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

[Gunnyman]

I can't see why it isn't working other than bootpage or kernel issues.

[kudron]

I can't see why it isn't working other than bootpage or kernel issues.

Can you please point me in the right direction to fix this mess?

[Gunnyman]

I thought I had. :(
re-zipper
a re-image shouldn't be needed
pay very close attention to what the tool says your active partition is and make sure there are no errors when it copies the kernel you got from the 5 dollar boot cd making sure it's version 3.1.5

[rpdre1]

He is using a WRT54G. If you have one, make sure it is version 4 or earlier. Version 5 is a crippled redesign.

Look at the first 4 letters of the serial #. The serial # should be on the bottom of the box.

CDF0 = wrt54g v1.0
CDF1 = wrt54g v1.0
CDF2 = wrt54g v1.1
CDF3 = wrt54g v1.1
CDF5 = wrt54g v2.0
CDF7 = wrt54g v2.2
CDF8 = wrt54g v3.0
CDF9 = wrt54g v3.1
CDFA = wrt54g v4.0
CDFB = wrt54g v5.0

The best free firmware in my opinion is dd-wrt, just google it, I can't post the url yet, b/c I am new to the forum.

I currently use my second one as a bridge to my mac mini and my squeezebox. Works terrific.


HyperWRT is the best for a newbie, it's built around the original linksys firmware... if you're just looking to make add some options like WET (wireless ethernet bridge mode), hyperwrt+tofu or hyperwrt+thibor is for you.

http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=25

checkout this thread there: Which WRT54G/GS do I have.

also, check out this firmware comparison: http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=31

[DarthOverlord]

I never tried the HyperWRT, b/c I found the features on the DD-WRT (the former modded Sveasoft) firmware to be too nice to pass up. I run Kaid off the router for my X-Box, WDS, have VPN capability and much more.

When I first started using the modified Alchemy fw, HyperWRT was not as developed. I see many of the features are the same, but I have not dealt with HyperWRT to compare.

[DarthOverlord]

Just looked at the HyperWRT links. It looks very interesting. The project has come along alot farther than when I last looked a year ago.

I just finished upgrading to Alchemy 23b and I am not in the mood to troubleshoot my wireless connections while I am playing with my Tivos.

[medicjim]

Does the Zipper work on the Toshiba RS-TX20 or RS-TX60? What additions or hacks would be added to the system with this hack?

[dkchandler]

Gunnyman, Thanks again....
Okay, I do have another question...
I have ptvlba48-3.0.iso will this version still work on a DTivo Series 2, or do I need to download ver 4.01????

Thanks.....

[Gunnyman]

Gunnyman, Thanks again....
Okay, I do have another question...
I have ptvlba48-3.0.iso will this version still work on a DTivo Series 2, or do I need to download ver 4.01????

Thanks.....
as long as it has a killhdinitrd kernel version 3.1.5 it will work.

[yazyazoo]

I am tryin to run the sh tweak.sh and it is telling my that my telnet client is adding extra line feeds. What do i do?

[Gunnyman]

fire up telnet
type set crlf
hit enter
then do open and your tivo's IP address

[kudron]

I can't see why it isn't working other than bootpage or kernel issues.

I re-downloaded a PTV boot disk. It appears the kernel is newer than the one I was using. I re-ran zipper but I am still stuck at the power on screen.

BTW, zipper reports my active partition as hda7.

Still searching and reading....

[Gunnyman]

you used the kernel from the s2kernels/3.1.5 directory correct?

[bengalfreak]

Does anyone know the difference between a Netgear FA-120R and a FA-120SE. Justdeals.com has the SE in stock at $22.95. The R model is listed at $12.95 but is out of stock currently.

[Tivogre]

Does anyone know the difference between a Netgear FA-120R and a FA-120SE. Justdeals.com has the SE in stock at $22.95. The R model is listed at $12.95 but is out of stock currently.

R is refurbished stock.

[Tivogre]

fire up telnet
type set crlf
hit enter
then do open and your tivo's IP address


I think you mean unset crlf.

[Gunnyman]

I think you mean unset crlf.
yes yes I did
long day :D
unset crlf

[bob hanby]

all I'd like to know a lot about tHE ZIPPER IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE , VERY, VERY INTERESTING.....WHEN DO WE GET THE DETAILS OF THIS MARVEL OF INTELLIGENT THOUGHT. THIS PRODUCT MIGHT JUST REPLACE ALL THE WEAPONS ON EARTH , ZIP THEM UP NICELY AND THROWN THEM INTO THE OCEAN OR VOLCANO, OR SOMETHING.

[Tivogre]

all I'd like to know a lot about tHE ZIPPER IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE , VERY, VERY INTERESTING.....WHEN DO WE GET THE DETAILS OF THIS MARVEL OF INTELLIGENT THOUGHT. THIS PRODUCT MIGHT JUST REPLACE ALL THE WEAPONS ON EARTH , ZIP THEM UP NICELY AND THROWN THEM INTO THE OCEAN OR VOLCANO, OR SOMETHING.

:rolleyes:

[Gunnyman]

proof yet again that Crack and TCF don't mix.

[rbautch]

Does anyone know the difference between a Netgear FA-120R and a FA-120SE. Justdeals.com has the SE in stock at $22.95. The R model is listed at $12.95 but is out of stock currently. R is reburbished. SE is new. I don't think it has anything to do with the adapter itself.

[yazyazoo]

I ran the enhancement script and said yes to everything. However when I hooked up the tivo I still can't record.. So I tried to reconnect my tivo to my computer and now I can't telnet into the tivo.

What is wrong?

[kudron]

you used the kernel from the s2kernels/3.1.5 directory correct?

That is correct. However, I can't get the new ptv boot disk to boot. I've burned three disks to no avail. Does it matter if the kernel on the boot disk is an old version as long as the kernel on the zipper tools disk is the proper one?

It's probably something simple, but I have been working on this all day for 12 hours. Maybe I just need a break. There is always the Instantcake 6.2, but I really would like to keep my recordings.

In the meantime, I put the original 30gig disk with 3.1.1 back in. Boy, are those menus slow...

[Gunnyman]

That is correct. However, I can't get the new ptv boot disk to boot. I've burned three disks to no avail. Does it matter if the kernel on the boot disk is an old version as long as the kernel on the zipper tools disk is the proper one?

It's probably something simple, but I have been working on this all day for 12 hours. Maybe I just need a break. There is always the Instantcake 6.2, but I really would like to keep my recordings.

In the meantime, I put the original 30gig disk with 3.1.1 back in. Boy, are those menus slow...
it can make a difference IF your boot disk doesn't properly recognize drives over 137 GB in size but other than that, no no difference.

[rbautch]

That is correct. However, I can't get the new ptv boot disk to boot. I've burned three disks to no avail. Does it matter if the kernel on the boot disk is an old version as long as the kernel on the zipper tools disk is the proper one?

It's probably something simple, but I have been working on this all day for 12 hours. Maybe I just need a break. There is always the Instantcake 6.2, but I really would like to keep my recordings.

In the meantime, I put the original 30gig disk with 3.1.1 back in. Boy, are those menus slow...Are you burning the CD in iso 9660 mode or joliet mode?

[rbautch]

I ran the enhancement script and said yes to everything. However when I hooked up the tivo I still can't record.. So I tried to reconnect my tivo to my computer and now I can't telnet into the tivo.

What is wrong?
You cant run the enhancement script unless you are connected to your tivo with a telnet session. I'm confused. Try to be more specific.

[pluto]

:)
Following the image expansion on my 160 drive it reports 141 hours. On completion of the zipper & enhancements the info screen on the tivo shows 120 hours variable? I assume that the 3.1.5. kernel was installed, because it reported 141 hours. :confused:

Any ideas why the I am not seeing 140+ hours? (Zipper install (otherwise working great)
Thanks for the Zipper! :)
Pluto

Rbautch & Gunny
Any ideas?

[Gunnyman]

short easy explaination is this:
mfsrestore uses tivo BASIC (standalone) quality for its estimates of new space.
Tivo has reserved space for its "clips" yellow star ads and the like.
This space is not a fixed amount of space it is a percentage of total space.
120 hrs variable is pretty normal.
Did you see 140 plus hrs on the system info screen too or just mfsrestore?

[pluto]

Only on mfs restore - have not seen on system screen.
Pluto

[Gunnyman]

ok then, your Tivo is fine :)

[bnm81002]

Are you burning the CD in iso 9660 mode or joliet mode?





how can I go about doing this? I've been using send to D: (my cd-rw drive) and it says "files ready to be written to CD", I ok it and it writes the files to the CD, I checked the CD and all the files from the tools disk are on the CD :confused:
thanks

[slydog75]

You cannnot use the windows 'send to' function to make this CD.. YOu need a program (I use Nero Burning Rom) to make a bootable ISO disk.

[kudron]

Are you burning the CD in iso 9660 mode or joliet mode?

I am attempting to create the CD in Joliet mode with Nero and CD Burner XP Pro3 and none of them will boot properly. I've made six coasters already.

Make that seven...

Man this is frustrating...

[stevecon]

Gunny -

You might want to include in the instructions to have folks to delete X hours of shows in SD mode / Y hours of shows in HD mode, to ensure there is ample space for the zipper & scripts to run / install. I suspect those of us who've had "Suggestions" enabled have full or pretty full HDs (as was my case while trying to run the zipper script). If you already have it in there & I missed it - never mind <grin>

[Gunnyman]

actually tivo software partioned are separate from the mfs partitions where recordings are stored.
The tivo software partitions are a fixed size and the same no matter how much recording space is used up.

[stevecon]

actually tivo software partioned are separate from the mfs partitions where recordings are stored.
The tivo software partitions are a fixed size and the same no matter how much recording space is used up.

How / why did I get a message to the effect of "Disk full" ??

I reinstalled it to my TiVO and deleted some recordings & tried again - no more message. Weird.

[rbautch]

I am attempting to create the CD in Joliet mode with Nero and CD Burner XP Pro3 and none of them will boot properly. I've made six coasters already.

Make that seven...

Man this is frustrating...The boot disk should be burned in ISO 9660 mode.

[Finnstang]

I am attempting to create the CD in Joliet mode with Nero and CD Burner XP Pro3 and none of them will boot properly. I've made six coasters already.

Make that seven...

Man this is frustrating...
Also, make sure you are selecting "Burn from image" in the menu. Or whatever the wording is. You can't just make it a data cd. You should be creating two separate disks. The Boot disk which needs to be burned as an image, and the tools cd, which needs to be burned in Joliet mode.

[kudron]

Also, make sure you are selecting "Burn from image" in the menu. Or whatever the wording is. You can't just make it a data cd. You should be creating two separate disks. The Boot disk which needs to be burned as an image, and the tools cd, which needs to be burned in Joliet mode.

Now I am even more confused (if that's even possible :confused: ). I burned the tools disk in windows xp pro with the Sonic applet that came with my DVD burner. The tools disk worked fine (or so I thought). Its the boot disk that I am having trouble with.....

[Gunnyman]

what does your boot disk look like when you explore it's contents in Windows XP?

[kudron]

what does your boot disk look like when you explore it's contents in Windows XP?

_LIVE
_MENU
ISOLINUX
S1_KERNE
S2_KERNE
AUTORUN
PTSTART

First five are folders

[kudron]

I am such an idiot....

I was extracting the PTV iso file, then trying to copy the files to the cd.

I copied the iso file into Nero and I get a boot disk.

I am soooo embarassed. I am sorry for the frustration and confusion that I may have caused.

Now to try and repair my tivo drive...

[Gunnyman]

:up: :up:

[bengalfreak]

I am such an idiot....


Yup.

And every single one of us has been there multiple times. Welcome to the club. :)

[kudron]

However, I am still stuck at the powering up screen.

In looking over my notes, when I upgraded to 6.2 via Dellanave's slices instructions, at the end of the upgrade process, the program told me that my active partition was hdc4, but when I run zipper, or do a df command, I'm told that my active partition is hdc7. Does this matter, and if so, how do I change the active partition to 4?

[kudron]

Yup.

And every single one of us has been there multiple times. Welcome to the club. :)

Thanks, er I think. Hell of an initiation to this club....

[Gunnyman]

kudron sounds like your bootpage wasn't properly flipped during the slice procedure.
follow the instructions from my original guide at http://www.thewallens.net/tivo/tivo_unguide.html to mount your tivo partitions and see which one the 6.2 software is actually installed on. After that, you can manually FLIP the bootpage and get going again.

[mightydave]

I've zippered and installed the new zippered drive into my new HR10-250.

Everything boots up fine and works. Sidenote, I get ALL my locals OTA. Sweet Jesus.

So, I've got a couple of USB200Ms that I thought I'd use to move to the telnet step. No luck. Do I need a different one first before I load the USB 2.0 drivers? If so, I'm SOL.

I've also got a USB100tx but I get no lights when I plug it in. At least with the 200m, I get lights. Any ideas?

BTW, can't telnet at all to it. That's why I'm assuming it's the usb thing.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Gunnyman]

You need a Netgear FA120

[mightydave]

That's the only one that'll work?

This not being able to record anything is killing me.

[Gunnyman]

not the ONLY one
but certainly the best/easiest to find

[mightydave]

Is it a USB 1.1 vs. USB 2.0 thing?

If so, why wouldn't my TX work? It's what I use on one of my other hacked TiVos.

[Gunnyman]

its 1.1 vs 2.0 AND teh fact that very few drivers are actually IN teh 6.2 software.
You mentioned this is a new unit, does it have recordings on it you don't want to lose?
If not, just do a clear and delete everything. This will clear up the "hardware error" (51)
And you will be able to record again.
If so, have you tried a reboot?
51killer should have taken care of that for you.

[mightydave]

well now I'm worried.

I did restart the system earlier. I'm still getting the error.

This is a new unit. If my wife didn't want to watch American Idol in HD tonight I'd be doing a clear and delete right now.

So, the TX will NOT work. Is that correct?

[Gunnyman]

is it the error 51? or the please call to activate service error?

[ebetzler]

I am doing a single drive upgrade on Hughes SD40
Original 40gb to new 300gb

Using PTV LBA48 boot disk
I successfully did a mfsbackup ... | mfsrestore ... -s 300 -r 4
then: tpip --swapped -s /dev/hdz

go to run zipper: sh zipper.sh

when it get to the "mount" part, it fails, says "tivo" already exists??

what am I missing here?

[Gunnyman]

did you reboot your PC after the restore?

[mightydave]

error 51

[mightydave]

and now it's stuck on Powering Up

[CKramer]

i have a wrt54gs but wrt54g works too (instead of thibor, you run tofu12: http://www.polarcloud.com/tofu/ ) i suggest you read the linksysinfo.org forum

remember you will still need a fa120 or another usb ethernet adaptor.

seems like i am s.o.l man.
the linksys router i have is v5 which is not compatible with tofu.

as gunnyman suggested, bought belkin 7230 but that thing came out to be v5000.

someone please help me finding the right router. if u guys have an extra router lying around which is the right version for tivo, i am ready to pay you.
or if u can redirect me someplace where i can get the right one.

i just want to complete this project... :confused: :confused: :confused:

[mightydave]

I'm clearing and deleting now. It's been working for quite a while - maybe a little over an hour.

I assume Guided setup will happen next, but if all is well, i shouldn't have the 51 error. Is that correct?

If I do get the error, will I need to rezipper?

[lee espinoza]

I'm clearing and deleting now. It's been working for quite a while - maybe a little over an hour.

I assume Guided setup will happen next, but if all is well, i shouldn't have the 51 error. Is that correct?

If I do get the error, will I need to rezipper?


did you read this part? M. Open a windows command prompt and type:

telnet -t vt100 tivoipaddress

...where tivoipaddress is the IP address you entered in Step I. This should give you a bash prompt that
looks like this: bash-2.02# If you get an error #51 on your tv screen, IGNORE IT, and proceed to the next
step. If the error persists after you reboot, enter the following command: tivosh /busybox/51killer.tcl Do
not do a "clear and delete everything", even if the Instantcake directions tell you to.


http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html

[ebetzler]

did you reboot your PC after the restore?

My bad, reboot fixed problem.

Next up, I successfully installed zipper on SD40 using new 300gb drive upgraded from 40gb master.
I tested the wireless and it worked great! how cool!

So, I got ambitious, and immediately went to upgrade my living room HDVR2 running 6.2 with a 120gb drive.
Installed zipper just fine.
Put drive back in TIVO, tivo boots fine and works fine.
Wireless adapter's link light blinks consistently and I am unable to talk to tivo.

Any advice?

[mightydave]

I'm clearing and deleting because Gunny suggested it. Did you see that part?

I can't telnet in so I'm technically not even to that step yet.

I figured the USB100TX would work since it's worked on my other hacked TiVos.

I'm now going through guided setup again, btw.

[lee espinoza]

I'm clearing and deleting because Gunny suggested it. Did you see that part?

I can't telnet in so I'm technically not even to that step yet.

I figured the USB100TX would work since it's worked on my other hacked TiVos.

I'm now going through guided setup again, btw.
no :D sorry

[mightydave]

Oh yeah!!!!

Clear and Delete
-------------------
Guided Setup
-------------------
USB200M finally works BEFORE I did the telnet stuff
-------------------
telnet in - run the enhancement scripts!
-------------------
LIFE IS GOOD.

I'm going to install vserver now and get TivoTool tested. Now this will be fun.

Thanks for all the help everyone!

[lee espinoza]

Oh yeah!!!!

Clear and Delete
-------------------
Guided Setup
-------------------
USB200M finally works BEFORE I did the telnet stuff
-------------------
telnet in - run the enhancement scripts!
-------------------
LIFE IS GOOD.

I'm going to install vserver now and get TivoTool tested. Now this will be fun.

Thanks for all the help everyone!
good to hear :up: :up:

[lee espinoza]

I just hacked my tivo with the zipper but I see none of the hacks:
bash-2.02#ps
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 root 424 S init
2 root SW [keventd]
3 root SWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
4 root SW [kswapd]
5 root SW [bdflush]
6 root SW [kupdated]
7 root 1256 S /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
44 root 796 S /sbin/syslogd -p /var/dev/log -m 10000
46 root 644 S /sbin/klogd
58 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
61 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
63 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
64 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
65 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
66 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
67 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
68 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
80 root 1280 S /tvbin/fancontrol -background
83 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
85 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
86 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
88 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
89 root 4464 S mfsd
90 root 4464 S mfsd
91 root 4464 S mfsd
92 root 4464 S mfsd
93 root 4464 S mfsd
119 root 5476 S shmemd
120 root 5476 S shmemd
121 root 5476 S shmemd
122 root 5476 S shmemd
123 root 5476 S shmemd
124 root 3840 S mcp
125 root 3840 S mcp
126 root 3840 S mcp
127 root 3840 S mcp
128 root 3840 S mcp
129 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
130 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
131 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
132 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
133 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
134 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
135 root 4124 S huxley
136 root 4124 S huxley
137 root 4124 S huxley
138 root 4124 S huxley
139 root 4124 S huxley
140 root 4124 S huxley
141 root 4992 S SystemServices
142 root 4992 S SystemServices
143 root 4992 S SystemServices
144 root 4992 S SystemServices
145 root 4992 S SystemServices
146 root 4992 S SystemServices
147 root 5372 S tcphonehome
149 root SW [khubd]
152 root 5372 S tcphonehome
153 root 5372 S tcphonehome
154 root 5372 S tcphonehome
155 root 5372 S tcphonehome
163 root 5372 S tcphonehome
164 root 5372 S tcphonehome
165 root 5372 S tcphonehome
166 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
167 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
168 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
169 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
170 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
171 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
172 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
173 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
174 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
177 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
178 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
179 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
180 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
181 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
182 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
183 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
184 root 7360 S ApgManager
185 root 7360 S ApgManager
186 root 7360 S ApgManager
187 root 7360 S ApgManager
188 root 7360 S ApgManager
189 root 7360 S ApgManager
190 root 7360 S ApgManager
191 root 7360 S ApgManager
192 root 10552 S myworld
193 root 10552 S myworld
194 root 10552 S myworld
195 root 10552 S myworld
196 root 10552 S myworld
197 root 10552 S myworld
198 root 10552 S myworld
199 root 10552 S myworld
200 root 10552 S myworld
201 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
202 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
203 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
204 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
205 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
206 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
207 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
208 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
209 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
210 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
211 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
212 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
213 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
214 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
215 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
216 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
217 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
218 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
219 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
220 root 10552 S myworld
221 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
222 root 10552 S myworld
223 root 10552 S myworld
224 root 10552 S myworld
225 root 10552 D myworld
226 root 10552 S myworld
227 root 10552 S myworld
228 root 10552 S myworld
229 root 10552 S myworld
230 root 10552 S myworld
231 root 10552 S myworld
232 root 10552 S myworld
233 root 10552 S myworld
234 root 10552 S myworld
235 root 10552 S myworld
236 root 10552 S myworld
237 root 10552 S myworld
238 root 10552 S myworld
239 root 10552 S myworld
240 root 10552 S myworld
241 root 10552 S myworld
242 root 10552 S myworld
243 root 10552 S myworld
244 root 10552 S myworld
245 root 10552 S myworld
246 root 276 S /sbin/mpg321 -i -a /dev/brcmpcm1 -g 75 -T -G 10 -R xx
247 root 7360 S ApgManager
248 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
249 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
250 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
251 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
252 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
253 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
254 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
260 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
262 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
263 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
264 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
265 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
266 root 1012 S /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
267 root 1096 S /bin/bash
269 root 520 S /sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login
273 root 356 S tivoftpd
285 root 1052 S /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
376 root 1200 S /bin/bash -login
418 root 740 R ps
441 root 436 S sleep 3600


caller id TivoWebPlus endpad+ ect...

[Gunnyman]

Oh yeah!!!!

Clear and Delete
-------------------
Guided Setup
-------------------
USB200M finally works BEFORE I did the telnet stuff
-------------------
telnet in - run the enhancement scripts!
-------------------
LIFE IS GOOD.

I'm going to install vserver now and get TivoTool tested. Now this will be fun.

Thanks for all the help everyone!

Glad everything is working :)

[webbuzz]

I am back after a couple of weeks of not being able to play around.

Still having problems when starting TWP. The error is below

bash-2.02# twp
starting Tivowebplus
bash-2.02# TivoWebPlus Project - v1.2.1
The program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This program is licensed under the GPL.
See the 'copyright' and 'README' files for copyright and credit information.
couldn't open socket: address already in use
while executing
"socket -server ::session $http_port"
(file "/var/hack/tivowebplus/httpd-tt.tcl" line 795)

I have done the following.

1)sh uninstall_tweak.sh
2) FTPd tweak.sh using filezilla in binary mode
3) reinstalled tweak.sh
4)FTPd new copy of TivoWebPlus using Filezilla in binary.

Error above is the result.

I am probably missing/screwing up a step :confused:

Any help would be appreciated

[CKramer]

Does any of you have an idea where can i find Belkin 7230-4 v2000 or v3000.

i have surfed best buy, circuitcity, compusa, even ordered from amazon, never got any of them.

What are my other alternatives? I currently have a linksys wrt54g v5 for my home wireless network. i dont mind changing that as well.

Any help is appreciated.

[webbuzz]

I am using the following without any problems

Netgear FA120
Netgear XE102 wall-plugged Ethernet Bridge.


Why do you want another wi-fi router? just curious

[Finnstang]

I am back after a couple of weeks of not being able to play around.

Still having problems when starting TWP. The error is below

bash-2.02# twp
starting Tivowebplus
bash-2.02# TivoWebPlus Project - v1.2.1
The program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This program is licensed under the GPL.
See the 'copyright' and 'README' files for copyright and credit information.
couldn't open socket: address already in use
while executing
"socket -server ::session $http_port"
(file "/var/hack/tivowebplus/httpd-tt.tcl" line 795)

I have done the following.

1)sh uninstall_tweak.sh
2) FTPd tweak.sh using filezilla in binary mode
3) reinstalled tweak.sh
4)FTPd new copy of TivoWebPlus using Filezilla in binary.

Error above is the result.

I am probably missing/screwing up a step :confused:

Any help would be appreciated

Why are you ftp'ing a new copy of TWP? I thought the tweak.sh script sets up TWP already. I had an issue with one app that gave me teh "address already in use" error, and it was because I already had an instance of it running and I din't know it. Have you done a ps to see if it is already running?

[captainjrl]

Are you sure that Best Buy and Circuit City don't have them? I thought I saw it available on both of their websites..

[CKramer]

I am using the following without any problems

Netgear FA120
Netgear XE102 wall-plugged Ethernet Bridge.


Why do you want another wi-fi router? just curious

well, belkin can be used as a wireless bridge (but only v 2000 and 3000)
with linksys one can apply a 3rd party firmware and have that work as a bridge as well.

but i didn't see on forum anyone using the wall plugged ethernet bridge.
How does it work for you?

[webbuzz]

Why are you ftp'ing a new copy of TWP? I thought the tweak.sh script sets up TWP already. I had an issue with one app that gave me teh "address already in use" error, and it was because I already had an instance of it running and I din't know it. Have you done a ps to see if it is already running?

I thought I read a post where rbautch suggested to do so. To be honest all of the posts in here are making my head spin :D


here is the PS

ps
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 root 496 S init
2 root SW [keventd]
3 root RWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
4 root SW [kswapd]
5 root SW [bdflush]
6 root SW [kupdated]
44 root 600 S /sbin/syslogd -p /var/dev/log -m 10000
46 root 452 S /sbin/klogd
58 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
61 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
62 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
63 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
64 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
65 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
66 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
67 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
80 root 656 S /tvbin/fancontrol -background
83 root 1784 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
85 root 1784 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
86 root 1784 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
88 root 1784 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
89 root 4188 S mfsd
90 root 4188 S mfsd
91 root 4188 S mfsd
92 root 4188 S mfsd
93 root 4188 S mfsd
119 root 5080 S shmemd
120 root 5080 S shmemd
121 root 5080 S shmemd
122 root 5080 S shmemd
123 root 5080 S shmemd
124 root 3584 S mcp
125 root 3584 S mcp
126 root 3584 S mcp
127 root 3584 S mcp
128 root 3584 S mcp
129 root 6024 S dbgc-mcp
130 root 6024 S dbgc-mcp
131 root 6024 S dbgc-mcp
132 root 6024 S dbgc-mcp
133 root 6024 S dbgc-mcp
134 root 6024 S dbgc-mcp
135 root 3884 S huxley
136 root 3884 S huxley
137 root 3884 S huxley
138 root 3884 S huxley
139 root 3884 S huxley
140 root 3884 S huxley
141 root 4432 S SystemServices
142 root 4432 S SystemServices
143 root 4432 S SystemServices
144 root 4432 S SystemServices
145 root 4432 S SystemServices
146 root 4432 S SystemServices
147 root 4980 S tcphonehome
149 root SW [khubd]
152 root 4980 S tcphonehome
153 root 4980 S tcphonehome
154 root 4980 S tcphonehome
155 root 4980 S tcphonehome
163 root 4980 S tcphonehome
164 root 4980 S tcphonehome
165 root 4980 S tcphonehome
166 root 4524 S PassKeyComponent
167 root 4524 S PassKeyComponent
168 root 4524 S PassKeyComponent
169 root 4524 S PassKeyComponent
170 root 4524 S PassKeyComponent
171 root 4664 S KnownHostComponent
172 root 4664 S KnownHostComponent
173 root 4664 S KnownHostComponent
174 root 4664 S KnownHostComponent
177 root 4664 S KnownHostComponent
178 root 4484 S NetworkVideoService
179 root 4484 S NetworkVideoService
180 root 4484 S NetworkVideoService
181 root 4484 S NetworkVideoService
182 root 4484 S NetworkVideoService
183 root 4484 S NetworkVideoService
184 root 7076 S ApgManager
185 root 7076 S ApgManager
186 root 7076 S ApgManager
187 root 7076 S ApgManager
188 root 7076 S ApgManager
189 root 7076 S ApgManager
190 root 7076 S ApgManager
191 root 7076 S ApgManager
192 root 9536 S myworld
193 root 9536 S myworld
194 root 9536 S myworld
195 root 9536 S myworld
196 root 9536 S myworld
197 root 9536 S myworld
198 root 9536 S myworld
199 root 9536 S myworld
200 root 9536 S myworld
201 root 9536 S myworld
202 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
203 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
204 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
205 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
206 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
207 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
208 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
209 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
210 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
211 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
212 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
213 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
214 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
215 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
216 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
217 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
218 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
219 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
220 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
221 root 9536 S myworld
222 root 1172 S /tvbin/dssappAV
223 root 9536 S myworld
224 root 9536 S myworld
225 root 9536 S myworld
226 root 9536 S myworld
227 root 9536 S myworld
228 root 9536 S myworld
229 root 9536 S myworld
230 root 9536 S myworld
231 root 9536 S myworld
232 root 9536 S myworld
233 root 9536 S myworld
234 root 9536 S myworld
235 root 9536 S myworld
236 root 9536 S myworld
237 root 9536 S myworld
238 root 9536 S myworld
239 root 9536 S myworld
240 root 9536 S myworld
241 root 9536 S myworld
242 root 9536 S myworld
243 root 9536 S myworld
244 root 9536 S myworld
245 root 9536 S myworld
246 root 4 S /sbin/mpg321 -i -a /dev/brcmpcm1 -g 75 -T -G 10 -R xx
247 root 7076 S ApgManager
248 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
249 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
250 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
251 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
252 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
253 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
254 root 4248 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
260 root 1780 S RendezvousClient
262 root 9536 S myworld
263 root 1780 S RendezvousClient
264 root 1780 S RendezvousClient
265 root 1780 S RendezvousClient
266 root 1780 S RendezvousClient
270 root 524 S tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login
272 root 372 S tivoftpd
273 root 772 S /bin/bash
285 root 400 S /busybox/netserver
287 root 460 S ./ncidd
288 root 3036 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --call-prog --program /var/
292 root 3036 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --call-prog --program /var/
293 root 3036 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-g

Should there be so many dups?

[webbuzz]

well, belkin can be used as a wireless bridge (but only v 2000 and 3000)
with linksys one can apply a 3rd party firmware and have that work as a bridge as well.

but i didn't see on forum anyone using the wall plugged ethernet bridge.
How does it work for you?

Works great so far!

I connected one to a wireless PC upstairs and checked the throughput and it was better than the wi-fi.

Newegg has the XE102 (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833122063) for $45.99

BestBuy was $59

[Gunnyman]

I thought I read a post where rbautch suggested to do so. To be honest all of the posts in here are making my head spin :D


here is the PS
snipped....

ivocid --no-g

Should there be so many dups?

yep totally normal.

[Gunnyman]

I am back after a couple of weeks of not being able to play around.

Still having problems when starting TWP. The error is below

bash-2.02# twp
starting Tivowebplus
bash-2.02# TivoWebPlus Project - v1.2.1
The program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This program is licensed under the GPL.
See the 'copyright' and 'README' files for copyright and credit information.
couldn't open socket: address already in use
while executing
"socket -server ::session $http_port"
(file "/var/hack/tivowebplus/httpd-tt.tcl" line 795)

I have done the following.

1)sh uninstall_tweak.sh
2) FTPd tweak.sh using filezilla in binary mode
3) reinstalled tweak.sh
4)FTPd new copy of TivoWebPlus using Filezilla in binary.

Error above is the result.

I am probably missing/screwing up a step :confused:

Any help would be appreciated
from bash
do a twprs
this will quit and restart twp.

[webbuzz]

Gunnyman,

Any idea why I get a "socket already in use" error when trying to start TWP?

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

Does any of you have an idea where can i find Belkin 7230-4 v2000 or v3000.

i have surfed best buy, circuitcity, compusa, even ordered from amazon, never got any of them.

What are my other alternatives? I currently have a linksys wrt54g v5 for my home wireless network. i dont mind changing that as well.

Any help is appreciated.


I found them ON THE SHELF at CC but not on the website.
Since the model is out of production, Ebay wil likely be the best bet.

[webbuzz]

from bash
do a twprs
this will quit and restart twp.

Posted at the same time..Sorry about that

[Gunnyman]

Gunnyman,

Any idea why I get a "socket already in use" error when trying to start TWP?

Thanks
because it's already running
see my above post

[CKramer]

Are you sure that Best Buy and Circuit City don't have them? I thought I saw it available on both of their websites..

They both do. I even bought from them, but they were not the right version. Only v2000 and 3000 have the ability to use the router as a bridge.

For some wierd reason, Belkin altered it in the next version.

[webbuzz]

because it's already running
see my above post

w00t! It works :up:

Thank you again gunny!

[CKramer]

I found them ON THE SHELF at CC but not on the website.
Since the model is out of production, Ebay wil likely be the best bet.

Sorry to keep on bother you Gunny. but anyway to look the image of the box and look for specific markers that differentiate the versions?

On ebay, i haven't found anyone listing the version number

[webbuzz]

Sorry to keep on bother you Gunny. but anyway to look the image of the box and look for specific markers that differentiate the versions?

On ebay, i haven't found anyone listing the version number

It would be on a label on the unit/box with Serial# and Part Number then V 1.XX etc

[Gunnyman]

the version number is easy to find it's listed on the back of the box :)
I also saw on the 1st page of lsitings in Ebay a version 3000
Also a seller should be able to tell you the version number it's on the bottom of teh router as well :)

[kudron]

kudron sounds like your bootpage wasn't properly flipped during the slice procedure.
follow the instructions from my original guide at http://www.thewallens.net/tivo/tivo_unguide.html to mount your tivo partitions and see which one the 6.2 software is actually installed on. After that, you can manually FLIP the bootpage and get going again.

Gunny,

I printed out the instructions and did the bootpage commands (changing the active partition to hdc4, is that what you meant by flipping the bootpage?)

Now I am stuck in a bootup loop at the welcome screen. A quick search of the forums yielded negative results.

[Gunnyman]

Kudron if your 6.2 partition is on /hdc4 while the the tivo HD is in the PC,
your bootpage command must look like this
bootpage -P "root=/dev/hda4 dsscon=true console=2,115200 upgradesoftware=false" -C /dev/hda
note that you use hda4 not hdc4 because the tivo HDwill indeed be /dev/hda when it is IN the tivo.

also remember to verify the correct partition by using step 8 of the guide
8. Verify that you have the correct system partition mounted by doing:
cd /tivo/etc/rc.d now do:
ls
if you see these files/directories, you have the right system partition mounted
StageA_PreKickstart
StageB_PostKickstart rc.arch
StageC_MediaInitialization rc.sysinit
StageD_PreMfs
StageE_PreApplication
StageF_ApplicationLaunch

[kudron]

Kudron if your 6.2 partition is on /hdc4 while the the tivo HD is in the PC,
your bootpage command must look like this
bootpage -P "root=/dev/hda4 dsscon=true console=2,115200 upgradesoftware=false" -C /dev/hda
note that you use hda4 not hdc4 because the tivo HDwill indeed be /dev/hda when it is IN the tivo.

also remember to verify the correct partition by using step 8 of the guide

OK, I had changed the command to hdc because that was the way I had setup my hd in my PC. I'll go back and re-run the command.

I did see the directories/files, but one of them was named slightly different. I believe it was StageB _PostKickstart rc.arch - I believe mine was named StageB_PostKickstart.rc

[Gunnyman]

that's fine those directories only exist on a 6.2 install so you are indeed in the correct partition.

[mcornell]

Sorry to keep on bother you Gunny. but anyway to look the image of the box and look for specific markers that differentiate the versions?

On ebay, i haven't found anyone listing the version number

CKramer, I just bought (still waiting for delivery) the WRTG54 from Circuit City on line. The page said it was version 2.1, but now that I'm thinking about it I'm hoping that the version they listed as 2.1 was in fact the version of the router and not something else entirely....we'll see in a couple of days.

-Mike

[CKramer]

CKramer, I just bought (still waiting for delivery) the WRTG54 from Circuit City on line. The page said it was version 2.1, but now that I'm thinking about it I'm hoping that the version they listed as 2.1 was in fact the version of the router and not something else entirely....we'll see in a couple of days.

-Mike

I picked it up this weekend and found out it was version 5. When you get it, at the bottom of the box, check out the serial number, if it begins with CDFB, it is version 5.
It was listed as 2.1 at the store. I dont know what does that 2.1 stands for.

I am going to return mine today and probably get the netgear powerline adapter to make the tivo work temporarily till i get the belkin from ebay.

btw. Gunny, thanx for pointing the v 3000 item out on ebay. I have bid on it. lets see what happens.

[kudron]

Gunny,

Changed hdc to hda and all went well. Booted up fine, however the remote control commands were very slow, as were the telnet and ftp commands.

I then took the drive back out, ran zipper, saw that zipper identified the active partition as hda7, and now I am stuck at the welcome page again. I suspect that zipper changed the bootpage to hda7, so do I have to go back and change it from hda7 to hda4?

[Gunnyman]

something is re-flipping your bootpage for some reason
was this unit SLEEPERED? by any chance?

[kudron]

something is re-flipping your bootpage for some reason
was this unit SLEEPERED? by any chance?

No it was not.

I changed the bootpage to hda4, it booted up fine, but I can not telnet in. I can ftp into it though, but I can not run the zipper - ?hacks? is empty.

How does zipper determine what is the active directory? Than seems to be where the bootpage is being changed, I would guess.

[Gunnyman]

No it was not.

I changed the bootpage to hda4, it booted up fine, but I can not telnet in. I can ftp into it though, but I can not run the zipper - ?hacks? is empty.

How does zipper determine what is the active directory? Than seems to be where the bootpage is being changed, I would guess.

this section of the zipper script determines boot partition
############# MOUNT TIVO DRIVE AND DETERMINE PARTITIONS ######################
root="`/cdrom/bootpage -b /dev/hd$location | cut -c17-20`"
boot=$(($root-1))
sleep 2
bootpath="/dev/hd$location$boot"
rootpath="/dev/hd$location$root"
echo "Your root filesystem is located on $rootpath"
sleep 2
echo "Your boot partition is $bootpath"
sleep 2
echo "Mounting tivo drive..."
sleep 2
cd /
mkdir tivo
mount $rootpath tivo
after you modified bootpage manually did you do bootpage -p (lowercase) to make sure it took?

[kudron]

this section of the zipper script determines boot partition
############# MOUNT TIVO DRIVE AND DETERMINE PARTITIONS ######################
root="`/cdrom/bootpage -b /dev/hd$location | cut -c17-20`"
boot=$(($root-1))
sleep 2
bootpath="/dev/hd$location$boot"
rootpath="/dev/hd$location$root"
echo "Your root filesystem is located on $rootpath"
sleep 2
echo "Your boot partition is $bootpath"
sleep 2
echo "Mounting tivo drive..."
sleep 2
cd /
mkdir tivo
mount $rootpath tivo
after you modified bootpage manually did you do bootpage -p (lowercase) to make sure it took?

Yes I did, everything looked fine...

[Gunnyman]

russ?
I'm out of ideas.

[ebetzler]

I successfully installed zipper on SD40 using new 300gb drive upgraded from 40gb master.
I tested the wireless and it worked great! how cool!

So, I got ambitious, and immediately went to upgrade my living room HDVR2 running 6.2 with a 120gb drive.
Installed zipper just fine.
Put drive back in TIVO, tivo boots fine and works fine.
Wireless adapter's link light blinks consistently and I am unable to talk to tivo.

Any advice?

Gunny..anyone..can you help me out with this?
Zipper is installed, I haven't run the enhancement script yet since I can't telnet in.
I know my wireless settings are correct because I used them on the install of my other DVR and everything was fine (except used a different static IP this time)
Why is my link light blinking? (WUSB11)
Do I need to back things out and start over? If so, how do I undo the zipper?

[Gunnyman]

did you use DHCP on your network?
if NOT, and your tivo is a copy from another, and both are on teh network, you are having an IP address conflict.

[ebetzler]

did you use DHCP on your network?
if NOT, and your tivo is a copy from another, and both are on teh network, you are having an IP address conflict.

My router is setup for DHCP.
The other TIVO is not even plugged in, but DID work with my network config when it was.

[bengalfreak]

Works great so far!

I connected one to a wireless PC upstairs and checked the throughput and it was better than the wi-fi.

Newegg has the XE102 (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833122063) for $45.99

BestBuy was $59


justdeals.com is selling the XE102 for $24.95 with free shipping. This unit is refurbished.

I was wondering if anyone was using the Netgear WGE101 wireless bridge with the Netgear FA-120 on their DTivo with MRV? And if so, what kind of thruput are you getting?

[Gunnyman]

My router is setup for DHCP.
The other TIVO is not even plugged in, but DID work with my network config when it was.
is this a different adapter than the one that works on the other Tivo?

[rbautch]

russ?
I'm out of ideas. The Zipper uses the bootpage command to determine your active root partition, so try changing your bootpage manually to hda4, and then run the bootpage -b command manually to check it. If that works, enter this command to see if accurately reports the root partition: root="`/cdrom/bootpage -b /dev/hda | cut -c17-20`"; echo $root

[rbautch]

My router is setup for DHCP.
The other TIVO is not even plugged in, but DID work with my network config when it was. Do you have a WEP key enabled on your router?

[ebetzler]

Gunny..Same adapter.

Rbautch..WEP is disabled.

[Gunnyman]

sometimes adapters get a firmware modification when they encounter 2.0 drivers. is the adapter the same one or just another of the same model?

[ebetzler]

Exactly the same adapter.
Should I do a serial bash connection and run enhancement script?
Doesn't that install USB 2.0 drivers?

[rbautch]

It doesn't install usb2.0 drivers unless you tell it to. Run the enhancement script through serial, and watch as it echoes back your network parameters. Then run /enhancements/setSSIDwep.tcl to confirm/change your wireless settings.

[Dan Collins]

...I was wondering if anyone was using the Netgear WGE101 wireless bridge with the Netgear FA-120 on their DTivo with MRV? And if so, what kind of thruput are you getting?
That is exactly my set up on the DSR-704 in my family room. I get around 12Mbits/sec with WPA enabled.

[ranc0r]

Hi.

First thanks to everyone that put together the Zipper hack and the Enhancement Script. It was great to follow a few simple directions and have a fully set up dtivo. Thanks!

Now, I Zippered and Enhanced my HDVR2 a few weeks ago. I used a 160gb drive that I have previously used dd to move partitions from my original 40gb drive. I mention this, but I did use Instacake to install a fresh 6.2 image on the drive before I ran the Zipper.

My problem is now my Now Playing screen is super slow in showing recordings, especially if I go into a group then go back out to the main Now Playing screen. I get the green background screen and I can scroll up and down, but the actuall text items don't show for 30-45seconds or more.

Does anyone know what could be wrong with my tivo. The amount of recordings doesn't seem to affect the slowness. I've uninstalled the enhancement script and reinstalled it, but that didn't change the situation.

Thanks for any suggestions you have in advance!

[Gunnyman]

yes seach this forum for empty NPL for the solution

[mcornell]

Hi all. I've been lurking on this forum for a week or two, then finally decided to try the hack on DTivo. I just received my 120GB Maxtor hard drive from Staples today and was very excited to get started after reading all the post here.

I burned my disks and stuck the boot CD in just to check that it would boot to linux. Everything was cool. I then opened my Dell case (IDE 0 has 2 120 GB HDs and IDE 1 has 1 DVD R and one DVD+RW) I just unplugged the ribbon cable from the mother board for for IDE0 and then plugged the one that came with the new HD into the board and the new HD into the other end and plugged in the power.

I booted to Linux, mounted the tools CD and ran Zipper. it asked where my Tivo HD was and I said 'a'. It found the image I put on the tools CD and I selected 'y'. It then came back with the message "/dev/hda: no such device or address" then it gave me an error that it could open the device for writing the image.

I then re-ran zipper and selected 'b'...same thing. I then unplugged the original HDs and used the original cable with my new HD plugged in.

I tried every combination of location on the cable with every jumper setting but still got the same message when zipper attempted to write the image to the new HD.

I'm stumped (as well as pissed and embarrassed), but I need some help.

much appreciated,

-Mike

[mskreis]

I zippered my HR10-250 several weeks ago and its been running without any obvious difficulties. I would like to connect it to the phone line for caller id.

I've been checking the phone status daily and the call is always listed as being made at 9:20 PM which I understand is correct. However, the next scheduled call is always the next day, not 6 days in the future. How do I trouble shoot this?

[rbautch]

Hi all. I've been lurking on this forum for a week or two, then finally decided to try the hack on DTivo. I just received my 120GB Maxtor hard drive from Staples today and was very excited to get started after reading all the post here.

I burned my disks and stuck the boot CD in just to check that it would boot to linux. Everything was cool. I then opened my Dell case (IDE 0 has 2 120 GB HDs and IDE 1 has 1 DVD R and one DVD+RW) I just unplugged the ribbon cable from the mother board for for IDE0 and then plugged the one that came with the new HD into the board and the new HD into the other end and plugged in the power.

I booted to Linux, mounted the tools CD and ran Zipper. it asked where my Tivo HD was and I said 'a'. It found the image I put on the tools CD and I selected 'y'. It then came back with the message "/dev/hda: no such device or address" then it gave me an error that it could open the device for writing the image.

I then re-ran zipper and selected 'b'...same thing. I then unplugged the original HDs and used the original cable with my new HD plugged in.

I tried every combination of location on the cable with every jumper setting but still got the same message when zipper attempted to write the image to the new HD.

I'm stumped (as well as pissed and embarrassed), but I need some help.

much appreciated,

-Mike
That's odd. Try to manually install the image with the following command: mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi /cdrom/000001 /dev/hda. If you get the same error, either your ide cable is bad, or the boot disk is not recognizing your drive.

[rbautch]

I zippered my HR10-250 several weeks ago and its been running without any obvious difficulties. I would like to connect it to the phone line for caller id.

I've been checking the phone status daily and the call is always listed as being made at 9:20 PM which I understand is correct. However, the next scheduled call is always the next day, not 6 days in the future. How do I trouble shoot this? Search the beginning the enhancement script thread (in my sig) for cron troubleshooting tips.

[gnut]

I dont post much here cause I read allot and everything you guys say works! But I have a issue with the hardware problem. I did the 51killer.tcl and below is what it came back with. Looks like it is missing some files somewhere and damn if I can find them. Any help appreciated!

sh /busybox/51killer.tcl
/busybox/51killer.tcl: EnableTransactionHoldoff: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: gets: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/busybox/51killer.tcl: line 29: `}'

[mcornell]

That's odd. Try to manually install the image with the following command: mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi /cdrom/000001 /dev/hda. If you get the same error, either your ide cable is bad, or the boot disk is not recognizing your drive.

Thanks, I'll give that a try tomorrow. the wife and kids are asleep and if it doesn't work there's going to be some cursing....don't want to wake them up. :)

I don't think it's the cable because I treid the one my compter came with (and I'm using now) as well as the one out of the new HDs box.

Maybe I'm having a different type of issue, becasue I also tested using an on 10GB harddrive I have, and I got the same message.

I'll also try ripping open an old desktop I have and try it on that. hopefully it can boot off of CD.....

Thanks again, I'll post with more questions or with the fix.

-Mike

[rbautch]

You might also try burning a new boot disk, just in case that's the issue.

[rbautch]

I dont post much here cause I read allot and everything you guys say works! But I have a issue with the hardware problem. I did the 51killer.tcl and below is what it came back with. Looks like it is missing some files somewhere and damn if I can find them. Any help appreciated!

sh /busybox/51killer.tcl
/busybox/51killer.tcl: EnableTransactionHoldoff: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: puts: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: gets: command not found
/busybox/51killer.tcl: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/busybox/51killer.tcl: line 29: `}'
sh is only used for shell scripts. tcl scripts get run with tivosh, like this:tivosh /busybox/51killer.tcl

[gnut]

Ok, Ok, Gimme a break, been a long day. Chasing a 6 year old around town.

Thanks rbautch, I knew I was losing it!

[mskreis]

Search the beginning the enhancement script thread (in my sig) for cron troubleshooting tips.

I checked CRONLOG-MAIN and found nothing usefull except these two lines:


Wed Jan 25 09:22:02 UTC 2006 cron.test.out deleted
Wed Jan 25 09:22:03 UTC 2006 cron logs wiped

cron.test.out had entries every 5 minute for Jan 25.


I noticed that there are 2 fakecall.tcl files. One present in /busybox and the other in /enhancements (the one in busybox is date jan 22 and the one in enhancements sep 26).

Any specific suggestions?

[kudron]

The Zipper uses the bootpage command to determine your active root partition, so try changing your bootpage manually to hda4, and then run the bootpage -b command manually to check it. If that works, enter this command to see if accurately reports the root partition: root="`/cdrom/bootpage -b /dev/hda | cut -c17-20`"; echo $root

I did manually change the bootpage to hda4, but when I ran zipper, it reported the active bootpage as hda7. Then the drive would not boot (stuck on welcome screen). I then changed the bootpage again to hda4, the tivo booted up, but when I ftp into it, the hacvks are not there.

[bnm81002]

You cannnot use the windows 'send to' function to make this CD.. YOu need a program (I use Nero Burning Rom) to make a bootable ISO disk.




I used the Nero Burning Rom but I can't burn the Boot CD to a blank CD, I have tried 3 different CD-RW discs and none have burned correctly, it says "burn disc failed" what do I have to do to get the Boot CD burned to a CD? do I have to use a CD-R disc and not a CD-RW to burn an ISO image file?
I burned the Tools Disk w/o any problems on a CD-RW disc, thanks for any help

[rbautch]

I did manually change the bootpage to hda4, but when I ran zipper, it reported the active bootpage as hda7. Then the drive would not boot (stuck on welcome screen). I then changed the bootpage again to hda4, the tivo booted up, but when I ftp into it, the hacvks are not there. So what happened when you manually entered the command in the last post?

[lee espinoza]

I just hacked my tivo with the zipper but I see none of the hacks:
bash-2.02#ps
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 root 424 S init
2 root SW [keventd]
3 root SWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
4 root SW [kswapd]
5 root SW [bdflush]
6 root SW [kupdated]
7 root 1256 S /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
44 root 796 S /sbin/syslogd -p /var/dev/log -m 10000
46 root 644 S /sbin/klogd
58 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
61 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
63 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
64 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
65 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
66 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
67 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
68 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
80 root 1280 S /tvbin/fancontrol -background
83 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
85 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
86 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
88 root 4084 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground -platform trinity
89 root 4464 S mfsd
90 root 4464 S mfsd
91 root 4464 S mfsd
92 root 4464 S mfsd
93 root 4464 S mfsd
119 root 5476 S shmemd
120 root 5476 S shmemd
121 root 5476 S shmemd
122 root 5476 S shmemd
123 root 5476 S shmemd
124 root 3840 S mcp
125 root 3840 S mcp
126 root 3840 S mcp
127 root 3840 S mcp
128 root 3840 S mcp
129 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
130 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
131 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
132 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
133 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
134 root 4768 S dbgc-mcp
135 root 4124 S huxley
136 root 4124 S huxley
137 root 4124 S huxley
138 root 4124 S huxley
139 root 4124 S huxley
140 root 4124 S huxley
141 root 4992 S SystemServices
142 root 4992 S SystemServices
143 root 4992 S SystemServices
144 root 4992 S SystemServices
145 root 4992 S SystemServices
146 root 4992 S SystemServices
147 root 5372 S tcphonehome
149 root SW [khubd]
152 root 5372 S tcphonehome
153 root 5372 S tcphonehome
154 root 5372 S tcphonehome
155 root 5372 S tcphonehome
163 root 5372 S tcphonehome
164 root 5372 S tcphonehome
165 root 5372 S tcphonehome
166 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
167 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
168 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
169 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
170 root 4872 S PassKeyComponent
171 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
172 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
173 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
174 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
177 root 4776 S KnownHostComponent
178 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
179 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
180 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
181 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
182 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
183 root 4892 S NetworkVideoService
184 root 7360 S ApgManager
185 root 7360 S ApgManager
186 root 7360 S ApgManager
187 root 7360 S ApgManager
188 root 7360 S ApgManager
189 root 7360 S ApgManager
190 root 7360 S ApgManager
191 root 7360 S ApgManager
192 root 10552 S myworld
193 root 10552 S myworld
194 root 10552 S myworld
195 root 10552 S myworld
196 root 10552 S myworld
197 root 10552 S myworld
198 root 10552 S myworld
199 root 10552 S myworld
200 root 10552 S myworld
201 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
202 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
203 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
204 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
205 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
206 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
207 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
208 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
209 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
210 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
211 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
212 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
213 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
214 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
215 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
216 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
217 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
218 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
219 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
220 root 10552 S myworld
221 root 1576 S /tvbin/dssappAV
222 root 10552 S myworld
223 root 10552 S myworld
224 root 10552 S myworld
225 root 10552 D myworld
226 root 10552 S myworld
227 root 10552 S myworld
228 root 10552 S myworld
229 root 10552 S myworld
230 root 10552 S myworld
231 root 10552 S myworld
232 root 10552 S myworld
233 root 10552 S myworld
234 root 10552 S myworld
235 root 10552 S myworld
236 root 10552 S myworld
237 root 10552 S myworld
238 root 10552 S myworld
239 root 10552 S myworld
240 root 10552 S myworld
241 root 10552 S myworld
242 root 10552 S myworld
243 root 10552 S myworld
244 root 10552 S myworld
245 root 10552 S myworld
246 root 276 S /sbin/mpg321 -i -a /dev/brcmpcm1 -g 75 -T -G 10 -R xx
247 root 7360 S ApgManager
248 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
249 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
250 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
251 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
252 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
253 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
254 root 5660 S SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -pr
260 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
262 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
263 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
264 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
265 root 3908 S RendezvousClient
266 root 1012 S /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
267 root 1096 S /bin/bash
269 root 520 S /sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login
273 root 356 S tivoftpd
285 root 1052 S /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
376 root 1200 S /bin/bash -login
418 root 740 R ps
441 root 436 S sleep 3600


caller id TivoWebPlus endpad+ ect...

anyone?

[rbautch]

I checked CRONLOG-MAIN and found nothing usefull except these two lines:


Wed Jan 25 09:22:02 UTC 2006 cron.test.out deleted
Wed Jan 25 09:22:03 UTC 2006 cron logs wiped

cron.test.out had entries every 5 minute for Jan 25.


I noticed that there are 2 fakecall.tcl files. One present in /busybox and the other in /enhancements (the one in busybox is date jan 22 and the one in enhancements sep 26).

Any specific suggestions?
Cron should be running /busybox/fakecall.tcl every day, and creating an entry in CRONLOG-MAIN. Try running fakecall from bash, note any errors, and then check CRONLOG-MAIN again to see if it was logged. Are there any reboot entries in CRONLOG-MAIN?

[mskreis]

Cron should be running /busybox/fakecall.tcl every day, and creating an entry in CRONLOG-MAIN. Try running fakecall from bash, note any errors, and then check CRONLOG-MAIN again to see if it was logged. Are there any reboot entries in CRONLOG-MAIN?

When I run fakecall I get the following:

Running fakecall version 3
Fakecall ran successfully!


CRONLOG-MAIN has the following:

Wed Jan 25 09:22:02 UTC 2006 cron.test.out deleted
Wed Jan 25 09:22:03 UTC 2006 cron logs wiped
Jan 26 03:56am Fakecall was run successfully, run verified
Jan 26 04:01am Fakecall was run successfully, run verified
Jan 26 04:20am Fakecall was run successfully, run verified
Jan 26 06:23am Fakecall was run successfully, run verified


I believe several of these entries are a result of me trying to run fakecall before I read your response.

[kudron]

So what happened when you manually entered the command in the last post?

I'm currently at work and will try the command on Thursday and get back to you.

Thanks

[bengalfreak]

anyone?


Did you tell the enhancements script to install TWP and EndpadPlus. My ps looks very much like yours except for entries for TWP and EPP at the end.

[lee espinoza]

Did you tell the enhancements script to install TWP and EndpadPlus. My ps looks very much like yours except for entries for TWP and EPP at the end.
yes and I rebooted and when I ps that is what it showed

[lee espinoza]

this is my rc.sysinit.author file does it look right?
#!/bin/bash

export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/enhancements
export TIVO_ROOT=
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
export IGNOREEOF=1000
export PS1=bash-2.02#

/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&>/dev/ttyS2&

# start telnet
/sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &
tivoftpd

#block calls to Tivo
route add -host gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

#load ax8817x ethernet drivers
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o log2_irq_thresh=4
insmod /lib/modules/hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
#sleep 10

#block calls to Tivo
route add -host gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

#start tivoweb
/cdrom/tivowebplus/tivoweb

#ace logs and take care of daily call
/busybox/fakecall.tcl
#sleep 10

/busybox/rotatelogs[1].sh






#############################################
# starting netserver to receive netperf requests
/busybox/netserver

#############################################
# starting NCID CallerID
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

#############################################
# starting EndPadPlus
tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 5 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &

#############################################
# starting Tivowebplus
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh

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

#############################################
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /enhancements/varhacks
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh
fi

[lee espinoza]

this is my rc.sysinit.author file does it look right?
#!/bin/bash

export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/enhancements
export TIVO_ROOT=
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
export IGNOREEOF=1000
export PS1=bash-2.02#

/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&>/dev/ttyS2&

# start telnet
/sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &
tivoftpd

#block calls to Tivo
route add -host gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

#load ax8817x ethernet drivers
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o log2_irq_thresh=4
insmod /lib/modules/hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
#sleep 10

#block calls to Tivo
route add -host gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

#start tivoweb
/cdrom/tivowebplus/tivoweb

#ace logs and take care of daily call
/busybox/fakecall.tcl
#sleep 10

/busybox/rotatelogs[1].sh






#############################################
# starting netserver to receive netperf requests
/busybox/netserver

#############################################
# starting NCID CallerID
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

#############################################
# starting EndPadPlus
tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 5 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &

#############################################
# starting Tivowebplus
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh

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

#############################################
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /enhancements/varhacks
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh
fi

ok I see one thing that is wrong my Tivowebplus is not in /cdrom/tivowebplus/tivoweb it is in /var/hack/tivowebplus/

[kudron]

The Zipper uses the bootpage command to determine your active root partition, so try changing your bootpage manually to hda4, and then run the bootpage -b command manually to check it. If that works, enter this command to see if accurately reports the root partition: root="`/cdrom/bootpage -b /dev/hda | cut -c17-20`"; echo $root

How do I get the character in the last line between ...hda and cut...

[Gunnyman]

shift backslash

[emania]

OK - I've been reading these forums for three years, and while i had expanded my directivo (HDVR2) to 200GB just after 6.2 arrived, I hadn't attempted any of the hacks. This just made it way too easy, and it worked the first time, of course being a 20+ year unix person probably helps, but a BIG THANK YOU to G&R is definately in order.

anyway, here is the Q.

I zippered a drive for my brother, and i did it at my house. Being that I know how to change the IP address of a unix box, i didn't think it would be a big deal. He runs a different private subnet than I so we can route through an ssh tunnel.

When i started poking around, I see "some" of the usual files in /etc, but one of the messages said that MFS has the ip address as 192.168.2.99 (as i set it) - does this mean the ip address is taken from a database entry ?
is the only change necessary to run the the line in rc.sysinit.author.bak as an update to the database (with needed changes)

tivosh /hacks/network.tcl NEWIP NEWGW
then change resolv.conf (does it do anything by name anyway?)

i'm just being lazy and not trying it myself, since it isn't the end of the world if it doesn't work.......mea culpa

[Gunnyman]

The Ip address is stored there in MFS.
If you still have the unit just go into tivowebplus and run the netconfig module and make the changes there. OR use a serial cable and run network-en.tcl at your brother's house. The script is located in /enhancements.

[lee espinoza]

what is going on here
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
UnZip 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Spieler. Send
bug reports to the authors at Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu; see README for details.

Usage: unzip [-Z] [-opts[modifiers]] file[.zip] [list]
[-x xlist] [-d exdir]
Default action is to extract files in list, except those in xlist, to exdir;
file[.zip] may be a wildcard. -Z => ZipInfo mode ("unzip -Z" for usage).

-p extract files to pipe, no messages -l list files (short format)
-f freshen existing files, create none -t test compressed archive data
-u update files, create if necessary -z display archive comment
-x exclude files that follow (in xlist) -d extract files into exdir

modifiers: -q quiet mode (-qq => quieter)
-n never overwrite existing files -a auto-convert any text files
-o overwrite files WITHOUT prompting -aa treat ALL files as text
-j junk paths (do not make directories) -v be verbose/print version info
-C match filenames case-insensitively -L make (some) names lowercase
-X restore UID/GID info -V retain VMS version numbers
-M pipe through "more" pager
Examples (see unzip.txt for more info):
unzip data1 -x joe => extract all files except joe from zipfile data1.zip
unzip -p foo | more => send contents of foo.zip via pipe into program more
unzip -fo foo ReadMe => quietly replace existing ReadMe if archive file newer
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]:n
Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory

[lee espinoza]

and bash-2.02#dos2unix tweak*
Archive: tweak.sh
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: tweak.sh may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of tweak.sh or
tweak.sh.zip, and cannot find tweak.sh.ZIP, period.

[Finnstang]

The script is trying to download the latest version through the web and failed.

[lee espinoza]

The script is trying to download the latest version through the web and failed.
so what should I do next?

[Finnstang]

Have you started over with the Zipper? From scratch?

[lee espinoza]

Have you started over with the Zipper? From scratch?
zipper

[Finnstang]

Are you trying to preserve recordings? Do you have an image that you can load and start from scratch?

Edit: Have you edited any of the scripts in Windows?

[lee espinoza]

Are you trying to preserve recordings? Do you have an image that you can load and start from scratch?
1)Yes
2)yes
3)no

[Finnstang]

Can you use the image that you have and start completely over? Maybe even burn a new tools cd?

[lee espinoza]

Can you use the image that you have and start completely over? Maybe even burn a new tools cd?
1)yes but I need to preserve the recordings
2)yes

[Finnstang]

I don't understang why unzip commands are trying to run within other commands. Personally, I would redownload the stuff for the Tools CD, reburn it and load a fresh image and start completely over. Something just isn't right. Did you make a backup of the drive that has the recordings? If so, just do an mfsrestore with that image to preserve recordings, then start over.

[lee espinoza]

I don't understang why unzip commands are trying to run within other commands. Personally, I would redownload the stuff for the Tools CD, reburn it and load a fresh image and start completely over. Something just isn't right. Did you make a backup of the drive that has the recordings? If so, just do an mfsrestore with that image to preserve recordings, then start over.
the image I have is a 3.1.1b will that work with the zipper?
and when the zipper see's a image will I have to do anything or will the zipper do all the work?

[Finnstang]

The 3.1.1b will work witht the zipper, but you won't have all the 6.2 stuff like folders and MRV. Maybe try redownloading/burning the Tools CD and then starting over with the Zipper on your drive before reimaging. Is the image on your drive now a 6.2 image?

[lee espinoza]

The 3.1.1b will work witht the zipper, but you won't have all the 6.2 stuff like folders and MRV. Maybe try redownloading/burning the Tools CD and then starting over with the Zipper on your drive before reimaging. Is the image on your drive now a 6.2 image?
Is the image on your drive now a 6.2 image? yes

[lee espinoza]

ok nevermind I got a 6.2 image from PTV.

[Finnstang]

ok nevermind I got a 6.2 image from PTV.
Unless you upgrade via slices, you will lose recordings. Have you tried to redownload and reburn the tools cd?

[lee espinoza]

Unless you upgrade via slices, you will lose recordings. Have you tried to redownload and reburn the tools cd?
I don't need the recordings that bad (I will watch all of my recordings before I do this) so wish me luck. :up:

[emania]

The Ip address is stored there in MFS.
If you still have the unit just go into tivowebplus and run the netconfig module and make the changes there. OR use a serial cable and run network-en.tcl at your brother's house. The script is located in /enhancements.
YDM - simple answer to a long and drawn out question......done.

thanks.

[Gunnyman]

I aim to please (so take aim please) :p

[mcornell]

Hi all. I've been lurking on this forum for a week or two, then finally decided to try the hack on DTivo. I just received my 120GB Maxtor hard drive from Staples today and was very excited to get started after reading all the post here.

I burned my disks and stuck the boot CD in just to check that it would boot to linux. Everything was cool. I then opened my Dell case (IDE 0 has 2 120 GB HDs and IDE 1 has 1 DVD R and one DVD+RW) I just unplugged the ribbon cable from the mother board for for IDE0 and then plugged the one that came with the new HD into the board and the new HD into the other end and plugged in the power.

I booted to Linux, mounted the tools CD and ran Zipper. it asked where my Tivo HD was and I said 'a'. It found the image I put on the tools CD and I selected 'y'. It then came back with the message "/dev/hda: no such device or address" then it gave me an error that it could open the device for writing the image.

I then re-ran zipper and selected 'b'...same thing. I then unplugged the original HDs and used the original cable with my new HD plugged in.

I tried every combination of location on the cable with every jumper setting but still got the same message when zipper attempted to write the image to the new HD.

I'm stumped (as well as pissed and embarrassed), but I need some help.

much appreciated,

-Mike

I'm currently at work and have an 3-4 year old Dell that I used the boot CD and the tools CD on. During the boot it showed 'hda' and 'hdc' as the internal HD and CD Rom respectively. Unfortunately the drive wasn't big enough to put the image on (only 10 GB), but it was able to see the drive, which was better than I got at home. When I was working on this last night with my Dell 4600, the boot sequence did not show anything at 'hda' as expected (or any other location) but did, obviously show the CDRom at 'hdc'.
It looks like it's an issue with my box, perhaps BIOS or something else. I'm taking the work machine home to see if I can get it to work, but I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts or has seen anything like this before.

[Gunnyman]

Mike
do you have SATA drives in your home computer?
If so, that can wreak havoc on Linux and the device locations.

[mcornell]

Mike
do you have SATA drives in your home computer?
If so, that can wreak havoc on Linux and the device locations.
Hmmmm....
The HD I bought has the following specs:

Maxtor Ultra 120GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
120GB
Ultra ATA/133
7200 RPM

Is the issue with ATA drives insurmountable, or do you guys know some trick to help me out? And, if there is a trick will it work in my Dtivo when completed?

If I can't get around this, is there a list of recomended drive anywhere?

thanks for taking the time.

[Gunnyman]

it's not ATA its SERIAL ATA.
If the PC you are using to hack is using SERIAL ATA then the tivo bootcd will have trouble figuring out where everying is.

[mcornell]

it's not ATA its SERIAL ATA.
If the PC you are using to hack is using SERIAL ATA then the tivo bootcd will have trouble figuring out where everying is.
I'll bet that's the issue. As I said in a previous post I taking an older PC home tonight, that should take care of the problem if this is what it is.

Just to clarify, I tried the new hard drive in the machine without the original drives connected at all. that still may cause an issue.

Sorry, just want to make sure I understand.

[Gunnyman]

doesn't matter if their connected, it has to do with boot order in the bios and how linux maps hardware.
You should be just fine with the older machine.

[bnm81002]

I used the Nero Burning Rom but I can't burn the Boot CD to a blank CD, I have tried 3 different CD-RW discs and none have burned correctly, it says "burn disc failed" what do I have to do to get the Boot CD burned to a CD? do I have to use a CD-R disc and not a CD-RW to burn an ISO image file?
I burned the Tools Disk w/o any problems on a CD-RW disc, thanks for any help




I did try to burn the Boot CD on a CD-R disc and still couldn't burn it, same "burn disc failed" any ideas what I need to do to burn it correctly? thanks

[dieselpower]

I did try to burn the Tools Disk on a CD-R disc and still couldn't burn it, same "burn disc failed" any ideas what I need to do to burn it correctly? thanks

Make sure you specifiy ISO9660 and Joliet when you burn your disc.

[bnm81002]

Make sure you specifiy ISO9660 and Joliet when you burn your disc.




sorry I meant the Boot CD, the Tools Disk was burned correctly without any problems, how can I burn the Boot CD properly? thanks

[Gunnyman]

in nero
file
burn image

[dieselpower]

sorry I meant the Boot CD, the Tools Disk was burned correctly without any problems, how can I burn the Boot CD properly? thanks

Well you should be able to burn the ISO directly to disk or mount the ISO first and then burn the contents. If you're using a Mac then use Toast Titanium or Disk Utility. If you're on *nix use X-CdRoast (which is a graphical front-end for cdrecord). If you're using Windows, I can't help you. :)

[bnm81002]

in nero
file
burn image




I did that 5 times with CD-RW and CD-R discs but get the error "burned disc failed"
I noticed that I can open the Boot CD file with any of the following recommended programs, so which program should I open the Boot CD file with then?
1-WinRAR
2-Nero Burning ROM
3-Internet Explorer
thanks

[Gunnyman]

it's an ISO
don't OPEN the iso
start nero
choose burn image

[qwertypo]

I don't think cron is causing reboot, TWP has my uptime at 3 days. TWP says cron is running. Do I need to re-zipper?

[bnm81002]

it's an ISO
don't OPEN the iso
start nero
choose burn image




Gunny,
I go to Nero then disc image then enter the file name(ptvlba48-4(1).01DD) and the files of type(all supported compilations and images) then burn and then I get "burned disc failed"
I did it 6 times already and it failed all 6 times, very frustrated here, someone please help me out here, exact steps in what I need to do PLEASE :confused:
thank you

[Swytch]

Hello,

Im getting DirecTV and a Hr10-250 this saturday, and i plan on hacking it.

I have a new 250 GB HD arriving tomorrow, and would actually like to end up adding it as additional space in my tivo. Im going to do all of this before I start using the tivo, so I dont have to worry about losing recordings or anything. I plan on using The Zipper to make it easier and faster, I just have a few questions.

1. Can I upgrade to 6.2 on this drive? Which Instant cake cd do I buy?

2. I was planning on backing up the original tivo drive and installing just the new drive with hacks, and then once I know thats working fine, adding the original drive as extra space, do I need to be this careful? what would be the best method?

3. If at a later point I decide I dont need that much space in my Tivo and want to remove on of the drives to use in my PC, will I need to completely redo The Zipper? should I save a image of a working hacked single drive setup?

Thank you,
Swytch

[letnes]

I used The Zipper on my Dtivo and set EndPadplus to 5 minutes at the begining and end of shows. I would like to change this. I have looked in /var/hack but cannot find the endpadplus tcl file. Where is it located?

[Conklin]

Try /enhancements/.

[Vito the TiVo]

Is there a simple way to ditch the on screen messages generated by the enhancement functions?

I'm tired of seeing "fake call successfully made" and "10 minutes to reboot" and "20 minutes to reboot" pop up on the screen in the middle of something I'm watching...

I've tried searching here and at the DDB to no avail...

[bengalfreak]

Is there a simple way to ditch the on screen messages generated by the enhancement functions?

I'm tired of seeing "fake call successfully made" and "10 minutes to reboot" and "20 minutes to reboot" pop up on the screen in the middle of something I'm watching...

I've tried searching here and at the DDB to no avail...

Man, you are really up late at night watching television. Why not just adjust your crontab to run fakecall and reboot to a time when you are normally asleep. The reboot messages are there for a reason. You wouldn't want to be watching something and then bam, reboot and you're down for 10 minutes.

[mcornell]

doesn't matter if their connected, it has to do with boot order in the bios and how linux maps hardware.
You should be just fine with the older machine.
Thanks Gunny, I lugged the older machine home last nite, installed the new hard drive and ran through zipper without a hitch!

Just waiting for my network adapter to arrive from Amazon and then I'll try the hard stuff. :) Hopefully it will go nice and smooth and I won't have to post anymore questions.

-Mike

[Finnstang]

Gunny,
I go to Nero then disc image then enter the file name(ptvlba48-4(1).01DD) and the files of type(all supported compilations and images) then burn and then I get "burned disc failed"
I did it 6 times already and it failed all 6 times, very frustrated here, someone please help me out here, exact steps in what I need to do PLEASE :confused:
thank you
My PTV Boot Disk image is called ptvlba48-4.01DD.iso. I go into CDBurnerXP Pro 3 (free program)...Go to File menu...select Write Disk from ISO file...then select the above named ISO from the menu...select finalize CD...then burn.

[zardoz007]

D-tivo arrived, Install new Zippered drive, cool. Network adapter was still on the way but wanted to make sure unit would record, so cleared & delete to remove error 51.

Since I had not telneted the enhancements yet question is what all did I lose?
I know I gave the Tivo an address but settings reports (0) and router does not see Tivo.

Can I fix with serial or is re-zipper in order?

P.S.- saw other posts suggests pull power on router, then power up router, then computer, then tivo so router "sees" each come on. Will try this first, I guess?

Thanks

[rbautch]

I used The Zipper on my Dtivo and set EndPadplus to 5 minutes at the begining and end of shows. I would like to change this. I have looked in /var/hack but cannot find the endpadplus tcl file. Where is it located? The padding is set in your author file. You don't modify endpadplus.tcl.

[rbautch]

D-tivo arrived, Install new Zippered drive, cool. Network adapter was still on the way but wanted to make sure unit would record, so cleared & delete to remove error 51.

Since I had not telneted the enhancements yet question is what all did I lose?
I know I gave the Tivo an address but settings reports (0) and router does not see Tivo.

Can I fix with serial or is re-zipper in order?

P.S.- saw other posts suggests pull power on router, then power up router, then computer, then tivo so router "sees" each come on. Will try this first, I guess?

ThanksThe instructions say specifically not to do a clear and delete! The network settings are likely gone, but you may be able to telnet using dhcp. If that doesnt work, run the enhancement script via serial, and then run net-launch.sh from /enhancements.

[letnes]

Conklin


Thanks, for the info. I looked in /enhancements and the file is there, however when I run sh endpadplus.tcl this is what I get :

sh endpadplus.tcl
endpadplus.tcl: proc: command not found
endpadplus.tcl: global: command not found
endpadplus.tcl: line 43: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
endpadplus.tcl: line 43: ` }'

[Gunnyman]

just type endpadplus.tcl from a bash prompt with the start and end you want in minutes
for 1 minute on each end do endpadplus.tcl s 1 e 1
put a space between the leter and the number.

[zardoz007]

Thanks rbautch.

Fault is mine. There was a couple of days between running Zipper on new drive and the arrival of my Tivo and a couple more before my usb adapter arrived. Will try your suggestions.



I went into my router's setup and found the address DHCP assigned (in security log) to my Tivo and was able to telnet using that. Whew! Loaded Enhancement script and all is great.

[Swytch]

Hello,

Im getting DirecTV and a Hr10-250 this saturday, and i plan on hacking it.

I have a new 250 GB HD arriving tomorrow, and would actually like to end up adding it as additional space in my tivo. Im going to do all of this before I start using the tivo, so I dont have to worry about losing recordings or anything. I plan on using The Zipper to make it easier and faster, I just have a few questions.

1. Can I upgrade to 6.2 on this drive? Which Instant cake cd do I buy?

2. I was planning on backing up the original tivo drive and installing just the new drive with hacks, and then once I know thats working fine, adding the original drive as extra space, do I need to be this careful? what would be the best method?

3. If at a later point I decide I dont need that much space in my Tivo and want to remove on of the drives to use in my PC, will I need to completely redo The Zipper? should I save a image of a working hacked single drive setup?

Thank you,
Swytch


I have another question as well,

I ordered a Netgear FA120 from Amazon, but it looks like it wont arrive until monday, and id like to get all the hacks done this weekend as ill have more time to mess with it. I found a cable that came with a APC UPS (surge protector/battery backup) that is USB on one end and Etherenet on the other, anyone know if this will work to install hacks?

[Finnstang]

I have another question as well,

I ordered a Netgear FA120 from Amazon, but it looks like it wont arrive until monday, and id like to get all the hacks done this weekend as ill have more time to mess with it. I found a cable that came with a APC UPS (surge protector/battery backup) that is USB on one end and Etherenet on the other, anyone know if this will work to install hacks?
Doubt it. You can make a serial cable.

[Swytch]

Doubt it. You can make a serial cable.

how would i do that?

[Finnstang]

http://www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/images/tivoserialcable.jpg

[Swytch]

hmmmm... would i just buy the parts at radio shack and how would i connect them?

[Finnstang]

hmmmm... would i just buy the parts at radio shack and how would i connect them?
Connect the parts? If you get a cable with a cord attached, cut off whatever may be connected to the cord, and then either solder or crimp the connection on the DB9 connector (depending on which type of connector you buy).

[Swytch]

Connect the parts? If you get a cable with a cord attached, cut off whatever may be connected to the cord, and then either solder or crimp the connection on the DB9 connector (depending on which type of connector you buy).

ok, i just want to make sure i have this right.... i buy an 1/8" stereo mini plug (hopefulyl with striped wires, otherwise i cut and strip myself) and i buy a db9 connector (im guessing this will also have loose wires) and then crimp the wires of teh 2 connectors together (similar to installign a car stereo?).

[Finnstang]

ok, i just want to make sure i have this right.... i buy an 1/8" stereo mini plug (hopefulyl with striped wires, otherwise i cut and strip myself) and i buy a db9 connector (im guessing this will also have loose wires) and then crimp the wires of teh 2 connectors together (similar to installign a car stereo?).
If you buy a DB9 from RatShack, I doubt it will have any cable attached to it, you will have to either solder the wires on or crimp them onto the pins for the connector.

[Swytch]

If you buy a DB9 from RatShack, I doubt it will have any cable attached to it, you will have to either solder the wires on or crimp them onto the pins for the connector.

do you think this is something someone at ratshack will be able to help me figure out?

i think i understand how to make this (ive done similar things), but im just not quiet grasping it, may just be that once i find the parts i will be able to figure it out.

is it somehting i shouldnt bother with if im nto 100% sure i can do it?

i suppose i could always buy a different usb to ethernet adapter at circuit city and then return it once amazon delivers.....

anyone have any other suggestions?

[qwertypo]

I don't think cron is causing reboot, TWP has my uptime at 3 days. TWP says cron is running. Do I need to re-zipper?

Still no reboots.... Any suggestions? Can I re run the enhancment script?

[Finnstang]

do you think this is something someone at ratshack will be able to help me figure out?

i think i understand how to make this (ive done similar things), but im just not quiet grasping it, may just be that once i find the parts i will be able to figure it out.

is it somehting i shouldnt bother with if im nto 100% sure i can do it?

i suppose i could always buy a different usb to ethernet adapter at circuit city and then return it once amazon delivers.....

anyone have any other suggestions?
Depending on the quality of the RatShack employees at you local store, maybe. It isn't difficult to do...pins on the DB9 are numbered...solder wires to pins and use it. I think once you see the parts, the plan will come together.

[Finnstang]

Still no reboots.... Any suggestions? Can I re run the enhancment script?
Run the uninstall script and then rerun the install script.

[lee espinoza]

ok nevermind I got a 6.2 image from PTV.
I download the 6.2 image from PTV and then burn it with the tools cd (call it named 000001)

A software image, if you want the script to install the image for you. Regardless of what image you use, it
must be named 000001 which is what it's named on the Instantcake CD.
I did that but I get
boot format unknow
what is going on here?

[Swytch]

If you buy a DB9 from RatShack, I doubt it will have any cable attached to it, you will have to either solder the wires on or crimp them onto the pins for the connector.


thank you for all of our help and quick responses.

now if i can just get some answers to my other questions before tomorro hehe....

[Dan Collins]

...anyone have any other suggestions?For $8, order the cable from 9thTee: http://www.9thtee.com/tivo-dthd.htm

[Vito the TiVo]

Man, you are really up late at night watching television. Why not just adjust your crontab to run fakecall and reboot to a time when you are normally asleep. The reboot messages are there for a reason. You wouldn't want to be watching something and then bam, reboot and you're down for 10 minutes.

I'll bite. I don't quite understand the formats for the time in crontab. Clarification?

I've only seen the reboots once, and unless I'm mistaken, it didn't reboot because I was watching something.

I see the "fake call" message fairly frequently as it is set for primetime for me on the west coast. I think that's what it says because its a bit cut off. Why wouldn't this be set for the middle of the night anyway?

And my real question, all of these go through out2osd right? Is there some reason that can't just simply be killed so I don't get annoying text on my screen... I am not using callerid by the way...

[lee espinoza]

I download the 6.2 image from PTV and then burn it with the tools cd (call it named 000001)

A software image, if you want the script to install the image for you. Regardless of what image you use, it
must be named 000001 which is what it's named on the Instantcake CD.
I did that but I get
boot format unknow
what is going on here?
to be a little more clear I am getting
Restore failed:unknow backup format

[Swytch]

For $8, order the cable from 9thTee: http://www.9thtee.com/tivo-dthd.htm

yeah except i have a usb to ethernet adapter arriving on monday, but im trying to get a temporary solution that works so i can install hacks this weekend.....

[charlestwaters]

You shouldn't have to do anything special to be able to leave your phone line connected, since the script should take care the things required to keep you Tivo from calling the mothership. However, before you leave your phone line connected indefinitely, check the information in the Settings/Phone menu to see when the "next scheduled" call is supposed to be made. The script should update this date every Sunday and Wednesday night to make it at least 6 days out in the future, fooling the Tivo into thinking that it's never time to make the call. I put the line in the instructions about not connecting because there's a chance newbies can screw up the settings that keep the calls from being made. So, as the script runs, make sure you:

1. Say "yes" to the cron installation.
2. Say "no" to only rebooting if shows aren't recording.

Finally, continue to monitor your "next sceduled call" to make sure it's getting reset properly. Only after you have confirmed this works properly should you connect your phone line.

I did this. and my Tivo still continues to dial-out. What problems will / if any I see!?

[Tivogre]

Hey, Zipper dudes....

Any thought (or possibility) of running amset (accoustic management) on the drive while it's in the PC as part of the Zipper process?

[bengalfreak]

I'll bite. I don't quite understand the formats for the time in crontab. Clarification?

I've only seen the reboots once, and unless I'm mistaken, it didn't reboot because I was watching something.

I see the "fake call" message fairly frequently as it is set for primetime for me on the west coast. I think that's what it says because its a bit cut off. Why wouldn't this be set for the middle of the night anyway?

And my real question, all of these go through out2osd right? Is there some reason that can't just simply be killed so I don't get annoying text on my screen... I am not using callerid by the way...

Yes, you can kill out2osd but my point is why would you want to. The Tivo has no idea whether you are "watching" something or not. You can set the reboots to not occur if you are RECORDING something.

Anyway, if you want to get rid of the messages, navigate to the follwing file:
/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

Replace the first character of the line you don't want output to your screen with a '#' character. That will remark out the line and you should get no more messages.

Edit: Disregard the above. rbautch has changed the location of the files. Ask him, he knows where everything is nowadays.

[bengalfreak]

yeah except i have a usb to ethernet adapter arriving on monday, but im trying to get a temporary solution that works so i can install hacks this weekend.....


I did the same thing you're attempting to do. I spent about $20 on rat shack parts and when it was all over, I still didn't have a working cable. You have to experiment with the pins because the Radio Shack wires do not always match the colors in the diagram.

Anywho, truthfully I'd wait until your adapter comes, its just not worth the half day your going to have to put into just making the cable.

[qwertypo]

Run the uninstall script and then rerun the install script.

Okay, this won't destroy any of my recordings, correct?

I noticed that I also cause a crash when I try to backup season passes, so I hope this will fix that also.

[Finnstang]

Okay, this won't destroy any of my recordings, correct?

I noticed that I also cause a crash when I try to backup season passes, so I hope this will fix that also.
Correct, this will not touch your recordings.

[Finnstang]

Yes, you can kill out2osd but my point is why would you want to. The Tivo has no idea whether you are "watching" something or not. You can set the reboots to not occur if you are RECORDING something.

Anyway, if you want to get rid of the messages, navigate to the follwing file:
/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

Replace the first character of the line you don't want output to your screen with a '#' character. That will remark out the line and you should get no more messages.

Edit: Disregard the above. rbautch has changed the location of the files. Ask him, he knows where everything is nowadays.
If you ran the zipper, just type root at a bash prompt to edit the cron file.

[Finnstang]

to be a little more clear I am getting
Restore failed:unknow backup format
No idea...why not just do a restore on the image yourself?

[starbiker99]

I have 2 questions about editing root. If I take the 4 out of the weekly reboots line will it only reboot on Sun and not Wednesday? Not sure how to edit the time fakecall runs? I dont have a phone line connected to 2 of my units. Thanks Much

Shawn

[lee espinoza]

No idea...why not just do a restore on the image yourself?
how would I do that?

[Finnstang]

how would I do that?
Are you serious? You can't figure out how to restore an image to the drive?

Here you go (http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com/)

[yazyazoo]

Something weird is happening with my Tivo. When I go to my recorded shows and delete one of them, the screen deletes it then when it comes back up all my recorded shows aren't listed and I can still move the cursor or bar up and down. I have to reboot my tivo to see all my shows that I recorded and the one I deleted is gone. I don't want to have to reboot all the time. What is going on?

[Finnstang]

I have 2 questions about editing root. If I take the 4 out of the weekly reboots line will it only reboot on Sun and not Wednesday? Not sure how to edit the time fakecall runs? I dont have a phone line connected to 2 of my units. Thanks Much

Shawn
Yes...remove the 4 to only reboot on Sunday.

The first number is the minutes and the second is hour. It is in GMT. So it is running at 4:20 am GMT. Eastern time is five hours behind GMT so that means it is running at 11:20 PM ET. Why don't you like what time fakecall runs, though?

[Finnstang]

Something weird is happening with my Tivo. When I go to my recorded shows and delete one of them, the screen deletes it then when it comes back up all my recorded shows aren't listed and I can still move the cursor or bar up and down. I have to reboot my tivo to see all my shows that I recorded and the one I deleted is gone. I don't want to have to reboot all the time. What is going on?
You don't have to reboot, it is just taking a long time to refresh. Search for Empty NPL for reasoning and fix.

[rbautch]

I'll bite. I don't quite understand the formats for the time in crontab. Clarification?

I've only seen the reboots once, and unless I'm mistaken, it didn't reboot because I was watching something.

I see the "fake call" message fairly frequently as it is set for primetime for me on the west coast. I think that's what it says because its a bit cut off. Why wouldn't this be set for the middle of the night anyway?

And my real question, all of these go through out2osd right? Is there some reason that can't just simply be killed so I don't get annoying text on my screen... I am not using callerid by the way... Sure, just find the out2osd binary and delete it.

[bnm81002]

My PTV Boot Disk image is called ptvlba48-4.01DD.iso. I go into CDBurnerXP Pro 3 (free program)...Go to File menu...select Write Disk from ISO file...then select the above named ISO from the menu...select finalize CD...then burn.




I have windows though, didn't you say you don't have windows?

[bnm81002]

Gunny,
I go to Nero then disc image then enter the file name(ptvlba48-4(1).01DD) and the files of type(all supported compilations and images) then burn and then I get "burned disc failed"
I did it 6 times already and it failed all 6 times, very frustrated here, someone please help me out here, exact steps in what I need to do PLEASE :confused:
thank you



anyone has any ideas? those that used "Nero Burning ROM" to burn the PTVupgrade LBA48 Boot CD, please tell me exactly what you did to burn it, thanks

[Finnstang]

I have windows though, didn't you say you don't have windows?
No, I'm using XP Pro.

[bnm81002]

No, I'm using XP Pro.



I will download the program CDBurnerXP Pro3 and hope that it works for me, I will follow your directions, at this point I just wanna burn the boot CD, I'll figure out how to burn an image with Nero in the future

[Finnstang]

I will download the program CDBurnerXP Pro3 and hope that it works for me, I will follow your directions, at this point I just wanna burn the boot CD, I'll figure out how to burn an image with Nero in the future
When I wrote instructions above, I actually went into the program adn wrote down what I was doing. Make sure you select to finalize. The first one I made was a coaster, then I selected finalize on the second one I did and it was perfect.

[cinthia]

Sounds like you purchased a hacked Tivo (Ebay?)
Your unit IS hacked if you can see it from your other two unit's Now Playing Screens. What your seller didn't tell you, is you cannot MRV between an unhacked Series 2 Standalone and a Hacked Series 2 Dtivo.
Tivo To Go won't work on the DTiVo either because that feature is not available in the series 2 DTiVos.
To browse the DTivo, you need something called tivoweb installed on the unit.
...

Thanks for the info. You are right - ebay! That's what I get. Darn that guy! I TOLD him my whole setup before I bought. Ok so to make sure I understand and stop spinning my wheels:
1. I can NOT share between a Tivo2 and "hacked" Direct TV Tivo.
2. I can NOT use Tivo2go on my Mac with ANYTHING
3. If I HAD a PC - I could use PC & Tivo2go with Tivo2 but NOT "hacked"-Tivo.


Can you tell me how to find out if tivoweb is installed on the "hacked" Tivo? If it is, does that mean I could access it with a browser?

Thanks for your help. You're the first person I've found in 6 months to give me an answer I could understand! (the dummie whisperer)

[bnm81002]

When I wrote instructions above, I actually went into the program adn wrote down what I was doing. Make sure you select to finalize. The first one I made was a coaster, then I selected finalize on the second one I did and it was perfect.




ok I burned 2 discs and get a read error for my CD-RW drive, can you explain step by step how to burn the boot cd, why is this so freaking HARD TO DO? thanks

[Vito the TiVo]

Yes...remove the 4 to only reboot on Sunday.

The first number is the minutes and the second is hour. It is in GMT. So it is running at 4:20 am GMT. Eastern time is five hours behind GMT so that means it is running at 11:20 PM ET. Why don't you like what time fakecall runs, though?

I don't like what time fakecall runs because 11:20 EST is 8:20 PST which means that usually in the middle of primetime, or while watching a recording during my "prime time" is see the annoying little message pop up during the show on yellow background that says fake call successfully completed. Its an annoyance.

EDIT: Thanks Finnstang and rbauch for your help. I bumped all the times back to 12 GMT so I'll get my every thing deep in the middle of the night, instead of prime on the west coast for fakecall and while i'm still up at 1:30 PST for reboots. HEH see posting time for this post.

[Gunnyman]

ok I burned 2 discs and get a read error for my CD-RW drive, can you explain step by step how to burn the boot cd, why is this so freaking HARD TO DO? thanks

It's NOT hard to do.
What kind of media are you using?

[Gunnyman]

Thanks for the info. You are right - ebay! That's what I get. Darn that guy! I TOLD him my whole setup before I bought. Ok so to make sure I understand and stop spinning my wheels:
1. I can NOT share between a Tivo2 and "hacked" Direct TV Tivo.
2. I can NOT use Tivo2go on my Mac with ANYTHING
3. If I HAD a PC - I could use PC & Tivo2go with Tivo2 but NOT "hacked"-Tivo.


Can you tell me how to find out if tivoweb is installed on the "hacked" Tivo? If it is, does that mean I could access it with a browser?

Thanks for your help. You're the first person I've found in 6 months to give me an answer I could understand! (the dummie whisperer)

I like that
The dummy Whisperer..
Bet if I add it to my sig someone gets mad :p
you can see if tivoweb is installed on the hack tivo by browsing the drive either in telnet or with an ftp client.
look for tivowebplus it's usually in /var/hack or /var or /hack depending on where it was put.
FYI don't buy hacked Tivo's on Ebay, they violate the copyrights held by the owners of the hacks.
Once you find out where tivowebplus is, you can start it then browse to your tivo's IP address with a web browser.

[starbiker99]

Finnstang it pops on the screen at 9:20 here in the mtn tm zn and it annoys the mrs. I am just looking to get it a little later. Thanks

[imp8cent]

Great work on the Zipper everyone. I just acquired two DSR7000s from Weaknees, ran the Zipper upgrade with 120gb Maxtors in each -- and no issues to report. With the success, I am eager to run the Zipper update on my remaining DVR (Samsung SIR4040) but have a question. This DVR already has already been expanded to dual 120gb HDs with close to 80 hours of recordings stored. What is the easiest way to "Zipper"-ize this existing DVR without losing the content or dual-drive configuration. I've attempted to search this massive thread but haven't seen much info on how to convert existing dual-drive upgraded DVRs to a Zipper-enabled variant. Any guidance would be appreciated!

[Gunnyman]

just apply the zipper to drive A.
and skip the imaging if it has 6.2
if it doesn't have 6.2 you're kind of stuck.

[imp8cent]

Thanks Gunnyman for the quick reply. I'll pull the drive A out today. So, to reiterate, since I'm already on a DirecTV-initiated 6.2 version on the expanded dual-drive setup, I need only run the Zipper on the primary 120gb to enable the Zipper features. Very cool. Thanks again for all the hard work consolidating and building up this Zipper one-step upgrade tool.

[Gunnyman]

yep that's the deal :)

[dkchandler]

Does anyone have experience with Linksys wusb11 wireless adapter????
I used the zipper script. I can see the adapter with my laptop, but what now.
I have tried the ip address I gave it during the zipper setup and the ips are dead???
Any clues????
Thanks....

[Luv2DrvFst]

I have a happily zippered TiVo that seems to be misbehaving. My CRONLOG-MAIN file seems to always contain just 2 lines like this:

Sat Jan 28 09:22:02 UTC 2006 cron logs wiped
Sat Jan 28 09:22:02 UTC 2006 cron.test.out deleted

I ran fakecall just now and it added this line:

Jan 28 05:24pm Fakecall was run successfully, run verified

And I can verify in various ways that these items also run as scheduled:
-test line created every 5 minutes in cron.test.out
-TiVo reboots itself on Sunday and Wednesday nights
-weekly tarballs and season pass backups on Sunday
-fakecall is running every night as scheduled

But none of this ever seems to be in the CRONLOG-MAIN file. My conclusion is that wipelog is running every night. Although this is the line I have in crontab:

# Wipe the logs every Sunday night at 3:18am cst
18 9 * * 1 /busybox/wipelogs; echo "`date` logs wiped" >> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

I am going to check the contents of CRONLOG-MAIN tonight after 11:20pm EST to see if the scheduled fakecall gets logged. But in the meantime, does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

EDIT: okay, it can't be that wipelog is running every night, what I meant is CRONLOG-MAIN seems to be getting wiped every night

[bnm81002]

It's NOT hard to do.
What kind of media are you using?





Gunny,
I know it's not supposed to be hard at all to just burn an image CD, but I tried Nero Burning ROM and CDBurner XP Pro 3 and 10 discs all failed to burn properly, I've used Sony CD-RW discs and Maxell CD-R discs, Sony discs burned at 4X speed and the Maxell's at 52X and 48X speed(I tried both), is it possible that the problem could be my computer itself? what's the requirements that is needed to burn an image? thanks

[Luv2DrvFst]

I keep getting these error messages in the kernel log:

Jan 28 12:54:29 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x00ace560
Jan 28 12:54:29 (none) kernel: Before = 0x05459bf1, After = 0x05459c1f
Jan 28 12:54:29 (none) kernel:

This particular series of errors started at Jan 27 01:30:01 and occurred 24 times up to Jan 28 12:54:29. This same thing happened two days ago.

Is this something to worry about?

[Gunnyman]

I've been seeing those for months with NO issues I think it's safe to ignore them.

[Gunnyman]

Gunny,
I know it's not supposed to be hard at all to just burn an image CD, but I tried Nero Burning ROM and CDBurner XP Pro 3 and 10 discs all failed to burn properly, I've used Sony CD-RW discs and Maxell CD-R discs, Sony discs burned at 4X speed and the Maxell's at 52X and 48X speed(I tried both), is it possible that the problem could be my computer itself? what's the requirements that is needed to burn an image? thanks

Pretty much if nero can run, you can burn an image
Don't use CDRW's
and try a CD-R at a lower speed like 8X or 12X

[Luv2DrvFst]

I've been seeing those for months with NO issues I think it's safe to ignore them.

Thanks! Ignoring is so easy. :)

[bengalfreak]

anyone has any ideas? those that used "Nero Burning ROM" to burn the PTVupgrade LBA48 Boot CD, please tell me exactly what you did to burn it, thanks


Pretty simple. Here are the exact steps taken to make my boot disk using Nero:

Instructions to make boot CD with Nero.

1) Run Nero

2) click File -- Burn Image

3) In the open dialog box, navigate to the ptvlba48-4[1].0DD.iso file and then click it

4) Click open

5) Put a blank CD-R disk in your drive

6) Click the write button

Voila lba 48 enabled boot disk.

If it doesn't work, I'd say there's something wrong with the image you d/l from PTV.

[bnm81002]

Pretty much if nero can run, you can burn an image
Don't use CDRW's
and try a CD-R at a lower speed like 8X or 12X




no go, I tried to burn at the lowest speed which is 12X and it failed to burn again, I'm getting more frustrated by the minute here :mad:
it's either the discs or my computer specifications,
I'm using an old computer to try and burn the Boot CD, my specs are PII 350MHZ 128MB RAM and my CD-RW drive is the Lite On SOHC-5236K model, my computer specs meets the drive's specs to burn discs, I did burn the Tools Disk properly though, any other ideas? thanks again

[bnm81002]

Pretty simple. Here are the exact steps taken to make my boot disk using Nero:

Instructions to make boot CD with Nero.

1) Run Nero

2) click File -- Burn Image

3) In the open dialog box, navigate to the ptvlba48-4[1].0DD.iso file and then click it

4) Click open

5) Put a blank CD-R disk in your drive

6) Click the write button

Voila lba 48 enabled boot disk.

If it doesn't work, I'd say there's something wrong with the image you d/l from PTV.


I did exactly what you wrote there but it failed everytime, could it be that you have to burn right away after the download? I downloaded the boot CD back in October 2005, I still have the link, should I re-download it and try to burn it again? thanks

[Gunnyman]

I'm thinking your original download is corrupted
try downloading again is a good idea

[dkchandler]

Does the Linksys wusb11 work with the zipper script??

[kimsan]

Gunnyman,

Happily network enabled both HR10-250s and have played with some of those extra features we don't speak of here. FA120s are definitely the easy way to go. Many thanks for all guidance and assistance so far.

Couple quick Qs for now.

1. How do I restore the standard "bash-20.2#" prompt? Instead of the alteration I put in?

2. How do you get added hacks registered into HackMan?

3. I'll be getting the Belkin F5D 7230-4 ap to a pair of F5D7130-4 or 7131-4 router bridge (sounds familiar?)setup this week. Is it really as straightforward as their Wireless Bridge pdf makes it sound?


Thanks again.

[stingerxxx]

Help,, I finally got a usb to ethernet adapter Netgear FA120. Connected it to my router and now i can see the tivo in the dhcp active table. So i tried to Tenet got the BAsh prompt then went to run tweak.sh. This is what came up-

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweaks.sh
tweaks.sh: tweaks.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# dir
mfs_network superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl
network.tcl superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.txt
rbautch_files.tgz tweak.sh
set_mrv_name_67.tcl tweak_uninstall.sh
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# tweak.sh

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n



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

Any Ideas what s going on?

[Conklin]

When starting your telnet sesion start by typing at the bash prompt for xp.


#telnet

#unset crlf

#o xxx.xxx.x.x

x being your tivo IP

[Gunnyman]

Gunnyman,

Happily network enabled both HR10-250s and have played with some of those extra features we don't speak of here. FA120s are definitely the easy way to go. Many thanks for all guidance and assistance so far.

Couple quick Qs for now.

1. How do I restore the standard "bash-20.2#" prompt? Instead of the alteration I put in?

2. How do you get added hacks registered into HackMan?

3. I'll be getting the Belkin F5D 7230-4 ap to a pair of F5D7130-4 or 7131-4 router bridge (sounds familiar?)setup this week. Is it really as straightforward as their Wireless Bridge pdf makes it sound?


Thanks again.
1) edit your .profile to remove the prompt customizations
2) delete hackman.cfg and restart twp
3) Yes. Plug routers in to a hardwire to your PC browse to its IP set to bridge mode.. Boom Done. :)