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

[rbautch]

Look udder messages and setup on the main tivo menu, then select system information to get your software version. You don't need a Linux box.

[kevinE]

Rezippered my HDVR2 today. Reason was 1 drive went bad and was getting freezing when FF or playing. Because I was going to start fresh with a 250G drive, I decided to use a fresh image from PTVUpgrade. Followed your directions exactly and am connected with all the enancements.

However, I now have no local channels. It seems the image channels that came with the image are now on my TiVo. Will this update automatically over night with the sat download?

BTW, it is really great how everyone helps you out on this forum. Special thanks to Gunnyman and rbautch!

[gsr]

Look udder

As Bart Simpson would say, "Don't have a cow man" :D. Sorry, couldn't resist...

[Gunnyman]

Rezippered my HDVR2 today. Reason was 1 drive went bad and was getting freezing when FF or playing. Because I was going to start fresh with a 250G drive, I decided to use a fresh image from PTVUpgrade. Followed your directions exactly and am connected with all the enancements.

However, I now have no local channels. It seems the image channels that came with the image are now on my TiVo. Will this update automatically over night with the sat download?

BTW, it is really great how everyone helps you out on this forum. Special thanks to Gunnyman and rbautch!

Yes your locals will come back on their own, or if you GOTTA have em now, call 1800 directv and enter extension 711 and they will come back while you are on the phone.

[Heckler]

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

rbautch replied on the " Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script" thread, so I posted additional information there... Here' s link to my post:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3658876&posted=1#post3658876

Heckler

[Tenzarian]

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.


Zipper page said to run that script from telnet after the hdd was back in the tivo, your saying i should instead mount the drive in my pc, and sh tweak.sh? This will install the usb 2.0 drivers and then i can dump the drive back in the tivo and things will work as intended?

~Tenz

[zardoz007]

Thanks for clarifing that. Yes, D-Tivo is e-bay purchase.

[Gunnyman]

Zipper page said to run that script from telnet after the hdd was back in the tivo, your saying i should instead mount the drive in my pc, and sh tweak.sh? This will install the usb 2.0 drivers and then i can dump the drive back in the tivo and things will work as intended?

~Tenz
Nope
The enhance script won't run while the drive is in the PC.

[willardcpa]

Nope
The enhance script won't run while the drive is in the PC.
Poor Tenz, he needs to read "Catch 22". ;) In order to load the drivers to use his 200m ver.2 he needs to hook up using telnet, which of course needs the 200m ver.2 hooked up in order to access the box. :eek: :D

[Gunnyman]

or get another adapter like an (all together now) Netgear FA120.
Or build a serial cable :D

[jguy]

Does anybody know why my USB ports have seemed to stop working? I have had zipper up and running for a few days with no problems. I am have a HR10-250 and im using the FA120. They stoped working after I tried adding a module to TWP and rebooted and tied to restart twp. I am no longer getting any lights on the FA120. Do I need to rezipper?

[jguy]

also my CID seems to have stoped working. FYI in the system info. it says backdoors: Enabled!

[kevinE]

I had the same problem on my HR10-250. I had rezippered and it still did not work. What I did is run the tweak uninstall from my pc, then rezippered. For some reason, that did the trick. Give it a try. :D

[Tenzarian]

or get another adapter like an (all together now) Netgear FA120.
Or build a serial cable :D

Yeah yeah i know, like i said, fa120s in the mail. Again though, does anyone have a diy guide for a serial cable? Some kind of a usb to db9? or what we talking here?

~Tenz

[Dan Collins]

Yeah yeah i know, like i said, fa120s in the mail. Again though, does anyone have a diy guide for a serial cable? Some kind of a usb to db9? or what we talking here?

~TenzGoogle is your friend. There are many schematics of serial cables on the web (they are DB9 to mini-phone plug). You can also buy one from Weaknees (and if you have a standalone, one came with your TiVo).

[charlestwaters]

This is indeed the correct process.

So can someone post a quicky, for us newbies who just setup their DTV service today, the easy / quick / newbie way to mod the DTivo to get the updates and stuff via wireless network instead of Telco? And MRV would be nice, but not neccessary!

Model: HR10-250
Softw: 3.1.5fxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanx in Advance!

[tsunami]

So can someone post a quicky, for us newbies who just setup their DTV service today, the easy / quick / newbie way to mod the DTivo to get the updates and stuff via wireless network instead of Telco? And MRV would be nice, but not neccessary!

Model: HR10-250
Softw: 3.1.5fxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanx in Advance!

Well wireless on the HR10-250 isn't really working, although, I beleive there are some complicated work arounds. First of all, you really don't ever have to call out. So getting networked will allow you to use TivoWebPlus, add files, etc.
And the MRV isn't possible on the HR10 either, it runs the old software that didn't support that.

Check out this post for the software that will add nice features to the HR10.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3504194&&#post3504194

Other than that, read the first post of this thread and you should be good to go.

[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!


I just finished setting up the last of my 4 new DVR-80s using the zipper.

Each one got a new 250GB drive and an FA120 network adapter.

The Zipper software and instructions worked perfectly! Bravo.

I am AMAZED at the MRV / HMO capabilities; I CAN'T BELIEVE that DTV was willfully witholding this OS from us! :eek: This was definitely a worthwile project.

A couple of notes to help others following the zipper path (these MAY have been in the thread earlier):

1. The ZIPPER will automatically expand the image file to take advantage of the full size of your hard drive. No options / flags required.

2. Use the FA120 network adapter. It can be had for as little as $12.95 at justdeals.com (http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/fa120r.html ). I originally purchased the linksys version. It was awful. besides not working correctly on the post zipper / pre tweaks Tivo, the network cable wouldn't stay plugged in. Again, BUY tHE FA120s!!!

3. Using the Instantcake image for 6.2, I always had to run /busybox/51killer.tcl (per the instructions) to clear the "Error 51". Until this was done, Now Playing wouldn't open.

4. After all of the hacking was done, I called DIRECTV and used the 711 message code to get MY locals re-established (vs. the Chicago locals from the Instantcake image).

5. When doing more than one box with caller ID, you must choose ONE box to be the SERVER. For all the OTHER boxes you must edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author and comment out the line that starts ncidd (the server process). You must ALSO edit the /var/hack/etc/ncid/ncid.conf file on each of the client boxes (line 11) to set Host to the IP address of the SERVER box. After making these two changes for each CLIENT box, you must reboot the box. Only the single SERVER box needs a phone line connected for ALL boxes to get on-screen caller-ID.

6. You'll want to download the Tivo desktop software from tivo.com (http://www.tivo.com/desktop/) OR javaHMO from sourceforge.net (http://javahmo.sourceforge.net/) to take full advantage of the Music and Photos options in HMO.

7. The joe editor does not install correctly with the ZIPPER.
You will need to execute these commands:

tar -zxvf /enhancements/joe.tgz -C /enhancements
cp /enhancements/.joerc /

joe will then be available.


8. crond was not starting on my boxes, even though it was in rc.sysinit.author, and I could start it manually. I had to change the "sleep 30" in the rc.sysinit.author file to "sleep 45". Crond now starts on reboot.

If I remember any other issues, I'll come back and edit.

Hopefully these will help some folks out.

Thanks a MILLION to the script creators.

Now, off to learn about mfs_ftp and other related goodies...

[Rob00GT]

6. You'll want to download the Tivo desktop software (from tivo.com) OR javaHMO from soundforge.net to take full advantage of the Music and Photos options in HMO.

Nice recap for a very long thread, but the link to JavaHMO is actually on SourceForge.net (http://javahmo.sourceforge.net/) I think you may have fat-fingered the name of the site.

As for me, I'm installing JavaHMO now and planning to play with it for a few days to get my mp3 collection available, and maybe some slide shows of the kids. :cool:

[NETGUY]

hey all,
i haven't been on avsforums in a loooong time so just catching up on the thread ..please excuse me if i missed this somehow

i removed the old drive from the dtivo , put in a new 400 gig , downloaded ( purchased) the correct cds from ptvupgrade and finished the upgrade

went through instructions and zippered ( successfully according to the script )

dtivo works fine , i have more hours .. ( had initial issues " hardware problem " according to the message, did a "clear and delete everything" and it fixed it )


issue .. network is still not up with linksys adaptor .. ( this adaptor , ver 1 of the 200m i think ) works fine in another SA Series 2 i have

what am i missing .. while typing this i realized can the "clear and delete " be responsible for this ?


thanks all

[rpdre1]

hey all,
( had initial issues " hardware problem " according to the message, did a "clear and delete everything" and it fixed it )



you need to rezipper now....

the zipper instructions said NOT to do a clear and delete if you got that message; all you needed to do was run 51killer.tcl (in /busybox after the zipper) and that message would of gone away permanently.

[rbautch]

Normally C&D would screw up your IP settings in MFS, but the HR10-250 IP settings are handled with ifconfig in the author file. Did you have a connection before you did C&D? Do you have a link light? It's difficult to troubleshoot with a serial cable or pulling the drive. Your adapter should work fine. Easiest way be just be to rezipper, and this time don't do C&D.

[NETGUY]

Thanx guys .. superfast response .. ( i should have asked this 3 hours ago , but then i wouldnt have learnt a lot :) )

i will give this a shot in the am and update here

thanx

[Tivogre]

Nice recap for a very long thread, but the link to JavaHMO is actually on SourceForge.net (http://javahmo.sourceforge.net/) I think you may have fat-fingered the name of the site.

As for me, I'm installing JavaHMO now and planning to play with it for a few days to get my mp3 collection available, and maybe some slide shows of the kids. :cool:

Thanks. It was late :p

Edited my post above and added links to JavaHMO and Tivo Desktop.

[ebetzler]

I have an HDVR2 with a 120GB drive (am probably going to add a 2nd 120)
The "Zipper" sounds great, and I would love to use it.
Can I install it on my existing drive without losing my recordings?

[Hick]

I am new to Tivo hacking and I recently followed the Weethet guide on one of my DVR80s. The hack worked great and I've enjoyed the experience. I found a link to this guide and now realize that I really want to tryout your hack on one of my others.

My question(s) are:

1. Since I purchased a 4.x image from PTV, does this mean I should purchase a 6.2 image to properly follow this new guide? All of my Tivo's are DirecTV DVR80 models and the Weet hack mentioned the 4.x TIVO (Non-DirecTV) image. I have no problems with shelling out another $20 if need be, but if the images are freely available on Edonkey, or by begging, I am not beneath either.

2. (Could I/Should I) upgrade to 6.2 using the 6.2 tivo slices method and then create a 6.2 image of my own? (Probably pretty messy for a n00b like myself)

3. Just run the enhancement script on top of the Weet hack. (This will break stuff, yes?)

4. I have plenty of drive space on my network and I am wondering if GHOST will make a usable RAW image of a TIVO'd drive as a backup? Even if the drive is 200 gigs, I have the space to back it up. I like GHOST because I can do a network backup (Boot to the network off a floppy for the backup) and I don't to backup drives onto another local drive.

Thanks for your time, this forum seems to be a bit warmer than DDB.
Hick

UPDATE: I tried copying the PTV image I originally purchased onto the Zipper Tools CD, everything appeared to work, Zipper gave me no errors. Once I put the drive back into the TIVO, after boot, it would just sit at the starting up screen and the hard drive would turn off every 30 seconds and reboot. I then thought that maybe changing the kernel version to the older 4.x versions would work, so I burned another tools CD with the 2.4.18 kernel, but same problem once I stuck it into the TIVO. Guess I need a 6.2 image :)

[NETGUY]

Guys,
tried the zipper one more time
no luck .. no link light on the usb adaptor
anything else i can try besides tring to get a console on serial ?

thanx all

[NETGUY]

Guys,
tried the zipper one more time
no luck .. no link light on the usb adaptor
anything else i can try besides tyring to get a console on serial ?

thanx all

[rbautch]

Guys,
tried the zipper one more time
no luck .. no link light on the usb adaptor
anything else i can try besides tyring to get a console on serial ?

thanx allYou can mount the drive in your pc and check the ifconfig and insmod statements in your author file. I expect they're fine since you ran the Zipper again. Another option could be to re-image. If you get your serial cable working, type ifconfig at bash and see what comes up.

[pluto]

Rbautch / Gunnyman / Tivogre

Nice recap by Tivogre today and many thanks to you for creating the unguide and script.

I too have been working for several weeks to solve the issues with 2 704 units with a 160 gb & 300 gb using both the origional zipper & the enhancement script. I find it helpful to read the post by others & see the recap useful to clarify things that can go offtrack.

Could the origional guide be amended to clarify some of the issues with things like the loss of TWP & the DNS setup. Many of us are trying to learn the enough vi to set everthing up and enjoy all the extra features.

Thanks
Pluto

[Gunnyman]

the unguide is no longer being maintained.

[pluto]

Gunnyman

The tools.cd download link from Tivo Zipper hack script is not working. Is it available elsewhere? Should we be trying to use the 10-29-2005 tweak.sh file or another?
Thanks
Pluto

[SteelersFan]

I have an HDVR2 with a 120GB drive (am probably going to add a 2nd 120)
The "Zipper" sounds great, and I would love to use it.
Can I install it on my existing drive without losing my recordings?
Yes you can. I installed The Zipper on 3 Original drives with no issues. However, I installed The Zipper on a new drive on my FR box first to make sure I could do it successfully. YMMV!

[Gunnyman]

Gunnyman

The tools.cd download link from Tivo Zipper hack script is not working. Is it available elsewhere? Should we be trying to use the 10-29-2005 tweak.sh file or another?
Thanks
Pluto

Rbautch:
Paging Rbautch....

[Conklin]

Gunnyman

The tools.cd download link from Tivo Zipper hack script is not working. Is it available elsewhere? Should we be trying to use the 10-29-2005 tweak.sh file or another?
Thanks
Pluto


Are you using Firefox? The link does not work for me in Firefox.

Try IE.

[NETGUY]

hey all ,
this is in reference to zipper on hd10-250 unit
with 400gb single drive

any trick in using the console ?
got securecrt set to 9600/8/N/1 and have the tivo serial cable
on a win2k laptop ( serial port )

i have been reading posts and did i read correct that i have to press enter after a couple seconds of unit starting to boot ?
can anyone please point to some directions ?

thanx

[NETGUY]

hey all ,
just finished re-zippering the drive , new image again
exact same issues
does anyone have time to help on aim ?

would like to get this wrapped up

thanx all

[Tivogre]

hey all ,
this is in reference to zipper on hd10-250 unit
with 400gb single drive

any trick in using the console ?
got securecrt set to 9600/8/N/1 and have the tivo serial cable
on a win2k laptop ( serial port )

i have been reading posts and did i read correct that i have to press enter after a couple seconds of unit starting to boot ?
can anyone please point to some directions ?

thanx

I think you want 115200/8/N/1 ; No flow control for terminal options...

Did you re-image the drive when you re-zippered?

Buy (or borrow) a Netgear FA120. I COULD NOT get the linksys adapter to work. FA120 was hassle free!

[NETGUY]

no luck 115200 speed
yes i did re-image
yeah ..i ended up buying a fa120 which is not here yet
hopefully in a day or two

thanx

[rbautch]

Gunnyman

The tools.cd download link from Tivo Zipper hack script is not working. Is it available elsewhere? Should we be trying to use the 10-29-2005 tweak.sh file or another?
Thanks
Pluto For now, use the download link on the left side of the website in the green side bar.

[boostin4hp]

Hey i need some help, im trying to zipper my sddvr40 currently it has the stock drive that has sleeper on it. The sleeper has gotten messed up so im trying to zipper it. I got a 6.2 image from ptv along with the boot cd, im following the guide on mastersav but when zipper detects the image on the cd and sks to restore it i type y and it tries but says the disk is full. My question is how do i wipe out the drive so i can do this, i dont care about the records. Can i just delete the partition on it? Any help would be appreciated.

[Rob00GT]

Both my units have been successfully Zippered. Sharing movies between them works great, everything's peachy for a couple of weeks. Now when I'm in the "Now Playing" list of my recorded shows if I delete a show by pressing the "delete" button on the remote (then confirm the delete) my list of shows disappears for about 30-45 seconds. The list then comes back and I can navigate normally as before. :confused:

The RCA DVR40 is exibiting this behavior. The Hughes so far does not.
Any suggestions?

[rbautch]

I am new to Tivo hacking and I recently followed the Weethet guide on one of my DVR80s. The hack worked great and I've enjoyed the experience. I found a link to this guide and now realize that I really want to tryout your hack on one of my others.

My question(s) are:

1. Since I purchased a 4.x image from PTV, does this mean I should purchase a 6.2 image to properly follow this new guide? All of my Tivo's are DirecTV DVR80 models and the Weet hack mentioned the 4.x TIVO (Non-DirecTV) image. I have no problems with shelling out another $20 if need be, but if the images are freely available on Edonkey, or by begging, I am not beneath either.

2. (Could I/Should I) upgrade to 6.2 using the 6.2 tivo slices method and then create a 6.2 image of my own? (Probably pretty messy for a n00b like myself)

3. Just run the enhancement script on top of the Weet hack. (This will break stuff, yes?)

4. I have plenty of drive space on my network and I am wondering if GHOST will make a usable RAW image of a TIVO'd drive as a backup? Even if the drive is 200 gigs, I have the space to back it up. I like GHOST because I can do a network backup (Boot to the network off a floppy for the backup) and I don't to backup drives onto another local drive.

Thanks for your time, this forum seems to be a bit warmer than DDB.
Hick

UPDATE: I tried copying the PTV image I originally purchased onto the Zipper Tools CD, everything appeared to work, Zipper gave me no errors. Once I put the drive back into the TIVO, after boot, it would just sit at the starting up screen and the hard drive would turn off every 30 seconds and reboot. I then thought that maybe changing the kernel version to the older 4.x versions would work, so I burned another tools CD with the 2.4.18 kernel, but same problem once I stuck it into the TIVO. Guess I need a 6.2 image :)
You should be able to get 4.01b to work with the proper kernel, but 6.2 is the best way to go.

[rbautch]

Both my units have been successfully Zippered. Sharing movies between them works great, everything's peachy for a couple of weeks. Now when I'm in the "Now Playing" list of my recorded shows if I delete a show by pressing the "delete" button on the remote (then confirm the delete) my list of shows disappears for about 30-45 seconds. The list then comes back and I can navigate normally as before. :confused:

The RCA DVR40 is exibiting this behavior. The Hughes so far does not.
Any suggestions?Search for a thread called empty looking NPL, and fix your DNS settings.

[Rob00GT]

Search for a thread called empty looking NPL, and fix your DNS settings.
Thanks for the info, for future reference the thread is here. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=248850) Of course after you pointed out I should search for "NPL" instead of "Now Playing List" I found lots of info on this problem. Never would have guessed it was a DNS issue....

Oh and for the blockhead reason this problem started? Wife unplugged network cable from the tivo. :eek: I hadn't tried to look at the other tivo today so hadn't noticed it was not listed on the NPL.

[Hick]

You should be able to get 4.01b to work with the proper kernel, but 6.2 is the best way to go.

I noticed the PTV site has two seperate versions Instacake 6.2.

Do I want the:

InstantCake for Series2 DirecTiVo Units (6.2) ICAKE-S2DT-62

or

PTVnet Utility CD for select Series2 DirecTV DVR Systems (6.2) PTVnet-S2DT-62

The latter has all sorts of various utilities pre-installed, so I am assuming I want the plain vanilla one listed first.

[rbautch]

I noticed the PTV site has two seperate versions Instacake 6.2.

Do I want the:

InstantCake for Series2 DirecTiVo Units (6.2) ICAKE-S2DT-62

or

PTVnet Utility CD for select Series2 DirecTV DVR Systems (6.2) PTVnet-S2DT-62

The latter has all sorts of various utilities pre-installed, so I am assuming I want the plain vanilla one listed first.
Correct. The instructions link directly to the product.

[Hick]

rbautch,

Thanks for the clarification. I haven't had this much fun since I built my first I-Opener!

;)

[lee espinoza]

ok I have a tivo that was pre hacked but the person did not put in the USB drivers right(so the usb ports on the tivo do not work) so is there any way to format the hacks and put the zipper on it?

or do I have to?

[Gunnyman]

lee
you can use zipper dpeneding on how your system is set up.
was it sleeper? is it running 4.xx?

[lee espinoza]

lee
you can use zipper dpeneding on how your system is set up.
was it sleeper? is it running 4.xx?
6.2

[Gunnyman]

then you can run the zipper just skip the drive imaging part.
:)

[captainjrl]

What is the largest drive that can be used with this tool?

[Gunnyman]

250 gig without having to manually increase the swap file size.

[lee espinoza]

when I go to http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html: number 4 it says to cilck here to download "tools cd: but I can't click on it what is going on?

[SteelersFan]

when I go to http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html: number 4 it says to cilck here to download "tools cd: but I can't click on it what is going on?
See post #2540.

[rbautch]

250 gig without having to manually increase the swap file size. It's debateable whether a larger swap file makes any difference on very large drives. The issue that previously caused drives larger than 250GB not to boot has been fixed in the Zipper. I have successfully used it with 300GB drives.

[Gunnyman]

see russ you and me just don't talk anymore :p

[lee espinoza]

in the Your CD directory structure should look like this:
I see a VMLinux.gz were do I get that?

I do not need 000001 right?

[Tivogre]

in the Your CD directory structure should look like this:
I see a VMLinux.gz were do I get that?

I do not need 000001 right?

From the Zipper instructions:

Step 4

...

Copy the hacked kernel from the PTV Boot CD. It is located in /s2_kernels/3.1.5/VMLINUX_.GZ.

...

You will not need the image file 000001 if you already have 6.2 successfully running on the drive.

[webbuzz]

Hi everyone

I have attempted the zipper on a new WD HDD. But, the following error keeps popping up when trying to load the instacake image from the tools CD

0x00-1: syntax error in expression (error token is "0x00-1")


My CD contents match what gunny shows on his page

Any ideas? I have searched everywhere for the solution. Is it possible that my image is corrupt?

Thanks in advance

Bill

[lee espinoza]

the Zipper instructions say to Burn the tools disk in "Joliet mode", not ISO9660 mode.

does anyone know a free download item that will do that?

[Gunnyman]

lee, nero can do it just fine.

[bka2007]

First of all, Congrats to Gunnyman & rbautch, for such a well engineered script. Great Job! :up: I ran the script last night on a SIR S4080R, after having rewired our home network. 2 routers, 5 computers and now DTivo. The first time I ran the Zipper, I got read errors all the way thru, but script said "success". I remounted in Dtivo and it booted and ran. no errors, but no networking. Router assigned it a ip though. Removed and tried running in an updated computer that has all known good hardware. Still read errors. At this Point I came back to the boards and searched for burning problems with Nero. Saw a few threads indicating there may be a problem in the way Nero was burning the tools disk, so I downloaded a free Burner Program called CDBurner XP Pro 3. I toasted and retryed back on original computer. Worked like a charm. Reinstalled in tivo and booted, rebooted, to lock in the IP I had set, Then telneted in on the first try. Ran the enhancement script and viola, I've got a hacked DTivo. Other than the usual trial and error with the burning of the tools disk this was a breeze. Easier than doing a stage 1 Gentoo install by far. Again kudos to you guys and Keep on Keepin' on. :up: BKA

[webbuzz]

I decided to apply the Instacake Image to my HDD first, then I ran the zipper.


Success!

Thank you Gunnyman and Rbautch. If you are ever in Atlanta I will buy you dinner.

Bill

[Tivogre]

I just realized that cron is not set up correctly on my boxes.

Crond is not running; cronlogs are empty.

If ffind cron, i get:

/var/spool/cron
/enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron

If I ffind crond i get:

/busybox/crond

the rc.sysinit.author DOES show:

#############################################
# start crond after waiting 30 seconds
sleep 30
/busybox/crond


What is the easiest way to set up cron without "undoing" other hacks on the box?

[rbautch]

I just realized that cron is not set up correctly on my boxes.

Crond is not running; cronlogs are empty.

If ffind cron, i get:

/var/spool/cron
/enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron

If I ffind crond i get:

/busybox/crond

the rc.sysinit.author DOES show:

#############################################
# start crond after waiting 30 seconds
sleep 30
/busybox/crond


What is the easiest way to set up cron without "undoing" other hacks on the box?
Cron is set up just the way I intended. Crond is the actual application binary, stored in busybox. Cron is the directory that holds you crontab and logs, and is stored in /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron. What you see as /var/spool/cron is a symlink to /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron, done this way to keep the actual files out of /var. Navigate to /var/spool/cron, and enter ls -l, and you'll se what I mean. Also not the different color of the symlink versus the actual directory. If you're having problems, start by entering ps at bash to see if crond is running. If so, check out the troubleshooting posts in the enhancement thread.

[stingerxxx]

I've been watching and reading the threads here. My question is, is the PTVnet, or instantcake cd a complete diferent option to Zipper. or do I need to use both., I have'nt been able to locate the answer.

[rbautch]

Instantcake is a product for upgrading your tivo to a larger hard drive(s), and contains a software image. PTVnet is a tool that hacks your drive, and can be used instead of the Zipper. You can use instantcake to apply an image to your drive, and then use the Zipper, or you can extract the image from the instantcake CD, put it on your tools disk, and let the Zipper install it for you.

[webbuzz]

How long will it take for my local channels to appear? I only have access to the premium, ppv and XM channels.

Will I need to call DirecTV :confused:

[lee espinoza]

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Existing rbautch_files.tgz archive found in /hacks/
Skipping new script download...

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: inflate error 2
tar: Unable to read all data
tar: Unable to read all data
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y



Your telnet client is adding extra line feeds, causing this script to fail.
No problem. Just re-run the script again using the "Additional
Directions for Windows XP users", or use a different telnet client with
the proper CR/LF settings. Exiting now...

bash-2.02# y
bash: y: command not found
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

were can I find the Additional
Directions for Windows XP users? I look at http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak.html and I did not see any

[lee espinoza]

Nevermind I used PuTTY and it start to work

[jp999]

Great script and tools. Thank you.

sh tweak.sh
When the script got to
"Adding the alias "speed" to your profile to run netperf..."
/enhancements/start/sh: /.profile: Read-only file system

And then from then on, it said "Read-only file system after a lot of commands it was trying to do.

I then canceled (ctrl-C), did the uninstall, then

mount -o remount,rw /
re-ran the script, and now it does not have the errors.
At the end for saftey, I did:
mount -o remount,ro /

Does that sound like things are ok?


Note: I did not run the main script because I already had the killhdinitrd's kernel installed and had a bash prompt on telnet.
I have:
DTivo Samsung DIR 4040 Series 2, 6.2 downloaded from DirecTV some months ago,

[lee espinoza]

How long will it take for my local channels to appear? I only have access to the premium, ppv and XM channels.

Will I need to call DirecTV :confused:
call 1800-531-5000 and when it ask is there a number on your tv put in 722

[gnut]

And another success story! Been reading the thread for sometime just didn't have the nads to piss my wife off! So decided the heck with it. Got everything working the first 2nd time, Screwed up the first and searched and found how to fix it. Isn't 2nd time the charm anyway :) Guys, I don't know how much I need to thank you, my second dvr should be here anyday, and I cant wait. Gunny, Rbautch, If you are ever in Raleigh, drinks and dinner are on me!

Thanks,
Randy

[lee espinoza]

Installation Complete!! and every is fine on my end


thanks Gunny, Rbautch

[webbuzz]

Lee - Thanks for the help! I knew I saw that somewhere I just couldn't find it.

[rbautch]

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Existing rbautch_files.tgz archive found in /hacks/
Skipping new script download...

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: inflate error 2
tar: Unable to read all data
tar: Unable to read all data
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y



Your telnet client is adding extra line feeds, causing this script to fail.
No problem. Just re-run the script again using the "Additional
Directions for Windows XP users", or use a different telnet client with
the proper CR/LF settings. Exiting now...

bash-2.02# y
bash: y: command not found
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

were can I find the Additional
Directions for Windows XP users? I look at http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak.html and I did not see any
There's new instructions in town. The difference is that if you use:
telnet -t vt100 tivoipaddress
from a windows command prompt, it will not add line feeds. Terraterm works right out of the box. I could never find the setting to get PuttyTel to stop adding line feeds. Anybody know?

[Tivogre]

call 1800-531-5000 and when it ask is there a number on your tv put in 722

No. It's 711.

[lee espinoza]

No. It's 711.
722 works too.

[Tivogre]

Cron is set up just the way I intended. Crond is the actual application binary, stored in busybox. Cron is the directory that holds you crontab and logs, and is stored in /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron. What you see as /var/spool/cron is a symlink to /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron, done this way to keep the actual files out of /var. Navigate to /var/spool/cron, and enter ls -l, and you'll se what I mean. Also not the different color of the symlink versus the actual directory. If you're having problems, start by entering ps at bash to see if crond is running. If so, check out the troubleshooting posts in the enhancement thread.


/busybox/crond is NOT running on the boxes.

I did a re-boot; this looks like (to me) a suspect chunk from the kernel log file:

Jan 12 04:56:47 (none) kernel: starting rc.sysinit.author
Jan 12 04:56:47 (none) kernel: set environmental variables
Jan 12 04:56:47 (none) kernel: starting telnet and ftp
Jan 12 04:56:48 (none) kernel: starting serial bash
Jan 12 04:56:48 (none) kernel: running fakecall
Jan 12 04:56:50 (none) kernel: Running fakecall version 6
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: Fakecall ran successfully!
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: couldn't open "/var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN": read-only file system
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: while executing
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: "open /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN a"
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: (file "/busybox/fakecall.tcl" line 87)
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
Jan 12 04:56:52 (none) kernel: Starting netserver at port 12865
Jan 12 04:56:53 (none) kernel: ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to FAST_LOAD
Jan 12 04:57:04 (none) kernel: ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
Jan 12 04:57:10 (none) kernel: ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD

I haven't changed ANY permissions.

[lee espinoza]

am getting this when I try to upload a backup setting.htm from my old tivo

I get The connection was reset


The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.


from Firefoxs


what should I do?
SD-DVR40 running OS 6.2.01.2.351 with TiVoWebPLus 1.2.1 and backup.itcl 1.00.0017

[lee espinoza]

how do I uninstall Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script without the sh tweak-uninstall.sh?

My sister has Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script but hers does not have tweak-uninstall.sh


or if I am not looking in the right place were does Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script place it?

[rbautch]

/busybox/crond is NOT running on the boxes.

I did a re-boot; this looks like (to me) a suspect chunk from the kernel log file:

Jan 12 04:56:47 (none) kernel: starting rc.sysinit.author
Jan 12 04:56:47 (none) kernel: set environmental variables
Jan 12 04:56:47 (none) kernel: starting telnet and ftp
Jan 12 04:56:48 (none) kernel: starting serial bash
Jan 12 04:56:48 (none) kernel: running fakecall
Jan 12 04:56:50 (none) kernel: Running fakecall version 6
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: Fakecall ran successfully!
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: couldn't open "/var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN": read-only file system
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: while executing
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: "open /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN a"
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: (file "/busybox/fakecall.tcl" line 87)
Jan 12 04:56:51 (none) kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
Jan 12 04:56:52 (none) kernel: Starting netserver at port 12865
Jan 12 04:56:53 (none) kernel: ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to FAST_LOAD
Jan 12 04:57:04 (none) kernel: ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
Jan 12 04:57:10 (none) kernel: ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD

I haven't changed ANY permissions.
When the author file runs fakecall, it's not getting logged in CRONLOG-MAIN because your tivo gets mounted ro when it first boots. That's fine. That's the priced to pay for keeping hack in the root partition rather than var, which is always mounted rw. If it's not running type /busybox/crond at bash to see if it starts.

[rpdre1]

how do I uninstall Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script without the sh tweak-uninstall.sh?

My sister has Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script but hers does not have tweak-uninstall.sh


or if I am not looking in the right place were does Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script place it?


check if the file is called tweak_uninstall.sh instead of tweak-uninstall.sh

[Tivogre]

When the author file runs fakecall, it's not getting logged in CRONLOG-MAIN because your tivo gets mounted ro when it first boots. That's fine. That's the priced to pay for keeping hack in the root partition rather than var, which is always mounted rw. If it's not running type /busybox/crond at bash to see if it starts.

OK. That explains the log.

/busybox/crond

/ps | grep crond

I now get:

7629 root 752 S /busybox/crond
7631 root 536 S grep crond

BUT.... that process is NOT there by itself after a reboot.

Also, after I ran it, I waited until the next 5 minute mark; at that point I got a new entry in the cron.test.out file

[lee espinoza]

check if the file is called tweak_uninstall.sh instead of tweak-uninstall.sh
well I know I don't know were tweak put's tweak_uninstall.sh i looked in the /enhancements/ and the /var/hack/ so can someone help me look for it?

[captainjrl]

It's debateable whether a larger swap file makes any difference on very large drives. The issue that previously caused drives larger than 250GB not to boot has been fixed in the Zipper. I have successfully used it with 300GB drives.

Theoretically what is the largest drive that could be used?

[esaydam]

I've done the zipper upgrade successfully and have my Directivo s2 running 6.2 networked properly w/bash active and tivowebplus running. Here's my problem:

Every now and then, Now Showing on the tivo (I mean ON the tivo, not through tivowebplus as I haven't used Tivowebplus extensively yet), freezes up. It will display the cursor/arrow and you can even more it up and down through the screen but the screen doesn't list any of my recorded shows. You have to wait ~30 seconds before the screen populates again with all my shows. I can usually duplicate this problem by going into a folder (grouping is turned on) to view the episodes of a specific show and then hit the left arrow to back out and return to the main Now Showing screen. I guess it's just a lag but it's a nuisance and this wasn't happening before I did the zipper upgrade.

FYI, this tivo was initially hacked and a second drive was added 9 months before the zipper upgrade was done and this lag issue was never there before the zipper upgrade. The 6.2 upgrade was installed by Directv over the phone line months before I ran zipper. The hacks I selected during the enhancement script (tweak.sh) were profile with aliases, tivowebplus, cron setup, remove MRV/HMO certs, update fakecall w/version that works w/6.2, remove showcases, update profile for easy crontab edits, USB 2.0 drivers, customize bash prompt, and keep hacks out of /var.

Any thoughts on what's going on or what's slowing the tivo down?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Gunnyman]

yup search this forum for empty NPL for the fix.
It's been pointed to a few times in this thread too.

[qwertypo]

Every now and then, Now Showing on the tivo (I mean ON the tivo, not through tivowebplus as I haven't used Tivowebplus extensively yet), freezes up. It will display the cursor/arrow and you can even more it up and down through the screen but the screen doesn't list any of my recorded shows. You have to wait ~30 seconds before the screen populates again with all my shows. I can usually duplicate this problem by going into a folder (grouping is turned on) to view the episodes of a specific show and then hit the left arrow to back out and return to the main Now Showing screen. I guess it's just a lag but it's a nuisance and

It is a DNS issue. I have this problem if I am not properly connected to the LAN network. For me, it was a cable issue, for others, it has been IP Settings and DHCP problems. Do a search you should yeild a few posts discussing the problem, and the fixes.

[sandpj]

There's new instructions in town. The difference is that if you use:
telnet -t vt100 tivoipaddress
from a windows command prompt, it will not add line feeds. Terraterm works right out of the box. I could never find the setting to get PuttyTel to stop adding line feeds. Anybody know?

Putty has worked fine for me. I'm not sure I changed any of the default settings, but the Terminal option "Implicit CR on every LF" is not checked.

Paul

[tbaeten]

Hi guys,

I've done some searching and not found a similar problem. Zipper (1.3.4) thinks that my Hughes SD-DVR40 is a HR10-250 (if it only was). Unfortunately, its not but zipper applies the hacks incorrectly because of it.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks. Tim

[Gunnyman]

that's odd
haven't ever seen that before.

[lee espinoza]

I am getting this when I try to upload a backup setting.htm from my old tivo

I get The connection was reset


The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.


from Firefoxs


SD-DVR40 running OS 6.2.01.2.351 with TiVoWebPLus 1.2.1 and backup.itcl 1.00.0017

what should I do?
anyone?

[esaydam]

Thanks Gunnyman and Qwertypo. I tried looking for Now playing slow/lag etc. but not npl. I'll try it tonight!

[webbuzz]

I decided to apply the Instacake Image to my HDD first, then I ran the zipper.


Success!

Thank you Gunnyman and Rbautch. If you are ever in Atlanta I will buy you dinner.

Bill

I didn't extract the image from the Instacake CD properly the first time. So, I re-imaged/zippered the HDD and I can telnet without any problems.

My question is regarding Tivoweb. It does not appear to be working. I restarted it using twprs. Still nothing.

[SteelersFan]

...My question is regarding Tivoweb. It does not appear to be working. I restarted it using twprs. Still nothing.
See post #2102.

[webbuzz]

See post #2102.


The link in that post is not valid. So, I assume that a file(s) need to be ftp'd?

[rpdre1]

The link in that post is not valid. So, I assume that a file(s) need to be ftp'd?


i fixed the link in that post,

here it is if you dont want to look for my post again:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3075079&&#post3075079

[rbautch]

Hi guys,

I've done some searching and not found a similar problem. Zipper (1.3.4) thinks that my Hughes SD-DVR40 is a HR10-250 (if it only was). Unfortunately, its not but zipper applies the hacks incorrectly because of it.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks. TimLine 116 of the zipper.sh script does a check for a few files that I thought were particular only to the HR10-250. Obviously not. If you delete lines 116 through 119, it should work fine. If you're interested in helping me fix this permanently, please PM me.

[rbautch]

OK. That explains the log.

/busybox/crond

/ps | grep crond

I now get:

7629 root 752 S /busybox/crond
7631 root 536 S grep crond

BUT.... that process is NOT there by itself after a reboot.

Also, after I ran it, I waited until the next 5 minute mark; at that point I got a new entry in the cron.test.out file
At least you know its working now. Since /busybox/crond is in your author file, I'm puzzled why it wouldnt start after a reboot. You might try running your author file from bash to see if you can see a problem when it hits the crond line.

[webbuzz]

rpdre1 and steelersfan - Thanks for the help it is very appreciated. Especially since I am starting to get frustrated with my lack of linux knowledge.

I uninstalled the tweak.sh and reinstalled it. But, I am back to where I began.

ugh...AlphaWolf's script asked to type tes or no. Not y or n :o

[tbaeten]

Line 116 of the zipper.sh script does a check for a few files that I thought were particular only to the HR10-250. Obviously not. If you delete lines 116 through 119, it should work fine. If you're interested in helping me fix this permanently, please PM me.

Yeah, I noticed that. I did have one file in /tivo/prom, TiVoProm.bin (or something close). I moved it away temporarily and the script still thought it was a HR10.

I'll be happy to help debug it further, PM sent.

Tim

[rbautch]

If you delete this file it will work:

/tivo/opt/tivo/musicphoto.prg.config

[stingerxxx]

I know I probably should look some where else harder, But was wondering, Does the Zipper work over an original drive keeping already recorded shows, Or does it lose all video after running Zipper. I have several shows saved on my series 2 that i would like to save. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this question. I just figured since it was about Zipper this would be it.

[SteelersFan]

rpdre1 and steelersfan - Thanks for the help it is very appreciated. Especially since I am starting to get frustrated with my lack of linux knowledge.

I uninstalled the tweak.sh and reinstalled it. But, I am back to where I began.

ugh...AlphaWolf's script asked to type tes or no. Not y or n :o
Did you FTP a fresh copy of tweak.sh to your box? Did you use binary? I use SmartFTP, it worked great. Did you run the uninstall_tweak.sh then run tweak.sh? Let us know exactly what you tried and what error messages you got.

[SteelersFan]

I know I probably should look some where else harder, But was wondering, Does the Zipper work over an original drive keeping already recorded shows, Or does it lose all video after running Zipper. I have several shows saved on my series 2 that i would like to save. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this question. I just figured since it was about Zipper this would be it.
You can use it on your original drive without losing recordings, but be careful. You could get stuck and be in a real mess.

[Tivogre]

At least you know its working now. Since /busybox/crond is in your author file, I'm puzzled why it wouldnt start after a reboot. You might try running your author file from bash to see if you can see a problem when it hits the crond line.


hmmmm.... I ran it from the bash; it DID start another instance.

What is the purpose of the sleep 30?

Is 30 maybe not quite long enough on this box?

[llowrey]

I tried running the Zipper on my R10 w/o success. I used a hacked prom that I got off of the *other* forum. I was able to boot my pre-zippered drive just fine with the hacked prom.

After the running the Zipper, I get a blank white screen after the "Powering up" screen.

My first attempt was on my 300GB drive using \S2_KERNE\3_1.5\VMLINUX_.GZ from the PTVupgrade Universal Boot CD. I did not have the Zipper restore an image.

I tried again with the \S2_KERNE\4_0.1A\VMLINUX_.GZ kernel. Same thing, white screen.

I then ran the zipper and had it restore the R10 version of InstantCake on a spare 120GB drive. White screen.

Finally, I just let InstantCake restore it's image on the 120GB drive w/o hacks. That worked fine.

So, should I conclude from this that the prom I got is not hacked for the R10? Or, are there different zipper steps for the R10? Other ideas? Anyone? Anyone?

[Gunnyman]

zipper doesn't work on R10
You need a CUSTOM Kernel to use hacks even with the odded PROM.

[rbautch]

hmmmm.... I ran it from the bash; it DID start another instance.

What is the purpose of the sleep 30?

Is 30 maybe not quite long enough on this box? Not sure about that. Sleep 30 just gives other processes a chance to start. Try 90 and see what happens.

[rbautch]

I tried running the Zipper on my R10 w/o success. I used a hacked prom that I got off of the *other* forum. I was able to boot my pre-zippered drive just fine with the hacked prom.

After the running the Zipper, I get a blank white screen after the "Powering up" screen.

My first attempt was on my 300GB drive using \S2_KERNE\3_1.5\VMLINUX_.GZ from the PTVupgrade Universal Boot CD. I did not have the Zipper restore an image.

I tried again with the \S2_KERNE\4_0.1A\VMLINUX_.GZ kernel. Same thing, white screen.

I then ran the zipper and had it restore the R10 version of InstantCake on a spare 120GB drive. White screen.

Finally, I just let InstantCake restore it's image on the 120GB drive w/o hacks. That worked fine.

So, should I conclude from this that the prom I got is not hacked for the R10? Or, are there different zipper steps for the R10? Other ideas? Anyone? Anyone?
You need a kernel with the initrd neutered and it will work fine. If you PM TCF user jasch, he might send one to you.

[llowrey]

zipper doesn't work on R10
You need a CUSTOM Kernel to use hacks even with the odded PROM.

I'm pretty sure I don't understand this. Are you saying that I need a kernel that has been modded specifically for the R10? I did follow the Zipper instructions and loaded up the, supposedly modded, kernels from the PTV universal boot CD. Is that not sufficient?

If I need a special R10 kernel, is it something that I can get from somewhere, like the *other* forum?

[SteelersFan]

Anyone seen this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=281611)? Will the TyTools stuff work post Zipper? I'm not that familiar with this so any comments would be appreciated. :)

[slydog75]

Sorry can't talk about TyTools or similar tools on this site.

[SteelersFan]

Sorry can't talk about TyTools or similar tools on this site.
I do understand what you're saying. I wasn't asking what is does or how to do it. I was just wondering if any of you gurus thought these instructions looked legit and/or if I would mess up my boxes if I installed the tools.

[Tivogre]

Not sure about that. Sleep 30 just gives other processes a chance to start. Try 90 and see what happens.

Well, whatever the reason, changing "sleep 30" to "sleep 45" on my boxes allows crond to start successfully on reboot.

I also had to copy the root file from one of my boxes to the other 4. For some reason on 3 of the boxes, the root file only had 1 line for fakecall.

[NETGUY]

for the FA120 to get here

plugged it in ( rebooted the unit just to make sure ) and voila !!
telnettted in .. finished script and am logged in via web

waay cool folks

thanx to all for the hard work ..excellent job

..my "screen" link is not working everything else is fine ( even vserver ) works cool

thanx all

[Gunnyman]

tytools (whatever is is :rolleyes:) works fine :)
(so I hear)

[boostin4hp]

Hey guys need a little help, i followed mastersav directions for zipper to the T but im hanging on the powering up screen. Everything installs fine image and tools part. I have tried burning new cds I use nero 7 ultra edition i even tried burning in different formats. My ptv image is the one for the sd-dvr40. I even tried booting the tivo without linksys 200m in. I even tried loading the image to the drive with multiple computers. Tivo just sits at powering up for days. Hard Drive in tivo occasionly starts cranking then sits for a little then starts cranking again.

Tivo: hughes sd-dvr40
Hard Drive: New Seagate 200gb formated with seagate software w/ fat32 partition

[boostin4hp]

Also i forgot to add that the tivo was sleepered before on the original 40gb drive but that shouldn't matter right? Because i dont even have that drive in it anymore.

[DarthLister]

OK. With DTV's recently annouced move to lease only, I figured It's be time to either grab one more receiver (only one now) and a new Sa Tivo or a DTivo. I won't do without MVA (don't really care about TTG--nice, though). Question is: which DTVos are hackable to enable HMO and which aren't?

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere.. Haven't been on in a while.

Thanks,

RIch

[rpdre1]

Anyone seen this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=281611)? Will the TyTools stuff work post Zipper? I'm not that familiar with this so any comments would be appreciated. :)

I use TyTools everyday on my Zipper'd Dtivo. The only catch is TyTools won't extract encrypted recordings (recordings you have before you ran the Zipper).

[llowrey]

You need a kernel with the initrd neutered and it will work fine. If you PM TCF user jasch, he might send one to you.

I got a kernel from jasch, gzipped it, and loaded it on my zipper CD as vmlinux.px.gz. I ran the zipper on a fresh PTV InstantCake image and still got the blank white screen. This time I noted the following on the serial console.

Boot failed reason=65
Service number is 521000190CBXXXX.
What is password?

I then tried restoring the InstantCake image and then manually doing...

dd if=vmlinux.kx-3.1.5.hacked of=/dev/hdc7

Still got the white screen and the same message on the console.

Should I conclude that my "hacked" prom isn't hacked?

[rpdre1]

hmmm is 6.1 on that instantcake cd? do they sell instantcake for 6.1?

you have to make sure you are restoring a 6.1 not 6.2 image.

[llowrey]

hmmm is 6.1 on that instantcake cd? do they sell instantcake for 6.1?

you have to make sure you are restoring a 6.1 not 6.2 image.

Yeah, it's an R10 specific version of InstantCake. When restoring the image it listed the full 6.1 version number. The image works perfect if I leave it alone.

[rbautch]

I got a kernel from jasch, gzipped it, and loaded it on my zipper CD as vmlinux.px.gz. I ran the zipper on a fresh PTV InstantCake image and still got the blank white screen. This time I noted the following on the serial console.

Boot failed reason=65
Service number is 521000190CBXXXX.
What is password?

I then tried restoring the InstantCake image and then manually doing...

dd if=vmlinux.kx-3.1.5.hacked of=/dev/hdc7

Still got the white screen and the same message on the console.

Should I conclude that my "hacked" prom isn't hacked?
You dd'd it to the wrong location. Your kernel partition is hdc6 (assuming you correctly identified your root partition is hdc7).

[webbuzz]

Did you FTP a fresh copy of tweak.sh to your box? Did you use binary? I use SmartFTP, it worked great. Did you run the uninstall_tweak.sh then run tweak.sh? Let us know exactly what you tried and what error messages you got.

I did the following

uninstalled tweak.sh

used smartFTP to transfer tweak.sh from Rbautch's file

ran tweak.sh

Everything said it was installed, like the first time. It asked if I wanted tivowebPlus installed. I answered yes. It said it was installed


I will try it again in the morning.

Thanks again for your help and patience.

[stingerxxx]

Hey I was wondering, Can zipper still work without networking, i havent got a usb to eternet adapter yet.

[boostin4hp]

Hey guys need a little help, i followed mastersav directions for zipper to the T but im hanging on the powering up screen. Everything installs fine image and tools part. I have tried burning new cds I use nero 7 ultra edition i even tried burning in different formats. My ptv image is the one for the sd-dvr40. I even tried booting the tivo without linksys 200m in. I even tried loading the image to the drive with multiple computers. Tivo just sits at powering up for days. Hard Drive in tivo occasionly starts cranking then sits for a little then starts cranking again.

Tivo: hughes sd-dvr40
Hard Drive: New Seagate 200gb formated with seagate software w/ fat32 partition


Ok guys turned I was formating/partition the drive wrong, I used the seagate software that came with the drive, I was choosing to format for use with xp when i did the 8th time i choose windows me and worked perfectly! I was playing around with it for a few hours setting up season passes and for it to stream to my xbox which works damn well! The only problem is like after a hour I was just watching seinfield and the dam think reset and got stuck on powering up screen so i unplugged it for 30 seconds and plugged it back in. Now it just sits at the unleashed/almost there screen. I reset the tivo many of times after installing hacks so i dont think that anything changed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[boostin4hp]

Ok guys turned I was formating/partition the drive wrong, I used the seagate software that came with the drive, I was choosing to format for use with xp when i did the 8th time i choose windows me and worked perfectly! I was playing around with it for a few hours setting up season passes and for it to stream to my xbox which works damn well! The only problem is like after a hour I was just watching seinfield and the dam think reset and got stuck on powering up screen so i unplugged it for 30 seconds and plugged it back in. Now it just sits at the unleashed/almost there screen. I reset the tivo many of times after installing hacks so i dont think that anything changed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ok this is so weird i just let it sit for fives min. with the power and ethernet unplugged, plugged them back in and its working fine again. Weird but Cool!!!

[rbautch]

Hey I was wondering, Can zipper still work without networking, i havent got a usb to eternet adapter yet.No.

[boostin4hp]

Ok this is so weird i just let it sit for fives min. with the power and ethernet unplugged, plugged them back in and its working fine again. Weird but Cool!!!


Alright I can't figure this out why does my sd-dvr40 keep restaring then hanging in the middle of watching tv please read my past posts, there only like 5 above this. Ill be watching tv then it will ramdomly restart in the middle of the program and hang on powering up. . . If pull the power cord and leave it unplugged for a couple minutes it will boot up fine and then do the same thing all over again. Anyone who has had this problem please help, tell me whats wrong! Whats weird is that everything works completly fine telnet, ftp, tivoweb, and then all of a sudden it will reboot randomly. Any Help would be greatly appreciated!

[boostin4hp]

oh bye the whey the r15 sucks. . . Directv gave me one to replace my Hughes sd-dvr40 because the sleeper hack would randomly come up with the serious error green sceen. At first I was excited because its got a big hard drive but after using it for a month and bringing my broke ass sd-dvr40 out of the closet and doing the zipper hack to it I am again in love with tivo!!!

[boostin4hp]

Hey keep this on the dl but why does my once broke ass tivo get tv when im not paying a extra $5 for it?

[boostin4hp]

Alright somebody please help I was just watching tv and the tivo reset in the middle of a show, booted up and for the first time went to a green screen "you know a serious error has occured" it sat the for about 5 min. the reset again and now is stuck at powering up screen.

[boostin4hp]

Update. . . I unpluged the power cord once again and plugged it back in after a couple minutes and every thing is fine but I'm sure it will do the same thing again in a little bit, everything is functional that I can see telnet, ftp, tivoweb, etc. What is going on here?

[hpfanatic]

I have a HR10-250 that I just zippered twice. I am trying to use a Linksys USB200M adapter, but none of it's lights come on. I have rebooted the Tivo with it in, rebooted with it out then put it in, etc.. and nothing. I tried plugging in an old MS wireless one that works with my other regular SD DTivos, and the light comes on for a second, then goes out. Will neither one of them work with the HR10-250? I don't have a FA120. Is there a compatability list for adapters and this Tivo somewhere?

[SteelersFan]

What is going on here?
It probably has to do with a dieing HD not The Zipper. Look in the Upgrade Forum for further help. :)

[rbautch]

I have a HR10-250 that I just zippered twice. I am trying to use a Linksys USB200M adapter, but none of it's lights come on. I have rebooted the Tivo with it in, rebooted with it out then put it in, etc.. and nothing. I tried plugging in an old MS wireless one that works with my other regular SD DTivos, and the light comes on for a second, then goes out. Will neither one of them work with the HR10-250? I don't have a FA120. Is there a compatability list for adapters and this Tivo somewhere? Is your USB200M a version 1 or 2?

[Jefferson]

If you delete this file it will work:

/tivo/opt/tivo/musicphoto.prg.config


I started with a blank drive and an instantcake image, but zipper detects my tivo as hr10-250, when i have a sd-dvr40. Could I have gotten the wrong image or is this the same problem that rabeten was having?

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

this IS most likely the result of the wrong instant cake image.

[stingerxxx]

Hey guys, great job on zipper, From what I've read and seen looks like a top notch script. Now I just want to be able to access my DTVtivo using the USB port from my laptop and maybe pulla show or 2 off. WIll zipper do this or do I need something else. I have a drive with zipper inatalled but I haven't tried it out in my Box because I dont have adapter to connect to my network. For now I just want to By-pass the network side. So was wondering if not zipper what will allow me to use my laptop and usb to access it? Sorry if this is in wrong thread.

[hpfanatic]

I got mine figured out. I do have a USB200M version 1 after all, it was the network cable I was using that was bad. I now have it on my network and finishing the install.

[Jefferson]

this IS most likely the result of the wrong instant cake image.

looks like my image was old (3.1.1 i think) so i bought a new 6.2 image, but now i keep getting incomplete image restoration. It stoppes at 98.% and says "restoration failed: premature end of backup data."

i even wiped the drive with zeros and tried again. Same result. Any thoughts?

[Gunnyman]

how large a drive?

[lord-dogbert]

Alright I can't figure this out why does my sd-dvr40 keep restaring then hanging in the middle of watching tv please read my past posts, there only like 5 above this. Ill be watching tv then it will ramdomly restart in the middle of the program and hang on powering up. . . If pull the power cord and leave it unplugged for a couple minutes it will boot up fine and then do the same thing all over again. Anyone who has had this problem please help, tell me whats wrong! Whats weird is that everything works completly fine telnet, ftp, tivoweb, and then all of a sudden it will reboot randomly. Any Help would be greatly appreciated!


Had the same problem, really wreaked havoc on my recordings, thank the gods for merge.
1st go to hackman in twp and stop cron. I had constant odd reboots then actually ended up coinciding with the 5 minute checker. Let it run for a few days with cron off and see if that helps. Remember that cron will restart on reboot of Tivo.

2nd check for a huge season pass. Wife added a keyword wishlist for "christmas" at the end of November. There were WELL over 1000 entries however Tivo could only deal of 200 at a time. This caused a bunch of havoc on my sd-dvr120.

I've also heard of problems with the backported drivers for the hr10-250. Ran into this as well.

[Jefferson]

80 gb western digital.

[hpfanatic]

I got my HR10-250 all completely zipped and done and working perfectly. I then took the drive out and did a backup, and then used MFSADD to add on a 300gb drive as drive B. Seemed to be fine, no errors. Then I put both back in the DirecTivo and boot up. It goes to the Almost There screen for a few seconds, then I get the GSOD which reboots in about 5 seconds. It is now in an endless loop. I tried redoing the MFSADD, but got an error, Nothing To Add. I tried setting the jumpers on the drives to CS, but that did nothing. I was so close! What do I do now?

[Hick]

Thank you for your awsome script! I now have 2 of my 3 Tivos Zippered!
Here's a list of my netperf stats:
TCP STREAM TEST to 192.168.0.50
Recv Send Send Utilization Service Demand
Socket Socket Message Elapsed Send Recv Send Recv
Size Size Size Time Throughput local remote local remote
bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/s % S % S us/KB us/KB

131070 131070 131070 10.15 4.57 16.46 73.86 295.084 1324.467


Im scratching my head doing searches on a thread to help me decipher if the speeds are good? I am assuming I am getting 4.56mb/sec for speed, which seems slow, but I am able to copy files fairly quick from system to system. Are there any threads someone can point me to learn about netperf?

Everything worked great, I ran into the same problem that JoeBlow17 did with the large drive not accepting the image when restored from the zipper.sh script. I restored the image manually with -b instead of -x and loaded the extra partitions manually. Once I did that, I had no problems.

Here's the stats for my model as both units are identical:

SIR-S4080R
200 GB Drives
Zippered 1/11/2005
One has a Linksys USB100M
Other is an Acton Technologies F=MA 1046A (Some generic thing that I got with my RR cable modem but it works!)

[Gunnyman]

80 gb western digital.

ok which image?
if you got an 80 gig HD image, either buy a LARGER HD or a Smaller 40 hr image.

[Jefferson]

after the restoration problems, i tried the instantcake method, and it still didn't work. It got to about 96% restored and the computer hung. The compression information started going berzerk.

Well I re-downloaded the instantcake iso to see if I corrupted the file during download, i did get a 000001 file of a different size, so i burned a new tools disk, now i get a decomression error about 80% finished.

Only thing i can think is that i got a bad image. I'm going to check with PTV, as even the Instantcake method isn't working.

sorry i didn'd see your post. I am using the 6.2 instantcake image for the SD-DVR40 from PTVnet.

The very first zipper i ran was flawless on this drive, it was just the wrong image (3.1.1) when i changed to the 6.2 image, can't seem to restore the image.

[boostin4hp]

It probably has to do with a dieing HD not The Zipper. Look in the Upgrade Forum for further help. :)

Hey thanks for the reply but its a brand new hard drive.

[Jefferson]

Thanks Zipper guys!!!!

I finally downloaded instantcake a third time (this time through microblows IE instead of Firezilla) and the image worked great. I am now at the telnet stage.

Do i HAVE to do any telnetting? Do I need any of the enhancements right away? It seems that i cant use the Now Playing to watch anything. I don't have the phone hooked up. Do i have to make one call initally or can i ignore the phone line?

Sure wish i could use my wusb54g linksys adapter, it looks like i'll be digging around for a hunk of cat5 and hope i still have some ends laying around, so i can hardwire..

[ttodd1]

Hey thanks for the reply but its a brand new hard drive.


Doesn't mean it isn't bad/going bad.

[zgolfing]

Guys you are amazing, followed your instruction and all is working except this nagging error 51.

I ran the 51killer.tcl but it did not work?

tivosd-TiVo# 51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK
51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

This script will clear the error #51 nag from a hard drive that was transfered
from one tivo to another.

WARNING: Because the key generated for this nag is also used as part of the
encryption process for tystreams, any encrypted (scrambled) streams that you
currently have on the disk will be rendered useless!

Do you want to continue? (type yes or no):
y
Not changing anything.

[rbautch]

Hey guys, great job on zipper, From what I've read and seen looks like a top notch script. Now I just want to be able to access my DTVtivo using the USB port from my laptop and maybe pulla show or 2 off. WIll zipper do this or do I need something else. I have a drive with zipper inatalled but I haven't tried it out in my Box because I dont have adapter to connect to my network. For now I just want to By-pass the network side. So was wondering if not zipper what will allow me to use my laptop and usb to access it? Sorry if this is in wrong thread.Yes it will work with your laptop. Instead of entering the IP of your router, enter the IP of your laptop. Make sure you're using a cross-over cable.

[rbautch]

I got my HR10-250 all completely zipped and done and working perfectly. I then took the drive out and did a backup, and then used MFSADD to add on a 300gb drive as drive B. Seemed to be fine, no errors. Then I put both back in the DirecTivo and boot up. It goes to the Almost There screen for a few seconds, then I get the GSOD which reboots in about 5 seconds. It is now in an endless loop. I tried redoing the MFSADD, but got an error, Nothing To Add. I tried setting the jumpers on the drives to CS, but that did nothing. I was so close! What do I do now?Before you run the Zipper, install the image and marry the drives using instantcake. Then run the Zipper on the master drive only.

[rbautch]

after the restoration problems, i tried the instantcake method, and it still didn't work. It got to about 96% restored and the computer hung. The compression information started going berzerk.

Well I re-downloaded the instantcake iso to see if I corrupted the file during download, i did get a 000001 file of a different size, so i burned a new tools disk, now i get a decomression error about 80% finished.

Only thing i can think is that i got a bad image. I'm going to check with PTV, as even the Instantcake method isn't working.

sorry i didn'd see your post. I am using the 6.2 instantcake image for the SD-DVR40 from PTVnet.

The very first zipper i ran was flawless on this drive, it was just the wrong image (3.1.1) when i changed to the 6.2 image, can't seem to restore the image.A decompression error could indicate a bad CD burn. Are you using a well-worn CD-RW?

[colemanr]

Guys you are amazing, followed your instruction and all is working except this nagging error 51.

I ran the 51killer.tcl but it did not work?

tivosd-TiVo# 51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK
51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

This script will clear the error #51 nag from a hard drive that was transfered
from one tivo to another.

WARNING: Because the key generated for this nag is also used as part of the
encryption process for tystreams, any encrypted (scrambled) streams that you
currently have on the disk will be rendered useless!

Do you want to continue? (type yes or no):
y
Not changing anything.

It asked you to type "yes" or "no" and you typed "y". If you take a look at the script, it's specifically matching against "yes".

Rob

[dragonslayer]

Hello everyone.

Using http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html guide I did exactly, what it say on the website,

after mounting the cdrom, I try to run the zipper.sh file, It comes out with an message saying I don't have the tivotools.tar file in the tools CD, whereas I do have the tivotools.tar file in the tools CD......a little help will be great.

[boostin4hp]

Hello everyone.

Using http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html guide I did exactly, what it say on the website,

after mounting the cdrom, I try to run the zipper.sh file, It comes out with an message saying I don't have the tivotools.tar file in the tools CD, whereas I do have the tivotools.tar file in the tools CD......a little help will be great.

Happened to me burn new tools cd in joliet mode.

[boostin4hp]

Had the same problem, really wreaked havoc on my recordings, thank the gods for merge.
1st go to hackman in twp and stop cron. I had constant odd reboots then actually ended up coinciding with the 5 minute checker. Let it run for a few days with cron off and see if that helps. Remember that cron will restart on reboot of Tivo.

2nd check for a huge season pass. Wife added a keyword wishlist for "christmas" at the end of November. There were WELL over 1000 entries however Tivo could only deal of 200 at a time. This caused a bunch of havoc on my sd-dvr120.

I've also heard of problems with the backported drivers for the hr10-250. Ran into this as well.


Hey thanks for the reply, weird thing is that cron wasn't running and does not start at startup. when i start it manually with hackman i get no more reboots! Do you know why its not starting at startup?

[Cure]

Another quick question:

Seems to be a conflict between the rbautch 6.2 wireless directions and the Gunnyman Zipper directions: do you still need a wired or telnet connection to set up the wireless connection or can you use the wireless connector as soon as you put the drive back in the TiVo?

Thank you very much!

[tbaeten]

Hi guys,

I've done some searching and not found a similar problem. Zipper (1.3.4) thinks that my Hughes SD-DVR40 is a HR10-250 (if it only was). Unfortunately, its not but zipper applies the hacks incorrectly because of it.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks. Tim


I think its because I was running zipper on a NON-6.2 machine. It correctly detected my other system that is running 6.2.

Thanks for the help.

Tim

[hpfanatic]

Before you run the Zipper, install the image and marry the drives using instantcake. Then run the Zipper on the master drive only.

I was trying to save my recordings, but had to give up on that.

My problem seems to be the 300gb drive itself. Even though it shows no errors, SMART shows ok, etc, it will not work with this setup. Each time I use it, it screws with the volume headers on both drives and everything gets currupted.

I used an older 160gb drive I had and mfsrestored the backup zipped image and expanded in one step and it works perfect.

[rbautch]

Another quick question:

Seems to be a conflict between the rbautch 6.2 wireless directions and the Gunnyman Zipper directions: do you still need a wired or telnet connection to set up the wireless connection or can you use the wireless connector as soon as you put the drive back in the TiVo?

Thank you very much! You can use a wireless connection from the start.

[rbautch]

Hey thanks for the reply, weird thing is that cron wasn't running and does not start at startup. when i start it manually with hackman i get no more reboots! Do you know why its not starting at startup? Another user reported success by editing the author file to increase the sleep time before starting cron.

[boostin4hp]

Another user reported success by editing the author file to increase the sleep time before starting cron.

Hey thanks for the reply, yea i actually saw that post, just was wondering if there was a better way of fixing it.

[dragonslayer]

Happened to me burn new tools cd in joliet mode.

I used Nero to burn the tools cd, In nero only option is ISO 9660 + Joliet , I dont have a seperate option which say Joliet

[rbautch]

Are you sure you have tivotools.tar and not tivotools.tar.rar on your CD?

[dragonslayer]

Yes sir, I'm pretty sure, I have tivotools.tar instead of tivotools.tar.tar, I extracted using winrar & made sure I have just 1 extensions, instead of 2

[DTomas76]

OK... Either this has not been asked, or I am an idiot and just overlooked it (surprise! :eek: )...

Is there instructions/scripts/etc... anywhere on how to get a wireless connection configured and working??

I am swapping out a receiver for a DSR7000 on my kitchen set, and it would be much easier to use a wireless connection, than run another cat5 cable in this situation...
(Hey, if you are going to have a TiVo, why should it be lonely??)

FYI... The DSR7000 already has an upgraded drive installed (baked with InstantCake), and all of the Home Media stuff is working... (using an FA120 and a really long, ugly patch cable!)

I have a Netgear WG111 adaptor already, however if there is one that is easier to configure, I am not opposed to swapping it out.

THANKS!!!

/Dana
_________________________
- Hughes HDVR2 300hr FA120 - (MBR)
- Philips DSR7000 300hr FA120 - (LR)
- Philips DSR7000 160hr FA120 - (Study)
- Philips DSR7000 120hr FA120 - (GBR)

"I'd give up food before I gave up my TiVo...and I really don't watch that much TV!"

[Chimpware]

First let me start by saying the Zipper may be the best hack yet.

Now I am having an issue I cannot solve easily. I have 2 DTivos, both zippered. One works fine, ethernet connection, the other is wifi and no longer has tivoweb connection, or FTP or Telnet, but does support TivoTool on my Mac and can be seen from the other Tivo. A bit strange, any thoughts?

[rbautch]

OK... Either this has not been asked, or I am an idiot and just overlooked it (surprise! :eek: )...

Is there instructions/scripts/etc... anywhere on how to get a wireless connection configured and working??

I am swapping out a receiver for a DSR7000 on my kitchen set, and it would be much easier to use a wireless connection, than run another cat5 cable in this situation...
(Hey, if you are going to have a TiVo, why should it be lonely??)

FYI... The DSR7000 already has an upgraded drive installed (baked with InstantCake), and all of the Home Media stuff is working... (using an FA120 and a really long, ugly patch cable!)

I have a Netgear WG111 adaptor already, however if there is one that is easier to configure, I am not opposed to swapping it out.

THANKS!!!

/Dana
_________________________
- Hughes HDVR2 300hr FA120 - (MBR)
- Philips DSR7000 300hr FA120 - (LR)
- Philips DSR7000 160hr FA120 - (Study)
- Philips DSR7000 120hr FA120 - (GBR)

"I'd give up food before I gave up my TiVo...and I really don't watch that much TV!"
Wireless g adapters do not work with DTivos. If you use the Zipper it will configure wireless for you. If you tivo is already hacked, dowload the script from my sig. Search this thread for compatible wireless adapters.

[Tivogre]

Another user reported success by editing the author file to increase the sleep time before starting cron.

That was me.

As it turned out, that didn't solve the problem after all. While it LOOKED like cron was running at boot, it wasn't actually performing any of the timed functions from the crontab (root).

Ultimately, to get cron to work, I had to run the uninstall script and re-run the tweak script. After doing a buch more reading, and taking a look back at my logs from the first run, I saw that there were "issues" installing cron in the log. It seems that the instantcake image has some verison of cron pre-installed; it seems to confilct with the installation that the tweak script does.

Running the un-install script cleans up EVERYTHING with cron; the second time through I had no issues.

I did this on all 4 of my boxes; they are all now working properly.

***** To the ZIPPER authors*****

Since your instructions state to use the instantcake image, and that image seems to cause an issue with the way your install script installs cron, you may want to look at updating the script to properly clean-up the confilcting instantcake cron before installing your cron executables and directories.

***** End comment to ZIPPER authors *****

[rbautch]

Yes sir, I'm pretty sure, I have tivotools.tar instead of tivotools.tar.tar, I extracted using winrar & made sure I have just 1 extensions, instead of 2 Did you mount the tools disk as something other than "cdrom".

[rbautch]

That was me.

As it turned out, that didn't solve the problem after all. While it LOOKED like cron was running at boot, it wasn't actually performing any of the timed functions from the crontab (root).

Ultimately, to get cron to work, I had to run the uninstall script and re-run the tweak script. After doing a buch more reading, and taking a look back at my logs from the first run, I saw that there were "issues" installing cron in the log. It seems that the instantcake image has some verison of cron pre-installed; it seems to confilct with the installation that the tweak script does.

Running the un-install script cleans up EVERYTHING with cron; the second time through I had no issues.

I did this on all 4 of my boxes; they are all now working properly.

***** To the ZIPPER authors*****

Since your instructions state to use the instantcake image, and that image seems to cause an issue with the way your install script installs cron, you may want to look at updating the script to properly clean-up the confilcting instantcake cron before installing your cron executables and directories.

***** End comment to ZIPPER authors *****
On the instantcake image, I assume the cron installation is in /var/spool/cron? Where is the crond binary stored?

[dragonslayer]

Did you mount the tools disk as something other than "cdrom".

huh?....... nope, sorry for the stupid question how do I mount the tool disk, they dont say that in the guide.

[DTomas76]

Wireless g adapters do not work with DTivos. If you use the Zipper it will configure wireless for you. If you tivo is already hacked, dowload the script from my sig. Search this thread for compatible wireless adapters.

Thanks rbautch... I appreciate the help...

Are you using any wireless adapters? if so, which ones?

[rbautch]

huh?....... nope, sorry for the stupid question how do I mount the tool disk, they dont say that in the guide.Here it is...
D. Insert your Tools CD, and "mount it" by typing: mount /dev/hdX /cdrom (where X is the location of your CD drive, most likely c or d).

[zgolfing]

I did type "y" and I got this result

tivosd-TiVo# 51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK
51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

This script will clear the error #51 nag from a hard drive that was transfered
from one tivo to another.

WARNING: Because the key generated for this nag is also used as part of the
encryption process for tystreams, any encrypted (scrambled) streams that you
currently have on the disk will be rendered useless!

Do you want to continue? (type yes or no):
y
Not changing anything.

[Mr. Soze]

As said above by colemanr, try typing the word 'yes' not the letter 'y'.

[ke4sfq]

A few months ago I used the zipper and thought all was well but I just found a problem and wanted to know what I did wrong and how to fix it.

I wanted to keep my shows, settings etc.. and keep a backup so I dd'ed my 30Gb drive to a 120Gb drive. Then followed the instructions on the zipper site. All enhancements and programs seem to work great.

However today I noticed shows being deleted prematurely and after checking noticed it was only shoing 30Gb max.

Is there a way to expand now? and if not, what should I have done differently after using dd?

Thanks,
Kevin

[zgolfing]

Thanks typed "yes" and that worked fine!

You guys are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zgolfing]

Are there any scripts and tools for extracting

[SteelersFan]

Are there any scripts and tools for extracting
See post #2624 and the link in it.

[Gunnyman]

A few months ago I used the zipper and thought all was well but I just found a problem and wanted to know what I did wrong and how to fix it.

I wanted to keep my shows, settings etc.. and keep a backup so I dd'ed my 30Gb drive to a 120Gb drive. Then followed the instructions on the zipper site. All enhancements and programs seem to work great.

However today I noticed shows being deleted prematurely and after checking noticed it was only shoing 30Gb max.

Is there a way to expand now? and if not, what should I have done differently after using dd?

Thanks,
Kevin
you should have use mfsbackup|mfsrestore rather than DD DD doesn't EXPAND the image it just copies your old data. Check hinsdale's guide for details.

[ke4sfq]

you should have use mfsbackup|mfsrestore rather than DD DD doesn't EXPAND the image it just copies your old data.

Is it possible to use mfs... now after it has been zipper'ed to expand it to another drive for my TiVo or do I need to start over again with the original image?

Thanks,
Kevin

[gymnasia96]

can you upgrade a USB 1.1 to USB 2.0 by way of drivers?

[JoeyJoJo]

Gunny + Rbautch,

very simply :up:


Upgraded one of my DTivo's with a new drive and decided to use the zipper and enhancements since I was replacing the drive anyway. Worked flawlessly. Now on to the other one in the house to get MRV.

[Gunnyman]

Is it possible to use mfs... now after it has been zipper'ed to expand it to another drive for my TiVo or do I need to start over again with the original image?

Thanks,
Kevin
yes you can use mfs restore to expand your current drive onto another with no problems

[bommarkm]

When performing the zipper, how do I know what IP address to give my TiVo?

Thanks.

[Gunnyman]

give it one that is in your network's subnet or don't give it one at all if you are going to use DHCP.

[JoeyJoJo]

give it one that is in your network's subnet or don't give it one at all if you are going to use DHCP.

and to ask a question that I hope I know the answer to, if you do enter an IP, and then want to change to DHCP, you can just change it with tivoweb by going to the IP address you entered, right?

[Dan Collins]

A few months ago I used the zipper and thought all was well but I just found a problem and wanted to know what I did wrong and how to fix it.

I wanted to keep my shows, settings etc.. and keep a backup so I dd'ed my 30Gb drive to a 120Gb drive. Then followed the instructions on the zipper site. All enhancements and programs seem to work great.

However today I noticed shows being deleted prematurely and after checking noticed it was only shoing 30Gb max.

Is there a way to expand now? and if not, what should I have done differently after using dd?

Thanks,
KevinYou'll have to pull the drive again, and run :

mfsadd -x /dev/hdX

where hdX is the appropriate device to refer to your TiVo drive.

[Gunnyman]

yes
the netconfig module in tivoweb will take care of you :)
Just reboot the tivo (of course)

[CKramer]

First of all, you guys are awesome :-)
i have been thinking of hacking the tivo for the longest time. but always a bit scared to do it.
but when i saw the zipper i felt like taking a jump.

i did everything the script said. i got to a point where it started restoring the image.
and it stops gives me the following error

Restore failed: Decompression error

bootpath is /dev/hdb6
rootpath is /dev/hdb7
/dev.hdb7: Success

mount: you must specify the filesystem type


Can someone please help????? I am dying to get this to work

[yazyazoo]

Hello,
This is my first time making a new drive. I am using a brand new harddrive. I installed Instant cake on the HD. Created a boot CD. And made a Tools CD. HOwever the Tools says to burn in Joliet mode. I have Nero Express. Is there an option to make it in Joliet mode? I looked everywhere.

Anyways my problem is the step in running the Zipper and Mounting the CDrom.


At the PTVupgrade /# prompt i typed mount /dev/hdb/cdrom and get and error of can't find /dev/hdb/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab.

My tivo HD is on IDE 1 and is master.
My cdrom is IDE1 and is slave. therefore i though hdb would be the correct location.

Am I typing the command incorrectly or is my CD burned incorrectly?

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

[rbautch]

First of all, you guys are awesome :-)
i have been thinking of hacking the tivo for the longest time. but always a bit scared to do it.
but when i saw the zipper i felt like taking a jump.

i did everything the script said. i got to a point where it started restoring the image.
and it stops gives me the following error

Restore failed: Decompression error

bootpath is /dev/hdb6
rootpath is /dev/hdb7
/dev.hdb7: Success

mount: you must specify the filesystem type


Can someone please help????? I am dying to get this to workDecompression error usually means a bad CD burn. That may have in turn caused the filesystem type error.

[rbautch]

Hello,
This is my first time making a new drive. I am using a brand new harddrive. I installed Instant cake on the HD. Created a boot CD. And made a Tools CD. HOwever the Tools says to burn in Joliet mode. I have Nero Express. Is there an option to make it in Joliet mode? I looked everywhere.

Anyways my problem is the step in running the Zipper and Mounting the CDrom.


At the PTVupgrade /# prompt i typed mount /dev/hdb/cdrom and get and error of can't find /dev/hdb/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab.

My tivo HD is on IDE 1 and is master.
My cdrom is IDE1 and is slave. therefore i though hdb would be the correct location.

Am I typing the command incorrectly or is my CD burned incorrectly?

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.You need a space between hdb and cdrom. You also have an extra slash in there.

[sabotage]

Since your booting with the CD, its probably fine.

You need a space before /cdrom

mount /dev/hdb /cdrom

[rbautch]

I posted a new version of the Zipper that deletes existing cron installations if you select "yes" to a new cron install. Thanks to Tivogre for the suggestion. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3681310&&#post3681310) I made a few other tweaks which can now be found in the revision history included with the tools disk.

[charlestwaters]

I am having a problem! I am trying to do the Zipper thing and have done it twice! It goes all the way to the complete stage, but I am having the following issues...

Will you be using a Wireless adapter to connect this Tivo to your network?: Y

Zipper wireless support not yet available for the HR10-250
Wireless paramters will not be set... is the answer I get.

However, it still goes on to install the IP address I setup.

Once I reboot the Tivo, there is NO difference in screens or any kind of setup functions on my TiVo. Can someone help!?

Do I need to install an UB-Ethernet adapter like the Belkin, 1st? Or is there just something I am doing massivly wrong!?

Thanx!

[yazyazoo]

Rbautch and sabotage.

I am typing mount /dev/hdb /cdrom and i get the error of

mount: /dev/hdb: unknown device.

Just to make sure. There is a space after mount and a space before /cdrom?

Did I burn my Tools CD incorrectcly?

[Gunnyman]

mount (space) /dev/hdb (space) /cdrom

[yazyazoo]

Gunnyman,

I did that and I received this

mount: /dev/hdb: unknown device
PTVupgrade /# cursor

My cdrom is Master Slave so hdb should be correct right?

[ke4sfq]

yes you can use mfs restore to expand your current drive onto another with no problems

Thanks Gunnyman. That will be great!!
Kevin

[ttodd1]

I am having a problem! I am trying to do the Zipper thing and have done it twice! It goes all the way to the complete stage, but I am having the following issues...

Will you be using a Wireless adapter to connect this Tivo to your network?: Y

Zipper wireless support not yet available for the HR10-250
Wireless paramters will not be set... is the answer I get.

However, it still goes on to install the IP address I setup.

Once I reboot the Tivo, there is NO difference in screens or any kind of setup functions on my TiVo. Can someone help!?

Thanx!

There are no "special screens" afterwards. What are you looking for to setup?

[charlestwaters]

There are no "special screens" afterwards. What are you looking for to setup?

Basically, just to be able to do the network stuff. Telnet, etc. I will plug the 250 in again here right now, to see if the lights lit, but nothing happend, and I am assuming that's because it said "No Wireless Support"?

[Gunnyman]

Gunnyman,

I did that and I received this

mount: /dev/hdb: unknown device
PTVupgrade /# cursor

My cdrom is Master Slave so hdb should be correct right?
hda=primary master
hdb primary slave
hdc=secondary master
hdd=secondary slave
unless of course you have serial ATA then I dunno.
you can look at the boot up screen when the boot disc is booting and see what all your system detects and where it is located.

[Gunnyman]

Basically, just to be able to do the network stuff. Telnet, etc. I will plug the 250 in again here right now, to see if the lights lit, but nothing happend, and I am assuming that's because it said "No Wireless Support"?

correctomundo

[charlestwaters]

correctomundo

Bummer! Then do I plug an USB - Ethernet convertor in there to get Network Access?

[ttodd1]

Basically, just to be able to do the network stuff. Telnet, etc. I will plug the 250 in again here right now, to see if the lights lit, but nothing happend, and I am assuming that's because it said "No Wireless Support"?

Right which means you will have to do a wired connection for now (or the wired adapter to bridge that some are using).

[charlestwaters]

Right which means you will have to do a wired connection for now (or the wired adapter to bridge that some are using).

Perfect! I will go and purchase one now. Will most of the namebrands work? Also, is there a way to get wireless on that 250? Or am I still with Wired for quite awhile?

And bridges, you talking about like the Netgear Powerline Wall-Plugged Ethernet Bridge?

[ttodd1]

Perfect! I will go and purchase one now. Will most of the namebrands work? Also, is there a way to get wireless on that 250? Or am I still with Wired for quite awhile?

I have not done it. If you search abit I think you will find a few posts on it and the equipment that they are using.

[bnm81002]

I posted a new version of the Zipper that deletes existing cron installations if you select "yes" to a new cron install. Thanks to Tivogre for the suggestion. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3681310&&#post3681310) I made a few other tweaks which can now be found in the revision history included with the tools disk.




hey I like that revision history, very nice job :up: :up: :up:

[yazyazoo]

Thanks for the help guys figured out what was messing everything up. I had an IDE PCI card and it was screwing up the order of the cdrom and hard drives addresses. Got it going now. Thanks.

[charlestwaters]

okay. I just went to CompUSA and purchased a Belkin USB - Ethernet convertor. Now, here's my problem...

I Re-ran zipper, and gave it the same setting, and told it no, no wireless network.

I have tried both USB ports on the back of the HR10-250, and NOTHING seems to work. I have the 250 open and plugged into my TV with no feeds from the Sat plugged in, basically a t-shoot style setup. I can't ping the D*, and the light on the adapter doesn't blink, either.

Anyone have any suggestions!?

--- Charles!

What I have done:

Downloaded the original image from PTVNet for the 3.1.5f
Downloaded the PTVUpgrade CD, and burned
Downloaded the Tools CD
Downloaded Tivotools, Superpatch & set_mrv_name
Copied the hacked kernel to the Tools CD
My CD I burned look just like the image shown on the intructions
Followed all steps from this point on
DID NOT install a new image, using old original image. Already setup and has info. (If this needs to be done, not a problem)

Problems occur at step L.

[Hick]

Just thought I would share some testing I did.

Test Tivo=SIR-4080
Test FTP Client=SmartFTP

Download of 700 megabyte file from Zippered TIVO with USB 1.1 adapter = 575 KB/s sustained.
Download of 700 megabyte file from Zippered TIVO with USB 2.0 adapter = 1570 KB/s sustained.
Download of 700 megabyte file from Zippered TIVO with Wireless USB 1.1 adapter = 20 - 100 KB/s variable and file never finishes.

Adapters used:

USB 1.1 Wired Adapter=Linksys USB100M
USB 2.0 Wired Adapter=Netgear FA120
USB 1.1 Wireless Adapter=Siemens SpeedStream S1022 (802.11B w/no encryption)

The USB 2.0 drivers/adapters did make a big difference for me.

[lee espinoza]

i am getting this:Tivo HAck-bash# cd /hacks
Tivo HAck-bash# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y
Please enter the IP address of your router: 192.168.1.254
Setting DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf...

Done. Please re-run tweak.sh. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
Tivo HAck-bash# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]:


what is happening?

[lee espinoza]

ok i found this :
The fact that it's not recognizing the wget command means you probably did not add the /busybox directory to your PATH statement in your author file. Do that, reboot, and try again.
what do you mean by you probably did not add the /busybox directory to your PATH statement in your author file

what do I add and how do I get to my author file?

[Gunnyman]

lee if you can't do basic adjustments to to things like edit your author file, or even where the file is located, you haven't done enough reading about tivo basics.
Perhaps hacking isn't a great idea until you do so.

[Gunnyman]

okay. I just went to CompUSA and purchased a Belkin USB - Ethernet convertor. Now, here's my problem...

I Re-ran zipper, and gave it the same setting, and told it no, no wireless network.

I have tried both USB ports on the back of the HR10-250, and NOTHING seems to work. I have the 250 open and plugged into my TV with no feeds from the Sat plugged in, basically a t-shoot style setup. I can't ping the D*, and the light on the adapter doesn't blink, either.

Anyone have any suggestions!?

--- Charles!

What I have done:

Downloaded the original image from PTVNet for the 3.1.5f
Downloaded the PTVUpgrade CD, and burned
Downloaded the Tools CD
Downloaded Tivotools, Superpatch & set_mrv_name
Copied the hacked kernel to the Tools CD
My CD I burned look just like the image shown on the intructions
Followed all steps from this point on
DID NOT install a new image, using old original image. Already setup and has info. (If this needs to be done, not a problem)

Problems occur at step L.
Charles, there is a list of supported adapters at tivo.com/support.
The FA120 is the best bet.

[zgolfing]

I can telnet,
I can FTP,
I can run TyTools
But I cannot Browse to the unit?

Do I need to rerun zipper?

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

cannot browse the unit, as in tivoweb?
what happens when you enter your tivo's IP address in a web browser?

[charlestwaters]

Charles, there is a list of supported adapters at tivo.com/support.
The FA120 is the best bet.

So you think I did everything correctly, just have the wrong adapter!? Funny thing is I purchased this one because I'm familiar with it, and it's on TiVo's website listed as compatible!

So you think that's all it is!? Just an in-compatible U/E adapter!? The way I have done everything it should be working, correct!?

--- Charles!

[Gunnyman]

too lazy to read back,
did the belkin adapter light up?

[lee espinoza]

lee if you can't do basic adjustments to to things like edit your author file, or even where the file is located, you haven't done enough reading about tivo basics.
Perhaps hacking isn't a great idea until you do so.
if you don't want to help me than you don't have to but you don't have to a ***** about it. :rolleyes:

[lee espinoza]

ok got every working:

from bash:
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox

you should then be able to get vi working ad be able to edit your author file

[Gunnyman]

if you don't want to help me than you don't have to but you don't have to a ***** about. :rolleyes:
I wasn't being an a-hole Lee.
It's just common sense there buddy.
people will be much more willing to assist you if you've done a bit of homework 1st.
at any rate glad you figured it out.
:up:

[rbautch]

okay. I just went to CompUSA and purchased a Belkin USB - Ethernet convertor. Now, here's my problem...

I Re-ran zipper, and gave it the same setting, and told it no, no wireless network.

I have tried both USB ports on the back of the HR10-250, and NOTHING seems to work. I have the 250 open and plugged into my TV with no feeds from the Sat plugged in, basically a t-shoot style setup. I can't ping the D*, and the light on the adapter doesn't blink, either.

Anyone have any suggestions!?

--- Charles!

What I have done:

Downloaded the original image from PTVNet for the 3.1.5f
Downloaded the PTVUpgrade CD, and burned
Downloaded the Tools CD
Downloaded Tivotools, Superpatch & set_mrv_name
Copied the hacked kernel to the Tools CD
My CD I burned look just like the image shown on the intructions
Followed all steps from this point on
DID NOT install a new image, using old original image. Already setup and has info. (If this needs to be done, not a problem)

Problems occur at step L.
What model number is the adapter? Right now, the Zipper only loads HR10-250 drivers for adapters with the ax8817x chipset, including:
Linksys USB200M
Hawking UF200/TRENDnet TU2-ET100
NETGEAR FA120
D-Link DUB-E100

If you purchased a Belkin F5D5050, you might be able to get it work by replacing ax8817x.o with pegasus.o in the zipper.sh script. Otherwise, buy an FA120.

Note that 6.2 loads drivers automatically, so the limited list of adapters shown here only apply to the HR10-250. DirecTivos with 6.2 will work with any adapter shown on Tivo's list.

[captainjrl]

if you don't want to help me than you don't have to but you don't have to a ***** about it. :rolleyes:

I think he's being quite friendly. You should try asking the wrong kind of question on the other board if you want to get someone to rip your head off. Plenty of people who'll do it there. :D

[lee espinoza]

I think he's being quite friendly. You should try asking the wrong kind of question on the other board if you want to get someone to rip your head off. Plenty of people who'll do it there. :D
I been to the other board and they have been very nice to me.
I ask a Q&A and than they tell me how to fix it or what to search for to find what I need not "will if you don't know that than I guess your dumb and I am smart and will not help you".

[Gunnyman]

I been to the other board and they have been very nice to me.
I ask a Q&A and than they tell me how to fix it or what to search for to find what I need not "will if you don't know that than I guess your dumb and I am smart and will not help you".

and I didn't say that.
I suggested you do some more reading.
If you had (like maybe read the zipper guide especially where the original unguide is linked and referenced) you would have found your answer.
I didn't say you were dumb.
Dude the only one who has it in for you around here, is you.

[lee espinoza]

and I didn't say that.
I suggested you do some more reading.
If you had (like maybe read the zipper guide especially where the original unguide is linked and referenced) you would have found your answer.
I didn't say you were dumb.
Dude the only one who has it in for you around here, is you.
you could have been nice and said

"Lee search for <this> and you will find more info or here is link on how to fix this. NOT

lee if you can't do basic adjustments to to things like edit your author file, or even where the file is located, you haven't done enough reading about tivo basics.
Perhaps hacking isn't a great idea until you do so.


if you are going to do a guide on how to hack tivo and intend it for people with little or no knowledge on how to hack tivo you need to be more nice and not call people lazy and not look down on them just because they do not know what you know.

[Gunnyman]

Not going to dignify the above with a response.
Oops I just did. So I might as well finish....
I am NOT getting paid for any of this. And it's UP to ME how I respond to people, not you.
You have shown with your past questions, that you jumped in with both feet and expect the answers to just flow to you whenever you ask a question.
Bumping threads constantly, asking questions tht have been answered more han once, and then complaining about how I (who once knew as little as you seem to about this stuff) respond to the questions.
Now you have a couple of choices here.
1) enjoy your unhacked DTivo
2) slow down, do some reading, and understand what you are doing before running here when you get stuck.
That may make me sound like an ass, but so be it. I have very little patience when it comes to people who expect me or anyone else to provide free advice on something then criticize the advice they get.

[willardcpa]

...if you are going to do a guide on how to hack tivo and intend it for people with little or no knowledge on how to hack tivo you need to be more nice and not call people lazy and not look down on them just because they do not know what you know.
No good deed goes unpunished. :cool:

Note to self: Gunny's needs to be "more nice". And according to Lee he's apparently dumber than Gunny. :eek: Man, I really feel sorry for him if that's the case. :confused: :p

[yazyazoo]

Just put a new drive into my Tivo. I did the Zipper. I now have no locals and can't record! What happened? I guess I have to put my original drive in.

[willardcpa]

Your locals will come back within a day or so. As to not being able to record you probably need to do a 51killer.tcl on it, look that up with a search.

[Gunnyman]

reboot the tivo and you should be able to record
your locals will come back on their own in ~24 hrs.
If you need them back immediately you can call 1800 directv and enter extension 711 to get your card re-authorized.
The error 51 thing has been discussed a few times. If rebooting doesn't fix it, connect to tivo via telnet and execute 51killer.tcl

[GAM]

I was doing some reading on the other forum concerning removing 30 second skip from the Superpatch67. It seems you can just delete the line of code in the Superpatch67. If I do this do I need to uninstall and reinstall the enhancement script or can you just run the Superpatch67.tcl and reboot?

[Gunnyman]

you need to restore your original tivoapp, then run your modified superpatch file.

[GAM]

So the enhancement script does not have to be touched at all?

[kimsan]

Gunnyman & rbautch,

Thanks so much for the efforts you've put into making and supporting the Zipper. I've been meaning to do all this forever, but threads on the "other" forum can result in brain hemmoraging. I was happy with sneaker-netting my HR10-250 to wherever it was needed, but knew there was a better way.

1. If I read correctly, after Zippering, encryption will be turned off by default? That'll save some effort when it comes to installing Those verY special tools.

2. USB wireless adapters are currently a no-go for HR10, but one of those listed in post #2377 coupled with a wireless bridge would be a winner?

That's it for my preZipper questions.

My brain hurts for reading this whole thread today. I can imagine how you guys feel keeping up with it!

Thanks again.

[Gunnyman]

So the enhancement script does not have to be touched at all?
correct

[lord-dogbert]

2. USB wireless adapters are currently a no-go for HR10, but one of those listed in post #2377 coupled with a wireless bridge would be a winner?

.


Wireless bridge with a linksys usb200m works perfect for my 2 remote tivo's.

[GAM]

correct

Thank you sir once again for your timely responses and also for your ongoing support of the mighty zipper!!

[Gunnyman]

Gunnyman & rbautch,

Thanks so much for the efforts you've put into making and supporting the Zipper. I've been meaning to do all this forever, but threads on the "other" forum can result in brain hemmoraging. I was happy with sneaker-netting my HR10-250 to wherever it was needed, but knew there was a better way.

1. If I read correctly, after Zippering, encryption will be turned off by default? That'll save some effort when it comes to installing Those verY special tools.

2. USB wireless adapters are currently a no-go for HR10, but one of those listed in post #2377 coupled with a wireless bridge would be a winner?

That's it for my preZipper questions.

My brain hurts for reading this whole thread today. I can imagine how you guys feel keeping up with it!

Thanks again.
Correct on both counts.