnet into the TiVo and do the setup. Great program, thanks again.

6.) Went to the system info screen and only 30 hours of HD now shows, why?

i know the image was good and I used Tpip and enabled the new larger swap space, did Zipper change something?

[madpoet]

Guys, just wanted to give you a big thank you. I've hacked 2 HD Tivos previously and inevitably I messed something up and it took a while. A friend just got one and asked me to hack it, so I simply pulled the existing drive and ran the scripts against it (I have an Instacake image if I really hose it). Worked like a champ. Absolutely zero issues. Longest part I think was waiting for the Tivo to reboot! So seriously, thanks again. I know you take flak from the "purist" crowd, but this is well worth it.

-MP

[joeyj]

I upgraded my HR10-250 using the zipper utility and instant cake. I used two 400GB Seagate hard drives. The unit boots and I can watch TV but it will not record. I get an error 51. Any ideas out there.

Thanks

[gsr]

I upgraded my HR10-250 using the zipper utility and instant cake. I used two 400GB Seagate hard drives. The unit boots and I can watch TV but it will not record. I get an error 51. Any ideas out there.

Thanks

A quick search for 51 within this thread should answer your question...

[dieselpower]

Thanks on #1! I can haul this PC back to work now.. haha -k disables the echo?

Actually, it's capital -K and it doesn't disable echo it tells telnet not to try to try and automatically login (use a username or password).


on #2 I meant since I don't have the usb adapter yet can I see something on the Tivo/TV to see that is was successful, I guess I will find out when I get the adapter, patience, and all that...

Oh I see, hmm, you'll probably see a 51 error message when you go to your NPL.


Lastly anyone know if the Mac HMO client works with these hacked tivos? I might just convert all my .m4a audio back to .mp3 if it does :)

Can't answer this one myself, haven't tried it.

[Gunnyman]

Thanks on #1! I can haul this PC back to work now.. haha -k disables the echo?

on #2 I meant since I don't have the usb adapter yet can I see something on the Tivo/TV to see that is was successful, I guess I will find out when I get the adapter, patience, and all that...

Lastly anyone know if the Mac HMO client works with these hacked tivos? I might just convert all my .m4a audio back to .mp3 if it does :)

yes it does and so does javahmo. In fact I like Java HMO better.

[dieselpower]

I know this is slightly off-topic, but it is related in a round-about way. I am in no way affiliated with this product or offer. I am simply a man who found a good deal and is sharing it with his fellow Tivo-hackin'-brethren. =)

valueelectronics.com has brand new in box Hughes DVR80's in stock for $99, which are hackable (includes a new access card too). There is also a $100 mail-in rebate from DirecTV, so after you pay the $14.99 for shipping, the Tivo itself is free. Gunnyman pointed me in the direction of valueelectronics and says the guy who runs it is trustworthy.

I just ordered one today to replace a SIR-S4080 that went belly up.


Direct link to the rebate:

http://www.valueelectronics.com/images/pdf/DIRECTV%20rebate%20form%20for%20DVR%20and%20HD%20rebates.pdf

Direct link to the DVR80:

http://www.fsiwebs.com/shopcart3/SC_ProdView.asp?LinkID=DOzQU2Sm2M6kuDR90wksiRn8A:6ilqvcOcdey Yu9sL0aqwcoCchmQ8NqqWVcr7J0LIobpIHFHc8-

[mikellanes]

Actually, it's capital -K and it doesn't disable echo it tells telnet not to try to try and automatically login (use a username or password).

gotcha! thanks for the info and the capitalization heads up!


Oh I see, hmm, you'll probably see a 51 error message when you go to your NPL.

I don't get any error, I did notice a couple shows were in multiple groups of the same name, like 2 folders called "Scrubs" each wit a few different eps. in them, not sure if it was like that before or not. kinda worrying something got corrupt?

[mikellanes]

yes it does and so does javahmo. In fact I like Java HMO better.

Awesome, I think the only downside is now all my AAC audio is useless to the TiVo :(

I will check out Java HMO tonight

[dieselpower]

I don't get any error, I did notice a couple shows were in multiple groups of the same name, like 2 folders called "Scrubs" each wit a few different eps. in them, not sure if it was like that before or not. kinda worrying something got corrupt?

Yeah, I don't think everyone gets the 51 error. The folder thing is odd, first I've heard of it myself. Did you hack your existing drive or is it a new image?

[dieselpower]

Awesome, I think the only downside is now all my AAC audio is useless to the TiVo :(

Why would AAC audio be useless to the Tivo?

PM me if you are interested discussing playing audio files outside of your Mac/iPod. ;)

[SteelersFan]

I know this is slightly off-topic, but it is related in a round-about way. I am in no way affiliated with this product or offer. I am simply a man who found a good deal and is sharing it with his fellow Tivo-hackin'-brethren. =)

valueelectronics.com has brand new in box Hughes DVR80's in stock for $99, which are hackable (includes a new access card too). There is also a $100 mail-in rebate from DirecTV, so after you pay the $14.99 for shipping, the Tivo itself is free. Gunnyman pointed me in the direction of valueelectronics and says the guy who runs it is trustworthy.

I just ordered one today to replace a SIR-S4080 that went belly up.


Direct link to the rebate:

http://www.valueelectronics.com/images/pdf/DIRECTV%20rebate%20form%20for%20DVR%20and%20HD%20rebates.pdf

Direct link to the DVR80:

http://www.fsiwebs.com/shopcart3/SC_ProdView.asp?LinkID=DOzQU2Sm2M6kuDR90wksiRn8A:6ilqvcOcdey Yu9sL0aqwcoCchmQ8NqqWVcr7J0LIobpIHFHc8-
More info here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=266429) and here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=275027).

[mikellanes]

Yeah, I don't think everyone gets the 51 error. The folder thing is odd, first I've heard of it myself. Did you hack your existing drive or is it a new image?

I hacked my existing drive, I only did this because it was a spare TiVo and a pretty recent 6.2 install on it. so if its bad I will re-image it later on.

[dieselpower]

I hacked my existing drive, I only did this because it was a spare TiVo and a pretty recent 6.2 install on it. so if its bad I will re-image it later on.

Gotcha, probably why you have the funky folder thing and why you didn't get the 51 error.

[dfriedland]

So what's the word....Is the R10 zipperable? (Yeah, I know I made that word up, but it was part of my strategery) ;)

[Gunnyman]

not without geting out the soldering iron and doing some eeprom programming.

[grins]

Since some have successfully Zippered their HDTivos, I know I'm being silly, but NutKase's superpatch specifically does not support HDTivos, which are at version 3.1.5.

How do HDTivo's get a patched tivoapp? do I have to do that myself after the fact?

I was actually looking in the tcl script cause I wanted to see how easy it would be to not permanently enable 30 sec skip.

[msu72]

Just saw an ad in the Atlanta paper for Airlink USB adapters for $2.99. I think the model is 101, not sure from the ad. Anybody know if these will work with the USB 2.0 drivers?

[rbautch]

I just zippered my HD DirectTivo unit. It reported a sucess.

During the process I was asked if I wanted to install the USB 2.o drivers - I instinctivley answered - yes.
However after the zipper completed I cannot get the lights on my previously working (works on my Series 2 Tivo unit) Linksys USB100M wired adapter.

When I "updated" the HD unit to USB 2.0 would that cause the USB100M adapter not to function?
If so , how do I remove the USB 0 upgrade (please be specific, I'm not extremely familiar with linux commands) ?

Thanks in advance for responding!!
jcrompton Unless you have a serial cable, the easiest path is to pull the drive, mount your root partion (hda4 or hda7), and run /hacks/tweak_uninstall.sh. Then return it to your tivo and run tweak.sh again. Alternatively you can use the zipper to reimage the drive.

[rbautch]

5.) Applied Zipper to the imaged disks and installed them in the TiVo, all went well, I was able to telnet into the TiVo and do the setup. Great program, thanks again.

6.) Went to the system info screen and only 30 hours of HD now shows, why?

i know the image was good and I used Tpip and enabled the new larger swap space, did Zipper change something? Zipper does not change anything that would reflect drive capacity. Try it again, but this time install your image using Instantcake not the Zipper, then boot your drives to see what capacity shows. If all good, then run the zipper on the master drive only.

[rbautch]

Since some have successfully Zippered their HDTivos, I know I'm being silly, but NutKase's superpatch specifically does not support HDTivos, which are at version 3.1.5.

How do HDTivo's get a patched tivoapp? do I have to do that myself after the fact?

I was actually looking in the tcl script cause I wanted to see how easy it would be to not permanently enable 30 sec skip.
The tivo-side enhancement script will detect if your tivo is an HR10-250 and will skip the superpatch. It will instead manually patch your tivoapp to permanently enable 30-sec skip, disable encryption, and enable backdoors. If you want to see where it happens in the script, look in /enhancements/start.sh, which is the main script.

[Matt L]

Zipper does not change anything that would reflect drive capacity. Try it again, but this time install your image using Instantcake not the Zipper, then boot your drives to see what capacity shows. If all good, then run the zipper on the master drive only.

I didn't install image from Zipper, the disks were already imaged and the swap space was enlarged and verified when I ran Zipper. I'll check my dives and see if they are configured correctly, but i can't think why it doesn't report the full size...

I really don't want to go back and redo the image and swap space enlargement, in 3 months I've lost all the LINUX knowledge I had... :eek:

[Redux]

wow it took a LONG time for that to happen.There have been isolated references before, one poster was actually chastised for mentioning it against your wishes.

Capt. Video, stiil trying hard to be one of the guys after all these years, thought he'd get some attention from the big dogs by jumping on your work as "Son of Sleeper" ("here we go again" he said, like he'd just discovered a bedbug at the Waldorf) but everybody else already knew about it and there's basically positive (or at least neutral) feeling about it (except the JJ of course).

Cap Vid backed down quickly and he's now actually reporting pretty accurately what you guys have done. The JJ still chimes in with "No one learns from a guide. They replicate by wrote [sic]" and regarding you guys getting any donations or "fame" for the work, he says "I will publically [sic] ask that all new tools wrtten do not function on units upgraded with Zipper. If you do not think that this is possible, trust me, it is" but I don't think he has clout any more and I don't see the threat as serious.

Somehow I doubt you'll be deprecated any time soon.

Now that the lid is fully off, what about your request not to discuss it over there; stiil feel the same, or are the gloves off? You guys have support, if you want it, or should we continue to be silent?

[Gunnyman]

I suggest the high road.
Look at my Humble Request in this forum.

[Gunnyman]

For the record:
Before the Zipper was released, Rbautch was in FULL communication with the authors of all the hacks used.
None of them allowed us to release the tools with the script itself. This is why you must CREATE the tools disk yourself.
We aren't breaking any laws, haven't stolen anything fom anyone, nor have we asked ANYONE for a dime. We ARE in partnership with PTVupgrade's referral program and make a few pennies on each bootdisk or instantcake download.
Lou at ptvupgrade is a licensee of killhdinitrd and has clearance to sell the boot disk with the kernels on it.
We fully expected this fallout to occur and are frankly suprised we went under the radar at DDB for as long as we did.
My GUT reaction was to make this post over there but in retrospect, there really is no point in doing that.

[bnm81002]

Now that the lid is fully off, what about your request not to discuss it over there; stiil feel the same, or are the gloves off? You guys have support, if you want it, or should we continue to be silent?



well up till my post, there are 79 pages and 2360 posts about "the Zipper" obviously Gunny and rbautch are answering ALL questions that have been asked and posted here, so why make them go over there and answer more, keeping it ALL in 1 place makes more sense and keeping the information up to date more clearly here as well,
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND SUPPORT GUYS :up: :up: :up:

[JJBliss]

what I find funny is how they think it's gonna be depracated.

tsk tsk tsk. No official statement has been issued on this. In fact, it is merely in discussion right now. Gunnyman, you know very well that I've known about this for some time. It is finally coming up for discussion. It was bound to happen. In FACT, CV even comment that it is done in such a way to PREVENT it from being deprecated.

I mean 6.2 is the last software we will see.
Killhdinitrd won't be replaced anytime soon I bet.

Don't bet.

[JJBliss]

but I don't think he has clout any more and I don't see the threat as serious.
Gunnyman, would you like to school your disciple?

Somehow I doubt you'll be deprecated any time soon.
:rolleyes:

Now that the lid is fully off, what about your request not to discuss it over there; stiil feel the same, or are the gloves off? You guys have support, if you want it, or should we continue to be silent?
Snort.

[Gunnyman]

High road
Jj I haven't said ONE thing to you regarding this, I have stayed out of the thread on DDB and I will continue to do so.
I don't have any disciples. I'm no messiah. What I do have is respect for your "turf"
Do you have the same?

[JJBliss]

There have been isolated references before, one poster was actually chastised for mentioning it against your wishes.
By me, if I recall correctly.

but everybody else already knew about it and there's basically positive (or at least neutral) feeling about it (except the JJ of course).
You think my comments were negative?!?!
<sigh>

[JJBliss]

High road
Jj I haven't said ONE thing to you regarding this,
Thank you Gunnyman. And, for the record, I have said nothing to you either.


I have stayed out of the thread on DDB and I will continue to do so.
While I respect your desicion, it is particularly dialectic. You should speak your mind. However, at this point, I don't see what good it would do. There is no threat that needs to be addressed. You should read it though so you can get first hand information without having it reposted and filtered by folks in this thread.

I don't have any disciples. I'm no messiah. What I do have is respect for your "turf"
Do you have the same?
Hasn't it appeared that I do. Or don't the last 2365 posts speak to that?

Enjoy.

[joeyj]

A quick search for 51 within this thread should answer your question...

I have looked through the threads some say to do a delete and clear everything, which I have done. The others I have found say run 51killer.tcl. I can not find this script. Any suggestions?

Sorry just joined the forum so my search abilities are limited.

Thanks

[rpdre1]

you should have it already in /busybox/ (if you ran the zipper)

[mikellanes]

edit: n/m

[DtivoNewbie]

Has anyone tried a netgear MA111v2 on an hdvr2 with the zipper?

[grins]

I spent _so_ many hours on the other forum to get my HDTivo and HDVR2 hacked, searching, learning, reading, getting mips versions versus other versions, pulling disks, and putting them back, finding this tcl script, and that shell script, I think it threatened my marriage.

Last night, I zippered both tivos between getting home from work and serving dinner. After dinner, I ran the enhancements on both of them via telnet while I watched a show.

You guys are miracle workers, and don't let anyone tell you different. Thank you so much for your all important contribution to the final step of getting people hacked--making it easier!

As before, neither of my hacked tivos will connect via ftp. I use flashfxp, and for both tivos, it says

[R] Connecting to hdtivo -> DNS=hdtivo IP=192.168.254.250 PORT=21 (attempt # 6)
[R] Connected to hdtivo
[R] Connection failed (Connection timed out)

so it thinks it's connected, but apparently some hello protocol isn't being answered. I tried starting tivoftpd with -d but I don't get any additional information or output. I'm wondering what else could be going wrong...could my router be blocking port 21?

Thanks again, Gunnyman and rbautch!

t

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[Gunnyman]

I spent _so_ many hours on the other forum to get my HDTivo and HDVR2 hacked, searching, learning, reading, getting mips versions versus other versions, pulling disks, and putting them back, finding this tcl script, and that shell script, I think it threatened my marriage.

Last night, I zippered both tivos between getting home from work and serving dinner. After dinner, I ran the enhancements on both of them via telnet while I watched a show.

You guys are miracle workers, and don't let anyone tell you different. Thank you so much for your all important contribution to the final step of getting people hacked--making it easier!

As before, neither of my hacked tivos will connect via ftp. I use flashfxp, and for both tivos, it says

[R] Connecting to hdtivo -> DNS=hdtivo IP=192.168.254.250 PORT=21 (attempt # 6)
[R] Connected to hdtivo
[R] Connection failed (Connection timed out)

so it thinks it's connected, but apparently some hello protocol isn't being answered. I tried starting tivoftpd with -d but I don't get any additional information or output. I'm wondering what else could be going wrong...could my router be blocking port 21?

Thanks again, Gunnyman and rbautch!

t

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Hey Grins, would you be running VPN software?
That's usually the culprit when everything but FTP works.
can you use command line FTP in XP?

[maehak2]

First of all thanks to gunnyman & everyone else for the great script especially for us newbees.
I successfully zippered my dsr708 and hdvr2 couple of months ago and they have been running without issue since. So I finally deceided to open the HR10-250 since its out of warranty now. The zipper hacks go in fine and I am able to FTP and bash evrything without any problems and every thing works fine until I reboot and all is lost no USB what so ever. I have tried this 3 times with the same result on reboot. Anyone else have the had the same problem or any ideas what I maybe doing wrong.
Thanks

[grins]

Hey Grins, would you be running VPN software?
That's usually the culprit when everything but FTP works.
can you use command line FTP in XP?

I'm not consciously running vpn software (how do I tell?), and yes, command line ftp works fine (I mean, to other ftp servers). I read over in the other place about telnetting to port 21 just to see if I can emulate an ftp connection, so I'll try that.

anyway, don't want to hijack the zipper support thread. I can (maybe ;-) ) get support over at the other place, where of course I won't mention Zipper.

Your work made my life so much better. The only thing I have to ftp over with a serial cable) is the mfs-utils tar. I'm betting that will work fine, and then I'll not really care too much that I occasionally need to use the serial cable to get a new hack over to the TiVo!

Do you know if flash drives are readable on the tivo yet? Are those drivers part of the kernel?

t

[rbautch]

First of all thanks to gunnyman & everyone else for the great script especially for us newbees.
I successfully zippered my dsr708 and hdvr2 couple of months ago and they have been running without issue since. So I finally deceided to open the HR10-250 since its out of warranty now. The zipper hacks go in fine and I am able to FTP and bash evrything without any problems and every thing works fine until I reboot and all is lost no USB what so ever. I have tried this 3 times with the same result on reboot. Anyone else have the had the same problem or any ideas what I maybe doing wrong.
Thanks


Examine the rc.sysinit.author file to see if the ifconfig statements accurately reflect your IP parameters. If you don't have a serial cable, you'll have to pull your drive and mount it in your PC to do this. When you lose connectivity, do you still have a link light on the adapter? Did you install usb 2.0 drivers?

[TubaMan-Z]

Neither does DirecTv. It says that the card I am trying to order on has exceeded its balance, but DirecTv has confirmed that this doesn't make any sense, since it is set to a $200 limit, and obviously I am no where near that!

They have given my two free shows so far! Go figure. My Dial in PPV hasn't worked since Zippering..... not sure why. Maybe I will rerun tweak and see if it resolves the problem.

Clearly it is an isolated issue, and likely has nothing to do with THE ZIPPER..... if no one else has this problem.... still pleased with the situation. I was pretty suprised when she made the offer, since I can call in PPV, but I told her I would prefer to use the web, and she then extended me the offer :P

Like qwertypo and several others have reported, I discovered recently that PPV ordering via the DTivo on-screen UI no longer works (no choice to buy available) after Zippering. Unlike qwertypo, I was able to order online from Directv.com.

If someone has ideas/changes to correct this, there are a few more PPVs I'd like to see and thus am willing to be a guinea pig. I much prefer ordering via the on-screen UI vs. online.

[Gunnyman]

Like qwertypo and several others have reported, I discovered recently that PPV ordering via the DTivo on-screen UI no longer works (no choice to buy available) after Zippering. Unlike qwertypo, I was able to order online from Directv.com.

If someone has ideas/changes to correct this, there are a few more PPVs I'd like to see and thus am willing to be a guinea pig. I much prefer ordering via the on-screen UI vs. online.

For giggles, try removing the route commands from the author file, run fakecall, reboot the tivo, and try to order a PPV via remote. It has been my experience that these route commands ONLY blocked tivo.com's IP thus preventing contact with the mother ship so I have no idea why a unit with its phone line connected can't order ppv.
You are running fakecall to make sure your unit doesn't try to connect to tivo.com while experimenting.
IF your unit does contact the mothership it is very likely you will be issued a certificate that will cause MRV/HMO to cease functioning in 180 days. This can be removed with a script in your enhancements directory.

[Tracy RainH2o]

For giggles

Are you sussesting that Tivo hacking should be fun? ;)

Well in that case.........how would I find out the exact date I installed the Zipper and Enhancements Scripts? If I Telnet into one on my network and pull up the directory, it doesn't show the dates the files were created. The sites that I have found listing Linux commands didn't tell me anything.

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

You can look at your cronlogs and see when the 1st entry was made assuming it's still there.

[maehak2]

I do not have a serial cable. I did install the usb 2.0 drivers. After I run the tweak from the bash prompt and then reboot everything works just fine I have ftp tivowebplus etc all is good but when I reboot the second time it gets stuch at the please wait few more seconds screen longer than usual and then when it comes back up the USB ports are not active anymore. No lights on the FA120 I also have a USB200M and DUB-E100 none of them work.
Thanks for your help

[rpdre1]

Are you sussesting that Tivo hacking should be fun? ;)

Well in that case.........how would I find out the exact date I installed the Zipper and Enhancements Scripts? If I Telnet into one on my network and pull up the directory, it doesn't show the dates the files were created. The sites that I have found listing Linux commands didn't tell me anything.

Thanks


use these:

dir -l or ls -lh (the h will show u the filesizes in kilobytes & megabytes)

[Gunnyman]

I do not have a serial cable. I did install the usb 2.0 drivers. After I run the tweak from the bash prompt and then reboot everything works just fine I have ftp tivowebplus etc all is good but when I reboot the second time it gets stuch at the please wait few more seconds screen longer than usual and then when it comes back up the USB ports are not active anymore. No lights on the FA120 I also have a USB200M and DUB-E100 none of them work.
Thanks for your help

Sounds like your kernel copy step didn't work and your hacks are getting wiped.
Which DTivo are you zippering?

[maehak2]

Sounds like your kernel copy step didn't work and your hacks are getting wiped.
Which DTivo are you zippering?

I am zippering the HR10-250 I got the image from PTV upgrade and everything seems to be right but I guess it needs expert diagnosis

[Gunnyman]

I'll let someone who has a HDTivo step in since I haven't played with one myself.

[madpoet]

No idea. I've done two HD Tivos now with the script, both using the 200M adapters and the USB2.0 drivers. Has worked fine both times.

[maehak2]

I'll let someone who has a HDTivo step in since I haven't played with one myself.

Also I have done this 3 time with the same result everytime

[Gunnyman]

simple thing to check for
pull the drive
boot to the tivo boot disk
mount the tivo drive and look in /etc/rc.d for etc.rc.sysinit.author
if it's NOT there then your hacks are being wiped out because you aren't using a hacked kernel.
I assume you built your tools disk properly?

[maehak2]

No idea. I've done two HD Tivos now with the script, both using the 200M adapters and the USB2.0 drivers. Has worked fine both times.
Oh well I guess I will give it another shot. BTW I'm using the latest zipper dec 23rd edition

[maehak2]

simple thing to check for
pull the drive
boot to the tivo boot disk
mount the tivo drive and look in /etc/rc.d for etc.rc.sysinit.author
if it's NOT there then your hacks are being wiped out because you aren't using a hacked kernel.
I assume you built your tools disk properly?

You know what you might be right because I built this tools disk with the HR10-250 image and the other Tivos I have a different tools disk with the 6.2 image. Its very well possible that its the tools disk I will try again

Thanks for the help I will keep you posted

[Tracy RainH2o]

use these:

dir -l or ls -lh (the h will show u the filesizes in kilobytes & megabytes)

That did it. Thanks !!!!!! :cool:

[Luv2DrvFst]

The nsswitch.conf file determines what services are used to handle different tasks, including DNS. The default entry for resolving names is hosts: files dnsThis means that to resolve a name, your tivo will look to the /etc/hosts file, and if that fails, it will then try your DNS. If you delete the DNS entry, then it will only use the hosts file, and will never use DNS. This also means that you will not be able to resolve names other than your other tivos, so you won't be able to use wget to download files for the latest enhancement script for example. That should be fine for most folks, since you really have no need to resolve names at all. What causes the slow now playing list is when DNS doesn't work, and it keeps trying to resolve the names of your other tivos until it finally fails. When it does finally fail, that's when your NPL shows up again. IMO, the options are as follows:

1. Set a valid DNS that will resolve names quickly. This requires your router to be connected to the Internet, and will allow you to use wget for downloads. This requires no mods to /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf

rbautch, I would like to use option #1 here, but how/where do I set a valid DNS on my TiVo?

By the way, the Zipper is awesome. Nice work.

[Luv2DrvFst]

Thinking more about this... do I just edit mfs_network and change the DNS= parameter to my DNS? Right now it's set as 192.168.1.1 (my Gateway).

[Heckler]

I've just run the Zipper on my DSR7000 and the cron portion of tweak.sh isn't working:

Do you want to install cron for improved performance/logging/backups? [y/n] :y
Existing crond binary detected, replacing...
Existing cron installation detected in /var/spool/cron, skipping cron install...

Do you want to automatically make weekly backups of your season passes?
[y/n]: y
Cron installation is needed for this feature and was not found. Skipping automa
tic seasonpass backups...

Do you want to make a backup of your season passes and wishlists right now?
[y/n]: n
Skipping instant backup...

I started with a clean image from the PTVUpgrade DSR7000 CD, so there shouldn't be a cron setup that wasn't being done by Zipper/Tweak... Thoughts?

[dieselpower]

rbautch, I would like to use option #1 here, but how/where do I set a valid DNS on my TiVo?

By the way, the Zipper is awesome. Nice work.


DNS servers are defined in /etc/resolv.conf

[dieselpower]

I've just run the Zipper on my DSR7000 and the cron portion of tweak.sh isn't working:

Do you want to install cron for improved performance/logging/backups? [y/n] :y
Existing crond binary detected, replacing...
Existing cron installation detected in /var/spool/cron, skipping cron install...

Do you want to automatically make weekly backups of your season passes?
[y/n]: y
Cron installation is needed for this feature and was not found. Skipping automa
tic seasonpass backups...

Do you want to make a backup of your season passes and wishlists right now?
[y/n]: n
Skipping instant backup...

I started with a clean image from the PTVUpgrade DSR7000 CD, so there shouldn't be a cron setup that wasn't being done by Zipper/Tweak... Thoughts?

I had the same message when I zippered a couple of days ago...

[rbautch]

Thinking more about this... do I just edit mfs_network and change the DNS= parameter to my DNS? Right now it's set as 192.168.1.1 (my Gateway). No. That file is just a dump of what current DNS setting are in MFS. Set by default to be your gateway by the Zipper. That setting doesn't work for everyone, but it's easy to fix. Use the network module of tivowebplus the make the adjustment.

[rbautch]

DNS servers are defined in /etc/resolv.conf Also defined in MFS, which can be edited through tivowebplus.

[jedware]

For giggles, try removing the route commands from the author file, run fakecall, reboot the tivo, and try to order a PPV via remote. It has been my experience that these route commands ONLY blocked tivo.com's IP thus preventing contact with the mother ship so I have no idea why a unit with its phone line connected can't order ppv.
You are running fakecall to make sure your unit doesn't try to connect to tivo.com while experimenting.
IF your unit does contact the mothership it is very likely you will be issued a certificate that will cause MRV/HMO to cease functioning in 180 days. This can be removed with a script in your enhancements directory.


Out of curiosity I ordered a PPV with the remote and it allowed me to do this. I do have the phone line connected to the Tivo for the CallerID support. (Have one tivo serving up ID information for my 4 other Tivos). I do have it setup so my Tivos cannot reach the internet, the gateway is set to 0.0.0.0 and the cron setup is installed and working on my setup.

The PPV is scheduled for latter tonight so I will post if there are any problems and if it gets reported to DTV correctly.

I would like to thank Rbautch and Gunny for there efforts. I know they are walking a fine line and appreciate the time they have invested. :)

[Gunnyman]

thanks keep us posted :)

[mgmrick]

I bought 4 movies thru the internet option over the holiday. They came thru to all my receivers as has been posted before.

I ordered another 1 on 1-1-06 using the remote. The movies bought online show up on my bill however the 1 using the remote does not. Maybe it takes awhile but 5 days later and not there but the one's bought from online where there instant.

Rick

[Luv2DrvFst]

DNS server address changed in TWP network module and my Now Playing List is working fine after program deletes. No more blank screens. That was too easy. Thanks, rbautch!

[maehak2]

You know what you might be right because I built this tools disk with the HR10-250 image and the other Tivos I have a different tools disk with the 6.2 image. Its very well possible that its the tools disk I will try again

Thanks for the help I will keep you posted

Ok so I figured out what is causing the problem. When I click on the little red/green button on hackman to make the vserver start automatically it does somthing to disable the USB ports I guess the author file gets curopted is there a way around it?

Thanks

[PrimeRisk]

var can get wiped.
uninstalling and re-installing the tweak script will fix it.
I recommend getting the latest one from rbautch.

This will reinstall tivoweb, but the script will still put the /tivowebplus in the /var/hack directory, not a link. The best thing to do is go ahead and reinstall, then move the /tivowebplus directory to /enhancements/varhacks and run the script called var-symlinks out of the /enhancements directory. This way the next time TiVo wipes /var you won't lose your copy of TWP and the author file will recreate the links!

[Matt L]

Well I think I know what happened when my HD TiVo reported the wrong amount of space, thinking back I believe I redid the image with just the one disk to try something else, so Zipper did have nothing to do with it.

I copied my original disk to the two new disks, 23 hours and change, couldn't get hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx to work on any of the drives, must be my motherboard --Gigabyte Ga-7vrxp, only year or so old.

I connected the disk and TiVo shows 63 hour of HD. Great!

Now the problem. I telnetted into the TiVo and ran the script, all went well to the point of backing up my Season Passes then the connection died, as I recall this was near the end of the script, so I don't know if anything is missing. I rebooted the TiVo and got a shock, I flipped to the Sys info screen while it was loading Sat info, and it said I was in Boat Anchor mode! I came here to do some reading on the subject and when I went back to look all was well with the TiVo.

Question, should I un-install the hacks and rerun do the install or leave well enough alone? Question is how do I run the un-install script -- I know it's there - my search turned up lots of references to it - but no directions for a LINUX newbie.

[PrimeRisk]

Question, should I un-install the hacks and rerun do the install or leave well enough alone? Question is how do I run the un-install script -- I know it's there - my search turned up lots of references to it - but no directions for a LINUX newbie.

Well, if in doubt it couldn't hurt to uninstall and reinstall if you want to. The uninstall is called tweak_uninstall.sh and located in /enhancements and/or /hacks. So....

type the following:

cd /hacks (or /enhancements)
tweak_uninstall.sh

That's it

When you go to reinstall you MAY have to copy the files from the Zipper cd into the /hacks directory. I know that the scripts have changed a few times, but the version I used last deleted a file or two after completing the install. Just FTP all the files into the /hacks directory from the zipper cd you used and you'll be good to go.

[PrimeRisk]

Now the problem. I telnetted into the TiVo and ran the script, all went well to the point of backing up my Season Passes then the connection died, as I recall this was near the end of the script, so I don't know if anything is missing. I rebooted the TiVo and got a shock, I flipped to the Sys info screen while it was loading Sat info, and it said I was in Boat Anchor mode! I came here to do some reading on the subject and when I went back to look all was well with the TiVo.


After zippering your drive DTiVo will always believe it is in BoatAnchor until it retrieves info from the satellite and validates your DTV account is legit.

[Matt L]

Prime, thanks! I'll try that...

[Luv2DrvFst]

I bought 4 movies thru the internet option over the holiday. They came thru to all my receivers as has been posted before.

I ordered another 1 on 1-1-06 using the remote. The movies bought online show up on my bill however the 1 using the remote does not. Maybe it takes awhile but 5 days later and not there but the one's bought from online where there instant.

Rick

In my experience, PPV via remote can take up to a month or more to show up on your bill.

[Cure]

Quick question gentlemen -
I added a drive to my HDVR2 with MFSAdd for more capacity. Now I have a 40 GB and the 120 for a total of 160 GB. Can I just run Zipper and the enhancements on the master without adding a new image? Do I need to do anything with the other drive?
Thank you very much!

[Gunnyman]

run it on the master.

[pluto]

This will reinstall tivoweb, but the script will still put the /tivowebplus in the /var/hack directory, not a link. The best thing to do is go ahead and reinstall, then move the /tivowebplus directory to /enhancements/varhacks and run the script called var-symlinks out of the /enhancements directory. This way the next time TiVo wipes /var you won't lose your copy of TWP and the author file will recreate the links!

I have the same problem with losing TWP each time Tivo wipes /var. Can someone outline the commands to move the hacks folder & edit rc.sysinit.aurthor to fix the problem? :D

[dkdevin]

I'm sorry if this is mentioned in the thread already, but its so dang long and my search abilities must be poor.

I have previously hacked my DSR7000 to install a 120GB drive using MFS Tools 2.0. I'm pretty sure I'm now at version 6.2. What is my best course of action now? Can I just create the tools CD, boot using my MFS Tools CD, put in the Zipper Tools CD and run the Zipper? Or do I need to do more than that?

I'm also assuming from what I've read in this thread that running the zipper or enhancement scripts do not affect my existing recorded shows and season passes? Please correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Thank you for all your help, this is a great tool and a great forum!!

[Tivogre]

OK.... I just purchased 4 DVR80s from valueelectronics.com

Robert is a killer customer service guy; he gave me a great deal on shipping.

I also ordered myself 4 250gb HDs, and 4 USB ethernet adapters.

I'm ready to start zippering.

I have one question before I embark...

If I have the zipper image the hard drives, will it automatically expand them to use the full 250GB?

If I were to connect 2 drives while running the zipper (A and B), would MSF be set up correctly to use all space on BOTH drives? I ask, because I'm considering using the stock drives as additional "B" drives in each unit.

If not, what must I do to manually expand?

Thanks!

[mercurial]

OK.... I just purchased 4 DVR80s from valueelectronics.com

Robert is a killer customer service guy; he gave me a great deal on shipping.

I also ordered myself 4 250gb HDs, and 4 USB ethernet adapters.

I'm ready to start zippering.

I have one question before I embark...

If I have the zipper image the hard drives, will it automatically expand them to use the full 250GB?

If not, what must I do to manually expand?

Thanks!

Gunny, DO NOT help this guy until he builds you a nice shiny MAME cabinent... :D

[rbautch]

I'm sorry if this is mentioned in the thread already, but its so dang long and my search abilities must be poor.

I have previously hacked my DSR7000 to install a 120GB drive using MFS Tools 2.0. I'm pretty sure I'm now at version 6.2. What is my best course of action now? Can I just create the tools CD, boot using my MFS Tools CD, put in the Zipper Tools CD and run the Zipper? Or do I need to do more than that?

I'm also assuming from what I've read in this thread that running the zipper or enhancement scripts do not affect my existing recorded shows and season passes? Please correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Thank you for all your help, this is a great tool and a great forum!! Yes. Run the Zipper, keep your shows and season passes. Just make sure you answer no to the image install.

[captainjrl]

Kudos on the Zipper.

I had learned how to hack my DTivo boxes manually at DDB to 4.0. Then one of my 3 died and I need to replace an HD. All that I had was a spare 160 ( I know, poor me) and was not capable of doing a custon kernel. I just happened to see the discussion about the worth of this script being discussed there and it led me here. Using the Zipper I was able to get my 160gb drive into my box and connected to the rest of my boxes and not have to go out and buy a new HD. Thanks to Gunnyman and rbautch. While I value what I learned to do the "old fashioned" way, I can say that this is a great tool, one I plan to use again. Keep up the good work and thanks to all of the highly intelligent folks (on DDB as well) who developed all of these hacks.

[rbautch]

If I have the zipper image the hard drives, will it automatically expand them to use the full 250GB?

If I were to connect 2 drives while running the zipper (A and B), would MSF be set up correctly to use all space on BOTH drives? I ask, because I'm considering using the stock drives as additional "B" drives in each unit.

If not, what must I do to manually expand?

Thanks! Zipper will expand automatically. If you want to use 2 drives, use Instantcake to marry them first, then run the Zipper on the master only. IMO, it's better to use only one drive. 50% less chance of failure. If you were adding another 250GB drive, then it might be worth it, but certainly not for a 40GB drive.

[Gunnyman]

Gunny, DO NOT help this guy until he builds you a nice shiny MAME cabinent... :D
LOL
That sounds very very nice :).

[CrimsnTide]

Is there something more I need to do (configuration wise) to get my MRV to work? I pretty much read ALL the 1100+ post over at DDB and did not find anything for setting this function up. My setup consists of two Hughes SD-DVR 40 (one upgrade to 160gb and the other one to 200gb) Both running 6.2, and both Zippered up. I am able to telnet or get a bash prompt from both. I’ve run “speed” from the bash (from both of them) and it DOES recognize and find it’s counterpart providing the data. Running Hackman , I’ve entered the name of each Tivo and have checked BOTH of their STATIC I.P.’s…It’s a wired setup from my computer (WIN XP Pro) running a Linksys router and having a FA120 on both ends...

Do I need to setup the router? Win XP’s Firewall???

Posted here because I am ZIPPERED!!!! (Thanks) :D

(NOTE: I am in fact running TWO Linksys BEFSR41 router’s “stacked”. One’s DHCP is turned off, running a different address. It’s an expensive switch…I haven’t had a problem yet, but I keep reading that running two of these together is like having twins - i.e., sometimes they just won’t get along :mad: )

[rbautch]

Is there something more I need to do (configuration wise) to get my MRV to work? I pretty much read ALL the 1100+ post over at DDB and did not find anything for setting this function up. My setup consists of two Hughes SD-DVR 40 (one upgrade to 160gb and the other one to 200gb) Both running 6.2, and both Zippered up. I am able to telnet or get a bash prompt from both. I’ve run “speed” from the bash (from both of them) and it DOES recognize and find it’s counterpart providing the data. Running Hackman , I’ve entered the name of each Tivo and have checked BOTH of their STATIC I.P.’s…It’s a wired setup from my computer (WIN XP Pro) running a Linksys router and having a FA120 on both ends...

Do I need to setup the router? Win XP’s Firewall???

Posted here because I am ZIPPERED!!!! (Thanks) :D

(NOTE: I am in fact running TWO Linksys BEFSR41 router’s “stacked”. One’s DHCP is turned off, running a different address. It’s an expensive switch…I haven’t had a problem yet, but I keep reading that running two of these together is like having twins - i.e., sometimes they just won’t get along :mad: )
I assumed you checked your now playing list to see if the other tivo was there, and that you rebooted after running the enhancement script. When you ran the enhancement script, did you enter a name for your tivo when you were prompted? Go to tivowebplus and check the mrv module to see what your names are set to.

[slydog75]

Ok so I figured out what is causing the problem. When I click on the little red/green button on hackman to make the vserver start automatically it does somthing to disable the USB ports I guess the author file gets curopted is there a way around it?

Thanks

configure vserver to start automatically by editing (using hackmans' file edit utility) your rc.sysinit.author file.

[indi]

I've been working at upgrading my Phillips DSR708 v6.2 for a few days now with great frustration. I have a fresh 200 gig drive and used mfstools to successfully create a copy of my original drive (including programs) and the new drive works in the Tivo just fine...reporting the new, increased size. But I can't seem to get the drive hacked. I boot the PC with the $5 PTV downloaded image, swap in the TivoTools CD (downloaded on 12/31/05) and run zipper.sh. It sees the Tivo drive, installs a bunch of stuff, requests the IPs (enter 192.168.0.10 for Tivo, 192.168.0.1 for Router), I tell it I'm not using wireless and then it says its finished. BUT it never asks if I want to install USB2 drivers. I put the drive back in the Tivo and it still boots OK, but there are no apparent changes and I can't ping or telnet to it from the PC. I'm using the Airlink USB2.0 adapter recommended, the Pwr light of the adaptor is on, but no link light. I read about "pinging the router from the Tivo...but I sure don't see how without any new options apparent on the Tivo. The router and cable work just fine when connecting to another PC and I've verifyied that the Airlink works OK on another PC. I've tried re-running zipper, rebooting the Tivo multiple times, moving the adaptor between USB ports....and I've scoured this and other forums, done keyword searches for USB, Airlink, etc...but I can't seem to make any progress. I don't have a serial cable to connect the PC to the TIVO, but I can put the drive back into the PC as the Primary Master (hda) and boot from the PTVlba48 CD. I'm a DOS/Windows geek and comfortable with a command-line interface...very carefully NOT booting into Win2K with NTFS drives...just not much exp with Linux. What do I try next?

[Gunnyman]

you will find the airlink adapter will likley work after you install teh USB 2.0 drivers. I suggest building a seral cable and executing the enhance script portion from there, or get an adapter that will work with usb 1.1 drivers like the Netgear FA120

[indi]

Thanks, I appreciate your prompt response. Is there no way to change anything in the install routine to get these USB2 drivers installed? ...or changing the driver being used by connecting the drive directly to the PC?

[Gunnyman]

well,, if you look at the script, and inside rbautch-files.tgz, you will see the usb 2.0 drivers.
If you're linux savvy you can just manually copy them to /lib/modules on the tivo while it;s in your PC. Rbautch feel free to correct me, but I don't THINK anything is done to author file on a 6.2 dtivo to get usb 2.0 working.

[madpoet]

What kind of speeds are people seeing for extraction? I'm not getting above 1.57Meg with the USB2 drivers and a 200M adapter.

[indi]

Gunnyman....is there some issue using USB2 drivers on 6.2 dtivo....or just no install script, yet? Just want to make sure I'm not heading for a wall here...already loosing too much hair! ;-)

[Gunnyman]

?
:confused:
teh 2.0 drivers work great on 6.2

[DtivoNewbie]

Hello all,
I need some help. I pulled my drive so that I can re-rerun net-launch. When I boot up with lba48 disk and then try to
mkdir tivo
mount /dev/hdb /tivo

it's asking me to specify the file system type.

My tivo drive is hdb, a single drive. hda is the c drive on my pc.
how can i run net-launch to set SSID and ip for tivo?

Thanks.

[Gunnyman]

you need to mount the system partition which will be either hdb4 or hdb7 in your case.

[jedware]

Out of curiosity I ordered a PPV with the remote and it allowed me to do this. I do have the phone line connected to the Tivo for the CallerID support. (Have one tivo serving up ID information for my 4 other Tivos). I do have it setup so my Tivos cannot reach the internet, the gateway is set to 0.0.0.0 and the cron setup is installed and working on my setup.

The PPV is scheduled for latter tonight so I will post if there are any problems and if it gets reported to DTV correctly.

I would like to thank Rbautch and Gunny for there efforts. I know they are walking a fine line and appreciate the time they have invested. :)

PPV order worked. As mentioned above it may take a while for DirecTv to record the purchase.

[mikellanes]

First TiVo is up and running great! Hopefully my wireless connectors get here tomorrow and I will setup the other tivo.

I noticed that I still have showcases showing up (even though I said to remove them), also I see best buy music in the music section, is this stuff normal?

Lastly, any way to change the tivowebplus port? Adelphia blocks port 80 outbound so I cant get online outside my LAN

[always troubled]

Hi all,

First time poster, long time lurker.

I finally plucked up the courage to do this. I am a total noob at linux, but somewhat experienced with everything else. I zippered the HD with no problems. I chose not to load an image since I wanted to keep some programming.

Well, everything booted fine. My programming was still there, but the USB port has no power and therefore no connectivity.

This is a Samsung 4040R with a Linksys wired usb2.0 10/100 adapter.

Any ideas? I might load the instantcake image and start over.

Thanks for the help.

[thecrave]

Great tool, great forum folks. Keep it up!

Here's my scenario -- I'm guessing there are a few ways to address, but looking for expert opinions!

I have DTivo R10 that has all my recordings and season pass info I want to retain.

I didn't want to do the PROM hack on the R10, so I purchased a barebones Samsung SIR-S4120R and a new 160GB drive.

The R10 currently has 6.1.x version of the OS on it.

I have a good image of 6.2 for the Samsung unit.



What is the best way for me to migrate my shows and season passes from 6.1 into the hacked 6.2 unit?

From what I can tell, mfsbackup/mfsrestore will copy the entire OS. If that's true, should I perform the zipper first and get a good image on the Samsung, then look for a way to migrate the data later?


Thanks!

[badass01]

if not here then where it sounds like u know alittle bit more than u say

[DtivoNewbie]

thanks Gunnyman, hdba7 did the trick.

I saw an earlier post that said the drivers can be copied to /lib/modules
though, I'm not sure which usb driver version to put there:

drivers2.4.18
drivers2.4.20
drivers2.4.20_Gen04
drivers2.4.4


I have a dlink dwl-120 that I want to use.

Also, how do I run the script to set the SSID and ip as I did when I ran the zipper script? I was afraid to run zipper.sh again because I've had the drive back in service and recorded shows since I ran the script the first time.

Thanks

[slydog75]

Hi all,

First time poster, long time lurker.

I finally plucked up the courage to do this. I am a total noob at linux, but somewhat experienced with everything else. I zippered the HD with no problems. I chose not to load an image since I wanted to keep some programming.

Well, everything booted fine. My programming was still there, but the USB port has no power and therefore no connectivity.

This is a Samsung 4040R with a Linksys wired usb2.0 10/100 adapter.

Any ideas? I might load the instantcake image and start over.

Thanks for the help.

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but this very issues has been covered time and time again in this thread.. please do a search. try "usb 2.0 no connectivity" just off the top of my head.

[slydog75]

Great tool, great forum folks. Keep it up!

Here's my scenario -- I'm guessing there are a few ways to address, but looking for expert opinions!

I have DTivo R10 that has all my recordings and season pass info I want to retain.

I didn't want to do the PROM hack on the R10, so I purchased a barebones Samsung SIR-S4120R and a new 160GB drive.

The R10 currently has 6.1.x version of the OS on it.

I have a good image of 6.2 for the Samsung unit.



What is the best way for me to migrate my shows and season passes from 6.1 into the hacked 6.2 unit?

From what I can tell, mfsbackup/mfsrestore will copy the entire OS. If that's true, should I perform the zipper first and get a good image on the Samsung, then look for a way to migrate the data later?


Thanks!

You will not be able to get the shows off of your R10 without a PROM mod.. even if you did get them off of it and onto the hacked Samsung 6.2 they wouldn't play. Small chance I am wrong, but I"m pretty sure I"m correct.

[DtivoNewbie]

I apologize I did just see a post earlier from rbautch that says the zipper can be re-run without wiping out recordings and season passes.

[Justin]

Gentlemen (used loosely of course) :) ,

A big thanks to both Gunny and rbautch for a great tool. Successfully zippered two tivo's in less than an hour, and two more will be done by the time I get to the end of this weekend.

I've been a member of this forum for quite a while, and don't post much. I prefer to lurk, and learn as much as I can from OTHER peoples posts.

Hopefully you guys will read that I must be pretty damned impressed by zipper and the enhancement scripts, to break my normal monk-like silence. (You should!) :up:

My comments (for newbies):

1) First Tivo did not go flawlessly. That darned search button found a post about every problem I had though.

2) Also, up there in the top menu, is a nice tool that allows you to download the WHOLE thread as text. Newbie's....Do it. Then you can take the time to read the WHOLE thread at at your own speed, or even possibly at work. ;)

3) Please, just buy the $5 cd, and a FA120 adapter. Things will go MUCH easier.

I'm not so smug to think that I won't have a problem on my 2nd two tivo's, requiring me to post a question. But I can at least hold my head high....if I do.

Thanks again,

Justin

(Heads over to the 'unmentionable forum' for some 'extras' to play with)

[rpmws1]

hey guys!!! great scripts and contributions you guys have done for the community!!! I have a question. In the past I have kept my builds under the 120GB range or either used multiple drives. Wanting to cut corners I bought a 40GB drive pre-hacked off ebay. It's has 6.2, HMO and all that good stuff ..works great in my HDVR2's. I used dd to copy it to all my 40GB tivoes and then did a clear and delete to get them to work on the box they were in. I also used the scripts on this thread also to enhance what I had. Anyway .got my hands on some samsung 160's and wanted to expand to those (replace a drive) I have done this before a year or 2 ago ..but I was thinking my 2.4.20 kernel was lba48. So I had problems with my old junk box (P2 400) that I use for this stuff. The bios said 32GB ..linux boot said same deal. I played with the jumpers and IDE position and got linux on the 2.0 MFS disk to boot and see the 160GB. I did my backup (which was a working hacked 40GB) and then did my restore and expand. Put in drive ..booted .. system info says 0 hours!!! look at info on TWP and says 1024MB total space!!! did I do something wrong or am I using a non lba48 kernel and don't know it? also the box runs but locks up after 10 minutes of live TV. I have only spent 3 days screwing with it ..but your help would be great!!!

[rpmws1]

I BET you unzipped it with winzip or windows zip utility...those = NO WORKY!! (in the great words of the master) Use WinRAR and I bet it works...I used it last week...


maybe your reply wasn't to mine ..i don't even have a windows box :) hehe

[Matt L]

Ok, I have another simple/stupid newbie question. I can FTP into my TiVo via FireFox and see all the various directories, but I can't find any of the recorded shows. Over at DD in the HR10-250 thread they suggested ftp:// [ip address]:3105 ( as a default port #) but that doesn't work for me. Am I missing a step?

[pepsi]

First thanks to all for this awesome forum! I hacked my HR10-250 and it is great! I ran into a couple of problems and resolved some of them but I'm not sure how to fix this one.

My guide and channels are for Chicago area stations and I live in LA. any ideas on how I can fix this?

earlier in the forum someone posted this "I did a c&d and now I get the correct logos and I see the guide data." but I don't know what a c&d is??

[madpoet]

Clear and delete

[slydog75]

Ok, I have another simple/stupid newbie question. I can FTP into my TiVo via FireFox and see all the various directories, but I can't find any of the recorded shows. Over at DD in the HR10-250 thread they suggested ftp:// [ip address]:3105 ( as a default port #) but that doesn't work for me. Am I missing a step?

Yes, many.. The FTP server installed on your tivo does not have access to the videos, as the files (from what I understand) don't really exist as files in the traditional sense. YOu'll need to do alot of searching on DD to find what you need. Please do not just go over there and ask for your solution, you'll be met with hostility.

[always troubled]

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but this very issues has been covered time and time again in this thread.. please do a search. try "usb 2.0 no connectivity" just off the top of my head.

I shouldn't have left my original post so vague. I did read every thread concerning driver, USB, 2.0 and connectivity.

After zippering my drive (on a different drive with the correct instant cake image) I boot and have the same trouble. As described in rbautch's instructions, I run into error 51 following guided setup. At this point I still have no power going to my USB adaptor (linksys 200M wired - which should be backward compatible).

So specifically:
1. Is it the adapter itself? Should I only use the FA120?
2. I understand the drivers aren't loaded until after I run tweak.sh, so how do I connect to the drive via telnet with no connectivity if the USB drivers aren't loaded?
3. My samsung 4040R (which I am hacking) does not have a serial port.
4. Can someone enlighten me on what the syntax would be to run tweak.sh from the pc?

Thanks all.

[Gunnyman]

I shouldn't have left my original post so vague. I did read every thread concerning driver, USB, 2.0 and connectivity.

After zippering my drive (on a different drive with the correct instant cake image) I boot and have the same trouble. As described in rbautch's instructions, I run into error 51 following guided setup. At this point I still have no power going to my USB adaptor (linksys 200M wired - which should be backward compatible).

So specifically:
1. Is it the adapter itself? Should I only use the FA120?
2. I understand the drivers aren't loaded until after I run tweak.sh, so how do I connect to the drive via telnet with no connectivity if the USB drivers aren't loaded?
3. My samsung 4040R (which I am hacking) does not have a serial port.
4. Can someone enlighten me on what the syntax would be to run tweak.sh from the pc?

Thanks all.

1) The USB200 M is likely version 2 which doesn't work until you load the usb 2.0 drivers even though it's backward compatible to 1.1, Tivo doesn't include its drivers in the software
2) build a serial cable and access bash that way
3) it does indeed have a serial port but it looks like a headphone jack.
4) you cannot run tweak.sh from the PC because anything that manipulates MFS, like tweak.sh does, has to be run in Tivo's operating environment.

[Luv2DrvFst]

Lastly, any way to change the tivowebplus port? Adelphia blocks port 80 outbound so I cant get online outside my LAN

Not sure if there is a better way, but I edited the file /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb.cfg and replaced PORT = 80 with a new port. Works fine. You might want to think about adding a username and password too in there if you're coming in through your router.

[Gunnyman]

Not sure if there is a better way, but I edited the file /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb.cfg and replaced PORT = 80 with a new port. Works fine. You might want to think about adding a username and password too in there if you're coming in through your router.
that is indeed the way it's done.

[Merge]

I have hit a wall. First time doing this. I cannot get my computer to boot from the CD. The BIOS is set to boot from CD first, the CD blinks like it is trying, then gives up. The BIOS recognizes the CD. I have burned the CD as ISO and have verified their contents with an ISO reader so I think the CDs are good and the CD can read them. My CD is currently the secondary slave also jumpered as slave with the new TIVO drive secondary master. I have even uplugged the hard drive with windows to force the CD boot, no luck, just an error message saying to put in a boot disk. Out of ideas. Need help in a bad way..

[Gunnyman]

when browsing the boot cd from windows, what do you see?

[always troubled]

1) The USB200 M is likely version 2 which doesn't work until you load the usb 2.0 drivers even though it's backward compatible to 1.1, Tivo doesn't include its drivers in the software
2) build a serial cable and access bash that way


Thanks for the quick reply. Without building my own serial cable, will the Netgear FA120 work after I boot, or do I really need the cable?

Thanks again.

[Gunnyman]

Thanks for the quick reply. Without building my own serial cable, will the Netgear FA120 work after I boot, or do I really need the cable?

Thanks again.
Netgear FA120 works perfectly before and after the USB 2.0 driver install.

[Merge]

I see an Easy CD Creator Image File. PTVLBA_1

[pepsi]

OK, on the HR10-250 I did a clear & delete... I'm assuming that means go into the directv menu go to Messages & Setup --> Restart or Reset System -->Clear Programing Data & To Do List. If not let me know.

I did that and I still have all the guide information for Chicago. For instance in the guide it tells me channel 5 is NBC and has all the info for NBC and Channel 5 in Los Angeles is really the WB so all the programing info is wrong for that channel... so channels are OK, but most of them especially the OTA locals are wrong. Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks!

[Gunnyman]

run thru guided setup again.

[Gunnyman]

I see an Easy CD Creator Image File. PTVLBA_1
then you created your cd incorectly.
In ezcdcreator do you have an option to burn cd from iso image?
This is what you need to do.

[heyslim]

Thank you for the tools you provide here.

I am a long time reader, 1st time poster.

I have been working for weeks on this; and must say, I have learned alot.

HOWEVER:

It is very refreshing to discover these tools you provide.

With the knowledge I have gained by playing prior to your script (new to linux) - along with your script -
I have a very nice TiVo.

Thank you very very much!

[rbautch]

well,, if you look at the script, and inside rbautch-files.tgz, you will see the usb 2.0 drivers.
If you're linux savvy you can just manually copy them to /lib/modules on the tivo while it;s in your PC. Rbautch feel free to correct me, but I don't THINK anything is done to author file on a 6.2 dtivo to get usb 2.0 working. You are correct. Alternatively, you can get another USB adapter that works with stock 6.2 drivers.

[rbautch]

First TiVo is up and running great! Hopefully my wireless connectors get here tomorrow and I will setup the other tivo.

I noticed that I still have showcases showing up (even though I said to remove them), also I see best buy music in the music section, is this stuff normal?

Lastly, any way to change the tivowebplus port? Adelphia blocks port 80 outbound so I cant get online outside my LAN
Yes. Check the tivoweb.cfg file.

[Merge]

What should I see in windows if I burn the ISO image correctly?

[Gunnyman]

folders that say ISOLINUX and others.
Sorry I don't have a boot disk handy to tell you.

[rbautch]

thanks Gunnyman, hdba7 did the trick.

I saw an earlier post that said the drivers can be copied to /lib/modules
though, I'm not sure which usb driver version to put there:

drivers2.4.18
drivers2.4.20
drivers2.4.20_Gen04
drivers2.4.4


I have a dlink dwl-120 that I want to use.

Also, how do I run the script to set the SSID and ip as I did when I ran the zipper script? I was afraid to run zipper.sh again because I've had the drive back in service and recorded shows since I ran the script the first time.

Thanks
You cannot run net-launch while the drive is in the PC. You have two choices. First is to edit the bottom rc.sysinit.author file to accurately reflect your IP SSID settings. Second, you can put the drive back in the tivo, and get a connection going with a wired adapter. Then run net-launch to set up wireless settings.

[rbautch]

Ok, I have another simple/stupid newbie question. I can FTP into my TiVo via FireFox and see all the various directories, but I can't find any of the recorded shows. Over at DD in the HR10-250 thread they suggested ftp:// [ip address]:3105 ( as a default port #) but that doesn't work for me. Am I missing a step?Shows are not stored in any directories that are visible on the partition you're looking at because they are store in the MFS database which is in another partition. ms_ftp cant be discussed here, but read the thread where you got it, and you'll see this has been addressed many times.

[tsunami]

OK, two zippered and tweaked DTivos. Both starting to do weird things.
Caller ID not working on one, TWP not working on the other. Can telnet to both but neither will FTP. Tivoftpd shows to be running after typing PS.
When I start up filezilla it looks like it will work as normal. Connecting messages but then I get a cannot retrieve directory listing messages.
Both Tivos have MRV working.
I have rebooted both.
Any ideas?

[Merge]

Gunnyman, that was the issue, I was copying the CD incorrectly. For others with Roxio Easy CDcreator 5, select File, record CD from CD image, select file type iso, select file, open, start record. Appreciate your patience! Hopefully zipper success to follow.

[Ghetto_Superstar]

Quick Question,
I did a search on how to change the DVR Name, but to no avail haven't found a solution. When I ran the install my backspace got logged as characters, and it is reflected when I check the IP address in Tivo Desktop. What file do I have to edit to change the name.

Thanks in advance...

[pepsi]

Ok, I repeated guided setup, but no luck. Nothing against Chicago but dang those channels are hard to get rid of. I also tried (multiple times) going through the Off-Air Channel Settings and to change the local network area... it looks like it is correct it said CA, Los Angeles so I chnaged it to AZ then back to CA, Los Angeles but I still have the inccorect OTA channels/programing in my guide.

I'm going to try to clear & delete everything and see what happens after that.

Any suggestions are welcomed & appreciated :p

[rbautch]

OK, two zippered and tweaked DTivos. Both starting to do weird things.
Caller ID not working on one, TWP not working on the other. Can telnet to both but neither will FTP. Tivoftpd shows to be running after typing PS.
When I start up filezilla it looks like it will work as normal. Connecting messages but then I get a cannot retrieve directory listing messages.
Both Tivos have MRV working.
I have rebooted both.
Any ideas? See if there's anything on your PC or router that might be blocking FTP, like firewall or VPN client. Try FTPing from a different PC if you can. Try a test of the OSD application described in the enhancement thread. There's another fairly recent NCID troubleshooting thread also.

[rbautch]

Quick Question,
I did a search on how to change the DVR Name, but to no avail haven't found a solution. When I ran the install my backspace got logged as characters, and it is reflected when I check the IP address in Tivo Desktop. What file do I have to edit to change the name.

Thanks in advance... There's an mrv module in Tivowebplus that allows you to change it. Or run the set_mrv_name script.

[Ghetto_Superstar]

Thanks,
Appreciate the help.

[mikellanes]

Same here!

Thanks you guys are the greatest!

[pepsi]

Yippee! Hoping this post might help others who have problems with their channel guide.

Here's what I did
I went into the Messages & Setup on the HR10-250 -->Restart or Reset System --> then chose "Clear & delete everything". It takes at least an hour to finish but this seems to have worked, where before I choose "Clear Program Data & To Do List" and it did not work.

There are a couple of things I could use some help on after doing this:
1) I noticed all channels below 70 are all dashed ie 4-1, 4-2, 5-1 etc.. no more regular 4,5, 7, etc.. (not that this is a problem, maybe this is good?)
2) I keep getting a message that before I can use DVR service that I need to connect the phone line and make a call. Should I do that? how do I get the enhancement script to take care of that again? This appears to be different from the error #51 message.
3) how do I run the get channel logos script again? I'm wondering If I should uninstall the enhancement hacks then reinstall them?

[rbautch]

I'm wondering If I should uninstall the enhancement hacks then reinstall them? This is the simplist way. It will also fix your other problem with using the DVR service.

[bnm81002]

ok guys, there's an update to "the Zipper", what's been changed? :D

[rbautch]

I updated the enhancement script to be the same as the one in the enhancement thread, which has the joe installation fixed. I also modified tweak.sh to look for a local version of the files archive first, before it tries to download them with wget. This does two things: 1. It means I don't have to maintain two different versions of the enhancement script. 2. Users who want the latest tweak.sh, but can't get their DNS right can extract the files archive from the Zipper to the same directory as tweak.sh and run it without any downloads.

[bnm81002]

I updated the enhancement script to be the same as the one in the enhancement thread, which has the joe installation fixed. I also modified tweak.sh to look for a local version of the files archive first, before it tries to download them with wget. This does two things: 1. It means I don't have to maintain two different versions of the enhancement script. 2. Users who want the latest tweak.sh, but can't get their DNS right can extract the files archive from the Zipper to the same directory as tweak.sh and run it without any downloads.




so does this mean that the Zipper will be updated in the future as need be rather than the enhancement script?

[captainjrl]

I used the option to change my bash prompt, but want it back to what it used to be. Any idea on how I can do that?

[Tenzarian]

Hey Guys, Having some issues after the zipper, maybe you can suggest something.

I bought a new maxtor 100gig drive, zippered it, everything appeared to go smoothly, specified the ip address, blah blah. I installed the new drive back into my tivo(hughes dvr40 series 2). It booted up fine, aquired satellite data and whatever, but when i go to the now playing list, it says there is a problem that requires my attention, and that i need to reboot or unplug the tivo before i can record anything. So i rebooted it, and the same problem occurs. So i have a larger drive now, but cant record anything =/
Also, I am unable to telnet into the tivo, i bought a linksys usb200m wired usb>ethernet adapter, plugged it in, and connected it to my wired lan. i configured the drive when it was in my pc with the correct ip and router address, and there are link lights, im using winxp, and tried unset crlf before connecting to it.

Any Thoughts?

[TubaMan-Z]

I assumed you checked your now playing list to see if the other tivo was there, and that you rebooted after running the enhancement script. When you ran the enhancement script, did you enter a name for your tivo when you were prompted? Go to tivowebplus and check the mrv module to see what your names are set to.

When selecting "MRV Setup" in TWP on either of 2 Zipper'ed DTivos, I get a screen that says:

Multi-Room Viewing Name Setup
Enter Name for this TiVo : [ ]

I.e. no current name is displayed for either DTivo. Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant by "...check the mrv module...."?

The names that I chose when I ran tweak.sh are both correctly reflected at the bottom of each other's NPL. (although inter-DTivo connectivity is still problematic. But that is another thread..... :) )

[dieselpower]

Hey Guys, Having some issues after the zipper, maybe you can suggest something.

I bought a new maxtor 100gig drive, zippered it, everything appeared to go smoothly, specified the ip address, blah blah. I installed the new drive back into my tivo(hughes dvr40 series 2). It booted up fine, aquired satellite data and whatever, but when i go to the now playing list, it says there is a problem that requires my attention, and that i need to reboot or unplug the tivo before i can record anything. So i rebooted it, and the same problem occurs. So i have a larger drive now, but cant record anything =/
Also, I am unable to telnet into the tivo, i bought a linksys usb200m wired usb>ethernet adapter, plugged it in, and connected it to my wired lan. i configured the drive when it was in my pc with the correct ip and router address, and there are link lights, im using winxp, and tried unset crlf before connecting to it.

Any Thoughts?

Unfortunately, it looks as though the usb200m (at least v2) doesn't work with the usb 2.0 drivers (perhaps with 1.x) as well. I did a quick search through this thread and found a number of references to the usb200m not working. In short, buy a Netgear FA-120 it works!

Secondly, you'll need to telnet or serial connect to your Tivo and run the 51 killer script (/busybox/51killer.tcl) to get rid of the error message in NPL.

[TubaMan-Z]

Having a little spare time to catch up on my reading....way back in post 2009 (page 67 of this thread), the following was discussed:

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Quote:
maybe out2osd can be included too so we can get a message on the screen that doesnt go away saying "first part of zipper complete, reboot me for usb 2.0"

This is a great idea, but instead I would use it to ensure people reboot before trying to telnet in....coming soon to a Zipper near you.

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I ran the Zipper about....2 weeks ago now. I don't recall seeing that warning. I fortuitously read the documentation. :) Was that warning there and I just blew past it? I believe that I have since seen posts from people who neglected the necessary reboot.

[rbautch]

so does this mean that the Zipper will be updated in the future as need be rather than the enhancement script? They'll both be updated, and will always be identical. After you Zipper your tivo, you never have to Zipper again. To get updates, follow the enhancement script thread.

[rbautch]

I used the option to change my bash prompt, but want it back to what it used to be. Any idea on how I can do that? Check the settings in your .profile, located in root.

[rbautch]

Hey Guys, Having some issues after the zipper, maybe you can suggest something.

I bought a new maxtor 100gig drive, zippered it, everything appeared to go smoothly, specified the ip address, blah blah. I installed the new drive back into my tivo(hughes dvr40 series 2). It booted up fine, aquired satellite data and whatever, but when i go to the now playing list, it says there is a problem that requires my attention, and that i need to reboot or unplug the tivo before i can record anything. So i rebooted it, and the same problem occurs. So i have a larger drive now, but cant record anything =/
Also, I am unable to telnet into the tivo, i bought a linksys usb200m wired usb>ethernet adapter, plugged it in, and connected it to my wired lan. i configured the drive when it was in my pc with the correct ip and router address, and there are link lights, im using winxp, and tried unset crlf before connecting to it.

Any Thoughts? What's the error code? Is the adapter a version 1 or version 2?

[rbautch]

Having a little spare time to catch up on my reading....way back in post 2009 (page 67 of this thread), the following was discussed:

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maybe out2osd can be included too so we can get a message on the screen that doesnt go away saying "first part of zipper complete, reboot me for usb 2.0"

This is a great idea, but instead I would use it to ensure people reboot before trying to telnet in....coming soon to a Zipper near you.

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I ran the Zipper about....2 weeks ago now. I don't recall seeing that warning. I fortuitously read the documentation. :) Was that warning there and I just blew past it? I believe that I have since seen posts from people who neglected the necessary reboot.
Haven't gotten to that yet.

[zardoz007]

I am new to Tivo. I have a D-Tivo on the way and plan on upgrading and doing sleeper. Main intrest is in networking and increased capacity. Have been on all the boards and am wondering the differences between the mfstools iso and the zipper iso on the weethet guys page.
Thanks

[slydog75]

I am new to Tivo. I have a D-Tivo on the way and plan on upgrading and doing sleeper.

Does the sleeper utility still even exist? If it does DO NOT use it, it's extremely outdated at this point. YOu'll want to use the zipper that is the subject of this thread. Also, where is your DTivo coming from? Chances are, unless you are getting one used from ebay or some other source, you'll not be able to hack it. In fact, if it's coming directly from DirecTV it's probalby not even a DirecTivo, but a DirecTV DVR with DirecTVs own software on it.

[Sue C.]

Hi all. I'm getting ready to try this on an old HDVR2. Does anyone see any problem using the Netgear FA120 adapter with the Netgear XE102 Powerline bridge (http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/xe102usr.html) to avoid running wires? It's only 14Mbps, but I already have one and it is a lot cheaper to buy a second one than buying the WGE101 Wireless bridge.

Or does anyone know if the new TiVo-branded Wireless G Network adapter (http://www.tivo.com/2.7.1.asp) would work with a zippered DirecTiVo?

Also, should I wait until I have all the neworking stuff on hand to start this, or can I do the first part of the Zipper and finish the networking part in a few days when I get the stuff?

Thanks!

[slydog75]

I'm not sure about the bridge, but I'd say you can go ahead and do the first phase now. All your normal functionality is still there between phases.

[Gunnyman]

Sue
do you already have the Netgrar Powerline bridge?
If not, you might as well just buy a reccomened wireless B adapter since the speed will be nearly identical.
As for teh new tivo wireless G adapter, nope it won't work on a 6.2 DTivo.

[Tenzarian]

What's the error code? Is the adapter a version 1 or version 2?

Unfortunately, it looks as though the usb200m (at least v2) doesn't work with the usb 2.0 drivers (perhaps with 1.x) as well. I did a quick search through this thread and found a number of references to the usb200m not working. In short, buy a Netgear FA-120 it works!

Secondly, you'll need to telnet or serial connect to your Tivo and run the 51 killer script (/busybox/51killer.tcl) to get rid of the error message in NPL.

Rbautch- No error code, just message saying something needed my attention because the recorder would not work properly(the end of the message was clipped off though, could have been an error code # there). Its an adapter version 2.

Dieselpower- I must have missed that, maybe i got confused, and was reading a forum somewhere else that recommended the 200m, i thought for sure that was the right version. I returned it today and a fa120 should arrive tuesday.

Ill post back when i get the fa120, hopefully that will resolve the issue.

On a side note, is there perhaps a way to manually load a driver into the tivo that would make it compatible with the 200m? While the drive is mounted in the pc?
Also, as to the serial cable point, anyone have a link to a diy to make one? we talking a usb to db9 do it yourself or something?

Thanks,
~Tenz

[Sue C.]

Hi Gunny,

I already have one powerline bridge, but would need 2. One connects to the router and one to the TiVo.

I thought that using a wireless B adapter anywhere in a wireless G environment would slow the whole network down to wireless B speeds. Not sure where I got that idea though. If that's not true, I'll go wireless B.

Thanks Slydog… I may get started today.

[hollepe]

HI,
I have DHCP turned off and am using static IP. I used the /enchancements/network.tcl script to change my IP, but after a few days it gets changed back to the IP I originally entered when I installed the Zipper. I also made sure the IP on the Hackman TivoWebplus netconfig is the same. Is there some other place the IP settings are kept?

Thanks!!!!

[rbautch]

HI,
I have DHCP turned off and am using static IP. I used the /enchancements/network.tcl script to change my IP, but after a few days it gets changed back to the IP I originally entered when I installed the Zipper. I also made sure the IP on the Hackman TivoWebplus netconfig is the same. Is there some other place the IP settings are kept?

Thanks!!!! The following lines at the end of your author file that need to be deleted.

"######### One-time Zipper network setup. May be deleted. ####################################"
"mount -o remount,rw /"
"tivosh /hacks/network.tcl $ipaddress $routerip $wless $ssid"
"mount -o remount,ro /"

The latest version of the enhancement script should have removed those lines, but go ahead and remove them manually. Another way to fix this is to delete the network.tcl file, and run the net-launch.sh file to set your IP params.

[rbautch]

Rbautch- No error code, just message saying something needed my attention because the recorder would not work properly(the end of the message was clipped off though, could have been an error code # there). Its an adapter version 2.

Dieselpower- I must have missed that, maybe i got confused, and was reading a forum somewhere else that recommended the 200m, i thought for sure that was the right version. I returned it today and a fa120 should arrive tuesday.

Ill post back when i get the fa120, hopefully that will resolve the issue.

On a side note, is there perhaps a way to manually load a driver into the tivo that would make it compatible with the 200m? While the drive is mounted in the pc?
Also, as to the serial cable point, anyone have a link to a diy to make one? we talking a usb to db9 do it yourself or something?

Thanks,
~Tenz
If you select the usb 2.0 driver install when you run the enhancement script (tweak.sh), the driver for the 200m ver.2 will get loaded.

[Gunnyman]

Hi Gunny,

I already have one powerline bridge, but would need 2. One connects to the router and one to the TiVo.

I thought that using a wireless B adapter anywhere in a wireless G environment would slow the whole network down to wireless B speeds. Not sure where I got that idea though. If that's not true, I'll go wireless B.

Thanks Slydog… I may get started today.

That is indeed true and a very good point.

[Sue C.]

That is indeed true and a very good point.
Ok, I'm gonna try the powerline bridge then.

Only problem now is the ptvupgrade site seems to be down at the moment.

BTW, I noticed yesterday the the link under step 4 for the Tools CD does not open in Firefox. I was able to get the file by viewing the source code, though.

Thanks for the quick answers… wish me luck!

[charlestwaters]

Hey all... I am actually getting ready to switch to DTV from DN. Only reason being, is because a good friend has upgraded some of his equipment, and in the deal, the satellite company gave him the 3rd & 4th box, even though he only has 2 TVs - how nice of them.

So here's my ?. I now have 2 NIB HR10-250's, not more than 2 - 3 months old. Is there a way to tell what software version is on the box without going through the whole setup, first!? I still currently have DN and haven't upgraded yet! Going to do the install myself, so tomorrow I will have everything going.

What is the current software version on the 10-250!? And the "upgrade" this thread is speaking about, will that work with the current version of the software on the 250?

All I am basically looking for, is network instead of phone, and would be nice to be able to pull off programs, however, not neccessary!

Also, can I follow the steps in the 1st post of this forum on a Windows PC running XP, or does it have to be done on a PC running Linux?

Thanx in advance, everyone! I am learning buttloads from reading these forums!

--- Goobz!

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