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

[bnm81002]

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



would it matter if the original download link was way back in Oct. 2005?
if I download again it be the same link from October, wouldn't it be corrupted again? thanks

[Gunnyman]

no
should be fine

[stingerxxx]

Ok. I'm getting the bash prompt now. Now this is what comes up:

bash-2.02# tweak.sh
mv: /hacks/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory
chmod: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
.//tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y


It doesn't seem to be running the enhancement script

[Tivogre]

OK. Having finished all of my SD recievers with the Zipper.... I'm CONTEMPLATING doing the HR10-250.

My question is... if I don't re-image it, will I still be able to watch the shows that are currently on it after the Zipper applies the superpatch?

I know that FUTURE recorded shows wouldn't be encrypted then, and could be viewed "elsewhere" by "other" methods.

I expect that the existing shows could NOT.... but could I still WATCH them?

[Gunnyman]

there is no superpatch on HDtivo
some stuff gets turned off but I have no idea if it's just new shows or old ones too since I don't own an HDTivo

[stingerxxx]

Gunny & Rbautch and all the others, Just want to say thanks for the hard work on Zipper.
I'm still having trouble with running the tweaks. This is what comes up. Any help would be great . Thanks


bash-2.02# tweak.sh
mv: /hacks/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory
chmod: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
.//tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y
bash-2.02#

[dkchandler]

Gunnyman,

How can I tell if telnet and or ftp is running on the tivo???
Is there a startup file, or configuration file I can look at???
I am beating myself to death on this wireless connection....
Thanks
Danny

[stingerxxx]

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

Thanks Conklin that did it but still having prob.

[rvaniwaa]

Installing the zipper when smooth as silk on my HR250. However, my SD tivo was a bit more work. Running the tweaks.sh script failed due to busybox not being in the path. I finally figured this out, set my path to /busybox and the tweaks.sh script when just smooth as anything. I am now using the tivoserver to move my DVDs onto the TiVo. I have one of the $15 refurbished TiVos coming from Directv next week and will set that up as a server of many, many gigs of movies.

Thanks all for the fantastic work! Both my wife and I love having caller id back on my TiVo (did not know it worked on the HDTiVo till today). Other hacks are nice as well.

--Ron

[bnm81002]

no
should be fine



well I re-downloaded the link and still couldn't burn to the CD(it failed again), I think the link itself is corrupted? I emailed PTVupgrade, hope they will regenerate the download link for me :(
thanks Gunny

[Gunnyman]

I can't imagine why you're having these issues but if they continue you might want to consider having ptv mail you a cd :(

[GAM]

I edited the superpatch to not enable 30 second skip by default. However, I'm not sure of the steps to rerun the superpatch on an already zippered system. If anyone knows the procedure some help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

[Gunnyman]

Gunny & Rbautch and all the others, Just want to say thanks for the hard work on Zipper.
I'm still having trouble with running the tweaks. This is what comes up. Any help would be great . Thanks


bash-2.02# tweak.sh
mv: /hacks/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory
chmod: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz: No such file or directory
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
.//tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y
bash-2.02#

what does your /hacks directory look like on the tivo?
need some more info.

[stingerxxx]

It does not have the rbautch-files.tgz

this is whats in it:

bash-2.02# dir
mfs_network superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.txt
network.tcl tweak.sh
set_mrv_name_67.tcl tweak_uninstall.sh
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

[CKramer]

tivo finally connected to the network via fa120 directly to the main router, both the link and power lights are on. yet i dont see it on the network.

i try to telnet it but it doesn't connect. while setting it up, by mistake i had mentioned the SSID for wireless usb adapter. does that mean that it is looking for the wireless SSID and disregarding the wired connection?

[ttodd1]

Gunnyman,

How can I tell if telnet and or ftp is running on the tivo???
Is there a startup file, or configuration file I can look at???
I am beating myself to death on this wireless connection....
Thanks
Danny

On a windows machine Start>Run and type telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <----your tivo's ip address. If you get a prompt then it's working. As for FTP create an connection to the same ip in one of the ftp clients (like filezilla) and see if it connects.

[Luv2DrvFst]

Still a little confused and frustrated here. This line of crontab seems to be executing every night rather than every 3 months:

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

The syntax seems correct, but every morning I have a clean CRONLOG-MAIN 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

Anybody have any ideas why this is happening or how I might fix it? Thanks.

[Tivogre]

Still a little confused and frustrated here. This line of crontab seems to be executing every night rather than every 3 months:

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

The syntax seems correct, but every morning I have a clean CRONLOG-MAIN 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

Anybody have any ideas why this is happening or how I might fix it? Thanks.

I was having the same problem; I commented out the log-wipe line.

MY THOUGHT on the matter was that the line as written was deleting EVERY DAY of every third month.... but I might be wrong.

[dkchandler]

On a windows machine Start>Run and type telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <----your tivo's ip address. If you get a prompt then it's working. As for FTP create an connection to the same ip in one of the ftp clients (like filezilla) and see if it connects.

Thanks ttodd1
I tried that and it does not work. Does that mean telnet is not working on the TIVO.
The zipper script ask for a tivo ip and I entered 192.168.1.7 it ask for router ip and I entered 192.168.0.1, ssid is linksys. I have a linksys wusb11 wireless adapter.
I have a full signal from the linksys, but none of the ips work.
DKC

[Gunnyman]

It does not have the rbautch-files.tgz

this is whats in it:

bash-2.02# dir
mfs_network superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.txt
network.tcl tweak.sh
set_mrv_name_67.tcl tweak_uninstall.sh
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#
then you need to ftp the rbautch-files.tgz over to tivo

[Gunnyman]

tivo finally connected to the network via fa120 directly to the main router, both the link and power lights are on. yet i dont see it on the network.

i try to telnet it but it doesn't connect. while setting it up, by mistake i had mentioned the SSID for wireless usb adapter. does that mean that it is looking for the wireless SSID and disregarding the wired connection?
no
it will ignore ssid.
did you set a static IP or DHCP?

[stingerxxx]

then you need to ftp the rbautch-files.tgz over to tivo

Thanks,gunny. After I did that script ran fine, going thru the steps now...

[Gunnyman]

excellent

[imp8cent]

New problem --
I've placed my Zipper'ed DVRs and have lost Web Access to my private DVR... FTP and Telnet work but can't reach the web site to work with Hackman/etc. Any suggestions for restarting the TivoWeb services using Telnet? Restarting the DVR has not helped.

[Gunnyman]

from bash type twprs

[Gunnyman]

Thanks ttodd1
I tried that and it does not work. Does that mean telnet is not working on the TIVO.
The zipper script ask for a tivo ip and I entered 192.168.1.7 it ask for router ip and I entered 192.168.0.1, ssid is linksys. I have a linksys wusb11 wireless adapter.
I have a full signal from the linksys, but none of the ips work.
DKC
the IP address is NOT a set managed by your router
needs to be .0.7

[imp8cent]

I think something has changed... ?

TivoDVR01-TiVo# twprs
restarting Tivowebplus
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh: /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb: No such file or directory
TWP restarting...this will take a minute.

[GAM]

I edited the superpatch to not enable 30 second skip by default. However, I'm not sure of the steps to rerun the superpatch on an already zippered system. If anyone knows the procedure some help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!


Anybody, please?

[Gunnyman]

I thought I explained it prettyy well
your original tivoapp is in /tvbin and is called appropriately tivoapp.original
you restore this file with the mv command (google for a howto cuz you can hose a tivo doing it wrong) then run the modified superpatch on the original tivoapp.

[Gunnyman]

I think something has changed... ?

TivoDVR01-TiVo# twprs
restarting Tivowebplus
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh: /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb: No such file or directory
TWP restarting...this will take a minute.

looks like your var got wiped you need to re-install tivoweb or re-run the enhance script.

[GAM]

Thank you sir, I somehow must have missed your earlier reply - sorry, selective reading I guess.

[imp8cent]

I attempted to run the hack again.... "sh tweak.sh" and was told I need to uninstall first... is this the case or is there a manual way to reload just the tivoweb ... least painful is preferred. :-)

[Gunnyman]

you can google tivoweb plus and download the tgz unzip it and ftp it where it's supposed to be /var/hack/tivowebplus

[imp8cent]

Thanks! I already ran the uninstall so hopefully it will help restore normal functions. If not, I'll pull the drive and re-image. Still early enough to rebuild if necessary. Thanks again for all the support and help!

[Gunnyman]

not a problem

[stingerxxx]

everthing is working fine. Zipper is really cool. One thing I've been looking at the other threads. I can't actully find where I can transfer a show of the dvr to my computer. I'm not sure what else I need I thought Zipper allowed for that but I can't find the show on the drive.

[Gunnyman]

google for tivo extraction
all will be answered

[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.




when I get to STEP 3 on the bottom it shows "File name:"(I enter ptvlba48-4[1].01DD) and "Files of type:"(I enter All Supported Compilations and Images) then I do the rest of the steps and I still get the "disc burn failed" error, I burned it at 12X speed as Gunnyman suggested, what is going wrong please?
I got PTVupgrade to regenerate the download link for me and it still didn't burn properly :confused:

[Finnstang]

when I get to STEP 3 on the bottom it shows "File name:"(I enter ptvlba48-4[1].01DD) and "Files of type:"(I enter All Supported Compilations and Images) then I do the rest of the steps and I still get the "disc burn failed" error, I burned it at 12X speed as Gunnyman suggested, what is going wrong please?
I got PTVupgrade to regenerate the download link for me and it still didn't burn properly :confused:
Do you have access to another cd burner? A friends perhaps? Assuming that you are majorly messing up some step and don't realize it, I would guess it is some weird problem with your burner.

[ttodd1]

when I get to STEP 3 on the bottom it shows "File name:"(I enter ptvlba48-4[1].01DD) and "Files of type:"(I enter All Supported Compilations and Images) then I do the rest of the steps and I still get the "disc burn failed" error, I burned it at 12X speed as Gunnyman suggested, what is going wrong please?
I got PTVupgrade to regenerate the download link for me and it still didn't burn properly :confused:

If by "I enter..." means you are typing in the file name, why not try browsing to it itinstead? and not selecting files of type....

[bnm81002]

Do you have access to another cd burner? A friends perhaps? Assuming that you are majorly messing up some step and don't realize it, I would guess it is some weird problem with your burner.



I'm thinking one of the following is the problem,
1-the discs I'm using (Maxell CD-R discs)
2-the CD-RW combo drive (Lite-On SOHC-5236K)
3-my computer itself (old computer PII 350MHZ with 128MB RAM)

should I try "Image Files (*.nrg;*.iso;*.cue) instead of the All Supported Compilations and Images to burn it?

[Finnstang]

I'm thinking one of the following is the problem,
1-the discs I'm using (Maxell CD-R discs)
2-the CD-RW combo drive (Lite-On SOHC-5236K)
3-my computer itself (old computer PII 350MHZ with 128MB RAM)

should I try "Image Files (*.nrg;*.iso;*.cue) instead of the All Supported Compilations and Images to burn it?
Can't hurt.

[Gunnyman]

right click the iso and choose open with nero too that works

[Luv2DrvFst]

I was having the same problem; I commented out the log-wipe line.

MY THOUGHT on the matter was that the line as written was deleting EVERY DAY of every third month.... but I might be wrong.

Thanks, Tivogre. I'll take the same approach and keep researching the date options in the meantime.

[bnm81002]

If by "I enter..." means you are typing in the file name, why not try browsing to it itinstead? and not selecting files of type....



no I click on it to enter it in "File name:" on the bottom of the open dialog screen box

[ttodd1]

no I click on it to enter it in "File name:" on the bottom of the open dialog screen box

Too lazy to read back, what version are you using? And is it the full blown one or the express one?

[Finnstang]

I was having the same problem; I commented out the log-wipe line.

MY THOUGHT on the matter was that the line as written was deleting EVERY DAY of every third month.... but I might be wrong.
If you're thought process is correct, then he should stop having the issue once February hits. I think that you are right about this by the way, since a star in the cron basically means every for whatever column it is in.

[Finnstang]

Thanks, Tivogre. I'll take the same approach and keep researching the date options in the meantime.
NO...wait until February to see if it stops. :)

[Finnstang]

Too lazy to read back, what version are you using? And is it the full blown one or the express one?
If it was a problem with Nero or his process withing Nero, it should have worked fine when he tried CDBurnerXP Pro 3.

[bnm81002]

I'm thinking one of the following is the problem,
1-the discs I'm using (Maxell CD-R discs)
2-the CD-RW combo drive (Lite-On SOHC-5236K)
3-my computer itself (old computer PII 350MHZ with 128MB RAM)

should I try "Image Files (*.nrg;*.iso;*.cue) instead of the All Supported Compilations and Images to burn it?



could any of the 3 above be the problem or problems?
which should be used Image Files or All Supported...?
I tried to burn about 10 discs now and it all failed, I know it's cheap nowadays but still it's not worth throwing it away for nothing now,
what should be the Write speed(52x 48x 40x 32x 24x 16x or 12x)- Gunny suggested 12x, stick with 12x?
thanks again

Gunny and Finnstang- I will try what you suggested
ttodd1- Nero Version 6.6(full version)

[Luv2DrvFst]

NO...wait until February to see if it stops. :)

Okay, I like the guinea pig approach. Re-editing the file to let it run as is and see what happens in February.

[Finnstang]

could any of the 3 above be the problem or problems?
which should be used Image Files or All Supported...?
I tried to burn about 10 discs now and it all failed, I know it's cheap nowadays but still it's not worth throwing it away for nothing now,
what should be the Write speed(52x 48x 40x 32x 24x 16x or 12x)- Gunny suggested 12x, stick with 12x?
thanks again

Gunny and Finnstang- I will try what you suggested
ttodd1- Nero Version 6.6(full version)
I would say that it's probably not the discs, although it is possible, most likely your burner in my opinion, and could be a problem with your old pc, although if it is capable of burning a cd at all, I would think it capable of burning this image. Of course the same argument could be made about the burner...if it can burn one cd, it can burn this one. I'm betting that something is getting messed up between the communication between burning program and burner. What OS are you using? Did you answer whether or not you have access to another pc/burner?

[Finnstang]

Okay, I like the guinea pig approach. Re-editing the file to let it run as is and see what happens in February.
Sweet. We's gonna get learned.

[ttodd1]

bnm81002 check your pm

[bnm81002]

I would say that it's probably not the discs, although it is possible, most likely your burner in my opinion, and could be a problem with your old pc, although if it is capable of burning a cd at all, I would think it capable of burning this image. Of course the same argument could be made about the burner...if it can burn one cd, it can burn this one. I'm betting that something is getting messed up between the communication between burning program and burner. What OS are you using? Did you answer whether or not you have access to another pc/burner?




well I burned the Tools Disk without any problems so I know at least it can burn :p
OS is Windows XP Professional
yes I have access to another PC but if I can't burn an ISO image with this PC/CD-RW Combo drive, I'm gonna have to get an inexpensive PC(in process of building a bigger and better computer-that's why I'm using it to burn CD's with) this computer is for my wife to use when my NEW computer has been builded
thanks again

[Finnstang]

I wonder if it just a lack of resources. XP running on a 350 MHz with only 128 MB of RAM. Not alot of room to spare. The tools cd is alot smaller than the expanded ISO. Maybe you're just running out of resources in the middle of the burn.

[bnm81002]

I wonder if it just a lack of resources. XP running on a 350 MHz with only 128 MB of RAM. Not alot of room to spare. The tools cd is alot smaller than the expanded ISO. Maybe you're just running out of resources in the middle of the burn.



I was thinking that the RAM is not enough to burn an ISO image since I assume it's a large image, I will be upgrading to 512MB RAM next week, when I do I will try and burn again, hopefully it be burned with no problems, thanks for all your help

[bengalfreak]

I was having the same problem; I commented out the log-wipe line.

MY THOUGHT on the matter was that the line as written was deleting EVERY DAY of every third month.... but I might be wrong.

If that log is stored in /var, it could eventually get so big that it will cause /var to be deleted and then rewritten without your hacks.

It has now happened to me four times in six months.

[kimsan]

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. :)

1) Gotta get a copy of "Linux for Dummies" or similar. I've forgotten most of what I learned as a mainframe Unix user (UTX on Encore machines for the old geeks) back in 86.

2) Simple and done. Prolly should've been obvious.

3) Sounds good.

Thanks again. You may indeed be the "Dummie Whisperer" :D

I'm loving the ablilty to manually set recordings on the XM channels. Checking into other TWP modules as well.

[bengalfreak]

Still a little confused and frustrated here. This line of crontab seems to be executing every night rather than every 3 months:

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

The syntax seems correct, but every morning I have a clean CRONLOG-MAIN 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

Anybody have any ideas why this is happening or how I might fix it? Thanks.


I'm thinkin' there is an extra '*' in there. There should be five entries prior to the command beginning.

The above line looks like it would wipe the logs every day at 9:22am GMT. I think there should only be one star prior to the /3 (every three months). Let me check my old root file.

Yup, try removing the second star before the '/3'. That should clear up the problem.

Here is an excellent link for describing the settings in the crontab.

Crontab for dummies (http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm)

Edit: After looking again, that line in my crontab actually shows this syntax:

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * 1-12/3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN


I assume the entry 1-12/3 means every three months.

[Luv2DrvFst]

Here is an excellent link for describing the settings in the crontab.

Crontab for dummies (http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm)

Edit: After looking again, that line in my crontab actually shows this syntax:

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * 1-12/3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN


I assume the entry 1-12/3 means every three months.


Now THAT looks like the way to go. But I still think I'll wait until February rolls around just to see what happens with the command I have. Maybe the */3 does it every day for the first three months? I'll check it on Feb 1st just for grins then use the 1-12/3 syntax. No, better yet, I'll keep the */3 line in there but just have it output a line to the file and not do anything else. Then I can see when it stops/starts.

Thanks, bengalfreak (I lived in Cinti for a few years so I feel your bengal pain)

[bengalfreak]

Now THAT looks like the way to go. But I still think I'll wait until February rolls around just to see what happens with the command I have. Maybe the */3 does it every day for the first three months? I'll check it on Feb 1st just for grins then use the 1-12/3 syntax. No, better yet, I'll keep the */3 line in there but just have it output a line to the file and not do anything else. Then I can see when it stops/starts.

Thanks, bengalfreak (I lived in Cinti for a few years so I feel your bengal pain)


I believe that the */3 entry is a typo although I'm not sure. I think that crond is reading the * and ignoring the /3 (just a guess). If I'm right, it will continue to wipe your logs every day forever

[bengalfreak]

Gunny,

I have a suggestion for the instructions page for the zipper. Line L reads:

Boot up your Tivo, run through the guided setup (only if you installed a
new image), and then reboot. If you get an Error #51 at this point, you may
safely ignore it.

I'm thinking that reboot should be its own line. It really shouldn't be necessary but it seems that enough people are missing that you have to keep answering the same question alot. And to tell you the truth, I've run the Zipper about 30 times now, and I still forget to do it every now and then.

[Gunnyman]

Gunny,

I have a suggestion for the instructions page for the zipper. Line L reads:

Boot up your Tivo, run through the guided setup (only if you installed a new image), and then reboot. If you get an Error #51 at this point, you may safely ignore it.

I'm thinking that reboot should be its own line. It really shouldn't be necessary but it seems that enough people are missing that you have to keep answering the same question alot. And to tell you the truth, I've run the Zipper about 30 times now, and I still forget to do it every now and then.

In big BOLD NEON RED FLASHING LETTERS! :)

[Luv2DrvFst]

I believe that the */3 entry is a typo although I'm not sure. I think that crond is reading the * and ignoring the /3 (just a guess). If I'm right, it will continue to wipe your logs every day forever

Well, in my handy-dandy Unix for Mac OS X there is this example:

# You can use step values with ranges by putting a / after the range.
# 0-10/3 means 0,3,6,9 (the 10 never gets used) and */2 means "every two"
15 12 * */2 3 echo "run at 12:15 every second month but only on Wednesdays"
17 8-20/2 * * * echo "run at 17 minutes after every 2nd hour from 8am to 8pm everyday"

...so the */3 syntax does look right, it just doesn't seem to work right in the month of January (since that's the only month I've had this running!). Or there is something unique in the TiVo distro of Linux that differs from Unix.

[rbautch]

Gunny,

I have a suggestion for the instructions page for the zipper. Line L reads:

Boot up your Tivo, run through the guided setup (only if you installed a
new image), and then reboot. If you get an Error #51 at this point, you may
safely ignore it.

I'm thinking that reboot should be its own line. It really shouldn't be necessary but it seems that enough people are missing that you have to keep answering the same question alot. And to tell you the truth, I've run the Zipper about 30 times now, and I still forget to do it every now and then. I worked out a way to make the script realize that it is booting for the first time, and reboot the tivo automatically. I modify the instructions and post a new Zipper in a few days. This should save some headache.

[bengalfreak]

I worked out a way to make the script realize that it is booting for the first time, and reboot the tivo automatically. I modify the instructions and post a new Zipper in a few days. This should save some headache.


Excellent.

[Tivogre]

If you're thought process is correct, then he should stop having the issue once February hits. I think that you are right about this by the way, since a star in the cron basically means every for whatever column it is in.

I was correct..... I think.

I edited the line to put a 1 vs. a * in the DOM field and rebooted (probably could have just restarted cron); my cron logs DID NOT get wiped last night.:

22 9 1 */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

I'll REALLY know I'm right on Wednesday.... let's see if those logs wipe on the first of February (fingers crossed).

[bengalfreak]

I was correct..... I think.

I edited the line to put a 1 vs. a * in the DOM field and rebooted (probably could have just restarted cron); my cron logs DID NOT get wiped last night.:

22 9 1 */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

I'll REALLY know I'm right on Wednesday.... let's see if those logs wipe on the first of February (fingers crossed).

Yes, but even if you're right. won't it go back to wiping the logs every day next January?

[Tivogre]

Yes, but even if you're right. won't it go back to wiping the logs every day next January?

I don't THINK so.... but we'll see on Wednesdy. I'm new to this stuff.

I think my syntax correctly specifies:

minute 22

hour 9

day of month 1 (first day of the month)

month */3 (I interpret to be every thrid month... January, April, July, October)

day of week * (any)

We'll see, between my edits, the other guy's "playing guinnea pig" to see if it STOPS deleting for him on Wednesday night...

Of course, one of the CRON experts in the thread could just TELL US so we could stopp guessing!!!

:D

[boody]

Hi,

Having a bit of a problem with error 51. I'm mod'ing a HR10-250 using the S2 3.1.5 kernel on PTV's $5 CD, and I run 51killer.tcl:

-------------------
#!/tvbin/tivosh
EnableTransactionHoldoff true
set db [dbopen]
RetryTransaction {
set obj [db $db open "/State/Media"]
dbobj $obj remove DiskConfiguration
}
-------------------

as: tivosh 51killer.tcl

Note: I did not run zipper, yet.

I get no output from that script, but after I run it there's a delay before the prompt comes back (so it seems it is running). I know this isn't a ^M issue. After a reboot I still have the 51 error.
Service Number showing up as not avail (000000...)

Is the script not working or does it not work on my unit/kernel?? I really don't want to have to resort to clear and delete every time the unit gets a software update and I re-hack it (and I would like to get/participate in software updates).

Speaking of service updates, please confirm my understanding of how this works: when I get a software update my hacks will go away and I will still be able to watch recorded video. But when I update the kernel again (like I have here) even if 51killer works, I'll still have no access to the recordings since the key gets re-created. So, in effect if hacking is the goal, every software update means a clearing of all my recordings. And no, I don't have access to older kernels of mine, this unit is fresh out of the box.

Thanks

[CKramer]

no
it will ignore ssid.
did you set a static IP or DHCP?

static, as your guide states, when it asked me to enter the ip address for the tivo, entered 192.168.0.200
ip address for the router - 192.168.0.1
gateway - 192.168.0.1
SSID - NETGEAR (assumed that the wireless usb adapter would work).

there is no way to have dhcp on tivo, is there?
am i doing something wrong?

[rpdre1]

I worked out a way to make the script realize that it is booting for the first time, and reboot the tivo automatically. I modify the instructions and post a new Zipper in a few days. This should save some headache.


any chance you can add an option to install USB 2.0 drivers to the first part of the zipper?


it would reduce the support questions around here and save ppl the hassle of buying another adapter when they have one that will work after installing the backport drivers.

[stingerxxx]

Help!!
I zppered my 2nd tivo. Everything went perfect, I got the bash prompt, went thru tweak. Then after it finished realized i made a mistake, when it rebooted i lost the bas prompt. Forgot to say yes to DHCP. At least I'm guessing that was the prob. I cannot get the bash prompt back. any ideas?

[kudron]

Well, the saga continues.

I placed my drive back into the tivo on Wednesday and all appeared fine, even though I could not finish the zipper (had to go back to work). On Friday, the tivo locked up while watching a channel. I rebooted and was able to watch over an hour of a recorded program. After that, the unit locked up again. Further attempts to boot are futile as I am stuck at the welcome screen.

I'm thinking of getting an Instantcake image, re-image the drive (thus losing my programs) then zipper it. Seems to be the easiest way of getting the tivo back up in the shortest amount of time.

[boody]

Having more 51 related probs:

I did a clear & delete to get past the error. When it came back up I had to do the normal dial in to activate DVR. After the usual trouble (I have Vonage) I finally got it to call in via modem and afterwords, the 51 error came up again!! This is a vicious cycle - c&d to get rid of 51 -> need to dialin to activate dvr -> error 51. Help!!!

[Gunnyman]

boody
is the unit zipper hacked?
if no no need for c&d just run 51killer.tcl
the run fakecall.tcl and reboot.

[Gunnyman]

Help!!
I zppered my 2nd tivo. Everything went perfect, I got the bash prompt, went thru tweak. Then after it finished realized i made a mistake, when it rebooted i lost the bas prompt. Forgot to say yes to DHCP. At least I'm guessing that was the prob. I cannot get the bash prompt back. any ideas?
no bash or no network at all?
if you have No network connectivity, rezipper
if you have tivoweb just run the netconfig module in tivoweb.

[rbautch]

any chance you can add an option to install USB 2.0 drivers to the first part of the zipper?


it would reduce the support questions around here and save ppl the hassle of buying another adapter when they have one that will work after installing the backport drivers. An excellent idea, but....I have thought about it previously, and decided against it for two reasons. The first is not to add another variable to the mix when people "can't connect" for some reason. The other is that many moons ago (pre-Zipper) I got permission to use USB2.0 drivers with the enhancement script, not the zipper. Since the zipper may have dropped my stock on DDB, I'm not going to push my luck by asking permission again.

[stingerxxx]

no bash or no network at all?
if you have No network connectivity, rezipper
if you have tivoweb just run the netconfig module in tivoweb.

I have no access to tivoweb.

Well, Ihave a linksys wrt54gs router, and a netgear fa120, after it reboot I have all leds lit. the FA120 both lights are lit. When it asked for static ip or use dchp, I chose static, I used 192.168.1.103, router is 192.168.1.1. Then when the enhancements script finished it said to reboot. I did, but then I could no longer get the Bash prompt. I tried to rerun zipper again, re-entered IP address still didnt work. Not sure what to try next.

[rbautch]

I have no access to tivoweb.

Well, Ihave a linksys wrt54gs router, and a netgear fa120, after it reboot I have all leds lit. the FA120 both lights are lit. When it asked for static ip or use dchp, I chose static, I used 192.168.1.103, router is 192.168.1.1. Then when the enhancements script finished it said to reboot. I did, but then I could no longer get the Bash prompt. I tried to rerun zipper again, re-entered IP address still didnt work. Not sure what to try next. If both lights are lit, that means the tivo can communicate with your router. The problem is likely that you're telnetting to the wrong IP.

[boody]

Followup:

I ended up doing a clear & delete to get the process moving. After coming back up it wanted me to activate dvr service (dial in). I finally got it to call in via modem and afterwords, the 51 error came up again. Previously I had gotten rid of it by doing a clear & delete. This is a vicious cycle - c&d to get rid of 51 -> need to dialin to activate dvr -> error 51. Help!!!

UPDATE: This is weird: so on a whim I ran the original version of 51killer.tcl again, and this time:

51killer.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

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

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

Do you want to continue? (type yes or no):
yes
Done! Reboot for the changes to take effect.
bash-2.02# reboot

When it came back up, error 51 was still there.

Why all of a sudden is 51killer script working, but not having any effect?

The sequence from the beginning was this:

(box is new)
- software: 3.1.5f
- setup, modem activate/dial in, made normal call, everything is fine
- cracked the box, made a backup
- restored the backup with 275 swap and tpip'd ONTO A NEW 300GB DRIVE (is that part of the 51 problem here - the orig drive isn't the one being hacked). All subsequent activity is happening to new drive:
- dd'd PTV's 3.1.5 kernel to hdc6
- mod'd rc.sysinit.author to get network/telnet
- booted up, network ok
- tried 51killer to no avail
- clear & delete
(51 error gone, but now need to re-dial in)
- dialed in (no reboot)
- 51 error back immediately
- 51killer now works
(reboot)
- 51 still there
- clear & delete
(service # still reads 0000000...)
- ran fakecall
- ran 51killer
(reboot)
- 51 still there

[boody]

boody
is the unit zipper hacked?
if no no need for c&d just run 51killer.tcl
the run fakecall.tcl and reboot.

It's not zipper'ed. As mentioned, 51killer was not running properly in one version (the interactive script) and didn't appear to work in another. After a c&d the interactive script worked but it's never resulted in a removal of error 51. See my last post (above) for full details.

Thanks!

[rbautch]

It's not zipper'ed. As mentioned, 51killer was not running properly in one version (the interactive script) and didn't appear to work in another. After a c&d the interactive script worked but it's never resulted in a removal of error 51. See my last post (above) for full details.

Thanks! It might help if your tivo had its tivoapp patched to disable encryption. You can do this manually or let the Zipper do it for you. If you choose to do it manually, you can crack open the enhancement script to see the commands that do it.

[boody]

I tried:

(immediately after a c&d, after which I STILL have the 51 error)

- patch tivoapp (per the zipper's 3.1.5f instructions)
- reboot
- ran stock 51killer.tcl (prompted and answered 'yes')
- reboot
- no 51, but it want's to dialin before activating dvr
- did fakecall, still want's to dialin
- reboot
- error 51

:( :confused:

Trying to figure out what to tey next: newer kernel on the PTV cd? instant cake? the zipper route? I mean, I'm doing everthing these scripts did only manually so I'd expect the same results...

PS: at no point have I ever had a service number after doing this hacking, regardless of c&d. I assume that's related to this problem?

[dkchandler]

I have a wireless adapter, will that work attached to the tivo; using the zipper on a series 2 DTivo???
Or do I need a wireless router attached to the DTivo????

Thanks...

[rbautch]

I tried:

(immediately after a c&d, after which I STILL have the 51 error)

- patch tivoapp (per the zipper's 3.1.5f instructions)
- reboot
- ran stock 51killer.tcl (prompted and answered 'yes')
- reboot
- no 51, but it want's to dialin before activating dvr
- did fakecall, still want's to dialin
- reboot
- error 51

:( :confused:

Trying to figure out what to tey next: newer kernel on the PTV cd? instant cake? the zipper route? I mean, I'm doing everthing these scripts did only manually so I'd expect the same results...

PS: at no point have I ever had a service number after doing this hacking, regardless of c&d. I assume that's related to this problem?
At bash, type: crypto -gsn and see if your service number comes up.

[boody]

At bash, type: crypto -gsn and see if your service number comes up.

bash-2.02# crypto -gsn
Unable to get crypto chip's attention!

This is weird cause I KNOW this was working before, tried it out while it was doing a c&d

Post edit:

It was working before cause rc.sysinit.author was not run yet, and in it was:
/bin/bash </dev/ttyS3 >& /dev/ttyS3 &

Which I understand now from http://www.************.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=43759 is a no no.

After that was commented out I got output from crypto, service # shows up (!! :) ), and I'm doing battle with the initial dialin (over vonage) at the moment. I posted elsewhere (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=284489) tonight, there's no way to get broadband dialing working, even if you have eth0 up before tclient?

PSPS: dialup worked and ALL probs solved. Thanks, as usual, user error.

[letnes]

I used the Zipper on my 3 DTivos last November. Everything has been working fine up until now. One of the Tivos no longer has a /var/hack directory. I was just going to re-run tweak.sh, but I see that there is a new version dated 01/03/06.

I have looked around, but I could not find a changelist for tweak.sh. The one I originally installed was from 10/28/05. What is new in hte newer version, or should I just reinstall the older version?

[qwertypo]

Correct, this will not touch your recordings.

Okay, So I tried the uninstall/reinstall... and I have hit a wall.

I have searched the forum for my problem..... I can't figure out what to do next.
This is what I am getting:

------------------------
bash-2.02# sh tweak_uninstall.sh
Removing directories and files...
skipping TWP uninstall...
Skipping cron uninstall...
Skipping CallerID uninstall...
Skipping fakecall restore...
Skipping USB 2.0 driver restore...
No bakup profile found, skipping profile restore...
Restoring original rc.sysinit.author file
mv: rc.sysinit.author.bak: No such file or directory
No backup splash screen found, skipping splash restore...
Done!

-------------------------
Then I go for install
-------------------------
bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y
Please enter the IP address of your router: 192.168.0.1
Setting DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf...

Done. Please re-run tweak.sh. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
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

------------------------
Okay, so I try editing the etc/host and the etc/resolv.conf, no luck
So I go ahead and FTP over rbautch's file, and go for install again....

-------------------------

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

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tweak.sh: tar: command not found
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#
----------------------

Okay..... So I assume I have done something wrong....

Anybody got any ideas?

[dr_skoobie]

Hi all,

Hope you'll forgive another newbie tale of woe.

I spent several hours this weekend upgrading my Hughes SD DVR80. The hard drive was failing, so the steps I followed were:

1. Backing up the drive using the weaknees tutorial and weaknees MFS Tools 2.0 boot disk with large disk support. The OS is 6.2. While I did get sector errors in the backup, the process completed.
2. Restoring the drive image using the same tools to a new Maxtor 160gb drive. The full capacity of the drive appeared to be recognized, and the new drive DID boot up in the Tivo (sadly, I did NOT try to record during that initial test, see below).
3. Loading zipper and the hacked kernels from the PTVUpgrade boot disk recommended here. This was the first time I booted from the PTVUpgrade disc rather than the weaknees disc. I was able to load the disc tools without incident.
4. Telnet was successful, and I was able to step through the Zipper process-- everything installed successfully, or so I thought.
5. Again, the Tivo boots, acquires signal, no error 51s or the like (of course, the image was taken from the original drive, so this may not be surprising).
6. My recordings did not make the journey-- while they appeared in 'Now Playing,' I got a message each time asking if I wanted to delete when I tried to play them. I deleted (one at a time) all these recordings. I attributed this to the missing (bad) sectors, and assumed the OS was intact, since the unit seemed to function okay otherwise...?
7. I noticed Tivo was not recording as scheduled in the to-do list.
8. When trying to record manually, I got an internal error #86.
9. I have since tried resetting the program guide and to-do list via the Tivo tools-- the process appears to hang. I waited several hours before giving up, restoring the image to the drive, and trying again.
10. I have tried a full 'reset'-- incidentally, the only treatment I have found for an error #86 on the Tivo support site-- but again, the process appears to hang.

Advice is welcome. There are a few possibilities I've been considering:

1. The image is no good due to the bad sectors on the original drive. I need to buy instantcake for my directivo unit.
2. Mixing the weaknees and ptvupgrade boot discs created a problem of some sort.
3. Because my unit does not offer native support of LBA48 per PTVUpgrade, the large drive size is causing a problem. I notice that PTVUpgrade offers a 'universal' boot CD to resolve this issue, but I assume the Zipper tutorial would mention this if it were a problem. Instead, the tutorial suggests that the process outlined will work for all series 2 units, including large drive support.

Sorry so lengthy!

dr_s

[PinheadX]

I'm upgrading to a 320 gig drive in a DSR7000 with 6.2
I've already followed the instructions on obtaining the tools and such on the zipper page, and did some research here, and wanted to make sure this was kosher, and basically that it's not gonna flip out when I'm doing the restore according to the instructions on the zipper page.

I used Vim to edit zipper.sh and changed the following:

mfsrestore -s 160 -r 4 -xzpi /cdrom/000001 /dev/hd$location
tpip --swapped -s /dev/hd$location

I've left everything else alone.

Am I good? I'm so new at this stuff, even though I have already upgraded a SAT-T60 in the past. I used an Instantcake disk for that one. This time I am going to have my cake and eat it too! I can look at a script and figure out basic stuff like this, so I think I figured it out, but I just wanted some sort of validation on this, since I'm really green.

thanx in advance.

[bengalfreak]

I have no access to tivoweb.

Well, Ihave a linksys wrt54gs router, and a netgear fa120, after it reboot I have all leds lit. the FA120 both lights are lit. When it asked for static ip or use dchp, I chose static, I used 192.168.1.103, router is 192.168.1.1. Then when the enhancements script finished it said to reboot. I did, but then I could no longer get the Bash prompt. I tried to rerun zipper again, re-entered IP address still didnt work. Not sure what to try next.


Stinger, I have the exact same setup as you. What I'm wondering is, do you have DHCP turned off on the router itself? The reason I'm asking is that your static Ip address is pretty low on the list. For instance, my router is setup to assign ten DHCP addresses 192.168.1.100 thru 109. I then skip ahead 10 addresses to start my static IP's for my tivo's at 192.168.1.120. For some reason I had problems when the numbers were close to each other.


If your static IP's and DHCP addresses overlap, you'll get lights on your adaptor, but you may or may not get telnet/ftp access.

[bengalfreak]

I used the Zipper on my 3 DTivos last November. Everything has been working fine up until now. One of the Tivos no longer has a /var/hack directory. I was just going to re-run tweak.sh, but I see that there is a new version dated 01/03/06.

I have looked around, but I could not find a changelist for tweak.sh. The one I originally installed was from 10/28/05. What is new in hte newer version, or should I just reinstall the older version?

rbautch will answer what to do with the tweak script, but do yourself a favor and archive your /var folder on each of your Dtivo's. That way, you can just reboot, get ftp access back, and upload your previously archived /var folder the next time it gets wiped.

[chubb]

Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks to rbautch and gunny for their time and effort in developing the zipper and answering the questions of users on this forum. I had long wanted to hack my dtivos but the myriad disjointed steps and threads on the other forum were just too confusing even for a relatively experienced linux user.

Thanks for making it easy. I just read through the instructions and a bunch of pages from this thread and have been able to zipper my 2 DSR704s and my friend's HDVR2. My next step is to do the HR10-250s that I have, but I'm waiting for 500GB drives to fall in price...

Put me on the list of "successful zippers".

chubb

PS. any chance of Galleon being supported soon or is that a 7.x series SA only app?

[Gunnyman]

galleon requires HME which is 7.x only :(

[mcornell]

I don't want to take these discussions off track, so if anyone wants to email me at mcornell23@yahoo.com that would be great (or answer here if that's acceptable).

I've zippered my drive, I have a version 2 and version 4 of Linksys WRT54G. My Netgear 120 is on the way so I wanted to get the routers set up before it arrived. I know that there are a couple of links in the forum to www.linksys.org forums but the message comes back "bandwidth exceeded" :(
I installed WRT and Tofu 12 on each router but get stuck at that point. I'm looking to be able to use my main router (call it A) as my broadband connection and a wireless access point. I want to put the second one (B) in the living room and connect the tivo to it via cat 5. I then want the router B to connect to router A wirelessly. It's too far to run cable between the routers.
I'm not sure if I should be setting up WDS, WDS-AP, WET, Client.
Any Tofu help will be appreciated! I feel like I'm making this a lot more complicated than it should be. :mad:

-Mike

[rpdre1]

I don't want to take these discussions off track, so if anyone wants to email me at mcornell23@yahoo.com that would be great (or answer here if that's acceptable).

I've zippered my drive, I have a version 2 and version 4 of Linksys WRT54G. My Netgear 120 is on the way so I wanted to get the routers set up before it arrived. I know that there are a couple of links in the forum to www.linksys.org forums but the message comes back "bandwidth exceeded" :(
I installed WRT and Tofu 12 on each router but get stuck at that point. I'm looking to be able to use my main router (call it A) as my broadband connection and a wireless access point. I want to put the second one (B) in the living room and connect the tivo to it via cat 5. I then want the router B to connect to router A wirelessly. It's too far to run cable between the routers.
I'm not sure if I should be setting up WDS, WDS-AP, WET, Client.
Any Tofu help will be appreciated! I feel like I'm making this a lot more complicated than it should be. :mad:

-Mike

for wrt54g, a new tofu just came out yesterday actually:

tofu 13 http://www.hyperwrt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1089


setup your router A for wireless as you would normally with a ssid, wpa, channel, g-only/mixed/etc. im going to assume this router is 192.168.1.1 and your tivo is 192.168.1.105.

for your router B, you want to set it as WET (wireless ethernet bridge), client mode (STA) is not what you want because it will make a seperate network behind router B with NAT, firewall, portforwarding,etc. fill in the ssid, wpa, channel, etc of your wireless network that you set in router a. now go to the first page and set routers ip to 192.168.1.2, disable dhcp, set LAN Gateway to 192.168.1.1 and LAN DNS to 192.168.1.1

if you have a wireless mac filter setup on A, the mac address of B in router A's eyes is different than the printed mac address on the bottom of router B.
http://192.168.1.2/Status_Wireless.asp will show you the wireless mac address you need for the mac filter on A (if you have one on A).

in the eyes of your tivo, it will be just like its connected to your network wired, so in the tivo network settings in the zipper/twp set the gateway/router to 192.168.1.1, NOT 192.168.1.2

[mcornell]

for wrt54g, a new tofu just came out yesterday actually:

tofu 13 http://www.hyperwrt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1089


setup your router A for wireless as you would normally with a ssid, wpa, channel, g-only/mixed/etc. im going to assume this router is 192.168.1.1 and your tivo is 192.168.1.105.

for your router B, you want to set it as WET (wireless ethernet bridge), client mode (STA) is not what you want because it will make a seperate network behind router B with NAT, firewall, portforwarding,etc. fill in the ssid, wpa, channel, etc of your wireless network that you set in router a. now go to the first page and set routers ip to 192.168.1.2, disable dhcp, set LAN Gateway to 192.168.1.1 and LAN DNS to 192.168.1.1

if you have a wireless mac filter setup on A, the mac address of B in router A's eyes is different than the printed mac address on the bottom of router B.
http://192.168.1.2/Status_Wireless.asp will show you the wireless mac address you need for the mac filter on A (if you have one on A).

in the eyes of your tivo, it will be just like its connected to your network wired, so in the tivo network settings in the zipper/twp set the gateway/router to 192.168.1.1, NOT 192.168.1.2
Thanks much I'll give that a shot when I get home tonight.
-Mike

[rbautch]

Okay, So I tried the uninstall/reinstall... and I have hit a wall.

I have searched the forum for my problem..... I can't figure out what to do next.
This is what I am getting:

------------------------
bash-2.02# sh tweak_uninstall.sh
Removing directories and files...
skipping TWP uninstall...
Skipping cron uninstall...
Skipping CallerID uninstall...
Skipping fakecall restore...
Skipping USB 2.0 driver restore...
No bakup profile found, skipping profile restore...
Restoring original rc.sysinit.author file
mv: rc.sysinit.author.bak: No such file or directory
No backup splash screen found, skipping splash restore...
Done!

-------------------------
Then I go for install
-------------------------
bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y
Please enter the IP address of your router: 192.168.0.1
Setting DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf...

Done. Please re-run tweak.sh. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
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

------------------------
Okay, so I try editing the etc/host and the etc/resolv.conf, no luck
So I go ahead and FTP over rbautch's file, and go for install again....

-------------------------

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

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tweak.sh: tar: command not found
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#
----------------------

Okay..... So I assume I have done something wrong....

Anybody got any ideas?
Looks like you either don't have the right tools in your /busybox folder, or /busybox is not in your PATH. Download AW's all in one utilities and extract them to /busybox, then try again.

[rbautch]

I used the Zipper on my 3 DTivos last November. Everything has been working fine up until now. One of the Tivos no longer has a /var/hack directory. I was just going to re-run tweak.sh, but I see that there is a new version dated 01/03/06.

I have looked around, but I could not find a changelist for tweak.sh. The one I originally installed was from 10/28/05. What is new in hte newer version, or should I just reinstall the older version?
Use the latest. There is a version history in the /enhancements directory.

[rbautch]

rbautch will answer what to do with the tweak script, but do yourself a favor and archive your /var folder on each of your Dtivo's. That way, you can just reboot, get ftp access back, and upload your previously archived /var folder the next time it gets wiped. A good idea. If you're using a Zippered tivo or my enhancement script , the only thing you need to backup from /var is the tivowebplus directory. I may move TWP to root in a future version.

[starbiker99]

rbautch why only the tivowebplus dir? I have the complete var folder backed up up on all 3 of my directivos. It will be easier knowing I only need tivowebplus. BTW they have been zippered since thanksgiving and have never dissappeared. knock on wood!

[dkchandler]

Does any one have a URL to a good how-to 'serial to PC connection' on ver 6.2, Series 2, DTivo???

Thanks.....

[skw]

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

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


The R15 is NOT a DTivo. Don't buy it. Just Say No.

The R10 is a DTivo that "as a feature" prevents you from upgrading the software unless you replace the PROM. This requires skill and soldering. You can still upgrade the drive. Do not buy the R10 if you have a choice. I did before I realized all of the cool things that I wanted to do were going to be more work.

As far as I know, the rest of the Series 2 DTivos are all about the same from the perspective of adding upgrades like the HMO.

[MidnightRider]

I swear there was a 'success' thread somewhere, but I can't find it. Anywell:

Major kudos to both rbautch and the Gunnyman for their scripts and helpful answers throughout this thread. Spent most of last week reading stuff here and over at DDB and ran through a successful first hack on Saturday night. I deviated slightly from the Zipper instructions by copying my existing DTV image to a new (larger) disk using MFS and then applied the Zipper to the new disk image using the tools cd.

Awesome job, guys!

Btw, saw a post last night over on DDB from one of the TivoServer developers: they've figured out how to stream VOB files from the app; hopefully will be in the next release.

MR

*********************
DTivo Samsung 4080 - hacked :)
DTivo Samsung 4120 - about to be hacked :rolleyes:
$15 DTivo model tbd - gonna be hacked when it gets here :cool:

[rvaniwaa]

I swear there was a 'success' thread somewhere, but I can't find it.
Btw, saw a post last night over on DDB from one of the TivoServer developers: they've figured out how to stream VOB files from the app; hopefully will be in the next release.


I just saw that as well. I was in the process of ripping all my DVDs and converting to AVI format but will, instead, buy gobs more HD space and just store the VOBs. I imagine that serving a VOB is less CPU intensive (it is just demuxing and muxing the video and audio rather than encoding and decoding the format) which means it should run just great on my older hw linux server. WOO HOO!

--Ron

[rbautch]

rbautch why only the tivowebplus dir? I have the complete var folder backed up up on all 3 of my directivos. It will be easier knowing I only need tivowebplus. BTW they have been zippered since thanksgiving and have never dissappeared. knock on wood! Tivowebplus is the only hack that is stored in var (using my enhancement script). If you put any other hacks in var, you need to back those up also. Anthing else in var is not worth saving.

[kudron]

Now I am befuddled...

I re-imaged my drive with an Instantcake 6.2 disc, ran zipper and put the drive back into my tivo. It will not boot, stuck at the welcome screen. So I took the drive out again, re-ran instantcake, replaced the drive, and it still will not boot. Do I have to re-format the drive before running instantcake? Should I run zipper or just the enhancement?

[Gunnyman]

check your jumpers.

[mcornell]

for wrt54g, a new tofu just came out yesterday actually:

tofu 13 http://www.hyperwrt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1089


setup your router A for wireless as you would normally with a ssid, wpa, channel, g-only/mixed/etc. im going to assume this router is 192.168.1.1 and your tivo is 192.168.1.105.

for your router B, you want to set it as WET (wireless ethernet bridge), client mode (STA) is not what you want because it will make a seperate network behind router B with NAT, firewall, portforwarding,etc. fill in the ssid, wpa, channel, etc of your wireless network that you set in router a. now go to the first page and set routers ip to 192.168.1.2, disable dhcp, set LAN Gateway to 192.168.1.1 and LAN DNS to 192.168.1.1

if you have a wireless mac filter setup on A, the mac address of B in router A's eyes is different than the printed mac address on the bottom of router B.
http://192.168.1.2/Status_Wireless.asp will show you the wireless mac address you need for the mac filter on A (if you have one on A).

in the eyes of your tivo, it will be just like its connected to your network wired, so in the tivo network settings in the zipper/twp set the gateway/router to 192.168.1.1, NOT 192.168.1.2
Worked like a charm, thanks rbautch.
Now I can't wait for the network adapter to get here so I can finish the rest.
-Mike :)

[Swytch]

I succesfully ran the zipper on my HR10-250, entered the tivos ip as 192.168.0.99 and the router address as 192.168.0.1

i got my usb to ethernet adapter today, plugged it into my tivo and router, and rebooted the tivo.

went to my command prompt in windows xp and typed:

telnet -t vt100 192.168.0.99

and it said it could not open connection to host

i opened firefox and went to my router settings page and the tivo doesnt show up in dhcp

can anyone help me get this working?

[MidnightRider]

Question: is there a way to set the network name that shows up in routers, etc.? Looks like it's using my Tivo serial # ...

>nslookup 192.168.1.101
Server: home
Address: 192.168.1.254

Name: 3810000E066A33E
Address: 192.168.1.101

Not a huge deal but don't see this addressed anywhere on the forum.

MR

*********************
DTivo Samsung 4080 - hacked
DTivo Samsung 4120 - about to be hacked
$15 DTivo model tbd - gonna be hacked when it gets here

[kudron]

check your jumpers.

Check 'em every time.

just to make sure that there were no problems with the unit itself, I put the original disk in and it booted fine.

[MidnightRider]

i opened firefox and went to my router settings page and the tivo doesnt show up in dhcp

Can you verify that you have connectivity at the USB/Ethernet device? Should see some lights flashing or at least lit.

MR

*********************
DTivo Samsung 4080 - hacked
DTivo Samsung 4120 - about to be hacked
$15 DTivo model tbd - gonna be hacked when it gets here

[Swytch]

Can you verify that you have connectivity at the USB/Ethernet device? Should see some lights flashing or at least lit.

MR

*********************
DTivo Samsung 4080 - hacked
DTivo Samsung 4120 - about to be hacked
$15 DTivo model tbd - gonna be hacked when it gets here


btw i have a netgear fa120 usb to ethernet adapter.

both green LEDs are on

green LEDs ar also on on the router for the port its connected to

[Swytch]

i noticed something that may be the problem... here is the text from my command prompt in XP...

C:\Documents and Settings\Swytch>telnet -t vt100 192.168.0.99
Connecting To 192.168.0.99...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed

shouldnt it be port 21? how do i change it?

i tried

C:\Documents and Settings\Swytch>telnet -t vt100 192.168.0.99:21
Connecting To 192.168.0.99:21...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed

[Gunnyman]

ftp is 21 telnet is 23

[Swytch]

so, I was able to telnet to the tivo on my Mac with Terminal, however the -t vt100 option isnt recognized, is this necessary? can i run the enhancements scripts etc from my Mac?

I still dont see the Tivo on my routers DHCP list, but i think that may be because of the static ip i set the tivo to when running the zipper. I saw some posts about choosing static ip or use dhcp on the tivo, yet when i went through the zipper i only saw enter ip address of tivo. how do i set to use dhcp? can i do this with telnet?

[Gunnyman]

when telnetting from a mac use the -K switch
telnet -K ipaddress.

[Swytch]

when telnetting from a mac use the -K switch
telnet -K ipaddress.

thanx, any idea why telnet isnt workign from my pc? is it WindowsXP causing the prob?

[Gunnyman]

windows XP firewall enabled?
Running VPN software?
These are the usual culprits.

[Gunnyman]

Now I am befuddled...

I re-imaged my drive with an Instantcake 6.2 disc, ran zipper and put the drive back into my tivo. It will not boot, stuck at the welcome screen. So I took the drive out again, re-ran instantcake, replaced the drive, and it still will not boot. Do I have to re-format the drive before running instantcake? Should I run zipper or just the enhancement?
usually is there are no errors during the instantcake process (assuming you used a correct image of course) welcome powering up errors are cable, jumper related.

[stingerxxx]

Stinger, I have the exact same setup as you. What I'm wondering is, do you have DHCP turned off on the router itself? The reason I'm asking is that your static Ip address is pretty low on the list. For instance, my router is setup to assign ten DHCP addresses 192.168.1.100 thru 109. I then skip ahead 10 addresses to start my static IP's for my tivo's at 192.168.1.120. For some reason I had problems when the numbers were close to each other.


If your static IP's and DHCP addresses overlap, you'll get lights on your adaptor, but you may or may not get telnet/ftp access.

Thats exactly what I have ,DHCP on in router. So I need to move to a static IP address outside of the DHCP reserved ips? The reserves are 100 to 200
so 201 should work for static?



Seems like there is alot of probs with telnet and networking all of a sudden.

[davealfred]

I would like to copy some of my DVD collection to a Tivo for MRV. Is there a way to do this? I am currently using The Zipper. I would prefer to store them on a Tivo unit not a PC if that is possible. I tried searching but didn't find much. Thanks for the help.

[PinheadX]

you should check out a site that has a deal database (dot com).

though, I don't really think it's possible...

[kudron]

usually is there are no errors during the instantcake process (assuming you used a correct image of course) welcome powering up errors are cable, jumper related.

I don't remember a jumper being used on this drive before, but just to be sure, I tried booting with a jumper set to master - no go. I then tried cable select - TA DA!! It booted. So, being the glutton for punishment that I am, I took the drive out and zippered it. Once put back into the tivo, it booted fine. But, no ftp nor telnet. I hooked up the serial cable and finished the zipper.

[bengalfreak]

Thats exactly what I have ,DHCP on in router. So I need to move to a static IP address outside of the DHCP reserved ips? The reserves are 100 to 200
so 201 should work for static?

I'd start at 210. As I said before, when I started the static IP addresses right after the DHCP reserved ones, I still had problems.

Right now your are telling the router to use 100 to 200 as addresses it assigns via DHCP. And then you are telling the Tivo that its static IP is 103. This is confusing the hell out of your router.

[kiddk1]

excuse the ignorance, I have a hughes HDVR2 & RCA DVR80, what will adding networking allow me to do on my Dtivo?

[kudron]

I don't remember a jumper being used on this drive before, but just to be sure, I tried booting with a jumper set to master - no go. I then tried cable select - TA DA!! It booted. So, being the glutton for punishment that I am, I took the drive out and zippered it. Once put back into the tivo, it booted fine. But, no ftp nor telnet. I hooked up the serial cable and finished the zipper.

A couple of minutes after I posted the above comment, the tivo froze on live TV. I took the jumper off (WD 120gig) and it again booted fine.

So far it has been on for ten hours and no freeze-up. I am a happy camper again.

Any way to force the unit to acquire the complete guide data (short of re-booting)? There are a lot of holes in the schedule.

[lee espinoza]

A couple of minutes after I posted the above comment, the tivo froze on live TV. I took the jumper off (WD 120gig) and it again booted fine.

So far it has been on for ten hours and no freeze-up. I am a happy camper again.

Any way to force the unit to acquire the complete guide data (short of re-booting)? There are a lot of holes in the schedule.
go to directv central than messages & setop-> restart or reset system than ->clear program infomation and to do list and hit select and you can take it from there.

[qwertypo]

Looks like you either don't have the right tools in your /busybox folder, or /busybox is not in your PATH. Download AW's all in one utilities and extract them to /busybox, then try again.

That was it. Busy box wasn't in the PATH. Actually there where no path settings at all. I set the path, and re-run the tweak script, and it all ran just fine. Thanks....
So does the uninstall erase the init file that contains the path?

I noticed that a few other people had this problem after un-install, maybe we could add a line in the instructions to set the path, I realize it says verify your path, but it would not hurt to just everyone reset there paths... no?

I used $PATH = /busybox

[qwertypo]

I would like to copy some of my DVD collection to a Tivo for MRV. Is there a way to do this? I am currently using The Zipper. I would prefer to store them on a Tivo unit not a PC if that is possible. I tried searching but didn't find much. Thanks for the help.

If you can convert your VOB's to consolidated MPEG files, I have successfully uploaded many programs to my tivo via tivoserver. Still a work in progress, but a lot of pix work just fine, the tivoserver folks are working on an update to go direct from VOB.....

[rpdre1]

If you can convert your VOB's to consolidated MPEG files, I have successfully uploaded many programs to my tivo via tivoserver. Still a work in progress, but a lot of pix work just fine, the tivoserver folks are working on an update to go direct from VOB.....

just want to tell you guys not to spend too much time converting your collection to mpeg files,

btu and the others have vobs going, theres just problems with the aspect ratio when you play them on your tivo that are being worked on but they transfer :)

ac3 in .avi works too
(tivoserver is transcoding it to m2a at the moment.. so you're not keeping the dolby digital but you're use to regular stereo if you watch directv anyway lol)



so dont spend too much time demuxing and running tymplex on your collections.

all you'll need to do for dvds once this new tivoserver finished is run the dvd in dvd decrypter in IFO mode > Stream processing, select the video stream & audio stream of the movie and set direct stream copy on both. that'll write the movie into one vob which is ready to go for tivoserver.

ive tried the vobs made in dvd decrypter from 3 dvds (a fullscreen, widescreen, and anamorphic widescreen dvd) and they transfer to tivo :)

the problem is that the widescreen dvd transfers as 4:3. the anamorphic is letterboxed, but incorrectly.

[lee espinoza]

just want to tell you guys not to spend too much time converting your collection to mpeg files,

btu and the others have vobs going, theres just problems with the aspect ratio when you play them on your tivo that are being worked on but they transfer :)

ac3 in .avi works too
(tivoserver is transcoding it to m2a at the moment.. so you're not keeping the dolby digital but you're use to regular stereo if you watch directv anyway lol)



so dont spend too much time demuxing and running tymplex on your collections.

all you'll need to do for dvds once this new tivoserver finished is run the dvd in dvd decrypter in IFO mode > Stream processing, select the video stream & audio stream of the movie and set direct stream copy on both. that'll write the movie into one vob which is ready to go for tivoserver.

ive tried the vobs made in dvd decrypter from 3 dvds (a fullscreen, widescreen, and anamorphic widescreen dvd) and they transfer to tivo :)

the problem is that the widescreen dvd transfers as 4:3. the anamorphic is letterboxed, but incorrectly. so when is the "new" tivoserver coming out?

[rpdre1]

i have no idea, youd have to ask a dev

[rpdre1]

for wrt54g, a new tofu just came out yesterday actually:

tofu 13 http://www.hyperwrt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1089


setup your router A for wireless as you would normally with a ssid, wpa, channel, g-only/mixed/etc. im going to assume this router is 192.168.1.1 and your tivo is 192.168.1.105.

for your router B, you want to set it as WET (wireless ethernet bridge), client mode (STA) is not what you want because it will make a seperate network behind router B with NAT, firewall, portforwarding,etc. fill in the ssid, wpa, channel, etc of your wireless network that you set in router a. now go to the first page and set routers ip to 192.168.1.2, disable dhcp, set LAN Gateway to 192.168.1.1 and LAN DNS to 192.168.1.1

if you have a wireless mac filter setup on A, the mac address of B in router A's eyes is different than the printed mac address on the bottom of router B.
http://192.168.1.2/Status_Wireless.asp will show you the wireless mac address you need for the mac filter on A (if you have one on A).

in the eyes of your tivo, it will be just like its connected to your network wired, so in the tivo network settings in the zipper/twp set the gateway/router to 192.168.1.1, NOT 192.168.1.2
Worked like a charm, thanks rbautch.
Now I can't wait for the network adapter to get here so I can finish the rest.
-Mike :)

you're welcome :] you called me rbautch though :P

[rbautch]

you're welcome :] you called me rbautch though :P I also invented the Internet if you want to thank me for that too. ;)

[rbautch]

That was it. Busy box wasn't in the PATH. Actually there where no path settings at all. I set the path, and re-run the tweak script, and it all ran just fine. Thanks....
So does the uninstall erase the init file that contains the path?

I noticed that a few other people had this problem after un-install, maybe we could add a line in the instructions to set the path, I realize it says verify your path, but it would not hurt to just everyone reset there paths... no?

I used $PATH = /busybox The author file that is packaged with the Zipper sets the PATH.

[rbautch]

I posted a new version of the Zipper. This one reboots automatically when the tivo first boots, moves tivowebplus to the root directory, and deletes the hackman module from TWP.

[dfriedland]

Where is the new version of the Zipper posted?
Any reason I should uninstall and re-zipper a functioning hacked unit witht he updated zipper?

Thanks for everything!!!!

[rbautch]

Where is the new version of the Zipper posted?
Any reason I should uninstall and re-zipper a functioning hacked unit witht he updated zipper?

Thanks for everything!!!! Same place, and no.

[dfriedland]

Cool! Thanks for all the hard work guys!

JerseyDave

[Dan Collins]

Question: is there a way to set the network name that shows up in routers, etc.? Looks like it's using my Tivo serial # ... Add:

hostname "<name>"

- in your rc.sysinit.author.

[CKramer]

rezippered tivo. didn't have any problem whatsoever.

but still can't telnet into it. both the led lights on fa120 are on.
even disabled dhcp on router (wrt54g v5)

dont know what am i doing wrong. can someone please help??

my fa120 is connected directly to the linksys router which is connected to the voip adapter which is connected to the cable modem.

cable modem -> centillium voip adapter -> wrt54g -> fa120 -> tivo

any help is greatly appreciated in advance.

[starbiker99]

CKramer did you use dhcp when you zippered or assign a static. If you assigned a staic and you can find a roll over cable you should be able to access the ip that way. If you set it for dhcp you should see it (the tivo) in the client list via the serial number or the mac address of the tivo. It sounds as if the network has something not allowing it in or something.

EDIT: I re read your post and I have a similar setup but with dhcp turned on and my 3 Directivo's have static address's that are out of the DHCP range and all has worked well. I can access them with my 3 wired pcs or my 2 wireless ones. Hmmm

[dr_skoobie]

Hi all,

I posted a few days ago regarding my troubles backing up a failing drive from my Hughes SD DVR80. I wasn't sure if it was the backup-- which I successfully transferred to my new 160gb drive-- or the Zipper hacks I subsequently installed that created the error 86 issue (inability to record).

I created a new backup from the recommended PTVUpgrade boot using the following syntax:

mfsbackup -f 999 -1so /mnt/filename.bak /dev/hda

And restored it:

mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -zxpi /mnt/filename.bak /dev/hdc

Where hda and hdc are my C drive and new drive, respectively. Everything seemed to work fine (though the backup slowed in spots, likely the bad sectors on the failing drive).

This time, I did not install the zipper, and I still had the error 86 issue after installing the new drive in the tivo. Could not clear and reset, the process hangs.

I am going to assume that the instantcake 6.2 disc will provide a clean image for the new drive and resolve this problem. Before I follow through, can someone confirm that the $5 PTVUpgrade boot disc I already purchased will support large drive sizes? Their website seems to suggest that because the SD DVR80 does not have native LBA48 support, that their (more expensive) universal boot CD is more appropriate. I want to make sure I have the right tools before proceeding.

thanks!

-dr_s



Advice is welcome. There are a few possibilities I've been considering:

1. The image is no good due to the bad sectors on the original drive. I need to buy instantcake for my directivo unit.
2. Mixing the weaknees and ptvupgrade boot discs created a problem of some sort.
3. Because my unit does not offer native support of LBA48 per PTVUpgrade, the large drive size is causing a problem. I notice that PTVUpgrade offers a 'universal' boot CD to resolve this issue, but I assume the Zipper tutorial would mention this if it were a problem. Instead, the tutorial suggests that the process outlined will work for all series 2 units, including large drive support.

Sorry so lengthy!

dr_s

[rbautch]

rezippered tivo. didn't have any problem whatsoever.

but still can't telnet into it. both the led lights on fa120 are on.
even disabled dhcp on router (wrt54g v5)

dont know what am i doing wrong. can someone please help??

my fa120 is connected directly to the linksys router which is connected to the voip adapter which is connected to the cable modem.

cable modem -> centillium voip adapter -> wrt54g -> fa120 -> tivo

any help is greatly appreciated in advance.Try switching USB ports. Try using a different IP address.

[CKramer]

CKramer did you use dhcp when you zippered or assign a static. If you assigned a staic and you can find a roll over cable you should be able to access the ip that way. If you set it for dhcp you should see it (the tivo) in the client list via the serial number or the mac address of the tivo. It sounds as if the network has something not allowing it in or something.

EDIT: I re read your post and I have a similar setup but with dhcp turned on and my 3 Directivo's have static address's that are out of the DHCP range and all has worked well. I can access them with my 3 wired pcs or my 2 wireless ones. Hmmm

starbiker

finally figured out what the problem was. even though specifying static ip, for some wierd reason it had received the dhcp ip from the router. i was only able to trace it through ANGRY IP.

once all the enhancement scripts were run, it went on to the old static ip. wierd eh?

anyways, thanx so much to everyone here - especially gunny and rbautch for the wonderful script. i am loving my tivo even more now :-)

one last question - i see HMO is enabled, but i would need tivo desktop on my pc to get it to work, isn't it? i tried installing it but it keeps asking for some kind of media access key..

are there any options to get the similar funtionality like HMO and tivo desktop through any other software (if tivo desktop is ruled out)

i dont know if this is the right place to ask question about this, but i figured someone might know about this.

[Vito the TiVo]

starbiker

finally figured out what the problem was. even though specifying static ip, for some wierd reason it had received the dhcp ip from the router. i was only able to trace it through ANGRY IP.

once all the enhancement scripts were run, it went on to the old static ip. wierd eh?

anyways, thanx so much to everyone here - especially gunny and rbautch for the wonderful script. i am loving my tivo even more now :-)

one last question - i see HMO is enabled, but i would need tivo desktop on my pc to get it to work, isn't it? i tried installing it but it keeps asking for some kind of media access key..

are there any options to get the similar funtionality like HMO and tivo desktop through any other software (if tivo desktop is ruled out)

i dont know if this is the right place to ask question about this, but i figured someone might know about this.


We're not allowed to talk about it here... TrY the "other forum".

[starbiker99]

Ignore the media key thing it won't effect music and photo viewing. . However you will be able to publish folders for both music and photos to view or listen to via your tivo. also google "javahmo" i haven't had as much luck with it though.

[Vito the TiVo]

Has any one else experienced any 28 day rule problems with their zippered/enhanced DTivos?

I've had 4-5 seperate recordings simply not record over the last week that were clearly first run network primetime and the history states that the 28 Day Rule was invoked?

Now I've been playing with a number of new things the past week as I am off work at the moment, but no where can I find mention of any bugs that would perhaps cause these problems.

I'm running a series 2 DTiVo Hughes SD-DVR 80 6.2 zippered, enhanced. I've also been fooling with the program that shall not be named, TivoServer, adding modules to and tweaking TWP (with some module updating), JavaHMO, and I tried DailyMail, but backed out of it as it was becoming too complex to figure out how to work on TWP. I've also re-enhanced recently (when I saw the tivo reboot twice unexpectedly on me during my workings), and re-replaced TWP. I've also inserted torrents with TivoServer and renamed both those files and manual passes with both the TWP interface and the EditTitle.tcl. I've also used joe to manually edit root (to set fakecall to different times and push everything else back as well for PST) and to attempt to solve an empty NPL because of DNS. Also at least one failed recording happened very close to a reboot, so that might be an anomaly. But last week no "Smallville" or "Chris" and tonight no "Supernatural" or "Daily Show."

I know I've done a bit too much to simply troubleshoot, but I was wondering if any one else has seen something even remotely like this or have an idea of what might be throwing the tivo off?

[Vito the TiVo]

Ignore the media key thing it won't effect music and photo viewing. . However you will be able to publish folders for both music and photos to view or listen to via your tivo. also google "javahmo" i haven't had as much luck with it though.

Yes, sorry to be vague but we're not allowed to talk about extraction which is the only thing the media key is needed for. JavaHMO worked out of the box(?) for me after I had installed the Tivo Desktop. You just need to make sure you set up which options you want.

[bengalfreak]

I posted a new version of the Zipper. This one reboots automatically when the tivo first boots, moves tivowebplus to the root directory, and deletes the hackman module from TWP.


Hackman can be pretty useful. Anyway to make that a choice?

[bengalfreak]

I newly zippered my 160GB drive in my main DTivo. But the info screen of TWP only shows 130032 MB total space and my System Info screen only shows up to 124 hours capacity. It seems that it stopped my drive update at the 137GB lba limit. Any reason why this might have been? I used the PTV boot disk.

[Gunnyman]

did the PC recognize the full drive size?
was this a drive with 6.2 already on it, or did you image a new one?

[Luv2DrvFst]

Okay, here's the result of the cron experiment. For the entire month of January my CRONLOG-MAIN file was wiped every morning (9:22 GMT). Today, the 1st of February, this stopped. I think this proves that the line in the crontab file...

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

...wipes CRONLOG-MAIN every night throughout every third month (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct). Not quite what was intended. What's missing is a number in the DOM field so that it only happens once in those third months. A simple fix would be...

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 1 */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

Fixing mine now. Just my two cents.

Jim

[rbautch]

Hackman can be pretty useful. Anyway to make that a choice? I agree Hackman is a great tool, but not for absolute newbies who won't do any research on how to use it. It is actually still in the files archive, but the enhancement script looks for the zipper_flag, and deletes hackman if it finds it. There are a number of ways around this. One is just to run the enhancement script twice, since the the zipper_flag gets erased after the first reboot. Another is to delete the zipper_flag yourself, and then install superpatch and set_mrv_name manually (since those are the only other hacks that depend on the zipper_flag). I'm just trying to make it as idiot-proof as possible.

[pip55]

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade with the Zipper.
I have a sddvr40 Hughes.
Bought the ptvlba48-4[1].01DD.iso b.iso,
instantcake-sddvr40-6[1].2-01-2-351.iso.

After boot up and linux prompt I enter the Zipper:

6.2 image detected on yout tools disk. Do you want to restore it now?
[y/n]: y
Restoring image. This will take several minutes...
Restore failed.
Unknown backup format.

zipper.sh: does
0x90-1:
syntax error in expression (error token is "0x90-1")

I'm not well versed with msdos or linux. Been doing a thorough search on the forum but can't seem to connect with needed info.
I'm thinking that I created the tools cd improperly. I'm not sure on how to--extracting/adding image to cd.

Tried all combos on cdrom/hard drive connections.
Bios detects cdrom/s and single or multiple hard drives.

Tried following Instantcake's directions as well but after boot and mounting cdrom, PTVbake-special can't seem to locate Tivo.bak iimages as well (maybe unrelated to Zipper quandary, uncertain).

Thanks,
pip55

[Gunnyman]

sounds like an issue with your image file.
do you have a file called 00000001 on your disc?

[rbautch]

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade with the Zipper.
I have a sddvr40 Hughes.
Bought the ptvlba48-4[1].01DD.iso b.iso,
instantcake-sddvr40-6[1].2-01-2-351.iso.

After boot up and linux prompt I enter the Zipper:

6.2 image detected on yout tools disk. Do you want to restore it now?
[y/n]: y
Restoring image. This will take several minutes...
Restore failed.
Unknown backup format.

zipper.sh: does
0x90-1:
syntax error in expression (error token is "0x90-1")

I'm not well versed with msdos or linux. Been doing a thorough search on the forum but can't seem to connect with needed info.
I'm thinking that I created the tools cd improperly. I'm not sure on how to--extracting/adding image to cd.

Tried all combos on cdrom/hard drive connections.
Bios detects cdrom/s and single or multiple hard drives.

Tried following Instantcake's directions as well but after boot and mounting cdrom, PTVbake-special can't seem to locate Tivo.bak iimages as well (maybe unrelated to Zipper quandary, uncertain).

Thanks,
pip55
Lee?

[Finnstang]

Lee?
lol

[lee espinoza]

Lee?
did someone call me? :D :p

[Gunnyman]

Lee?
funniest.response.evar!!!

[CKramer]

Yes, sorry to be vague but we're not allowed to talk about extraction which is the only thing the media key is needed for. JavaHMO worked out of the box(?) for me after I had installed the Tivo Desktop. You just need to make sure you set up which options you want.

vito and starbiker, thanks for the comments. well my primary reason for asking the question was not for extraction, but to view music and photo on tivo.

which i have been unable to do yet!

1. Tivo Desktop

while configuring it sees my TIVO, but my TIVO doesn't see it. It tells me, either TIVO server is not running...bunch of other stuff.

2. JavaHMO

hmm...i installed it but it doesn't want to do anything until i enter media access key. i m pretty sure i m missing some details here.

Is there a HOW TO for JavaHMO?

as i said, for now all i want to do is to get my music and photos up. i will leave extraction for some other day.

Thanks in advance.

[bengalfreak]

did the PC recognize the full drive size?
was this a drive with 6.2 already on it, or did you image a new one?

For the life of me, I can't remember what it said on first boot. I do remember checking it, and you would think that it was recognized or I wouldn't have continued, but I just do not remember.

I reimaged with the 6.2 small image by Alphawolf. Is it possible that my old pentium III PC will not support any drives over the 137GB limit?

[Tivogre]

Okay, here's the result of the cron experiment. For the entire month of January my CRONLOG-MAIN file was wiped every morning (9:22 GMT). Today, the 1st of February, this stopped. I think this proves that the line in the crontab file...

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 * */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

...wipes CRONLOG-MAIN every night throughout every third month (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct). Not quite what was intended. What's missing is a number in the DOM field so that it only happens once in those third months. A simple fix would be...

# Delete the crond log files every 3 months
22 9 1 */3 * rm /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/*; echo "`date` cron logs wiped">> /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN

Fixing mine now. Just my two cents.

Jim


That's some good investigative work!!!

Wish I'd though of that!

:p

I went ahead and changed mine last week (added the 1) and it STOPPED deleting each day. Now to wait and see if it REALLY deletes the log on the 1st of April...

[Gunnyman]

For the life of me, I can't remember what it said on first boot. I do remember checking it, and you would think that it was recognized or I wouldn't have continued, but I just do not remember.

I reimaged with the 6.2 small image by Alphawolf. Is it possible that my old pentium III PC will not support any drives over the 137GB limit?
very likely

[twh3842]

On your website for the Zipper it says it does not work on the R10 model. Does that mean that the R10 cannot be hacked? I'm new to Tivo hacking but I'd like to give it a try.

[Gunnyman]

that's correct
An R10 requires signifigant hardware modification ( a soldering iron, and a EEPROM programmer)
so not for a casual user to tackle.

[starbiker99]

CKramer have you gotten tivo desktop or javahmo working yet? If not do you have a fiewall running on your PC if so turn it of and try to access the folders from your tivo then. I had a huge problem with zone alarm pro for a long time. I would have to shut it down access the pc from the tivo and then could turn ZA back on. Just a thought.

[twh3842]

that's correct
An R10 requires signifigant hardware modification ( a soldering iron, and a EEPROM programmer)
so not for a casual user to tackle.


Thanks. Actually I was just reading another post and got the idea from him to upgrade my DVR40 which is in the kids room now. I guess they'll be getting the R10.

Another question: Once the DVR40 is zippered can I use the USB port for wireless networking?

[tosetek]

My tivo is now Zippered and I have been having an issue where the Now playing list shows me what's available to watch, but if I scroll up and down a few times, the text dissappears and I'm basically left with a blank screen. I've had the Tivo setup now for 5 days so I would think it shouldn't be acting so slow by now. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Troy

[pip55]

sounds like an issue with your image file.
do you have a file called 00000001 on your disc?

Hi Gunnyman,

I have an image, calling it 000001 as per instructions, am I wrong?
You show on the Zipper, the CD directory structure with the image having 278,672 kb. I'm showing 281 mb.

[starbiker99]

tosetek it is a DNS issue look here http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=248850&highlight=blank+now+playing+list
. It is easy to fix.

[Gunnyman]

Hi Gunnyman,

I have an image, calling it 000001 as per instructions, am I wrong?
You show on the Zipper, the CD directory structure with the image having 278,672 kb. I'm showing 281 mb.
no it's fine

[tosetek]

Thanks Starbiker, I appreciate it.

[twh3842]

Thanks. Actually I was just reading another post and got the idea from him to upgrade my DVR40 which is in the kids room now. I guess they'll be getting the R10.

Another question: Once the DVR40 is zippered can I use the USB port for wireless networking?


Anyone???

[starbiker99]

twh3842 Yes but only a couple wireless adapters are compatible. I am wired using the FA120 so I don't know right of hand which ones are.

[twh3842]

twh3842 Yes but only a couple wireless adapters are compatible. I am wired using the FA120 so I don't know right of hand which ones are.

Thanks Starbiker. I just saw those on sale at Best Buy today. Since I don't have a wireless network yet, it seems that now is a good time.

Tom

[dr_skoobie]

A little reassurance before I break out the plastic again?

Also, how many hours should be available on a 160gb drive?

thanks!

Hi all,

I am going to assume that the instantcake 6.2 disc will provide a clean image for the new drive and resolve this problem. Before I follow through, can someone confirm that the $5 PTVUpgrade boot disc I already purchased will support large drive sizes? Their website seems to suggest that because the SD DVR80 does not have native LBA48 support, that their (more expensive) universal boot CD is more appropriate. I want to make sure I have the right tools before proceeding.

thanks!

-dr_s

[Gunnyman]

A little reassurance before I break out the plastic again?

Also, how many hours should be available on a 160gb drive?

thanks!
yes teh 5 dollar boot cd is fine
you should see ~130-140 hrs

[battyone]

Did you resolve this? I'm having a similar problem where after switching a zippered tivo from wireless to wired (using airlink asohousb 2.0) from hackman and rebooting, the tivo isn't accessible at all.

static, as your guide states, when it asked me to enter the ip address for the tivo, entered 192.168.0.200
ip address for the router - 192.168.0.1
gateway - 192.168.0.1
SSID - NETGEAR (assumed that the wireless usb adapter would work).

there is no way to have dhcp on tivo, is there?
am i doing something wrong?

[qwertypo]

The author file that is packaged with the Zipper sets the PATH.
So.... was I doing something wrong?

[Vito the TiVo]

Has any one else experienced any 28 day rule problems with their zippered/enhanced DTivos?

I've had 4-5 seperate recordings simply not record over the last week that were clearly first run network primetime and the history states that the 28 Day Rule was invoked?

To go into further depth with my previous problem to which I never got any responses, even to tell me I'm retarded, I've spotted some other weirdness.

I "caught" both How I Met Your Mother and CSI on the upcoming history for this week. Each said they had been modified by someone in my house, but when I checked the episodes, the guide data was there for a first run, but somehow neither of these episodes were linked to their series. When clicking "upcoming episodes" they would each bring up the correct series, but neither episode was listed within.

Has any one ever heard of this happening on zippered/enhanced tivos? Or with any other modules or programs? Or with InstantCake images? I've played around with my tivo a bit, but every thing is what I would describe as add on.

I would just really like to get an idea of what could have happened within these hacks and changes.

ADD: A reboot does nothing, the orphaned CSI episode shows up with all other episodes with a title search. The Mother episode does not, and in fact the series isn't even showing up on my box because it's the only episode scheduled and it's not linked somehow...

I suppose this could all be crazy and unrelated, but it seems like a lot of season pass weirdness very quickly... My other thought is perhaps something was broken with season passes I created through TWP? Thoughts?

[cica]

Hi-
I zippered my first Tivo this past weekend, and everything went great except for one problem. Whenever Tivo does its automatic reboot on Wed/Sun nights, it gets stuck in a reboot loop at the initial gray powering up screen. If I unplug the unit from the wall, it comes up fine.

I could unplug the phone line and disable the auto reboots, but that wouldn't really fix the problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Tom

[bengalfreak]

I would just really like to get an idea of what could have happened within these hacks and changes.

ADD: A reboot does nothing, the orphaned CSI episode shows up with all other episodes with a title search. The Mother episode does not, and in fact the series isn't even showing up on my box because it's the only episode scheduled and it's not linked somehow...

I suppose this could all be crazy and unrelated, but it seems like a lot of season pass weirdness very quickly... My other thought is perhaps something was broken with season passes I created through TWP? Thoughts?

I've never heard of anything like the problems you are having. Just a hunch, if you delete the offending season pass and recreate it, does the orphaned episode appear?

By the way, which episode of CSI are you referring to. Tonights episode or the one on 2/9?

[Tivogre]

First the good news... my HR10-250 upgrade with the ZIPPER is complete!

I am able to watch all shows (previously recorded AND post-ZIPPER recorded).

The better news: ALL Extra curricular activities work PERFECTLY.... I had NO IDEA that the tools would work out of the box on SD and HD material!!! I can now watch HD Stuff on my PC.... but MAN is that a LOT of data transfer!

I was even able to transfer a (SD) show from HR10-250 to PC and (via tivoserver) watch it on another ZIPPERED SD Tivo. It's not QUITE MRV on the 10-250... but it's not far off! AMAZING!

The bad news:

There was a problem during the ZIPPERING - specifically during the running of the enhancement script. Near the end of the process, I selected back-up season passes now. The process hung. I waited a good 1/2 hour; no dice. I aborted the script.

By looking at /enhancements/start.sh, I was able to see what steps remained and MANUALLY EXECUTE them from bash. I also had to add a few of the last profile and author entries to the files.

After reboot, everything is great.

Again, you guys ROCK!

[battyone]

Hi all, new Zipper user here. I zippered my tivos last week and installed wireless (install went without a hitch, zipper is great), but found out MRV was too slow to watch things away, so I am now trying to switch them to wired. I used the netconfig TWP module to switch from wireless to wired and connected an airlink asohousb 2.0 which I understand should work, because zipper installed usb 2.0 drivers, but unfortunately I don't have any connection neither using the airlink (power light on, link light off) nor the wirelesss adapter which previously worked. I don't have a serial cable, so do I need to pull the hard drive back out to make changes or can I temporarily use a different wired adapter like the netgear fa120?

Any suggestion on what I need to do on the hard drive to get the airlink adapter to work, or at least getting the wireless to work again? Or could I access the box if I obtained a wired adapter recommended by tivo such as the netgear fa120? I looked at the netconfig.itcl on the other tivo but couldn't find where the settings are saved.

[PinheadX]

I tried to zipper my drive...

The first few times, I got errors that I suspect were due to the CD ROM drive I was using... Zipper took a LONG time to start, then it gave me some kind of Input/Output error. This happened several times.

Finally, it worked long enough to image the drive. I followed the instructions on the Zipper page to a "T". I used my backed up image from my Tivo that I just got the download for 6.2 on and had zipper image the drive. Except for modifying the script as I inquired about here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3725984&&#post3725984) , I did everything by the book. Basically, I modified the swap and added a line for tpip, which seemed to work just fine. I did this with a linux text editor, so no windows notepad issues either.

Next, I rebooted with the PTV $5 disk, swapped out to the tools disk, and attempted to run Zipper again. This time, I got an error about permission when it tried to run (or whatever it does with) Bootpage, an error when it tried accessing the Tivo drive partition (you must specify the filesystem type), and generally didn't finish zippering the drive.

I have it in the unit running along happily now, but I'm wondering about two things...
First, did I get the hacked kernal installed if zipper failed? Do I need to run killinitrd on the drive ASAP, or try to re-zipper? What happens if I don't put the hacked kernal in?

Second, what happened? Why did I get the "specify filesystem" error and why did Bootpage crap out?

Can you maybe explain exactly what the zipper script does and when? Or point me to where this info might be, if I missed it... I mean, I know it hacks the Tivo to enable HMO and MRV, but I'm trying to figure out what's going on with my situation, and knowing what the script is doing at a given point would maybe make it easier to troubleshoot.

PS. Does anyone know or can someone point me to a place that explains how to install and use MFStools from within Linux? I have Ubuntu installed, and I know how to run scripts from the shell, so I was thinking if I could do all of this from within Linux, I could use my SCSI CD drive to access the tools disk instead of the crappy IDE CD-Rom that's giving me issues. The sucktacular part of all of this is that the $5 boot CD will boot from my SCSI CD-ROM, but since it never loads any SCSI drivers, I can't swap out the tools disk and run zipper.

I'm so damn frustrated. This all should have been a couple of hours max to get done, and I've spent about two days on and off trying to get this thing working before I gave up and just put the drive in the Tivo to see if it booted. After that, I figured it was better to just leave it be, but now I'm not sure if the Tivo's days are numbered because of the kernal issue.

[Gunnyman]

you can fully examine zipper.sh to see what it's doing and when.
If you didn't killhdinit the kernel, everything you do will get lost when you reboot.
sounds like zipper is having a hard time finding your tivo HD.
Is it on a standard IDE controller? Do you have a SATA controller in your PC too? If so, disable it in the bios and give IDE boot priority.

[PinheadX]

yeah, it's on a standard IDE... The mobo is a BX mobo from about '99.

I'll try making sure the drive is recognized in the BIOS, but I'm thinking of just borrowing a computer that's a bit more current and trying it out there.

I'll let you know what happens. As long as the drive doesn't eat itself, I'm not extremely concerned about the zipper until I just can't stand not having MRV anymore :)

I'm a bit confused though... is the kernal in 6.2 a LBA48 kernal by default? If so, PTV needs to clarify that.

[Finnstang]

yeah, it's on a standard IDE... The mobo is a BX mobo from about '99.

I'll try making sure the drive is recognized in the BIOS, but I'm thinking of just borrowing a computer that's a bit more current and trying it out there.

I'll let you know what happens. As long as the drive doesn't eat itself, I'm not extremely concerned about the zipper until I just can't stand not having MRV anymore :)

I'm a bit confused though... is the kernal in 6.2 a LBA48 kernal by default? If so, PTV needs to clarify that.

Yes, 6.2 is LBA48.

[cica]

Hi-
I zippered my first Tivo this past weekend, and everything went great except for one problem. Whenever Tivo does its automatic reboot on Wed/Sun nights, it gets stuck in a reboot loop at the initial gray powering up screen. If I unplug the unit from the wall, it comes up fine.

I could unplug the phone line and disable the auto reboots, but that wouldn't really fix the problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Tom

Sorry to double post, but I think this message got buried. I'm really at a loss as to how to fix the problem, and I'm hoping not to have to wipe the drive. Aside from the reboot problem, the machine runs fine.

[dkchandler]

I ran the zipper, got a Bash prompt via serial, ran tweak. No errors at all.
I still can not see the drive via my wireless wusb11 adapter???
I think the usb ports are still not active, is there a way to test them, or is there a location on the tivo drive I can look to see the drivers and run a command to make sure they are loaded??? I am soooooo close....

[donivan]

1st - Many thanks to Gunny and Rbautch for creating the Zipper. You guys are the best, the support that you provide to the rest of the forum is unbelievable. I want to extend yet another offer for 'Beers on me" if you guys ever come to Baltimore. :up:
2nd - Here's how the Zipper went (I'm a linux noob but proficient with hardware and relatively experienced with Windoze and networking) I purchased a Netgear FA120, the $20 and the $5 files from PTV, a 120gig HDD and I pulled my original drive to keep as a backup. (I bet Gunny is smiling right now reading this, I followed your advice, master) Everything went fine, I created the lba48 boot cd and instantcake cd. When I got to the tools cd, I decided to add the instantcake file (as suggested) to make the process faster on the 2nd unit. (I have 2 DVR 40's and a DVR 80) But when I ran the tools cd, it had a problem with the image file, which I copied as a file instead of an image. That stumped me for a minute but then I went back and just used the instantcake cd by itself, then ran the tools cd and skipped the step about adding the image. Zipper ran flawlessly, although I was confused with the ip address part, i entered the next address that dhcp would issue(i didn't catch how to set the tivo for dhcp using the script) and I re-installed the drive back into the Tivo. It booted and worked, I did get the error 51 which I ignored, I was able to Telnet in with no problem and finished things up. After 1 more reboot, no error 51 and all is well. Next I installed Tivo desktop, the Media Access Key hung me up till I researched and found out I could skip entering it. I shared folders for music and pictures and was able to access them from Tivo - how cool! Then I noticed I was having the "empty NPL" problem which also would cause the music folders to not appear and tivo would report "No Server...." if I watched Live tv for a little while and then tried EITHER Music or NPL it would come up OK. If I kept changing menus then tried again it would hang. More reading and discovered how to use TWP. I checked my router settings, ipconfig, cat /etc/hosts and tried every combination that was recommended the the "empty NPL" thread. I ended up following dnemec's advice and deleted the reference to "dns" in /etc/nsswitch.conf. The delay is gone and all appears well. 1 Tivo down and 2 to go. I will report back lafter I finish the project, I will probably get to #2 next week. Thanks again and I hope my noob issues may help someone else along.

[merlincc]

The bad news:

There was a problem during the ZIPPERING - specifically during the running of the enhancement script. Near the end of the process, I selected back-up season passes now. The process hung. I waited a good 1/2 hour; no dice. I aborted the script.

By looking at /enhancements/start.sh, I was able to see what steps remained and MANUALLY EXECUTE them from bash. I also had to add a few of the last profile and author entries to the files.

After reboot, everything is great.

Again, you guys ROCK!

I also zippered my HR10-250 with great success.

As far as the backing up of the season passes: it took about 1/2 on my box and I had maybe 3 season passes at the time. I thought it was hung but had something else to do so I left it and noticed it complete about 1/2 later. So if you had a bunch of passes it would not surprise me if it took a long time.

[drewkr]

I just created a new Tivo 6.2 disk usign PTVnet and Imagecake. Nice job with the software - piece of cake.

I still have the old v 3.1 drive with a bunch of recordings it would be nice to keep around. Is there any way to port those old recordings to my new v6.2 drive either by hooking both drives up to a PC or by backing them up to my PC from the old drive and ftp to the v6.2 Tivo? Or another way? :confused:

[Vito the TiVo]

I've never heard of anything like the problems you are having. Just a hunch, if you delete the offending season pass and recreate it, does the orphaned episode appear?

By the way, which episode of CSI are you referring to. Tonights episode or the one on 2/9?


Thanks for responding. With the CSI episode, which was for 2/9, I killed the pass and made a new one and it seemed to correct the problem. The Mother ep for Monday didn't appear at all in any place (upcoming, title search etc), only when searching the schedule by time manually. I created a pass for it through that episode, but to no avail, because it simply created a new pass for Mother, but couldn't see the episode. I gave up and when I checked this morning, the Mother ep had been restored to the series.

Oh and these were both shows that I know were in the ToDo list previously, then moved out of it with the unit thinking it was changes made by a user.

So in the end I'm chalking the Mother one up to guide data, but the CSI and previous problems I've had with other shows claiming a 28 day rule... I really wonder if there is a bug buried in there with creating season passes through TWP. Its hard to remember which might have been created that way. Unfortunately its a sporadic problem and I usually only see if after something doesnt tape. Who knows what would have happened if I had simply left the unit alone and waited. However in the past, i've lost episodes of Chris and Smallville due to something buggy with the pass and 28 days, and I caught it not recording Supernatural this week, but the start of the ep was still in the buffer. Weirdness.

[rbautch]

So.... was I doing something wrong? Not sure. Check your author file and see if the PATH is set correctly.

[rbautch]

First the good news... my HR10-250 upgrade with the ZIPPER is complete!

I am able to watch all shows (previously recorded AND post-ZIPPER recorded).

The better news: ALL Extra curricular activities work PERFECTLY.... I had NO IDEA that the tools would work out of the box on SD and HD material!!! I can now watch HD Stuff on my PC.... but MAN is that a LOT of data transfer!

I was even able to transfer a (SD) show from HR10-250 to PC and (via tivoserver) watch it on another ZIPPERED SD Tivo. It's not QUITE MRV on the 10-250... but it's not far off! AMAZING!

The bad news:

There was a problem during the ZIPPERING - specifically during the running of the enhancement script. Near the end of the process, I selected back-up season passes now. The process hung. I waited a good 1/2 hour; no dice. I aborted the script.

By looking at /enhancements/start.sh, I was able to see what steps remained and MANUALLY EXECUTE them from bash. I also had to add a few of the last profile and author entries to the files.

After reboot, everything is great.

Again, you guys ROCK!
Glad you got it going. The season pass backup is a memory hog, and hanging is not uncommon. Keep an eye on it to see if it's making the automatic backups.

[rbautch]

I ran the zipper, got a Bash prompt via serial, ran tweak. No errors at all.
I still can not see the drive via my wireless wusb11 adapter???
I think the usb ports are still not active, is there a way to test them, or is there a location on the tivo drive I can look to see the drivers and run a command to make sure they are loaded??? I am soooooo close.... What version of the wusb11 do you have? Did you disable wep on your router? Is the link light lit on the adapter?

[bengalfreak]

I just created a new Tivo 6.2 disk usign PTVnet and Imagecake. Nice job with the software - piece of cake.

I still have the old v 3.1 drive with a bunch of recordings it would be nice to keep around. Is there any way to port those old recordings to my new v6.2 drive either by hooking both drives up to a PC or by backing them up to my PC from the old drive and ftp to the v6.2 Tivo? Or another way? :confused:


Since you have already re-imaged your drive, you may not wish to do this, but you can dd the old drive onto your new drive and then expand it with the Hinsdale instructions. Once you've done that, you can upgrade the drive to 6.2 via slices keeping your recordings intact. Then run rbautch's enhancements script and away you go.

The Hinsdale instructions are here (http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index9.html).

A guide with on how to upgrade via slices is here. (http://www.dellanave.com/projects/tivo/62slices.html).

And the enhancement script thread is here. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=250680)

Have fun.

[rbautch]

I just created a new Tivo 6.2 disk usign PTVnet and Imagecake. Nice job with the software - piece of cake.

I still have the old v 3.1 drive with a bunch of recordings it would be nice to keep around. Is there any way to port those old recordings to my new v6.2 drive either by hooking both drives up to a PC or by backing them up to my PC from the old drive and ftp to the v6.2 Tivo? Or another way? :confused: Not easily. You have to hack your 3.1 tivo, then extract your shows to your PC, then insert them back in the newly Zippered tivo. Can't talk about any more details here on TCF.

[bengalfreak]

So in the end I'm chalking the Mother one up to guide data, but the CSI and previous problems I've had with other shows claiming a 28 day rule... I really wonder if there is a bug buried in there with creating season passes through TWP. Its hard to remember which might have been created that way. Unfortunately its a sporadic problem and I usually only see if after something doesnt tape. Who knows what would have happened if I had simply left the unit alone and waited. However in the past, i've lost episodes of Chris and Smallville due to something buggy with the pass and 28 days, and I caught it not recording Supernatural this week, but the start of the ep was still in the buffer. Weirdness.

I know this isn't what you want to hear, but I use the Futon critic schedule grids and check my season passes against my todo list in TWP every day to make sure all recordings are going to take place. I know this is the reason we got DTivo in the first place, but DTV plays around with channel numbers so often, I'm not willing to trust them with my shows. The F/X (The Shield) snafu being the latest occurance. And it really only does take about 5 minutes to check up on it each day.

[Finnstang]

Not easily. You have to hack your 3.1 tivo, then extract your shows to your PC, then insert them back in the newly Zippered tivo. Can't talk about any more details here on TCF.
This was going to be my suggestion since encryption would be a non-factor since it is the same machine.

[dkchandler]

What version of the wusb11 do you have? Did you disable wep on your router? Is the link light lit on the adapter?


rbautch
My wusb11 is version 4. I do not have a router??? Do I need a router???? The link light is off, the power light is on.
Thanks for the reply.... dkchandler

[Gunnyman]

yep you need a router
Tivo needs to connect to a network.

[GR00316]

Hi guys just got a refurbished Hughes HDVR2 from Directv to have as a backup. Gonna try to zipper this to get some more functuality. The thing I want the most is to transfer my shows to my pc. Once zippered what are the possibilities for transferring files and how fast are they? It seems like wireless is the preferred method but can you transfer by USB to USB ? Or does it have to be through a network?

[dkchandler]

yep you need a router
Tivo needs to connect to a network.

I just want to connect my tivo and laptop. (wireless)
So I need to connect a router to my laptop, then a wireless adapter (wusb11) to the tivo????

[Finnstang]

Hi guys just got a refurbished Hughes HDVR2 from Directv to have as a backup. Gonna try to zipper this to get some more functuality. The thing I want the most is to transfer my shows to my pc. Once zippered what are the possibilities for transferring files and how fast are they? It seems like wireless is the preferred method but can you transfer by USB to USB ? Or does it have to be through a network?
I think the preferred method would be wired. But that isn't always a possiblity. Some are doing a wired adapter to a Wireless G bridge or gaming adapter, and some are doing wired adapter to a bridge that plugs into a wall outlet. Personally, I would think that the best results would still be a wired adapter. USB to USB won't work.

Wired adapter - ~100 Mb/s
Wired adapter to wireless g bridge - ~54 Mb/s
Wireless B adapter - ~11 Mb/s

Not sure about the wired adapter to power bridge, but you could prolly do a search for more info. All the speeds listed above would be optimal and would depend on your specific conditions. Not sure what you will see for actual transfer speed on each of the above scenarios.

[Gunnyman]

I just want to connect my tivo and laptop. (wireless)
So I need to connect a router to my laptop, then a wireless adapter (wusb11) to the tivo????

you CAN use them adhoc I THINK, but I have no idea how to set it up. A router is super cheap.

[dkchandler]

you CAN use them adhoc I THINK, but I have no idea how to set it up. A router is super cheap.

So I attach the router to my laptop????

[Finnstang]

So I attach the router to my laptop????
Get a wireless router like the Linksys WRT54G, and both will connect via wireless.

[dkchandler]

Get a wireless router like the Linksys WRT54G, and both will connect via wireless.

So the Linksys WRT54G acts as a AP, no need for a "wired" connection to anything???
Is this right???

[Gunnyman]

right

[dkchandler]

right

Cool, thanks for all your input.
Looks like I am heading to Best Buy.... for a router... ;)

[Jmac823200]

OK I made the mistake of trying to hack my tivoapp for (you know what) and for some reason when I rebooted the tivo it was stuck on the splash screen for like 20 min. I knew something went wrong so I tried to re-zipper. Everything seemed fine at installation but after re-installing and rebooting again the splash screen is stuck on the screen. Now I'm seeing that after rebooting the /tivo folder does not exist! What can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated...

[The Flush]

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

Has this question ever been answered conclusively?

What's the downside to not creating a larger swap file when using a 300 GB drive.

What's the process for creating the larger swap in conjunction with the Zipper (if it really needed)?

Thanks.

[rbautch]

The potential downside is that you might not make it through the "green screen of death" which checks and repairs your MFS database if something goes wrong. I believe Dirac forced a gsod with standard swap on a 300GB and everything was fine. Search for Dirac's post.

[Gunnyman]

OK I made the mistake of trying to hack my tivoapp for (you know what) and for some reason when I rebooted the tivo it was stuck on the splash screen for like 20 min. I knew something went wrong so I tried to re-zipper. Everything seemed fine at installation but after re-installing and rebooting again the splash screen is stuck on the screen. Now I'm seeing that after rebooting the /tivo folder does not exist! What can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated...
if your tivoapp is fried, you need to re-image I don't know if a serial cable and a good tivoapp will help.

[bnm81002]

I wonder if it just a lack of resources. XP running on a 350 MHz with only 128 MB of RAM. Not alot of room to spare. The tools cd is alot smaller than the expanded ISO. Maybe you're just running out of resources in the middle of the burn.




well it was indeed the RAM chip, I upgraded from 128MB to 512MB and burned the Boot CD as an ISO image WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS, so now I'm on my way to "Zipper" my 2 units as soon as I get the 2nd one delivered to me next week, thanks for all the help :up: :up: :up:

[Gunnyman]

yahooo!

[Jmac823200]

Thanks Gunny... I didn't back it up but oh well... I am a newbie who's never hacked a PC let alone use Linux. I was successful at zippering. I was on a role... I had the tivo doing pratically everything but there were a few shows that I wanted on DVD... guess I got over zealous... :-(

[PinheadX]

Has this question ever been answered conclusively?

What's the downside to not creating a larger swap file when using a 300 GB drive.

What's the process for creating the larger swap in conjunction with the Zipper (if it really needed)?

Thanks.

this is what I did... imaged the drive just fine


I used Vim to edit zipper.sh and changed the following:

mfsrestore -s 160 -r 4 -xzpi /cdrom/000001 /dev/hd$location
tpip --swapped -s /dev/hd$location

I've left everything else alone.

[rbautch]

if your tivoapp is fried, you need to re-image I don't know if a serial cable and a good tivoapp will help. A re-image will work, but can be avoided if you want to keep shows. Serial cable should work. Or put it in your PC anc copy it over from a CD. Sometimes when I fry a tivo, I just put the drive in my PC along with a drive from another working tivo, and I copy the entire root file system from one drive to the other with dd, like this:

dd if=/dev/hda4 of=/dev/hdb4

[Gunnyman]

proving again that Russ is much smarter than I am. :p

[rbautch]

this is what I did... imaged the drive just fine


I used Vim to edit zipper.sh and changed the following:

mfsrestore -s 160 -r 4 -xzpi /cdrom/000001 /dev/hd$location
tpip --swapped -s /dev/hd$location

I've left everything else alone. There is certainly no harm in this, but it's not necessary. See here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3598732#post3598732 ) for an actual test that proves it.

[JamieP]

There is certainly no harm in this, but it's not necessary. See here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3598732#post3598732 ) for an actual test that proves it.IMHO, that test in inconclusive. fsfix runs fast and in little memory when it finds nothing wrong. It's when it runs into problems it has to repair that it takes hours and gobs of memory. That's the theory anyway. We just need to find someone willing to sacrifice their disk contents to test it. (e.g. dd /dev/random over selective parts of the disk).

Another point of view (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3536924&&#post3536924) that reaches the same conclusions (swap > 127MB is unnecessary) says that GSODs are rare and if you get a bad one, you probably have a toasted disk anyway.

[The Flush]

The potential downside is that you might not make it through the "green screen of death" which checks and repairs your MFS database if something goes wrong. I believe Dirac forced a gsod with standard swap on a 300GB and everything was fine. Search for Dirac's post.


If you can't make it through GSOD, is it as simple as starting over with a new image and re-zippering (assumes GSOD was not due to bad hard drive)? The biggest downside being losing all recordings?

Based on Dirac's comments and tivougrades comments, I am leaning towards just doing the Zipper on a 300 GB as is, with the standard swap file.

Thanks for the help.

[JamieP]

If you can't make it through GSOD, is it as simple as starting over with a new image and re-zippering (assumes GSOD was not due to bad hard drive)? The biggest downside being losing all recordings?Yes.Based on Dirac's comments and tivougrades comments, I am leaning towards just doing the Zipper on a 300 GB as is, with the standard swap file. Thanks for the help.In case it wasn't clear, tivoupgrade's theory that Series2 kernels couldn't handle V1 swap turned out to be false. That's corrected in the next few posts in the thread. His comments that GSOD's are rare and generally happen when there is a drive failure are probably valid.

My rationale for using the large swap is that less than a tenth of one percent of your disk space is a small price to pay for any extra assurance that you might be able to survive a GSOD without losing recordings. IMHO, the only reason not to do it is if you don't have confidence you can do it right.

[Markman07]

Here we go...and He's off starting his big zipper project...anddddd HE's DOWN!!! right out of the gate.....

I have burned ISO images with NERO fine. My problem isn't that but trying to get the TOOLS CD going. I have NERO 5.5.x.

When setting up my new complitation there are numerous choices.. I have tried the CD-ROM (ISO) and even the CD-ROM boot. But there are options in both cases which I have a question on.

I am going to assume for now that I should be able to use the basic CD-ROM (ISO) option. I have the files all ready to go per the instructions and when reading to burn I have ISO tab with many options.

-File/Directory Length (ISO LEVEL 1) or (ISO LEVEL 2) - I have tried both
-Character Set (ISO 9660, DOS, or ASCII )- the docs say NO ISO9660)..so what do I choose here then? I have to choose something it appears.

- Then their is a Joilet checkbox. All cases I check this.
- Format (mode 1, or Mode 2 / XA)


next tab LABEL -
I choose Joilet.


I am not sure where I am going wrong but would really apprecaite any insight. I know my computer doesn't see it as bootable (also tried using VMWARE to boot the iso- no go)

Something so simple I searched over an hour for a clue. Now I am pulling over and going into the gas station to ask for directions! :-)

[Gunnyman]

tools cd doesn't need to be bootable just make it a joliet data disc.

[Markman07]

Oh DUH....see I saw you guys were answering all these tough questions so I thought I better just throw in something really really easy ones for you so your brains don't explode. Yeah, Yeah that's the reason.

Seriously though...thank you. I got it in my brain it had to be bootable too!

[Gunnyman]

just remember mark, that 1st one is free :p

[twh3842]

OK I bought the Zipper and downloaded all the files I need and I'm ready to do the hack. I'm going to use a new hard drive as recommended. So how do I get the recorded shows, season passes and all the other stuff off the old drive and on to the new one?

[Gunnyman]

read the directions and look at hisdale's guide

[dgpiii]

Is anyone here interested in helping me hack my three non R10 series 2 DirecTIVOs for MRV and the HMO functions W/ the Zipper? I am willing to pay for your time.

Anyone... anyone ... Bueller... Bueller...

Please PM me.

[Finnstang]

Is anyone here interested in helping me hack my three non R10 series 2 DirecTIVOs for MRV and the HMO functions W/ the Zipper? I am willing to pay for your time.

Anyone... anyone ... Bueller... Bueller...

Please PM me.
If you follow the directions for the Zipper completely, it really isn't very difficult to get basic HMO and MRV functionality.

[drewkr]

I installed an instantcake 6.2 on a new drive then ran the zipper hack and all went great BUT when I accessed my tivo usign telnet and ran tweak.sh I got:

bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#

The tivo is on my network with the right router ip address which is all I was asked for by the zipper. Any idea what the problem is?

:confused:

[aypwip]

I have a DSR708 currently and a newly aquired DSR704 from the DVR Promo. I've decieded to enlarge the HD's on both of them and zipper them at the same time. The 708 has 6.2 on it and the 704 does not. The question I have is can I use the same image for both models? I'm assuming they are the same hardware wise except for the the size of the HD. I plan on making a backup of the 708 since it has 6.2 on it and using this on the new drives for both units since I no longer have a landline and can't force the call to update the 704 to 6.2.

[Gunnyman]

I installed an instantcake 6.2 on a new drive then ran the zipper hack and all went great BUT when I accessed my tivo usign telnet and ran tweak.sh I got:

bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
tweak.sh: wget: command not found
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#

The tivo is on my network with the right router ip address which is all I was asked for by the zipper. Any idea what the problem is?

:confused:
can you verify that wget is located in /busybox?
do you have /busybox in your path? test this by seeing if the command "ls" works.

[Gunnyman]

I have a DSR708 currently and a newly aquired DSR704 from the DVR Promo. I've decieded to enlarge the HD's on both of them and zipper them at the same time. The 708 has 6.2 on it and the 704 does not. The question I have is can I use the same image for both models? I'm assuming they are the same hardware wise except for the the size of the HD. I plan on making a backup of the 708 since it has 6.2 on it and using this on the new drives for both units since I no longer have a landline and can't force the call to update the 704 to 6.2.
yes as long as you are using larger than original hard drives, this will work just fine.

[kimsan]

Joining back in with status.

FA-120 -> 7231-2 at each TiVo works great to the 7130 AP hardwired to router!

Gotta find a better position for the downstairs "sender". It certainly feels the pain of the walls between it and the AP. Downstairs gets to 1.7MB/sec tops. Upstairs is showing ~2.2MB/sec with SmartFTP doing...ummm...stuff :)

Here's the big (if dumb) question for the night. Now that I've got my goodies installed, a plain old mfsbackup will do fine and maintain hacks, right?

Maybe I'll also be able to do stuff with those pre-Zipper files on the old HR10-250 as well. another weekend project in the making.

The WAF is getting pretty thin :eek:

[drewkr]

can you verify that wget is located in /busybox?
do you have /busybox in your path? test this by seeing if the command "ls" works.

ls does not work. I found this odd. fix?

[Gunnyman]

did you put tivotools.tar on your tools disk, or is it still a .rar file?

[Gunnyman]

Joining back in with status.

FA-120 -> 7231-2 at each TiVo works great to the 7130 AP hardwired to router!

Gotta find a better position for the downstairs "sender". It certainly feels the pain of the walls between it and the AP. Downstairs gets to 1.7MB/sec tops. Upstairs is showing ~2.2MB/sec with SmartFTP doing...ummm...stuff :)

Here's the big (if dumb) question for the night. Now that I've got my goodies installed, a plain old mfsbackup will do fine and maintain hacks, right?

Maybe I'll also be able to do stuff with those pre-Zipper files on the old HR10-250 as well. another weekend project in the making.

The WAF is getting pretty thin :eek:

an MFS backup will indeed retain your hacks.
I know all about that WAF business. :eek:

[kimsan]

an MFS backup will indeed retain your hacks.
I know all about that WAF business. :eek:

I feel your pain. I can only imagine the time you tied up getting to the Zipper. I've got a couple weekends and a mess of boxes left to clean up.

Great work. Major thanks to you and rbautch.

[kevincol]

Hi,

I have a HR10-250. I put two WD 250GB drives in it and had it hacked fine for years with FTP access. I had some brown outs at my house and somehow something got corrupted and I am reinstalling the OS.

While doing this, I read about ZIPPER and decided to just by Instantcake CD for the HR10-250 with the f kernel. I orignally had the baseline version when I hacekd it years ago.

I verified that the HR10-250 boots up and has the f kernel now and has still sees both drives (though it seems that I will lose all the recordings that I never moved off the HR10-250 to my HTPC HD's.)

I then created the "Tools CD" and used the kernel from the Intantcake CD.

When I run Zipper, I get the following:

/CDROM/SUPERPATCH-67all-nutkase-1.1.tcl = binary operatoor expected
Hacked kernel is not on the tools disk. Exiting...

I do have the 000001 file from the Instantcake CD on the CD.

Any insights as to what is going on?

thx

- kevin

[kimsan]

Hi,

I have a HR10-250. I put two WD 250GB drives in it and had it hacked fine for years with FTP access. I had some brown outs at my house and somehow something got corrupted and I am reinstalling the OS.

While doing this, I read about ZIPPER and decided to just by Instantcake CD for the HR10-250 with the f kernel. I orignally had the baseline version when I hacekd it years ago.

I verified that the HR10-250 boots up and has the f kernel now and has still sees both drives (though it seems that I will lose all the recordings that I never moved off the HR10-250 to my HTPC HD's.)

I then created the "Tools CD" and used the kernel from the Intantcake CD.

When I run Zipper, I get the following:

/CDROM/SUPERPATCH-67all-nutkase-1.1.tcl = binary operatoor expected
Hacked kernel is not on the tools disk. Exiting...

I do have the 000001 file from the Instantcake CD on the CD.

Any insights as to what is going on?

thx

- kevin

Typical followup Q for you: did you follow *all* the Zipper instructions to the letter, get *all* the required tools for the tool disk, and burn the tool disk in Joliet mode?

I'm fresh from 2 working HR10-250 Zipper jobs. Not an expert, but familiar with the common ( trust me I made some) mistakes.