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

[MATT1981M]

I am indeed burning in ISO mode. I downloaded the file, burned to an image file, burned from the image to a cd then tried to boot but, nothing. My CD is the primary boot so, I am kinda lost. All I can do is buy the actual disc from PTV I guess :o
try a few things first... try a different burner... try a slower burn speed... what are you using to make the .iso file...i prefer winISO..... try a different cdrom for the boot cdrom....try placing on diff IDE channel... if on slave move to master....etc.... just fool around with it.... have a friend look at ur setup.... triple check your jumpers..... i personally would just use CS....try a different IDE cable... i cant tell u how many times that has been the problem, or that the cable wasnt seated correctly.... keep pluggin away....i would try to boot the cd on a different pc..... after all... hardware can be picky..... just check this out.... (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showpost.php?p=3892755#post3892755)

when u see this Smudga if you cant make heads or tails on what to do.... send me a pm... i will get in touch w/ u and we can figure this out...k.... the answer to your dilema is probably really easy.... the hardest ones always are....

[tall1]

try a few things first... try a different burner... try a slower burn speed... what are you using to make the .iso file...i prefer winISO..... try a different cdrom for the boot cdrom....try placing on diff IDE channel... if on slave move to master....etc.... just fool around with it.... have a friend look at ur setup.... triple check your jumpers..... i personally would just use CS....try a different IDE cable... i cant tell u how many times that has been the problem, or that the cable wasnt seated correctly.... keep pluggin away....i would try to boot the cd on a different pc..... after all... hardware can be picky..... just check this out.... (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showpost.php?p=3892755#post3892755)

when u see this Smudga if you cant make heads or tails on what to do.... send me a pm... i will get in touch w/ u and we can figure this out...k.... the answer to your dilema is probably really easy.... the hardest ones always are....Try using less periods. MATT, you're a smart and helpful guy but your posts that are written in morse code are exasperating to try and read.

[MurrayW]

I've tied you at 5 DTivos Zippered but no tivoservers yet. BTW, my family and friends all think I'm a geek and a bit crazy. :D Maybe I am, but I'm having a great time - thanks to RB and the G-Man. :up:I 've only got 1 right now, but by the end of next week I should have 7 networked DTivos (3 subscribed SD, 2 MRV only SD and 2 subscribed HR10-250's) + probably 1 TiVoServer. It's an addiction, once you get hooked, I have a hard time stopping! Fortunately it is a pretty cheap addiction...I already had some spare hard drives sitting around (another addiction -- I can't seem to pass up good deals on hard drives whether I need them or not!), I've been able to find used SD DTiVo's in the $40 range + $20 for a USB/Network adapter.

I do have a couple of questions.

1. Is there any good reason for keeping the original drives for the SD DTivo's? None are under warranty. I have the image stored on my computer and on a CD. I figured I would keep 1 of the original 40G drives just in case something happened where I couldn't restore an image and see if I could recoup the cost of my network cards for the remainig 4 40G drives. I will probably retain both of my 250 G drives from my HR10-250's just to be safe -- 1 is under warranty.

2. I have a server computer with 2 Hauppauge PVR150 cards that record to mpeg. I should be able to set up TiVoServer on this computer and then be able to watch these mpeg files using my other networked DTiVo's correct? If this is the only computer that I store video files on, I don't need TiVoServer on any other computers (even though I have 2 connected to TV's)? The 2 TV's that have the computer connections will also have an MRV DTiVo hooked up to them.

thanks,
Murray

[phat_bastard]

... I've been able to find used SD DTiVo's in the $40 range + $20 for a USB/Network adapter....

If you're married, my apologies to your spouse. If you're looking do stay on the cheap I've been using the D-Link DUB-E100 from tigerdirect dot com (recertified) for ~$8 each. YMMV, but I get excellent throughput with them.

1. Is there any good reason for keeping the original drives for the SD DTivo's?...

I can't tell you one way or another if there's a good reason to save them. I used the original 40 gb drives for kid's dtivos when I zippered them, and saved one just in case (of what I don't know).

...I should be able to set up TiVoServer on this computer and then be able to watch these mpeg files using my other networked DTiVo's correct?

Yes, you only need tivoserver on one networked machine to serve the files up to all the MRV tivos. You will need to have them superpatched tho if memory serves.

[MATT1981M]

... I've been able to find used SD DTiVo's in the $40 range + $20 for a USB/Network adapter.
i just got one w/o drive for 9.99 on ebay....


1. Is there any good reason for keeping the original drives for the SD DTivo's? None are under warranty. I have the image stored on my computer and on a CD. I figured I would keep 1 of the original 40G drives just in case something happened where I couldn't restore an image and see if I could recoup the cost of my network cards for the remainig 4 40G drives. I will probably retain both of my 250 G drives from my HR10-250's just to be safe -- 1 is under warranty.
i would keep them... if something happens and you need to restore the original, you have a quick way to do it... This would be nice if DTV released a new sw version (like 6.2 for the HR10-250's....)... you could just install your old drives and voila your backup now has a virgin copy of the new os... You could always mrv your recordings off of one tivo, dd the new image and expand it, hack it, and then go the opposite way to trns the recordings back and then repeat the dd on the other tivo....

2. I have a server computer with 2 Hauppauge PVR150 cards that record to mpeg. I should be able to set up TiVoServer on this computer and then be able to watch these mpeg files using my other networked DTiVo's correct? If this is the only computer that I store video files on, I don't need TiVoServer on any other computers (even though I have 2 connected to TV's)? The 2 TV's that have the computer connections will also have an MRV DTiVo hooked up to them. I would put it on those computers anyway, but then again, your now playing list is going to be cluttered enough with what you have on it anyway.

[MurrayW]

i just got one w/o drive for 9.99 on ebay....
Including shipping, remote and access card?

[MATT1981M]

Including shipping, remote and access card?
no card... shipping 15.00 and no remote... i already had an extra... i use the logitech harmony 890 in my living room (i love that remote... controls RF and IRDA devices) and then i had 2 logitech harmony 676's that i had for my bedroom and had previously used in my living room, but now use for this new dtivo. i also have the 2 original remotes for my 2 dtivos i already had.

[MurrayW]

no card... shipping 15.00 and no remote... i already had an extra... i use the logitech harmony 890 in my living room (i love that remote... controls RF and IRDA devices) and then i had 2 logitech harmony 676's that i had for my bedroom and had previously used in my living room, but now use for this new dtivo. i also have the 2 original remotes for my 2 dtivos i already had.That's why I like being able to pick these up locally on craigslist for $40 total. DirecTiVo, access card and remote with no shipping (just the gas to meet the seller somewhere convenient to both of us :D ).

[MATT1981M]

That's why I like being able to pick these up locally on craigslist for $40 total. DirecTiVo, access card and remote with no shipping (just the gas to meet the seller somewhere convenient to both of us :D ).
what do you mean by "craigslist"

if someone is upgrading from a standard receiver, whether or not they already have another dvr or not, they can use their original access card and can even use the white DTV universal remote that DTV supplies now with receivers. It does work for the dtivo's, although if you are used to the tivo remote, it will take some time to get used to it. I believe 9.99+15.00 Shipping is well worth the extra cost of getting a HD since most people who are looking on this forum would probably be already interested in getting a bigger drive anyway....

EDIT... i guess you were talking about craigslist.com... i would use it but they dont have a city in my area listed.... the closest one is about 1.5 hrs away...

[coachO]

First of all, let me say I am really impressed with all this work/knowledge. I can't wait to get Zipper to work. Question, I have version ptvlba48-4.02.iso which does not contain /s2_kernels/3.1.5/VMLINUX_.GZ. For my Hr10-250 do I need to pay the $5 and get the version PTVupgrade LBA48 4.03 with Enhancements in order to get the /s2_kernels/3.1.5/VMLINUX_.GZ 3.1.5? I am trying to build the tools CD.

[Gunnyman]

you will need the hacked kernel so yes.

[MurrayW]

what do you mean by "craigslist"

if someone is upgrading from a standard receiver, whether or not they already have another dvr or not, they can use their original access card and can even use the white DTV universal remote that DTV supplies now with receivers. It does work for the dtivo's, although if you are used to the tivo remote, it will take some time to get used to it. I believe 9.99+15.00 Shipping is well worth the extra cost of getting a HD since most people who are looking on this forum would probably be already interested in getting a bigger drive anyway....

EDIT... i guess you were talking about craigslist.com... i would use it but they dont have a city in my area listed.... the closest one is about 1.5 hrs away...
Austin craigslist (http://austin.craigslist.org/). I am assuming that Des Moines is the closest one to you and it doesn't look very active -- 2 or 3 postings per day in the electronics section.

I'm not going to argue who is getting the best deal, but for me, getting a remote AND an access card is worth $40 vs. your $25 (not $9.99) EBay deal. And if I was really motivated, I could probably get that $15 price differential back by selling the original TiVo drive (http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=unknown&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&from=R10&satitle=40+gb+tivo&sacat=165%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D2&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=78749&fis=2&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=). :D

[fishfry]

I guess I need help on this....I have a sd-dvr40.....upgraded to 120g seagate with instantcake. ran the Zipper. It said success.. Booted my tivo back up and it works fine. But I see no signs of it being zippered...I plugged in my FA120 before boot.....tivo just boots up normal. I tried zippering again....Again "success". booted up my tivo again with the same results. I guess I'm missing something somewhere. Any help would be great.

[MATT1981M]

I guess I need help on this....I have a sd-dvr40.....upgraded to 120g seagate with instantcake. ran the Zipper. It said success.. Booted my tivo back up and it works fine. But I see no signs of it being zippered...I plugged in my FA120 before boot.....tivo just boots up normal. I tried zippering again....Again "success". booted up my tivo again with the same results. I guess I'm missing something somewhere. Any help would be great.
you have to telnet in and do the
cd /hacks
sh tweak.sh

then reboot after it tells you to... THEN you will see the changes

zipping it only places the files on the tivo... you then must make the tivo install the files and unlock the appropriate features....

[fishfry]

I don't know anything about telnet. I opened a cmd line and entered the info. It said "could not open a connection to the host, on port 23: connect failed. Now what? I tried searching b4 posting again. I turned off firewall. I added tcp & udp ports 23. I have both lights green on the fa120.

[jporter12]

I have a DSR 7000 that has been zippered for a couple months now, on a 300 GB drive, and all has been good. Until about a week ago. For some reason, now I can't use TWP, I can get in via telnet, but not do much of anything. I did manage to get around the bash prompt enough to get TWP started, but I can't even get it to do "ls"

This has probably been answered here, but I really don't have hours to scour through thread to find the answer, so I would appreciate either assistance, or a pointer to where it is answered.

Thanks,
JP

edit: I guess it's only been zippered for about a month, but I had no issues in that time...

[MATT1981M]

I don't know anything about telnet. I opened a cmd line and entered the info. It said "could not open a connection to the host, on port 23: connect failed. Now what? I tried searching b4 posting again. I turned off firewall. I added tcp & udp ports 23. I have both lights green on the fa120.
try a serial null modem cable.... it is noted several times in the past few pages on how to make one....

[JWThiers]

I don't know anything about telnet. I opened a cmd line and entered the info. It said "could not open a connection to the host, on port 23: connect failed. Now what? I tried searching b4 posting again. I turned off firewall. I added tcp & udp ports 23. I have both lights green on the fa120.
Are the computer and Tivo on the same SUB Net? The IP Addresses should be something like 192.168.1.XXX. The XXX are the only numbers that should be different.

[swizzlest]

So, even though my rc.sysinit.author file says it starts endpadplus every time it boots up, it doesn't. I have to go in and start it a couple times a week because of the scheduled reboots. Any thoughts?

[fishfry]

the tivo is 192.168.1.101. my router is 192.168.0.1. I logged into my router and I think I might have forund the problem. It range is set from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199 . I haven't tried to change it yet. I guess I'll have to zipper it again to set the ip address to this range maybe? the router won't let me edit the range enough to include the tivo ip address.

[Gunnyman]

just set the router to 192.168.1.1 and reboot it and tivo

[fishfry]

will that screw up my pc's on network?

[Gunnyman]

if they are all using dhcp, no
just reboot them
if not using dhcp, you will have to reconfigure them.

[JWThiers]

just set the router to 192.168.1.1 and reboot it and tivo
You might not have to do the tivo, I could be wrong, but I think when I was having some connection issues just changing the router allowed connection. Like I said I might be wrong, I was rebooting A LOT of things many times that day.

If you have other things on your network you might have to set them up to match the router settings (or the tivo to their settings) to get everyone to play nice together.

[phat_bastard]

the tivo is 192.168.1.101. my router is 192.168.0.1. I logged into my router and I think I might have forund the problem. It range is set from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199 . I haven't tried to change it yet. I guess I'll have to zipper it again to set the ip address to this range maybe? the router won't let me edit the range enough to include the tivo ip address.

Ok, clear a few things up for me...

You statically addressed your DTivo right?

Did you assign the router address in the DTivo to 192.168.0.1?

The 'range' you speak of in your router, is that the DHCP range?

If you answered yes to all these, what you probably can do that will fix the issue is to reassign the netmask in your router to 255.255.0.0. That or just re-zipper the DTivo and set it up on the same subnet. Or, take Gunny's advice and change your router to 192.168.1.1. If you do that you'll want to change the DHCP range to exclude your tivo's address.

Incidentally, if you're assigning the address for your DTivo statically then you will want it to have an address outside of the router's DHCP range, or your router might assign the same address to one of it's DHCP clients, which would cause you other problems...

[fishfry]

I changed the router to 198.162.1.1. now it sees the tivo at 192.168.1.101......when I run telnetand run "sh tweak.sh" it says unable to connect to remote host.(69.90.236.30): network is unreachable. Download failed..

[fishfry]

First, thanks for all the help. here's where I'm at:
I transfered the rbautch files to the hacks dir. thru ftp then tried again

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

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

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

I thought by transfering the rbautch file into hacks this would solve this problem. I think that's what I've read in the posts on the additional directions. I'm clearly in way over my head.

[ForrestB]

From the Zipper Wiki "XP users having telnet troubles: Windows XP Telnet sends Windows Style line feeds instead of Unix style Carriage returns. Fix this with the command "unset crlf" from a telnet prompt (before you connect to tivo)"

Or if you're an OSX user, just launch Terminal and type 'telenet ipaddress' where ipaddress is your Tivo's ipaddress.

[JWThiers]

First, thanks for all the help. here's where I'm at:
I transfered the rbautch files to the hacks dir. thru ftp then tried again

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

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

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

I thought by transfering the rbautch file into hacks this would solve this problem. I think that's what I've read in the posts on the additional directions. I'm clearly in way over my head.
In order to connect you either need to get a telnet client like PuTTY that you can configure not to put the extra line feeds in OR to use the windows command line client from the command line type in the following:

telnet
unset crlf
o 192.168.1.xxx
cd /hacks
sh tweak.sh

[fishfry]

In order to connect you either need to get a telnet client like PuTTY that you can configure not to put the extra line feeds in OR to use the windows command line client from the command line type in the following:

telnet
unset crlf
o 192.168.1.xxx
cd /hacks
sh tweak.sh


I did this and here's what I get:

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Host name lookup failure
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]:

[JWThiers]

I did this and here's what I get:

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Host name lookup failure
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]:
Get your favorite FTP client like filezilla and copy the rbautch-files.tgz file from your tools CD to the /hacks directory on your TIVO, the rerun tweak.sh.

[fishfry]

I did it!! Or you guys did it!!! Yea!!! Now I have to figure out how to actually use it from my pc. Thanks a million. The world is a better place because of the ridiculously smart people here.

[JWThiers]

I did it!! Or you guys did it!!! Yea!!! Now I have to figure out how to actually use it from my pc. Thanks a million. The world is a better place because of the ridiculously smart people here.
Its not that we are that much smarter its that a lot of these questions have been asked before.

[cubgyver]

Gunnyman,
Thank you and all the others that have made all this possible. I have been doing extensive reading of all these posts. I have an HDVR2 and am about to upgrade it (2nd time) to a 250GB drive. I understand that that should be no problem (according to weaknees-no 137gb limit on that model) and I decided to buy a Maxtor QuickView DiamondMax 10 6L250R0 250GB Hard Drive from Directron[dot]com.
I need to get a USB adapter and wonder this... Will I be able to just buy a wireless adapter (Should I buy the TIVO branded one, or another?) or do I have to get a wired adapter (such as FA120-- or should I get another?)
So...
1. Did I make a wise HD choice?
2. Can I go straight to wireless USB?
3. Which wireless USB will be easiest?

Thanks!

[JWThiers]

Gunnyman,
Thank you and all the others that have made all this possible. I have been doing extensive reading of all these posts. I have an HDVR2 and am about to upgrade it (2nd time) to a 250GB drive. I understand that that should be no problem (according to weaknees-no 137gb limit on that model) and I decided to buy a Maxtor QuickView DiamondMax 10 6L250R0 250GB Hard Drive from Directron[dot]com.
I need to get a USB adapter and wonder this... Will I be able to just buy a wireless adapter (Should I buy the TIVO branded one, or another?) or do I have to get a wired adapter (such as FA120-- or should I get another?)
So...
1. Did I make a wise HD choice?
2. Can I go straight to wireless USB?
3. Which wireless USB will be easiest?

Thanks!
Much success with FA120 wired or MA111 wireless (as noted on the Zipper page), Go to tivo.com and look up what models will work. Do NOT get ones that SAY ver 7.2 required MOST of those don't work with zipper. 802.11G is (as gunny would say)"No Worky" (unless you are using a bridge setup).

[fishfry]

now that my pc and dtivo are "talking". WHat do I use to actually control it and move recorded shows? Almost feels like I'm never going to get to the end.

[tall1]

now that my pc and dtivo are "talking". WHat do I use to actually control it and move recorded shows? Almost feels like I'm never going to get to the end.Type the static IP of your Tivo into a browser. It is kinda like opening the door to Munchkinland.

[JWThiers]

now that my pc and dtivo are "talking". WHat do I use to actually control it and move recorded shows? Almost feels like I'm never going to get to the end.
Not really a zipper question, but. Well you can use TIVO Web Plus to access your tivo and do some things, a program called tivoserver to insert video on your tivo, as far as extraction goes we are not allowed to talk about that here but the other place (coughdealcoughdatacoughbase dot com)it is acceptable. be aware do NOT mention zipper over there (Gunny and Rbautch have requested that). and you will want to do a LOT of reading on your own before posting questions. They can be rather gruff with newbie questions when you haven't read up on and attempted on your own first. and they won't hand hold you all the way thru like here.

[coachO]

Need help. I did everything listed in the Zipper instructions to get started. Then.

1. ran PTV Boot Disk
2. changed to tool CD ( contains every filel as listed including zipper.sh)
3. entered cd cdrom ( cdrom was already mounted)
4. entered sh zipper.sh ; it said this will take a few minutes then it failed. Thought maybe it was my old Pent III computer so:

Changed computers my newer Pent 4.
got to step 4. Entered sh zipper.sh and it says file not found. Tried zipper.sh and it said command not found. I have two cd rom drives so I tried disconnecting each one and rebooting but got same message file not found.

Suggestions?

[Gunnyman]

did you cd /cdrom
then ls to verify the files were there?

[JWThiers]

Need help. I did everything listed in the Zipper instructions to get started. Then.

1. ran PTV Boot Disk
2. changed to tool CD ( contains every filel as listed including zipper.sh)
3. entered cd cdrom ( cdrom was already mounted)
4. entered sh zipper.sh ; it said this will take a few minutes then it failed. Thought maybe it was my old Pent III computer so:

Changed computers my newer Pent 4.
got to step 4. Entered sh zipper.sh and it says file not found. Tried zipper.sh and it said command not found. I have two cd rom drives so I tried disconnecting each one and rebooting but got same message file not found.

Suggestions?
You say the cdrom was already mounted??? OK try again this time if it says the cdrom says it is already mounted type "umount /cdrom", then mount the cdrom and follow the instructions from there.

edit: darn wireless keyboard needing batteries slowed me down.

Also be aware follow the instructions EXACTLY as written. Linux is case sensitive so all of the following are different: CD /CDROM, Cd /Cdrom, cd /cdrom. only the last is correct.

[uscpsycho]

A friend and I bought three driveless HDVR2's off of Ebay. We both imaged drives (and in my case Zippered them) and then called Tivo. In separate calls we explained we were deactivating dumb boxes and activating DTivo's with the dumb boxes' access cards. We were asked where they came from and we both said from Ebay. Read all the relevant numbers to the CSR (dumb box serial, DTivo serial, access card number) and (after getting past the fact that HDVR2s have only a serial number..some DTivo's have a unit number too) had them up and running in minutes. I have also installed a new imaged and Zippered drive in my SD-DVR40 and all it took was a 711 call. So far the new unit doesn't show as a lease (a new wrinkle some have been having) and I have two networked Tivo's. Gotta love it!

I have a couple of non-TiVo D* boxes that I'd like to upgrade to D-TiVo's. If I buy one from eBay and activate it, will D* know that this is a TiVo model and charge me a monthly fee for the TiVo services on the additional boxes (I already pay for service on my HR10-250)? Or does TWP and the other tools allow me to use the TiVo features without paying for a TiVo sub?

[ttodd1]

I have a couple of non-TiVo D* boxes that I'd like to upgrade to D-TiVo's. If I buy one from eBay and activate it, will D* know that this is a TiVo model and charge me a monthly fee for the TiVo services on the additional boxes (I already pay for service on my HR10-250)? Or does TWP and the other tools allow me to use the TiVo features without paying for a TiVo sub?

Your fee for the DVR service is 5.99 for all the dvrs on your account. But this isn't a Zipper support question......

[coachO]

Okay, I am learning, thanks. Now I am stuck here.

Restore failed: unknown backup format.

Help appreciated.

Here is my tools cd flles

http://coachorange.home.insightbb.com/toolscd.jpg

[fishfry]

Thanks for all the help. I really appreciate it. I have an incrediable 25-30 hrs in this already. Hard to believe since it should probably take less than an hour, I know. I was beginning to run out of steam.

[benshapiro]

I'm in Los Angeles and I have an HR10-250 (zippered), and in TivoWebPlus (Channel Prefs and Search Results), when I click on CBS, NBC and ABC, they show as 381, 383 and 387, respectively, instead of 2, 4 and 7. Is this how it is supposed to be?

Example:

I did a search for "NUMB3RS" and got four results for the 4/21 episode, "Guns and Roses." It shows as playing at 10:00 PM tomorrow night on these 4 channels:

KCBS - 381
KCBSDT - 2-1
CBSW - 81
KCBS - 381

Both instances of KCBS come up as Channel 381. Shouldn't the first channel number be 2 (the actual channel in LA)?

I just want to make sure that this is how it's supposed to look. Thanks for any help people can offer.

[coachO]

Fish, sounds like I am about 20 hours behind you and gaining :)

[rbautch]

Okay, I am learning, thanks. Now I am stuck here.

Restore failed: unknown backup format.

Help appreciated.

Here is my tools cd flles

http://coachorange.home.insightbb.com/toolscd.jpgTry burning your CD again.

[coachO]

I did burn it twice using this setting in nero. I will try a different software to burn it next.

http://coachorange.home.insightbb.com/tools2cd.jpg

[JaserLet]

For the past few days my hacked DVR40 has been ignoring about half of my remote button presses. For example, if I'm in the guide and want to do down, I might have to press the down button two or three times before it will respond. Ditto for pause, menu, etc, every button. I replaced the batteries in my remote and still have the same problem. Is this a software problem? Has anyone else experienced this issue?

[MATT1981M]

For the past few days my hacked DVR40 has been ignoring about half of my remote button presses. For example, if I'm in the guide and want to do down, I might have to press the down button two or three times before it will respond. Ditto for pause, menu, etc, every button. I replaced the batteries in my remote and still have the same problem. Is this a software problem? Has anyone else experienced this issue?
one of the tivo remotes i had did the same thing... it wasnt the s/w just the remote... try a different remote... if you can get your hands on the DTV universal remote, it is code 01442... i just set one up to use that remote this evening.... I myself use the logitech harmony 890 and 676 (2 of the 676). It is by far the most sensitive and best working remote series i have ever seen. I dont like touchscreens because they are too fragile and get unresponsive very easily (have had 3) and i dont like the Kameleon style either (just doesnt feel right), but the logitech harmony's ease of use and tactile buttons and usb connection to setup the remote... it is sweet...

as much as i promote these remotes to people i know and on this site, i should charge Logitech for advertising or something....lol

[MATT1981M]

So, even though my rc.sysinit.author file says it starts endpadplus every time it boots up, it doesn't. I have to go in and start it a couple times a week because of the scheduled reboots. Any thoughts?

replace the section of the rc.sysinit.author that was supposed to start endpadplus with the following text.... be sure to replace the #'s with the number of min you want padded before and then after... i used 2 before and 2 after... and as always, use a text editor that is linux friendly like metapad (http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html)

# Starting the EndPadPlus application:
if test -f /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl
then
/enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 2 2 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &
fi

[coachO]

I burned my 3rd tools cd after making an iso with winiso. I got the same response.

Restore failed: unknown backup format.

Any suggestions?

[Gunnyman]

where did you get your image? (the 0000001) file?

[JWThiers]

Okay, I am learning, thanks. Now I am stuck here.

Restore failed: unknown backup format.

Help appreciated.

Here is my tools cd flles


This with your other post looks like a bad image file (000001). Did you get the image from PTVUpgrade (If so try downloading again) or somewhere else (If so pay for the PTVUpgrade image or backup your current system). While there is no warranty for zipper that is especially true if you don't have a good image?

[ForrestB]

If you have a backup image of your old drive that you made with MFSTOOLS 2, then you don't need the new 6.2 Instacake kernal. Just run MFSRESTORE on the new drive to reinstall your backup kernal to the new drive, and then run the Zipper. This is all explained in the Hinsdale instructions http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index9.html

[Gunnyman]

Foorest
Kernel is DIFFERENT from Software. Lets no confuse things.

[tall1]

Indeed it is:

from Webopedia:

The kernel is the central module of an operating system. It is the part of the operating system that loads first, and it remains in main memory. Because it stays in memory, it is important for the kernel to be as small as possible while still providing all the essential services required by other parts of the operating system and applications. Typically, the kernel is responsible for memory management, process and task management, and disk management.

[MATT1981M]

I burned my 3rd tools cd after making an iso with winiso. I got the same response.

Restore failed: unknown backup format.

Any suggestions?
if you did pay for the instacake image try burning and running the instacake image cd itself.... if that works, follow the instructions and reboot then run the zipper...

[tall1]

For the past few days my hacked DVR40 has been ignoring about half of my remote button presses. For example, if I'm in the guide and want to do down, I might have to press the down button two or three times before it will respond. Ditto for pause, menu, etc, every button. I replaced the batteries in my remote and still have the same problem. Is this a software problem? Has anyone else experienced this issue?Check the batteries.

[trainman]

I'm in Los Angeles and I have an HR10-250 (zippered), and in TivoWebPlus (Channel Prefs and Search Results), when I click on CBS, NBC and ABC, they show as 381, 383 and 387, respectively, instead of 2, 4 and 7. Is this how it is supposed to be?

As far as I can tell, yes (and if you try Fox, the same thing should be happening -- I think it's 389 instead of 11). As another example, this is from my EndPadPlus logs...

* Jeopardy! on [387 ABCW] from 19:00 to 19:30 (Season Pass)

...but I have the season pass on Channel 7.

I think what's happening is that the channels in the 380s get "remapped" within the receiver to their actual over-the-air channel numbers, so it looks normal on the receiver itself, but what's displayed by TiVoWebPlus is more or less the "raw output."

I assume this also happens for folks in the New York area.

[coachO]

Looks like I need to go the instantcake route. I will let you know how it goes.

[ForrestB]

"Kernel is DIFFERENT from Software. Lets no confuse things."

Heh - sorry about that. I was just trying to be helpful.

BTW, thanks for the Zipper. I used MFSTOOL to backup from the original drive and restored onto a new drive and installed Tivo Zipper by booting from the LBA48 CD - worked great on the first try. Now I just need to figure out how to use MRV from my Macs - using TivoTool?

[coachO]

Forrest, wish I had your skills. Anyway, I am going to start over. A few questions.

1. My new Tivo hard drive was booted with windows. Is there a program to clean it? Or do I need to do this at all?
2. Forrest or anyone, can you give me the linux code you used to make the backup? I have tried many and none have worked for me. I have mfstools2 and also a copy from weaknees. I guess any will work?
3. I have the modified copy of lb48 boot disk so should be good there.
4. Then I will make the Tools CD with my new image.

Thanks in advance!

[ForrestB]

CoachO:

It's pretty simple to use MFSTOOLS to backup your Tivo onto a Windows FAT32 partition. See the link in my first post above (Hindsdale). Once you've booted from the LBA48 CD, you'll just need to type these commands (assumes the Windows FAT32 drive is hda and old Tivo drive is hdc):

mkdir /mnt/dos
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos
mfsbackup -f 9999 -6so /mnt/dos/tivo.bak /dev/hdc

[coachO]

okay, made some progress. I started over and found I copied the wrong image to cd tools.

I have the image on my new tivo hard drive and loaded it into the tivo unit. Problem.

It did boot twice (powering up, then wait a few more seconds) and then went to a screen that said channel not available and it was on channel 2.

I typed the below at the c:/
telnet -t vt100 192.168.1.107 this was the IP i set for it
could not open connection to host, on port 23: connection failed.

I am using a USB200M wired adapter to my linksys router which is set for 192.168.1.1

Ideas now?

[MurrayW]

okay, made some progress. I started over and found I copied the wrong image to cd tools.

I have the image on my new tivo hard drive and loaded it into the tivo unit. Problem.

It did boot twice (powering up, then wait a few more seconds) and then went to a screen that said channel not available and it was on channel 2.

I typed the below at the c:/
telnet -t vt100 192.168.1.107 this was the IP i set for it
could not open connection to host, on port 23: connection failed.

I am using a USB200M wired adapter to my linksys router which is set for 192.168.1.1

Ideas now?Is it a version 1 or version 2 USB200M? If it is a 2, you will need to jump through a few hoops to get it working. Search on it and you'll find how to do it.

Good luck.

Murray

[MATT1981M]

okay, made some progress. I started over and found I copied the wrong image to cd tools.

I have the image on my new tivo hard drive and loaded it into the tivo unit. Problem.

It did boot twice (powering up, then wait a few more seconds) and then went to a screen that said channel not available and it was on channel 2.

I typed the below at the c:/
telnet -t vt100 192.168.1.107 this was the IP i set for it
could not open connection to host, on port 23: connection failed.

I am using a USB200M wired adapter to my linksys router which is set for 192.168.1.1

Ideas now?
as to the channel not available, call DTV and enter extension 721... that should correct that issue... if still cant get the channel because it now says searching for signal, and if you have more than one dish, then select auto-detect satellite info from the satellite settings menu... (i had to do this because it doesnt find the 72.5 satellite in the guided setup for some reason... you have to auto-detect to find it.. this may be the same for other sat's)

i do believe that you have to run the tweak.sh script to get the USB200M to work... i know for sure that is the way with the V2 ones and i am pretty sure it is that way with the V1 units as well since i had bought 2 of the V1 and couldnt get them work with my DSR704 or my DVR40 pthat hadnt had tweak.sh run yet on them.... i then returned them and bid on my current ones from ebay as well as made a serial null modem cable to run the enhancement script (tweak.sh)...

[coachO]

Thanks for the replies. My box didnt say version 2 and had the orange CD so I thought it was version one. Since it isnt working, maybe it is version 2. I guess I will go buy the NetGear FA120 - probably easier than making your null cable- MATT.

Edit: I am receiving all channels! However, it says a hardware problem has been found and I can not record. I guess this is error 51 which should be fixed when I run the script, correct?

[Gunnyman]

correct

[MATT1981M]

Thanks for the replies. My box didnt say version 2 and had the orange CD so I thought it was version one. Since it isnt working, maybe it is version 2. I guess I will go buy the NetGear FA120 - probably easier than making your null cable- MATT.

Edit: I am receiving all channels! However, it says a hardware problem has been found and I can not record. I guess this is error 51 which should be fixed when I run the script, correct?
it took me 5 min to make the cable because i got all solderless conections... using the instacake cd to image a drive was harder than making the cable

[coachO]

Wow, I am up and running. Everything seems fine. Special Kudos to MATT1981M, Rbautch, Gunny, MurrayW, and JJz ( I searched and found the XP SP2 telnet change).

Question: I want to go back and install EndPad. Do I need to go through the entire script again? If so, I guess I should use express?

Next: I have an old Tivo that had a bad hard drive a few years ago; time to go find it and upgrade it also. Will this ever end?

Thanks again!

[JWThiers]

Wow, I am up and running. Everything seems fine. Special Kudos to MATT1981M, Rbautch, Gunny, MurrayW, and JJz ( I searched and found the XP SP2 telnet change).

Question: I want to go back and install EndPad. Do I need to go through the entire script again? If so, I guess I should use express?

Next: I have an old Tivo that had a bad hard drive a few years ago; time to go find it and upgrade it also. Will this ever end?

Thanks again!
For endpadplus try here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=136658)

If it is one of the ones that zipper supports No reason not to. You don't even need tp activate it if all you want is to use it like a server. You will have to go to the other site (DDB) becauser the tool you need does extraction as well as insertion which is what you would need. That are what my plans are for my 3rd D*tivo. Just need a really big HD. I already have a network adapter on order.

[musicmanfz]

I just installed my first DSR7000 (purchased from Weaknees), and it's not
looking good so far.

The unit displays the following message: "Welcome. Powering up..."
After about 50 seconds or so, the screen briefly goes dark, and I see
the red hard drive activity LED blink, but in another second or two, the
"Welcome. Powering up..." message is redisplayed. This sequence
repeats until the unit is powered down.

I got the PTV Boot CD via eMule, and everything appeared to be fine
during the installation/hack process.

I would appreciate any help you kind folks could provide.

[sunar]

Sorry, didn't read through the 186 pages of posts but I did try a search with not much success. :(

I put an image on new HD, zippered it all up and now my problem is my TiVO is acting like it can't see any sattelites. I was going to call the wiki number with the extension to see if that'd help...but even trying that I just get an automated voice and if I try and put in that extension I get an error. :(

Any help?

I can see the TiVO on my network wirelessly even..

~Fred

[coachO]

Read Matt's post above about calling Directv and entering 721. Then I did the guided setup and got all my stations.

[coachO]

I just noticed my 30 sec skip is not permanent - thought it was in the zipper. How should I add it?

[JWThiers]

I just noticed my 30 sec skip is not permanent - thought it was in the zipper. How should I add it?
Its built into superpatch. Did you get superpatch from there (DDB)?

[sunar]

Called in, hit 1, put in phone number, hit 721 so it re-sent activation stuff, still not getting my sattelite stuff.

There doesn't seem to be an auto detect dish setting. Just round and oval dishes...and mine is round dual LNB...I pick that and when it tests the transponders I get 0 signal. :( Then it fails trying to contact sat.

~Fred

[sunar]

Well, found the auto-detect...ran that after trying to reactivate it multiple times with no luck.

~Fred

[JWThiers]

Sorry, didn't read through the 186 pages of posts but I did try a search with not much success. :(

I put an image on new HD, zippered it all up and now my problem is my TiVO is acting like it can't see any sattelites. I was going to call the wiki number with the extension to see if that'd help...but even trying that I just get an automated voice and if I try and put in that extension I get an error. :(

Any help?

I can see the TiVO on my network wirelessly even..

~Fred
What Version is the image? Where did you get it? Acting like cant see sats? Any signal at all? What model DTivo?

[MATT1981M]

...and mine is round dual LNB...I pick that and when it tests the transponders I get 0 signal. :( Then it fails trying to contact sat. if you hook up a SD rcvr or SD dtivo up, does it find sat's... Where did you get this rcvr... Was it working b4... You also need a oval 3 lnb for HD anyway

[coachO]

Yes, JW, I did exactly as the zipper said. It shows up in tools cd as seen below. If this reboots every night without my 30 second skip then I have to find how to fix this. Maybe I loaded the wrong file but I do remember it asking me to name the MRV.

Edit: I just found the discussion that I should unistall tweak and then rerun it. Do you guys think that the 30 second script was there and I just missed it?

http://coachorange.home.insightbb.com/toolscd.jpg

[tca32123]

will this HD be compatable with Tivo for me to do the Zipper?

Seagate 300GB, 7200RPM, Ultra ATA/100

Model: ST3300831ARK

If so, I'm out the door to get it .. 89 bucks!

[msommer]

Yes it will work. Where is it being sold for 89 bucks? I would like to get one myself!!

[tca32123]

Yes it will work. Where is it being sold for 89 bucks? I would like to get one myself!!


Thanks for the confirmation!

They are at Circuit City .. I guess I'll be attempting the Zipper this weekend now!

Thanks . Andy

[JWThiers]

Yes, JW, I did exactly as the zipper said. It shows up in tools cd as seen below. If this reboots every night without my 30 second skip then I have to find how to fix this. Maybe I loaded the wrong file but I do remember it asking me to name the MRV.

Edit: I just found the discussion that I should unistall tweak and then rerun it. Do you guys think that the 30 second script was there and I just missed it?

http://coachorange.home.insightbb.com/toolscd.jpg
I'm NOT positive but I am prettyy sure that the super patch is applied when you have the drive in your pc and run zipper.sh not when you run the tweak.sh.

If you want to try uninstalling tweak, first copy the rbautch-files.tgz file to the /hacks directory. After you do that run tweak_unistall.sh reboot then run run tweak.sh again. It probably wont help like I said before.

[musicmanfz]

I just installed my first DSR7000 (purchased from Weaknees), and it's not
looking good so far.

The unit displays the following message: "Welcome. Powering up..."
After about 50 seconds or so, the screen briefly goes dark, and I see
the red hard drive activity LED blink, but in another second or two, the
"Welcome. Powering up..." message is redisplayed. This sequence
repeats until the unit is powered down.

I got the PTV Boot CD via eMule, and everything appeared to be fine
during the installation/hack process.

I would appreciate any help you kind folks could provide.

OK, since the original post, I have checked the Weaknees troubleshooting
info (I should have visited Weaknees first, obviously), and the most likely
candidate is the hard drive itself, or the power or data cables going to it.

However, I have re-zippered the drive, and I have verified that afterward,
I can see the installed files on the drive.

I have even placed the drive in my other "new" (refurb) DSR7000, and
it does exactly the same thing.

So I'm wondering if the hard drive itself is simply not compatible.
(Hitachi Deskstar 250GB, 7200RPM, ATA100, 8MB cache)

I did notice that the PTV Boot CD info screens basically say that I can't
install a drive over 137GB with my Series 2 combo unit. However, the
zipper recognizes the 250GB drive just fine, so I assumed (perhaps
incorrectly) that everything was OK.

Again, I used eMule to download the PTV LBA48 Boot CD image and the
Alphawolf 6.2 kernel image, so maybe I got wrong/outdated/corrupted
files (?).

I appreciate any help. Thanks!

[coachO]

Concerning Superpatch (30 second skip), the only thing I can determine is that I downloaded the wrong version. I have read the threads and I can not find the one specifically for the hr10-250. Can any one find it or is there one?

[Gunnyman]

there is no superpatch for the HR10-250

[sunar]

Samsung 4040R...Worked fine before....using a 250GB WD drive now. It seeems to work fine now except for connecting to the service.

~Fred

[coachO]

Thanks Gunny, thought so. However, I read that it can be done. Do you know if I go in and do the below will it corrupt what the zipper did?

To permanently enable the 30 second skip, the tivoapp application must be patched at the byte level. To do this, you will use the Linux echo command to send the appropriate byte values to the appropriate places in the application itself. While somewhat dangerous, this danger can be easily mitigated with a few, simple precautions. For those interested, the values we are patching are:

[sunar]

Nevermind...i'm a TOTAL moron. :rolleyes: I was trying to get it done SO fast yesterday before I had to leave for something. I had plugged the cables into the CABLE inputs and not the Sat inputs.

Note to others: Take your time setting everything up...you rush and you could do something as STUPID as my mistake. :(

Thanks a TON, Gunny, Rbauch, and those helping others get all setup. I now have 220ish hours on my TiVO AND can control it from a PC! :) :) :)

~Fred

P.S. Yes, I feel like the worlds biggest idiot now. *bangs head on desk*

[MATT1981M]

Nevermind...i'm a TOTAL moron. :rolleyes: I was trying to get it done SO fast yesterday before I had to leave for something. I had plugged the cables into the CABLE inputs and not the Sat inputs.

Note to others: Take your time setting everything up...you rush and you could do something as STUPID as my mistake. :(

Thanks a TON, Gunny, Rbauch, and those helping others get all setup. I now have 220ish hours on my TiVO AND can control it from a PC! :) :) :)

~Fred

P.S. Yes, I feel like the worlds biggest idiot now. *bangs head on desk*
i was gonna ask if you had it hooked up right but i thought... of course they would.... lol...

you are right.. rush and mess up... i am glad you found out what u did wrong, however trivial....

[musicmanfz]

OK, since the original post, I have checked the Weaknees troubleshooting
info (I should have visited Weaknees first, obviously), and the most likely
candidate is the hard drive itself, or the power or data cables going to it.


One more piece of data: Just for grins, I changed out the data cable,
but I'm still getting just the power up message.

Since the drive worked fine during the zipper procedure, I have to assume
that at least one of the following three statements is true:

1. This hard drive is incompatible with my DSR7000. Not sure why.
2. The Alphawolf 6.2 image I d/l via eMule is corrupted.
3. The PTV Boot CD I d/l via eMule is corrupted (least likely, since it booted).

Next step: Scrounge up an old HD around here and see if I can get
that to work. If so, return the Hitachi drive and get something else.
Otherwise, I'll bite the bullet and pay PTV $25 for Instant Cake and
the Boot CD.

In the meantime, I'm still hoping someone here can hit me with the
Magic Clue Stick.

Wish me luck!

[UR14Me]

Folks,

Two DSR-708's, zippered.

I want a phone line plugged into both, for caller ID and PPV via remote.

My current "stock" phone settings (from the Phone Dialing Options menu):

Set Dial-in Number: 289-1519
Set Dial Prefix: *#
Set Call Waiting Prefix: *#
Set Tone/Pulse: Tone
Set 'Phone Avail.' Detection: On
Set Dial Tone Detection: On

My /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file is "stock" i.e., no changes apart from what the zipper process installs (i.e., fakecall, route adds, etc).

Why does either/both of my tivos go off-hook several times an hour, for no reason? Am I forgetting to set something post-zipper? Do I have a modem problem? Is the DirecTV call failing?

I wouldn't care so much if the activity didn't interfere with legitimate voice calls.

Thanks for any hints/clues/tips,
UR14Me

[tca32123]

Aaargh .. I'm about at my wits end here. Decided to break down and buy a HD yesterday and attemp the zipper. Was up till 4AM this morning and started agan at 9AM trying to get this thing started.

Doesn't bode well, but I can't even get my dang computer to boot up w/ the Linux Boot CD (LBA48 Boot CD ). I've tried several different sources (Instancake, weaknees and even bought the separate $5 boot disk from PTV Upgrade.

I extracted the info from the iso file using Undisker program and copied them to CD-R's .. tried different speed burns, different media brands, etc. I've verfied about a dozen times that I have modified my bios to boot with CD-ROM first .. have the HD last in the boot order. Still no luck!


Files on Weaknees disk include:

Name File Type
bin file folder
boot file folder
share file folder
boot.catalog CATALOG file
ramdisk.tar WinRar archive
TRANS.TBL TBL File


Files on PTV Upgrade Boot Disk include:

Name File Type
.live file folder
.menu file folder
isolinux file folder
s1_kernels file folder
s2_kernels file folder
Autorun Setup Information
ptstart Application


Any suggestions?

Thanks . Andy

[JWThiers]

One more piece of data: Just for grins, I changed out the data cable,
but I'm still getting just the power up message.

Since the drive worked fine during the zipper procedure, I have to assume
that at least one of the following three statements is true:

1. This hard drive is incompatible with my DSR7000. Not sure why.
2. The Alphawolf 6.2 image I d/l via eMule is corrupted.
3. The PTV Boot CD I d/l via eMule is corrupted (least likely, since it booted).

Next step: Scrounge up an old HD around here and see if I can get
that to work. If so, return the Hitachi drive and get something else.
Otherwise, I'll bite the bullet and pay PTV $25 for Instant Cake and
the Boot CD.

In the meantime, I'm still hoping someone here can hit me with the
Magic Clue Stick.

Wish me luck!
Magic Clue Stick:
2. The Alphawolf 6.2 image I d/l via eMule is corrupted.
3. The PTV Boot CD I d/l via eMule is corrupted
These are the most likely sources of you problem.

Most likely the 6.2 image. That is why it is recommended that you either make a backup of your original drive, or buy one from a reputable source (PTV or Weaknees for example).

Since you asked for a Clue Stick...Ethical issues aside of paying people for there work, you never really know what you are going to get downloading from unknown sources. You could have dl'd a good copy but corrupted, or you could have bought into some trojan and dl'd some spam relay program making your machine the source of hundreds of thousands of spams. How was that for a Clue Stick. Steps down from soap box.

[JWThiers]

I extracted the info from the iso file using Undisker program and copied them to CD-R's .. tried different speed burns, different media brands, etc. I've verfied about a dozen times that I have modified my bios to boot with CD-ROM first .. have the HD last in the boot order. Still no luck!
Any suggestions?

Thanks . Andy
No need to extract information from the iso. The iso has all of the info it needs to make the bootable disk. Try burn from image. Somewhere in your burning software there is a setting to go right from the iso to burning.

[MarkF2]

Ran the hack and everything on my 2 tivos. I can MRV from the Den on to the Bedroom but not vice versa. What am I missing? I set up the bedroom first a few weeks ago before the den existed. Today I set up the den. Do I need to rerun the Bedroom?

[Smudga]

So I managed to get the boot disc to work (thanks Matt) and got through the first part of the disc build. After rebooting and hitting "n" to the software image question, it throws up the following: 0x33-1: syntax error in expression (error token is"0x33-1").

Anyone got any ideas on this and, do I HAVE to do the netrowking part just yet? I don't have my adapter any more!

Cheers,

C

[rbautch]

Concerning Superpatch (30 second skip), the only thing I can determine is that I downloaded the wrong version. I have read the threads and I can not find the one specifically for the hr10-250. Can any one find it or is there one?There is no superpatch for the HR10-250. If an HR10-250 is detected, manual patches are applied to your tivoapp by the script.

[rbautch]

So I managed to get the boot disc to work (thanks Matt) and got through the first part of the disc build. After rebooting and hitting "n" to the software image question, it throws up the following: 0x33-1: syntax error in expression (error token is"0x33-1").

Anyone got any ideas on this and, do I HAVE to do the netrowking part just yet? I don't have my adapter any more!

Cheers,

CNo idea on this one. You don't need an adapter to run the zipper script in your pc. I would just start over and try again.

[tca32123]

No need to extract information from the iso. The iso has all of the info it needs to make the bootable disk. Try burn from image. Somewhere in your burning software there is a setting to go right from the iso to burning.


OK .. so downloaded a new program to burn the ISO image and finally got it to work on my wife's computer.

Now, I'm at the PTVupgrade /# prompt and am attempting to mount the cdrom

I type in:

mount /dev/hdD /cdrom

I get in response:

mount: special device /dev/hdD does not exist

I found thru a search a post not too long ago suggesting to use command:

unmount /cdrom

first before you type in first command in the zipper instructions, but that did not work either.

Any suggestions as to why the zipper instructions command is not working?

Thanks . Andy

[rbautch]

Ran the hack and everything on my 2 tivos. I can MRV from the Den on to the Bedroom but not vice versa. What am I missing? I set up the bedroom first a few weeks ago before the den existed. Today I set up the den. Do I need to rerun the Bedroom? Shouldnt have to. What are the symptoms?

[SteelersFan]

OK .. so downloaded a new program to burn the ISO image and finally got it to work on my wife's computer.

Now, I'm at the PTVupgrade /# prompt and am attempting to mount the cdrom

I type in:

mount /dev/hdD /cdrom

I get in response:

mount: special device /dev/hdD does not exist

I found thru a search a post not too long ago suggesting to use command:

unmount /cdrom

first before you type in first command in the zipper instructions, but that did not work either.

Any suggestions as to why the zipper instructions command is not working?

Thanks . Andy
Lower case "d"?
It's umount without the "n".

[tca32123]

Lower case "d"?
It's umount without the "n".


Ok .. did that and now i get:

mount: /dev/hdd is not a valid block device

ack!

Any suggestions?

[teberly]

My hacked Tivo freezes from time to time and I have to unplug the thing. But what really annoys me is when it stops responding to the remote - the light on the Tivo indicates that it received the signal - but there is a 30 second delay before it responds to the remote.

Any ideas?

And no, it's not the batteries nor the remote (i've tried other remotes).

[JWThiers]

OK .. so downloaded a new program to burn the ISO image and finally got it to work on my wife's computer.

Now, I'm at the PTVupgrade /# prompt and am attempting to mount the cdrom

I type in:

mount /dev/hdD /cdrom

I get in response:

mount: special device /dev/hdD does not exist

I found thru a search a post not too long ago suggesting to use command:

unmount /cdrom

first before you type in first command in the zipper instructions, but that did not work either.

Any suggestions as to why the zipper instructions command is not working?

Thanks . Andy
Lower case "d"?
It's umount without the "n".
That would be it. It can't be said enough all command line OS's are very particular as to the commands given, and linux being upper/lower case sensitive makes it very VERY particular.

[JWThiers]

Ok .. did that and now i get:

mount: /dev/hdd is not a valid block device

ack!

Any suggestions?
NO colon

[tca32123]

NO colon


Hi there ..

What I was saying was that I typed int he command of:

mount /dev/hdd /cdrom

I received the response of:

mount: dev/hdd is not a valid block device

?????

[OuachitaMan]

First, I would like to thank you folks who have done all the good work to create the Zipper. I been lurking and reading for months. Bought all the stuff, but didn't jump into the networked Tivo arena until this weekend.

I have 5 tivo’s. This weekend I zippered four of them (all Sieries 2 - not bothering with the HD Tivo yet). I had success with three of them, but the forth will not show when I ping. It is the oldest, a HDVR2. The other 3 were SD-DVR40 and 80's. I used the same Zipper CD on all four. The problem Tivo is hard wired to the router, with a FA120. The other three were set up in the same manner, and I’ve tried switching around cables, and FA120’s, all to no avail. I’ve switched from top to bottom on the USB ports on the Tivo as well. Took the drives out, and reloaded Zipper (did not un-install), and still no response to a ping.

Is it possible that I have a Tivo with a bad USB?

Thanks,

Ed

(Hey Gunnyman – Were you in the Green Machine?)

[MATT1981M]

Ran the hack and everything on my 2 tivos. I can MRV from the Den on to the Bedroom but not vice versa. What am I missing? I set up the bedroom first a few weeks ago before the den existed. Today I set up the den. Do I need to rerun the Bedroom?
are you able to see the bedroom tivo from the den???? if it is not able to and has a blank line or lines in the now playing list... then you need to update the DNS server address to your ISP's DNS address by updating /var/etc/resolv.conf and if that doesnt take away the blank lines, also update the net settings section of TWP...

if you dont have the blank lines, i would run start.sh found in the enhancements folder and instal net perf on both tivos if not already installed and use it accordingly to test your mrv speeds...

[MATT1981M]

First, I would like to thank you folks who have done all the good work to create the Zipper. I been lurking and reading for months. Bought all the stuff, but didn't jump into the networked Tivo arena until this weekend.

I have 5 tivo’s. This weekend I zippered four of them (all Sieries 2 - not bothering with the HD Tivo yet). I had success with three of them, but the forth will not show when I ping. It is the oldest, a HDVR2. The other 3 were SD-DVR40 and 80's. I used the same Zipper CD on all four. The problem Tivo is hard wired to the router, with a FA120. The other three were set up in the same manner, and I’ve tried switching around cables, and FA120’s, all to no avail. I’ve switched from top to bottom on the USB ports on the Tivo as well. Took the drives out, and reloaded Zipper (did not un-install), and still no response to a ping.

Is it possible that I have a Tivo with a bad USB?

Thanks,

Ed

(Hey Gunnyman – Were you in the Green Machine?)

do both of the lights come on the FA120.... you can also try using a Serial Null Modem cable to run the tweak.sh script.....

my thoughts are that the drivers for the FA120 are not on the HDVR2 to begin with and that is causing your problem. the drivers if they are infact missing, would be placed on the tivo after the script is processed.

[MATT1981M]

Hi there ..

What I was saying was that I typed int he command of:

mount /dev/hdd /cdrom

I received the response of:

mount: dev/hdd is not a valid block device

?????
i know this may seem like a dumb question but i have to ask.... which position do you have the cdrom drive and the drive you are trying to zip on.....

[JWThiers]

i know this may seem like a dumb question but i have to ask.... which position do you have the cdrom drive and the drive you are trying to zip on.....
Not so dumb that was my thought as well. hdd is the slave on the secondary ide chain.

[OuachitaMan]

do both of the lights come on the FA120.... you can also try using a Serial Null Modem cable to run the tweak.sh script.....

my thoughts are that the drivers for the FA120 are not on the HDVR2 to begin with and that is causing your problem. the drivers if they are infact missing, would be placed on the tivo after the script is processed.

Thanks for the reply. The FA120 lights do come on, but there is no ping response from the static IP on the Tivo. I changed the static IP address when I reloaded the Zipper, and there is still no ping.

I have a serial cable, but the computer with the serial port is way too far from the incoming satellite cable to connect the Tivo while it is connected to the serial cable. (I believe from reading that the Tivo will not give up a Bash on the serial port until it is almost finished booting - Am I wrong about that?).

I have hooked up the serial cable to the Tivo without the incoming sat. signal, and the ttermpro program tells me it is connected on Com1, but nothing happens.

I will make up an extension RG6 cable this afternoon, and try with the satellite connected to the Tivo.

Should this not work, I have an extra Tivo (from ebay) that I will try switching over to with Directv.

[musicmanfz]

Magic Clue Stick:
2. The Alphawolf 6.2 image I d/l via eMule is corrupted.
3. The PTV Boot CD I d/l via eMule is corrupted
These are the most likely sources of you problem.

Most likely the 6.2 image. That is why it is recommended that you either make a backup of your original drive, or buy one from a reputable source (PTV or Weaknees for example).

Since you asked for a Clue Stick...Ethical issues aside of paying people for there work, you never really know what you are going to get downloading from unknown sources. You could have dl'd a good copy but corrupted, or you could have bought into some trojan and dl'd some spam relay program making your machine the source of hundreds of thousands of spams. How was that for a Clue Stick. Steps down from soap box.


Point taken, and thanks for the feedback. I'll pop over to PTV right now and
pay for the goodies.

If I did d/l a trojan that is intended to turn my box into a spam relay, it's not
a very good one, since the box won't boot. ;-)

Thanks again!

[trainsho]

[QUOTE=Gunnyman]Hacking your 6.2 DirecTivo just got very easy! Rbautch and I have partnered to create a tool that completely automates...........


sir s4040 hacked and running THANKS GUNNYMAN AN RBAUTCH!!!!! ABOUT an hour an ahalf even with my lacking knowlege of linux..... thanks guys keep up the great work.

[JWThiers]

If I did d/l a trojan that is intended to turn my box into a spam relay, it's not a very good one, since the box won't boot. ;-)

Thanks again!
Its what happened to your PC not your tivo that you should be concerned about. The PTV upgrade you dl'd could also have had malicious code in it that affects your PC. Like I said ethical issues aside, that type of activity can have unintended results.

Hope you have better luck with the new software, by the way. And I hope we can help if you don't.

[rbautch]

First, I would like to thank you folks who have done all the good work to create the Zipper. I been lurking and reading for months. Bought all the stuff, but didn't jump into the networked Tivo arena until this weekend.

I have 5 tivo’s. This weekend I zippered four of them (all Sieries 2 - not bothering with the HD Tivo yet). I had success with three of them, but the forth will not show when I ping. It is the oldest, a HDVR2. The other 3 were SD-DVR40 and 80's. I used the same Zipper CD on all four. The problem Tivo is hard wired to the router, with a FA120. The other three were set up in the same manner, and I’ve tried switching around cables, and FA120’s, all to no avail. I’ve switched from top to bottom on the USB ports on the Tivo as well. Took the drives out, and reloaded Zipper (did not un-install), and still no response to a ping.

Is it possible that I have a Tivo with a bad USB?

Thanks,

Ed

(Hey Gunnyman – Were you in the Green Machine?)
A bad port is unlikely. First try the troubleshooting tips on the wikki, and if that doesnt work, start over from scratch.

[musicmanfz]

Its what happened to your PC not your tivo that you should be concerned about. The PTV upgrade you dl'd could also have had malicious code in it that affects your PC. Like I said ethical issues aside, that type of activity can have unintended results.

Hope you have better luck with the new software, by the way. And I hope we can help if you don't.

Oh, I see what you're getting at. It's pretty unlikely my PC was infected, because when
I performed the zipper operation, only my CD ROM drive and the new hard drive were
connected.

As far as ethical questions, I guess I was just trying to save a few bucks, and never
really thought of it in ethical terms. I noticed other TiVo hackers out there were using
eMule to d/l images, so I guess I assumed it was more or less OK to do that. I stand
corrected.

At any rate, I do appreciate the feedback, and I'm hoping to have a new, ethically
hacked DSR7000 up and running tonight. :-)

Thanks again!

[MATT1981M]

Not so dumb that was my thought as well. hdd is the slave on the secondary ide chain.
something tells me they have the tivo HD on hdd and the cdrom on hdc....

[JWThiers]

something tells me they have the tivo HD on hdd and the cdrom on hdc....
Or hdb

[MATT1981M]

Thanks for the reply. The FA120 lights do come on, but there is no ping response from the static IP on the Tivo. I changed the static IP address when I reloaded the Zipper, and there is still no ping.

I have a serial cable, but the computer with the serial port is way too far from the incoming satellite cable to connect the Tivo while it is connected to the serial cable. (I believe from reading that the Tivo will not give up a Bash on the serial port until it is almost finished booting - Am I wrong about that?).

I have hooked up the serial cable to the Tivo without the incoming sat. signal, and the ttermpro program tells me it is connected on Com1, but nothing happens.

I will make up an extension RG6 cable this afternoon, and try with the satellite connected to the Tivo.

Should this not work, I have an extra Tivo (from ebay) that I will try switching over to with Directv.
make sure your serial cable is a serial null modem cable... if it is a serial cable that came with the tivo, you will need an adapter... here (http://www.tivohelp.com/archive/tivohelp.swiki.net/35.html) is info on how to make the cable...

disconnect the dtivo completely and grab the power cord and hook it up w/ your serial cable plugged in... open hyperterminal and follow the steps laid out here (http://www.geocities.com/mlm19811999/tivo_serial_bash.html).

[JWThiers]

open hyperterminal and follow the steps laid out here (http://www.geocities.com/mlm19811999/tivo_serial_bash.html).
I wish I had this site the first time I did a serial connect.

[MATT1981M]

I wish I had this site the first time I did a serial connect.
in know...it is hosted on one of my old websites that i usually dont update very often... i threw it together in about 7 min (literally) and posted it.... sorry for any typo's it may have.... when i get home i will open up dreamweaver and re-format it so it looks better... i think i am going to create other How-to's for the zipper steps that are not out there.... and for the "other" things i have been working on that i cant discuss here....lol

[MATT1981M]

Or hdb
yep.....for those who may not know why i or JWThiers may say the cdrom is on hdc is because most pc manufacturers usually use this channel for the cdrom installation.

the reason i say the HD was most likely on hdd (which i now retract as i think about it...) is because the user knew (or strongly thought) they had used hdd (secondary slave, also referred to as IDE location 3 in some applications). One other explanation to why they used the channel the HD was on because they may have thought the hdx section of the command, was referring to a hard drive and not just a storage device, whether it be a CDROM or a HD. What i believed had happened is that the user thought they were trying to mount the cdrom to the hard drive location or (mount /dev/hdd /cdrom.... in which the hdd would be the hard drive they want to mount to, and /cdrom would be the device they want to mount....) if my hypothesis is infact correct, and the cdrom was attached as the secondary slave, they need to use the following command: mount /dev/hdc /cdrom

and now that i think of it, they probably have the tivo hd on hdb or hda.....since most pc newbies wont disconnect to many things unless they really think they have to...or so i would hope

ps... if this doesnt make sense....ignore it... i typed it in about 2 min and didnt have time to proof read it before submitting... i will read it and edit an incomplete thoughts later....

[OuachitaMan]

[QUOTE=MATT1981M]make sure your serial cable is a serial null modem cable... if it is a serial cable that came with the tivo, you will need an adapter... is info on how to make the cable...

disconnect the dtivo completely and grab the power cord and hook it up w/ your serial cable plugged in... open hyperterminal and follow the steps laid out ]

Got the serial terminal working, found message that the USB "not claimed by any driver". Did un-install, then reloaded. Had to do it twice, but at last it works. I have a working IP Address.

Have a warning of "mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended"

Everything seems to be working, though.

[MATT1981M]

[QUOTE=MATT1981M]make sure your serial cable is a serial null modem cable... if it is a serial cable that came with the tivo, you will need an adapter... is info on how to make the cable...

disconnect the dtivo completely and grab the power cord and hook it up w/ your serial cable plugged in... open hyperterminal and follow the steps laid out ]

Got the serial terminal working, found message that the USB "not claimed by any driver". Did un-install, then reloaded. Had to do it twice, but at last it works. I have a working IP Address.

Have a warning of "mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended"

Everything seems to be working, though.
dont worry about it... it means that the file system is set to read/write when it should normally be set to read only.... just type "ro" and hit enter at a bash prompt to set it to read only.... there is another way to make sure it finishes as read only.... i will script it out (you would just add it to your rc.sysinit.author file) after i get home from work at around 11pm cst....

[rbautch]

in know...it is hosted on one of my old websites that i usually dont update very often... i threw it together in about 7 min (literally) and posted it.... sorry for any typo's it may have.... when i get home i will open up dreamweaver and re-format it so it looks better... i think i am going to create other How-to's for the zipper steps that are not out there.... and for the "other" things i have been working on that i cant discuss here....lolThat is a great idea, but I would request that you add your additional steps/how-to's to the Zipper wikki. That way all the extra content is in one consolidated place, and we can all help to ensure everything is accurate. There is alot of great information buried in the bowels of this thread that are just dying to be uncovered and consolidated. Many have threatened, but no-one has yet gone through and made a comprehensive synopsis for the wilkki. Plus, your name goes up in lights on the wikki.

[MATT1981M]

That is a great idea, but I would request that you add your additional steps/how-to's to the Zipper wikki. That way all the extra content is in one consolidated place, and we can all help to ensure everything is accurate. There is alot of great information buried in the bowels of this thread that are just dying to be uncovered and consolidated. Many have threatened, but no-one has yet gone through and made a comprehensive synopsis for the wilkki. Plus, your name goes up in lights on the wikki.
consider it done... I will start on it tonight... I am always up till about 4 am anyway, so i will go through the last 15 pages or so tonight and get some things posted... That has pretty much been the "curve" for repeat posts...

[msommer]

I have a couple of questions.

I am getting ready to swap out one of my zipped HDVR2's with a newer DVR40 that I got off of Ebay. The DVR40 powers up to the guided setup. My question is, can I pull the drive on the dvr40, zipper it, then reinstall and run the tweak.sh BEFORE I activate it? I would like to get the DVR40 hacked before I deactivate my HDVR2. That way I can call DIRECTV and deactivate the HDVR2 and activate the DVR40 at the same time.

Also, once the HDVR2 is deactivated, I still should be able to access it thru my network to copy over my season pass backup and recordings, correct?

Thanks...

[musicmanfz]

OK, I have gotten my DSR7000 to boot successfully! Thanks to everyone who
helped!

Now, I am looking for a wireless network adaptor. I have managed to locate
MA111 *v2* on eBay, but I'm not sure if v2 works (the TiVo website seems to
indicate less success with v2, but it's hard to judge, because they don't give
info for my box's service number, probably because networking on my DTiVo
unit is not officially supported).

Does anyone know if the v2 will work with my DSR7000?

Thanks!

[JWThiers]

I have a couple of questions.

I am getting ready to swap out one of my zipped HDVR2's with a newer DVR40 that I got off of Ebay. The DVR40 powers up to the guided setup. My question is, can I pull the drive on the dvr40, zipper it, then reinstall and run the tweak.sh BEFORE I activate it? I would like to get the DVR40 hacked before I deactivate my HDVR2. That way I can call DIRECTV and deactivate the HDVR2 and activate the DVR40 at the same time.

Also, once the HDVR2 is deactivated, I still should be able to access it thru my network to copy over my season pass backup and recordings, correct?

Thanks...
You can zipper either before or after activation.
If you have backed up your SP and Channel Prefs you can restore them to the new unit.
You can use the old tivo as a server and not have it active on your account. You might want to look for insertion at DDB.

[MATT1981M]

OK, I have gotten my DSR7000 to boot successfully! Thanks to everyone who
helped!

Now, I am looking for a wireless network adaptor. I have managed to locate
MA111 *v2* on eBay, but I'm not sure if v2 works (the TiVo website seems to
indicate less success with v2, but it's hard to judge, because they don't give
info for my box's service number, probably because networking on my DTiVo
unit is not officially supported).

Does anyone know if the v2 will work with my DSR7000?

Thanks!
exactly... that is why it is not listed.... i dont know if it will... try it and if it doesnt, sell it on ebay.....

[JWThiers]

OK, I have gotten my DSR7000 to boot successfully! Thanks to everyone who
helped!

Now, I am looking for a wireless network adaptor. I have managed to locate
MA111 *v2* on eBay, but I'm not sure if v2 works (the TiVo website seems to
indicate less success with v2, but it's hard to judge, because they don't give
info for my box's service number, probably because networking on my DTiVo
unit is not officially supported).

Does anyone know if the v2 will work with my DSR7000?

Thanks!
yes it will Or I should say they work with my DSR708's.

[MATT1981M]

I have a couple of questions.

I am getting ready to swap out one of my zipped HDVR2's with a newer DVR40 that I got off of Ebay. The DVR40 powers up to the guided setup. My question is, can I pull the drive on the dvr40, zipper it, then reinstall and run the tweak.sh BEFORE I activate it? I would like to get the DVR40 hacked before I deactivate my HDVR2. That way I can call DIRECTV and deactivate the HDVR2 and activate the DVR40 at the same time.

Also, once the HDVR2 is deactivated, I still should be able to access it thru my network to copy over my season pass backup and recordings, correct?

Thanks...
i zip'd mine before activating.... and as to accessing the old one and getting your season passes off... if you said yes to the weekly season pass backups then it is really easy... if you didnt say yes... it is still easy, you just have to tell the tivo to do a back up.... that is one of the tutorials i am working on. i should have that one done in about 6 hrs so i will pm you when it is done and post it for everyone... i will also post it in the wiki as i told rbautch i would.... and the "other" thing you can do is use the tivo as a unsubbed server... that how to guide is slotted to be done by tomorrow so i will have it posted in the wiki as well.... i still havent been to bed yet... i have been going thru the forums and writing tutorials and such since i got off work at 11 last night.... :D

[msommer]

You can zipper either before or after activation.
If you have backed up your SP and Channel Prefs you can restore them to the new unit.
You can use the old tivo as a server and not have it active on your account. You might want to look for insertion at DDB.


Thanks for the quick response!!

I think I am going to give both of my HDVR2's to my dad once I replace them with the DVR40's I bought. He currently has two R10's and when he saw how my DTIVO's were hacked, he immediately wanted his done. Imagine his response when I told him his boxes weren't hackable without a chip change!! I am planning on surprising him with the two hacked HDVR2's for his 72nd birthday. He's an electronics junkie like me!!

[musicmanfz]

exactly... that is why it is not listed.... i dont know if it will... try it and if it doesnt, sell it on ebay.....

HA! It's already *on* eBay. ;-)

I think a friend of mine has a D-Link DWL-120+ he isn't using. I'm going
to see if I can talk him out of it. It might work.

Yeah, I'm "thrifty" like that...

[msommer]

i zip'd mine before activating.... and as to accessing the old one and getting your season passes off... if you said yes to the weekly season pass backups then it is really easy... if you didnt say yes... it is still easy, you just have to tell the tivo to do a back up.... that is one of the tutorials i am working on. i should have that one done in about 6 hrs so i will pm you when it is done and post it for everyone... i will also post it in the wiki as i told rbautch i would.... and the "other" thing you can do is use the tivo as a unsubbed server... that how to guide is slotted to be done by tomorrow so i will have it posted in the wiki as well.... i still havent been to bed yet... i have been going thru the forums and writing tutorials and such since i got off work at 11 last night.... :D

Thanks for the info!! Appreciate all the help... :)

[cubgyver]

I finally got everything I needed and decided to "GO". I booted from the LBA48 Boot CD and all worked. I saw the full size of both my original (120gb- replaced last year from PTVUpgrade), and my new 250GB QuickView. I have HDVR2.
I then typed:
mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hda | mfsrestore - s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hdb
as recommended in the Hinsdale guide. (I wanted to keep all my recordings, etc.)
It responded:
Source drive size is 39 hours
-Upgraded to 126 hours
Uncompressed backup size: 113368 megabytes
Restore Failed: Backup target not large enough for entire backup by itself.

Obviously the new drive IS big enough. Upon searching on DDB and here, I found someone with a similar error, but no solution. I did find that I could use the other Hinsdale option and did the following:
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=1024k
This was successful in copying 114498+1 records in and out after a few (3?) hours.

Then I went to expand the drive using:
mfsadd -x /dev/hdb
and was told:
Current estimated standalone size: 126 hours Nothing to add!

So I ask,
What should I do at this point to take advantage of my 250GB, or am I in good shape? I don't know if i should proceed with the Zipper, or if I need to go back and try something else. Any help would be appreciated immensely!

UPDATE>> To do due diligence, I ran zipper.sh and this happened...
Your root filesystem is located on /dev/hdb4
Your boot partition is /dev/hdb3
Mounting tivo drive...
/dev/hdb4: Success
mount: you must speciy the filesystem type
Unable to mount your Tivo drive. Please confirm there is a valid image on the drive, and that it is properly connected to your PC.
exiting...

Ouch! Now what?

[GAM]

You can only expand the original image one time. After that no matter what size drive you have you are limited to the first upgraded and expanded image. In order to use a bigger drive you would need to use your original tivo drive or backup made from it.


You can use the bigger drive but the additional space will not be utilized.

[cubgyver]

So my original drive crashed a couple years ago. I replaced it with a 120GB one from PTVUpgrade (I did no programming, just installed it.) Now I am wanting to replace with this larger 250 GB drive. I wanted to keep my recordings. At this point, what are my options? If I started with a fresh instantcake image, and wiped the new drive with it, would there be a way to move the recordings over to the new drive?
What would you do if you were in my shoes??

Besides, even at this limited drive size, zipper did not run as I added above. What to do?

[JWThiers]

Thanks for the quick response!!

I think I am going to give both of my HDVR2's to my dad once I replace them with the DVR40's I bought. He currently has two R10's and when he saw how my DTIVO's were hacked, he immediately wanted his done. Imagine his response when I told him his boxes weren't hackable without a chip change!! I am planning on surprising him with the two hacked HDVR2's for his 72nd birthday. He's an electronics junkie like me!!
Like my dad would say "what a good son"

[msommer]

First, does your original 120 gig drive still work in your TIVO? If yes, then you can go ahead and zipper the drive and reinstall it in your TIVO by itself.

If you have another TIVO, you can zipper that one and then transfer your recordings over to it. Then you can wipe out your 120 gig drive, reinstall a new image and then add the 250 gig drive and expand.

Of course this will only work if you have another TIVO. If not, then this is just the excuse you need to buy one off of EBAY!!! You can get a DVR40 off of EBAY fairly cheap. I just bought two myself.

[cubgyver]

That's a reasonable answer...
I was heading warnings, and was planning on "shelving" my original drive. But I guess maybe you are saying that I might as well Zipper my "original-but replaced" 120GB drive. Is this safe enough? I guess the worst that would happen is that I use an InstantCake CD and start all over, right? At least this way I have a chance of keeping my season passes, etc. Would you think that it makes sense to Zipper my 120GB and then ADD the 250GB? Can I do that or would I face the same issue of not being able to expand? If I Zipper my 120GB drive... and then take the recordings that I REALLY want to keep over to a PC, then I guess I could start all over with the 250 and replace as well.
Advice as to what I should do with what I have?

[MATT1981M]

I finally got everything I needed and decided to "GO". I booted from the LBA48 Boot CD and all worked. I saw the full size of both my original (120gb- replaced last year from PTVUpgrade), and my new 250GB QuickView. I have HDVR2.
I then typed:
mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hda | mfsrestore - s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hdb
as recommended in the Hinsdale guide. (I wanted to keep all my recordings, etc.)
It responded:
Source drive size is 39 hours
-Upgraded to 126 hours
Uncompressed backup size: 113368 megabytes
Restore Failed: Backup target not large enough for entire backup by itself.

Obviously the new drive IS big enough. Upon searching on DDB and here, I found someone with a similar error, but no solution. I did find that I could use the other Hinsdale option and did the following:
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=1024k
This was successful in copying 114498+1 records in and out after a few (3?) hours.

Then I went to expand the drive using:
mfsadd -x /dev/hdb
and was told:
Current estimated standalone size: 126 hours Nothing to add!

So I ask,
What should I do at this point to take advantage of my 250GB, or am I in good shape? I don't know if i should proceed with the Zipper, or if I need to go back and try something else. Any help would be appreciated immensely!

UPDATE>> To do due diligence, I ran zipper.sh and this happened...
Your root filesystem is located on /dev/hdb4
Your boot partition is /dev/hdb3
Mounting tivo drive...
/dev/hdb4: Success
mount: you must speciy the filesystem type
Unable to mount your Tivo drive. Please confirm there is a valid image on the drive, and that it is properly connected to your PC.
exiting...

Ouch! Now what?
boot you original drive to make sure it still has a valid image w/ your recordings....then continue w/ this post...
first of all you used the wrong command to expand the image....you were correct to use what you find on the hinsdale guide...
use this first
OPTION #3 (limited use): COPYING TiVo DRIVE TO NEW UPGRADE DRIVE
(These commands assume original TiVo drive on Secondary Master and destination upgrade drive on Primary Slave. If you have used different IDE drive connections then make sure to adjust the following commands accordingly)
dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hdb bs=1024k



(If that command eventually returns an error, try using the following command instead:)



dd conv=noerror,sync if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hdb bs=1024k


then expand the image using this command....


UPGRADE CONFIGURATION #3:

From: Any Single Drive TiVo

To: New A and New B Drive |or| New Single Larger A Drive

(Slow option – preserves setup, season passes, etc. and recordings)


Command to copy/expand from single drive to new single larger A drive:

(Assumes existing TiVo A drive as Secondary Master and new larger upgrade A drive as Primary Master)

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdc | mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hda

most likely the reason your backup didnt work is the fact that you were trying to backup to the 120gb drove that didnt have room.... you dont need to create a backup if you do it the way i posted above... JUST MAKE SURE TO ATTACH THE DRIVES IN THE FASHION LISTED OR ADJUST THE COMMANDS ACCORDINGLY... I RECOMMEND THAT YOU WRITE OUT THE COMMANDS AND GO OVER IT IN YOUR HEAD BEFORE DOING IT JUST TO BE SURE....

[MATT1981M]

That's a reasonable answer...
I was heading warnings, and was planning on "shelving" my original drive. But I guess maybe you are saying that I might as well Zipper my "original-but replaced" 120GB drive. Is this safe enough? I guess the worst that would happen is that I use an InstantCake CD and start all over, right? At least this way I have a chance of keeping my season passes, etc. Would you think that it makes sense to Zipper my 120GB and then ADD the 250GB? Can I do that or would I face the same issue of not being able to expand? If I Zipper my 120GB drive... and then take the recordings that I REALLY want to keep over to a PC, then I guess I could start all over with the 250 and replace as well.
Advice as to what I should do with what I have?
just follow my reply to your other post... it WILL work....

[cubgyver]

Matt,
I did do the DD successfully.
I then ran the command mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hda |mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hdb
and I still get the same error that the backup target is not large enough.

I don't understand what to do now. I have been told that the drive can not be expanded again, and I suspect that my 120GB drive was "expanded" by PTVupgrade when I bought it.

Are you saying that there is still a way that I can make this work?
Or should I just zipper my existing 120GB drive and be done?
If I zipper the existing 120gb drive... will I/should I add the 250GB ass a B drive? Or can you add on an "already expanded" A drive?

Thanks for the responses.

[rbautch]

The DD does an unstructured copy of one drive to the other. After that, you only need to run mfsadd to add a patitition to fill the space. By doing an mfsbackup/restore, you're doing a structured backup/restore, and overwriting everthing you did with dd.

[MATT1981M]

The DD does an unstructured copy of one drive to the other. After that, you only need to run mfsadd to add a patitition to fill the space. By doing an mfsbackup/restore, you're doing a structured backup/restore, and overwriting everthing you did with dd.
i am working with him right now getting everything corrected

[MungoJerrie]

I think you may be beating a dead horse; you cannot expand more than once with mfstools. Check your boot messages for the partition check on the tivo drive; if you already have 16, you're toast. There is a way to coalesce partitions, but it is not for the faint of heart...you may need to find your original drive/image and expand that to your large HD.

[MATT1981M]

I think you may be beating a dead horse; you cannot expand more than once with mfstools. Check your boot messages for the partition check on the tivo drive; if you already have 16, you're toast. There is a way to coalesce partitions, but it is not for the faint of heart...you may need to find your original drive/image and expand that to your large HD.
we are taking care of the situation now.... nothing to worry about....

[Willy]

I just did a Zipper of a HDVR2. I used a backup image of the original 40 GB drive and used Zipper to restore it to an 80 GB drive. Then I ran the enhancements. I was looking at the kernel log using TWP and I saw these errors regarding /dev/hda9 during boot up. Is this anything to worry about? Thanks.

Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2053 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2054 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2061 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2062 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2064 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2066 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2067 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2068 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2069 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2070 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2071 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2073 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Deleted inode 2078 has zero dtime.
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Set dtime? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Fix summary information? yes
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel:
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9: 602/32768 files (12.3% non-contiguous), 18409/131072 blocks
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 2
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/hda9 is mounted.^M
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9: clean, 602/32768 files, 18409/131072 blocks
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9 is clean after pass 2
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Mounting /var
Jan 2 00:00:17 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9 on /var type ext2 (rw)

[chengka]

Hi guys and gals,

Thanks for these great tools.

I've decided to Zipper my DirecTivo's. I've read a lot of posts in a myriad of forums and I have a pretty good idea of what I need, but I have a couple of questions.

Here's what I have.
SIR-S40x0(no drive), HDDVRSDDVR120 v6.2, new 160gb drive, LBA48 4.03 with Enhancements, a Zipper tools CD, without an image. extended Boot CD, 2 DUB-E100 arriving tomorrow.

I was planning to copy my 120gb to the new160gb, Zipper the 120 and then Zipper the 160.

Questions.

1) If I MFSBACKUP/MFSRESTORE + MFSADD to the 160gb, will the existing 6.2 use all 160gb?

2) Willy posted "I just did a Zipper of a HDVR2. I used a backup image of the original 40 GB drive and used Zipper to restore it to an 80 GB drive. " Can someone describe the process for using Zipper to accomplish this? Do you create an uncompressed backup(possible?) an put it in the tools cd?

Thanks for the help.
Ken

[JWThiers]

Questions.

2) Willy posted "I just did a Zipper of a HDVR2. I used a backup image of the original 40 GB drive and used Zipper to restore it to an 80 GB drive. " Can someone describe the process for using Zipper to accomplish this? Do you create an uncompressed backup(possible?) an put it in the tools cd?

Ken
A great step by step guide to do this is the Hinsdale guide linked from the zipper site.

[MATT1981M]

Hi guys and gals,

Thanks for these great tools.

I've decided to Zipper my DirecTivo's. I've read a lot of posts in a myriad of forums and I have a pretty good idea of what I need, but I have a couple of questions.

Here's what I have.
SIR-S40x0(no drive), HDDVRSDDVR120 v6.2, new 160gb drive, LBA48 4.03 with Enhancements, a Zipper tools CD, without an image. extended Boot CD, 2 DUB-E100 arriving tomorrow.

I was planning to copy my 120gb to the new160gb, Zipper the 120 and then Zipper the 160.

Questions.

1) If I MFSBACKUP/MFSRESTORE + MFSADD to the 160gb, will the existing 6.2 use all 160gb?

2) Willy posted "I just did a Zipper of a HDVR2. I used a backup image of the original 40 GB drive and used Zipper to restore it to an 80 GB drive. " Can someone describe the process for using Zipper to accomplish this? Do you create an uncompressed backup(possible?) an put it in the tools cd?

Thanks for the help.
Kenread this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showpost.php?p=3976531#post3976531) post.. it will give the info on how to do what you need to do... it was about 7 posts down on the page

as to the uncompressed backup...not a good idea per the backup would be too big for the tools cd

[MATT1981M]

I just did a Zipper of a HDVR2. I used a backup image of the original 40 GB drive and used Zipper to restore it to an 80 GB drive. Then I ran the enhancements. I was looking at the kernel log using TWP and I saw these errors regarding /dev/hda9 during boot up. Is this anything to worry about? Thanks.
im not gonna pretend that i have the slightest clue.... all i can say is.... if everthing else works... maybe this is like the "efs2 unchecked" error you see when the drive boots in read write, and has no bearing on how the drive will work unless something else happens.....

[coachO]

Now that my HD Tivo works, I am looking at my non-working Samsung 4040 that I think has a failed hard drive (wont find sat 1). I was wondering if I used my Philips Series 2 with 6.2 software to make an image and then used that image with a new larger HD in my Sam 4040? It should work, correct?

[Gunnyman]

not finding a sat. is NOT likely a HD problem.

[MATT1981M]

Now that my HD Tivo works, I am looking at my non-working Samsung 4040 that I think has a failed hard drive (wont find sat 1). I was wondering if I used my Philips Series 2 with 6.2 software to make an image and then used that image with a new larger HD in my Sam 4040? It should work, correct?
it may be a different image... you can try... check your email... if it is not an image problem it is probably the tuner on the board....

[dpmartin]

I agree. I have 4 HR10-250s and would like to upgrade them all. They have USB ports, why can't they link to my computers or Ethernet?

[MATT1981M]

I agree. I have 4 HR10-250s and would like to upgrade them all. They have USB ports, why can't they link to my computers or Ethernet?
if you are talking about MRV it is because the programming lacked the ability to do it..... it may be possible.... however from what i have heard from people trying it, it is really risky and could cause more damage than anything....

[tca32123]

Not so dumb that was my thought as well. hdd is the slave on the secondary ide chain.


JWThiers and MATT1981M

thx for your guys help. I managed to get the boot disk working and ran the tool CD on Monday Night .. just now got a chance to finish the process by telnetting into and running the tweak.sh file.


Everything seems to be working so far!!

I have the tivo booted up now and am about to hook up to the satellite cables.

Question: I bought a shell w/o a new access card. Can I switch over the card from my old Tivo by calling them up to reactivate?

Thanks ! Andy

[MATT1981M]

JWThiers and MATT1981M

thx for your guys help. I managed to get the boot disk working and ran the tool CD on Monday Night .. just now got a chance to finish the process by telnetting into and running the tweak.sh file.


Everything seems to be working so far!!

I have the tivo booted up now and am about to hook up to the satellite cables.

Question: I bought a shell w/o a new access card. Can I switch over the card from my old Tivo by calling them up to reactivate?

Thanks ! Andy
yes and no... yes if it is a RID unit you can if you are a current dtv customer by calling them and telling them you want to swap the tivo's.... if it is not a rid unit then you cant activate it.....if you are not a current dtv customer (it is pretty obvious you are, but to not give others who are not, false hope...) you cant unless you know the name of the person who's account it came off of.

[msommer]

I just added another hacked DTIVO to my network, bringing the total number to four. My question is, how do I setup another netperf alias to test the transfer speed? When I ran the tweak.sh, it only allowed me to setup two additional boxes using "speed" and "speed2". Is there a way to add my fourth TIVO and create the alias "speed4"?

Thanks..

[6stringbass]

yes and no... yes if it is a RID unit you can if you are a current dtv customer by calling them and telling them you want to swap the tivo's.... if it is not a rid unit then you cant activate it.....if you are not a current dtv customer (it is pretty obvious you are, but to not give others who are not, false hope...) you cant unless you know the name of the person who's account it came off of.
Since I don't recall seeing the term before what is an RID unit? I recall when I went to activate my newly aquired DTivo (off of Ebay) I got the "we need the person's name and account" speil. Hung up and called right back, got another CSR and got the unit activated with no problems.

[gerrell]

I'm attempting to run the Zipper on the hd from my Hughes Sd-dvr40...

Booting using the $5 ptv boot cd and mounting the tools cd all work fine. When I attempt to run "sh zipper.sh", it asks where the tivo drive is, I tell it, then when the script attempts to mount the tivo drive, it fails with the following error:

mount: you must specify the filesystem type
Unable to mount your Tivo drive. Please confirm there is a valid image on the drive, and that it is properly connected to your PC.
exiting...

And back to the command prompt.

I'm not sure why the drive can't be mounted...I stuck it back into the tivo to make sure it works and it does, so I'm clueless at this point.

Any help or advice you could give is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[Gunnyman]

jumpers
power cable in the PC
not having it's location correct
check those.

[JWThiers]

Since I don't recall seeing the term before what is an RID unit? I recall when I went to activate my newly aquired DTivo (off of Ebay) I got the "we need the person's name and account" speil. Hung up and called right back, got another CSR and got the unit activated with no problems.
RID = Receiver IDentification

It is a security measure to help prevent Theft of Service (TOS). Older units do not have RID

[gerrell]

Thanks for the quick response, Gunnyman....and thanks for the zipper tool in general.

I'm sure I have the jumper settings and the location correct...also the drive is getting power. I've attempted to run the script again, and get the same result, but I noticed that there is also another message before the script gives the previously mentioned one:

zipper.sh: /cdrom/bootpage: Permission denied

This seems to be the first error message...

I've also tried running the script from inside my normal linux distro and the same scenario is generated...possibly I burned the cd incorrectly?

Thanks again for your help.

[Gunnyman]

yeah looks like permissions on your cd are wonky for some reason. That's odd. Reburn your tools cd.

[rbautch]

I just added another hacked DTIVO to my network, bringing the total number to four. My question is, how do I setup another netperf alias to test the transfer speed? When I ran the tweak.sh, it only allowed me to setup two additional boxes using "speed" and "speed2". Is there a way to add my fourth TIVO and create the alias "speed4"?

Thanks..
Yes there is. You only need to edit the /.profile file to make this work. It will be obvioius once you open it what changes need to be made.

[jar-head]

A few weeks back I succesfully zippered my tivo and got it networked and everything works great. One thing has bothered me though. When I am watch Live TV and I hit the DirecTV button to go to the main menu, the menu comes on but is transparent and the Live TV is still playing behind the menu. It is not until I go another level deep on the menu that this goes away. I never had seen this until I zippered my tivo. Questions:

1. Has anybody else seen this? If so, is this just a feature that the zipper has?
2. Can I enable/disable this somehow?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I spent some time searching but couldn't find much.

[rbautch]

A few weeks back I succesfully zippered my tivo and got it networked and everything works great. One thing has bothered me though. When I am watch Live TV and I hit the DirecTV button to go to the main menu, the menu comes on but is transparent and the Live TV is still playing behind the menu. It is not until I go another level deep on the menu that this goes away. I never had seen this until I zippered my tivo. Questions:

1. Has anybody else seen this? If so, is this just a feature that the zipper has?
2. Can I enable/disable this somehow?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I spent some time searching but couldn't find much.
This is a common problem when you improperly backup/restore a tivo drive. You'll have to redo the backup/restore. Check the upgrade forum for more information.

[MATT1981M]

RID = Receiver IDentification

It is a security measure to help prevent Theft of Service (TOS). Older units do not have RID
yep.... it makes the card "married" to the rcvr.... b4 all you had to do to switch from a non RID to a non RID was just swap the card and enter ext 721 when you called dtv.... (i believe it is still that way???.... i did that about 7yrs ago w/ a couple non tivo units....). and as to the TOS issues, that is entirely true... a friend of mine worked for dtv when they first came out w/ the rid units and was telling me how easy it used to be for people to decrypt the signal illegally because they would hack the cards... they used to have to send out ECM's (i believe the term is correct) to shut those cards off and often the valid DTV customers would also be shut off.... with RID, they can see each subbed card, and see what rcvr it is attached to. they can then tell if it is a fraudulent acct or not.... quite ingenius.... if someone tries to hack the card and make another card a clone of that orig card, they cant use it in a rid unit unless it is in the same rid unit it was supposed to be used in.... I personally dont feel sorry for the hackers... i dont like the fact that dtv disabled HMO and MRV, they should have left that up to the subscribers... they could have made it a completely unsupported feature.... one of the.... if it works enjoy, if it doesnt you are SOL... i am on dtv's side w/ the piracy of their svc... the way i feel is if that was not as big as it was a few years ago, our dtv bills would be 10-15% less now.... sure i may be dreaming.... but think about it... they would not have had to invest millions in new card designs, or rid units, or new encryption keys or retrofitting systems to support the new technology.... well that is my 2 cents on that subject... sorry about the no paragraphs... i am on my cell and i cant put a "return" in...

[airjrdn]

Ok, my Zippered Tivo seems to be performing beautifully. It was a Samsung S4040R that I wasn't already using really. Now I'd like to do the one that I use all the time. It's already had a drive replacement done (by me), but that's it.

I just purchased an additional Netgear FA120 and 250G drive, but I want to backup my current setup and utilize it so I don't lose the tons of shows already on it. I'd like to backup the large drive currently in it to the new 250G, then just table it for awhile until I know things are solid.

What exactly do I need to do for that to happen? Do I just make an image of it and use it in place of the one I purchased before? If so, what do I use to image it?

It's a Hughes HDVR2 if that matters.

Thanks again!

[JWThiers]

Ok, my Zippered Tivo seems to be performing beautifully. It was a Samsung S4040R that I wasn't already using really. Now I'd like to do the one that I use all the time. It's already had a drive replacement done (by me), but that's it.

I just purchased an additional Netgear FA120 and 250G drive, but I want to backup my current setup and utilize it so I don't lose the tons of shows already on it. I'd like to backup the large drive currently in it to the new 250G, then just table it for awhile until I know things are solid.

What exactly do I need to do for that to happen? Do I just make an image of it and use it in place of the one I purchased before? If so, what do I use to image it?

It's a Hughes HDVR2 if that matters.

Thanks again!
Read Hinsdale guide. just google hinsdale and you will find it.

[airjrdn]

At http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index9.html it states:

Only Pioneer DVD/TiVo units, HR10-250 units, TiVo TCD540XXX and Humax models should use specialized Mfs Tools Boot CD 11.5MB with large drive support

Since I've got a large drive in there already, do I still use the original one, or do I need the one w/large drive support?

[Gunnyman]

use the lba48 boot cd it's all u need

[airjrdn]

Thanks Gunny.

Here's my plan, can you please confirm it?

A while back I'd done a successful upgrade by doing a backup/restore on this same unit. When done, I posted what I'd done to assist others. Here's what I'd posted (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=2341245&&#post2341245)

I'm planning on doing the same backup/restore step, but then when Zippering, I'm planning on skipping step H.

Is that correct?

[cambo357]

first, a big fat thank you to all who have given time and effort to this. I am clueless in general, even more so when it comes to *nix and the such. gunny, rbauch, and all, my hat is off to you.

ok, on to my problem. I went about doing the zipper. i got the PTV boot cd, made my tools cd, ran the zipper, everything seems as though it went well. I put the new drive back in my Tivo (DSR7000), and went to boot it back up. it does so just fine, I have my old recording, etc. however, I cannot telnet in. as a matter of fact, the lights on my adapter do not light up. they flash on for a split second when first plugged in, but that is it. this is a Linksys USB200M, fresh out of the box. I have tried in both USB ports, to ensure that one is not bad. I also hooked the adapter up to my laptop, and all the lights do in fact work, so there doesnt seem to be a problem with the adapter itself.
so, any ideas?

-Cambo

[coachO]

Cambo, I should let the experts reply, but I also should contribute after all the help I got.

I had the same issue, so I returned my USB200M and bought a NetGear FA120 after it was explained to me that the drivers for the Netgear are present and the drivers for the USB are not. It worked perfectly plus the connector on the Netgear seemed much better to me.

[cambo357]

according to previous posts, the USB200M drivers are now included, so I hope that is not an issue.
I agree that the connector on the Linksys doesnt seem all that great. the only reason I went with it was becauseit was the only one that seemed supported that I could go buy locally. I was too impatient to order a Netgear and wait for it to be shipped.

-Cambo

[Gunnyman]

Thanks Gunny.

Here's my plan, can you please confirm it?

A while back I'd done a successful upgrade by doing a backup/restore on this same unit. When done, I posted what I'd done to assist others. Here's what I'd posted (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=2341245&&#post2341245)

I'm planning on doing the same backup/restore step, but then when Zippering, I'm planning on skipping step H.

Is that correct?

yes :)

[airjrdn]

Thanks. :)

I'm trying to do this right now. I got a message telling me:


Scanning source drive. Please wait a moment.


Then I got:


Source drive size is 40 hours
- Upgraded to 126 hours
Uncompressed backup size: 113467 megabytes
Restore failed: Backup target not large enough for entire backup by itself.


It then shows the prompt with what appears to be progress, but the drive light isn't on. Here's the prompt line:

PTVupgrade /# f 113467 megabytes (0.00%)

The cursor is flashing under the 'f'

The new drive is a 250G (new/unpartitioned) drive.

[airjrdn]

(sorry to reply twice in a row)

Ok, based on http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=225759 and http://*************/forum/printthread.php?t=40498 I'm thinking I can't do this as is.

But...How about if I leave out the -x (ie don't expand the backup to fill the drive)?

Here's my thought....

run it without '-x'
do the zipper
(only using 120G of 250G drive)
get it on the network
transfer shows from this tivo to the one I already zippered
pull the 250G drive back out
restore the original 40G to the 250G (with the -x) to get the full 250G
zipper it
transfer everything back over to it

? :)

[chengka]

Almost there. Everything was going well until it froze at

Do you want to install channel logos? [y/n]: y
Loading channel logo slices. This will take a minute...



Any ideas? cntl-c and rerun tweak.sh?

[rpdre1]

Almost there. Everything was going well until it froze at

Do you want to install channel logos? [y/n]: y
Loading channel logo slices. This will take a minute...



Any ideas? cntl-c and rerun tweak.sh?

its frozen while installing channel logos to me a few times also

cntrl-c to exit, run the uninstall script, and then redo tweak.sh.

unless you need the logos (new image), id skip them.

[6stringbass]

RID = Receiver IDentification

It is a security measure to help prevent Theft of Service (TOS). Older units do not have RID
Gotcha. Always learning something new here!

[6stringbass]

yep.... it makes the card "married" to the rcvr.... b4 all you had to do to switch from a non RID to a non RID was just swap the card and enter ext 721 when you called dtv.... (i believe it is still that way???.... i did that about 7yrs ago w/ a couple non tivo units....). and as to the TOS issues, that is entirely true... a friend of mine worked for dtv when they first came out w/ the rid units and was telling me how easy it used to be for people to decrypt the signal illegally because they would hack the cards... they used to have to send out ECM's (i believe the term is correct) to shut those cards off and often the valid DTV customers would also be shut off.... with RID, they can see each subbed card, and see what rcvr it is attached to. they can then tell if it is a fraudulent acct or not.... quite ingenius.... if someone tries to hack the card and make another card a clone of that orig card, they cant use it in a rid unit unless it is in the same rid unit it was supposed to be used in.... I personally dont feel sorry for the hackers... i dont like the fact that dtv disabled HMO and MRV, they should have left that up to the subscribers... they could have made it a completely unsupported feature.... one of the.... if it works enjoy, if it doesnt you are SOL... i am on dtv's side w/ the piracy of their svc... the way i feel is if that was not as big as it was a few years ago, our dtv bills would be 10-15% less now.... sure i may be dreaming.... but think about it... they would not have had to invest millions in new card designs, or rid units, or new encryption keys or retrofitting systems to support the new technology.... well that is my 2 cents on that subject... sorry about the no paragraphs... i am on my cell and i cant put a "return" in...

You wrote all of that on a cell? Your thumb must be killing you!

[6stringbass]

according to previous posts, the USB200M drivers are now included, so I hope that is not an issue.
I agree that the connector on the Linksys doesnt seem all that great. the only reason I went with it was becauseit was the only one that seemed supported that I could go buy locally. I was too impatient to order a Netgear and wait for it to be shipped.

-Cambo
Though mentioned many times in previous posts the USB200M works great if it is version 1. Version 2 of the adapter won't work with series 2 Tivo's and DTivo's until the superpatch is run and the usb driver's are replaced with upgraded ones that enable usb2 support. Any new USB200M's are version 2s. You can tell by looking at the adapter under the white square that says "Model No.". If it says ver. 2 then its...well you get the idea. I have one of each (the original does NOT say ver. 1). I also bought a Linksys USB100TX at a hamfest and it works great pre-Zipper.

[cambo357]

Though mentioned many times in previous posts the USB200M works great if it is version 1. Version 2 of the adapter won't work with series 2 Tivo's and DTivo's until the superpatch is run and the usb driver's are replaced with upgraded ones that enable usb2 support. Any new USB200M's are version 2s. You can tell by looking at the adapter under the white square that says "Model No.". If it says ver. 2 then its...well you get the idea. I have one of each (the original does NOT say ver. 1). I also bought a Linksys USB100TX at a hamfest and it works great pre-Zipper.

yeah, as I said before, I am dumber than a wet rock. on the Tivo support site, it says that the version 2 works, and I just assumed that it would on the DTivo unit. and yes, this is a ver. 2. my local Office Depot has USB100Ms. these are USB 1.1, not USB 2.0, and ergo, slower, correct? I tried to look it up on the linksys site, but it is down at the moment. I believe now it is time to make a null cable to run the tweak.sh, right? seems like the only solution to get this done with a day or so.

has anybody had success with using a USB to serial adapter in order to do this? my laptop has no DB9 ports, so I have used this with other serial cables before (Icom programming cable, serial connection to a vinyl plotter). my other choice would be to put the DTivo up on the table near my desktop. does the DTivo have to have a display attached, or the sat input cables? if not, this would be my choice.

-Cambo

[JWThiers]

yeah, as I said before, I am dumber than a wet rock. on the Tivo support site, it says that the version 2 works, and I just assumed that it would on the DTivo unit. and yes, this is a ver. 2. my local Office Depot has USB100Ms. these are USB 1.1, not USB 2.0, and ergo, slower, correct? I tried to look it up on the linksys site, but it is down at the moment. I believe now it is time to make a null cable to run the tweak.sh, right? seems like the only solution to get this done with a day or so.

has anybody had success with using a USB to serial adapter in order to do this? my laptop has no DB9 ports, so I have used this with other serial cables before (Icom programming cable, serial connection to a vinyl plotter). my other choice would be to put the DTivo up on the table near my desktop. does the DTivo have to have a display attached, or the sat input cables? if not, this would be my choice.

-Cambo
Thats right. make, buy, beg, borrow steal a serial cable and then run tweak.sh thru hyperterminal. a serial cable is a good investment anyway if you have a network isse at a later time.

If you happen to have an older philips pronto that has a serial cable that will work as well.

[MATT1981M]

You wrote all of that on a cell? Your thumb must be killing you!
it was... i dont know what is worse though... i can type that out quicker on my cell than i can on a computer.....

[MATT1981M]

So I ran the Zipper script successfully (on an existing 6.2 image), and it rebooted twice like the instructions said it would so I guess that tells me that Zipper script is there.

The problem was that I didn't have a working USB adapter at the time, so I pretty much just left it like that for a couple of days. I finally went and got a FA120 from Fry's. I connected it to the Tivo (Philips Dtivo) today, and I can't ping the IP address. I see both Power/Link lights on. I tried rebooting Tivo - no dice.

What am I doing wrong? I checked that FA120 is working by testing it on my laptop, although I had to install the driver from the CD that came with it.
follow the steps on the zipper wiki and you will most likely correct the issue... what i think is happening is that the IP address is w/in the DHCP range of your router... set one well outside this range... what you can do is set your router to have 50 DHCP clients (.100 to .150) and then set the dtivo at .200 or something like that...set that of course by re-zipping the dtivo. that is usually the culprit..... then plug the FA120 in and boot the tivo.....then try to ping from a pc on the same subnet as the dtivo....

[airjrdn]

Gunny, does my plan make sense?

[Gunnyman]

I commented and said yes before.

[airjrdn]

Thanks for the quick reply, I'm referring to post http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3984844&&#post3984844 though.

[Gunnyman]

sorry
getting pretty convoluted there.
Why not just do the standard mfsbackup|restore toa new larger drive?

[airjrdn]

I tried, but it won't let me use the -x switch which is what performs the expand from what I understand.

[Gunnyman]

right if you have already expanded
Like I said getting pretty convoluted and not to be a jerk, but mfs restore issues don't really belong in this thread.
I am sure you would get a TON of help in the upgrade forum.

[rbautch]

has anybody had success with using a USB to serial adapter in order to do this? my laptop has no DB9 ports, so I have used this with other serial cables before (Icom programming cable, serial connection to a vinyl plotter). my other choice would be to put the DTivo up on the table near my desktop. does the DTivo have to have a display attached, or the sat input cables? if not, this would be my choice.

-Cambo
Yes, I have had success with two USB-serial adapters that I use on my laptop. One I bought from newegg, and the other from Radio Shack. I posted a link to the newegg adapter somewhere on TCF a few months ago.

[airjrdn]

right if you have already expanded
Like I said getting pretty convoluted and not to be a jerk, but mfs restore issues don't really belong in this thread.
I am sure you would get a TON of help in the upgrade forum.

Understood. I'm not really looking for mfsrestore help though. I'm asking if you see any holes in the process of:

backup 120G to 250G - knowing I'm only going to get 120G of the 250G initially
zipper the 250G - skip step 'H'
View the shows that exist on the 250G from the previously zippered Dtivo
(that will xfer them to the previously zippered Dtivo)
Do a zipper on the 250G using the ptvupgrade clean image I already purchased
(this will give me the full 250G)
View the shows that were backed up to the previously zippered Dtivo from the 250G
(that will xfer them "back" to the 250G)

[cambo357]

just my luck. I go to RatShack to get the parts for making a null cable, only to find out that this store is now dead, one of the ones to get shut down. so I decided that between here and the next closest RS, there is the Office Depot that had USB100Ms, and to get one of those for the time being. I picked it up, plugged it in, rebooted. the link light comes on, and the activity light will flash, but I cannot ping nor telnet to it. I am using WinXP home, and have turned off the firewall within it. I am now stumped. any suggestions?

-Cambo

[MATT1981M]

just my luck. I go to RatShack to get the parts for making a null cable, only to find out that this store is now dead, one of the ones to get shut down. so I decided that between here and the next closest RS, there is the Office Depot that had USB100Ms, and to get one of those for the time being. I picked it up, plugged it in, rebooted. the link light comes on, and the activity light will flash, but I cannot ping nor telnet to it. I am using WinXP home, and have turned off the firewall within it. I am now stumped. any suggestions?

-Cambo
look at my post about dhcp less than 20 posts ago....

[cambo357]

look at my post about dhcp less than 20 posts ago....

I have looked into that. the router is set to only 4 dhcp clients, starting at .100, and the Tivo was set to .111. smaller scale, but should work. I am going to re zip, and set up higher anywaythough.

-Cambo

[MATT1981M]

I have looked into that. the router is set to only 4 dhcp clients, starting at .100, and the Tivo was set to .111. smaller scale, but should work. I am going to re zip, and set up higher anywaythough.

-Cambo
and make sure the usb adapter is plugged in b4 booting the dtivo...

[6stringbass]

yeah, as I said before, I am dumber than a wet rock. on the Tivo support site, it says that the version 2 works, and I just assumed that it would on the DTivo unit. and yes, this is a ver. 2. my local Office Depot has USB100Ms. these are USB 1.1, not USB 2.0, and ergo, slower, correct? I tried to look it up on the linksys site, but it is down at the moment. I believe now it is time to make a null cable to run the tweak.sh, right? seems like the only solution to get this done with a day or so.

has anybody had success with using a USB to serial adapter in order to do this? my laptop has no DB9 ports, so I have used this with other serial cables before (Icom programming cable, serial connection to a vinyl plotter). my other choice would be to put the DTivo up on the table near my desktop. does the DTivo have to have a display attached, or the sat input cables? if not, this would be my choice.

-Cambo
I believe the Tivo site says the ver.2 works with boxes running 7.xx Tivo software but I know they tell you that the ver. 2 won't work with boxes running 6.22. It takes RBautch's usb driver script to make that happen.

I looked up the USB100M on the Linksys site and it is a usb1.1 device so you won't get the speed of the 200M. If you plan to use MRV between two DTivo's or "some other data transfer" then it will be pretty slow.

I haven't heard of anyone using a usb to serial adapter to allow you to use a serial cable but I've used one to connect a GPS unit to my laptop. Everything worked well there. Make sure you get a reputable manufacturer so you get good driver support as the drivers make or break a usb to serial adapter!

[6stringbass]

it was... i dont know what is worse though... i can type that out quicker on my cell than i can on a computer.....
Are you a "hunt and peck" kind of guy? I'm faster than I used to be when typing on the cell but I can fly on a QWERTY keyboard compared to the cell. Guess that typing class in high school really payed off (yes, TYPING class. IBM Selectrics and even manual typewriters).

[JWThiers]

even manual typewriters).
Whats a typewritter???? LOL :rolleyes:

[Snowman]

Hi, what is this?

[iastrmchsr]

I am missing something simple here, but I cant find what. I am up to step 5 for the zipper. I have booted the PTV CD. I get to the command prompt "PTVupgrade /#" I type in "mount /dev/hdc /cdrom" and the computer replys "mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device" I can not mount the drive when I put in the Tools CD. I have burned several Tools CDs, none will mount. I am positive that I am typing to mount the right location. I even changed the drive to hdd and hdb...but it would not work there either. Anyone have some ideas for me? Did I burn the CD wrong? Downloaded the Tools CD and the extra files. Everything matches the list for the files I need. I burned the disc with Nero Express 6 in Joliet mode.
Thanks in advance!

[dhking]

I keep getting failure at with the following message

downloading latest enhancement script...
connecting to www.mastersav.com [69.90.236.30]:80
wget: unable to connect to remote host 69.90.236.30 network is unreachable
download failed. adjust dns and try again y/n
please enter ip address of your router

I enter my local router ip address 192.168.0.1 and get the following

invalid ip address. exiting
re: /enhancements: no such file or directory

Any ideas on how to solve this problem? I just downloaded this today, so I don't think I need to download a newer script but ansering No it the "try again" exits the program.

[JWThiers]

I keep getting failure at with the following message

downloading latest enhancement script...
connecting to www.mastersav.com [69.90.236.30]:80
wget: unable to connect to remote host 69.90.236.30 network is unreachable
download failed. adjust dns and try again y/n
please enter ip address of your router

I enter my local router ip address 192.168.0.1 and get the following

invalid ip address. exiting
re: /enhancements: no such file or directory

Any ideas on how to solve this problem? I just downloaded this today, so I don't think I need to download a newer script but ansering No it the "try again" exits the program.
If you have ftp access to your tivo ftp the rbautch-files.tgz filr into /hacks,

[MATT1981M]

Are you a "hunt and peck" kind of guy? I'm faster than I used to be when typing on the cell but I can fly on a QWERTY keyboard compared to the cell. Guess that typing class in high school really payed off (yes, TYPING class. IBM Selectrics and even manual typewriters).
Nope I'm not a pick and choose.... I love a good t9 dictionary is all...

[dhking]

ok I put that file in the hacks directory

it still asks for the IP and then I get the message
setting DNS settings in /etc/resolve.conf

Done. please rerun tweak.sh Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: no such file or directory

So then i rerun the file and I get the request again for the ip address of the router and then i enter the ip address, press enter and get

make sure your tivo is connected to the internet and your network settings are correct.

The tivo is on the same router as the computer I am accessing this forum from, so I know it is connected to the net.

Any more thoughts?

[Luv2DrvFst]

ok I put that file in the hacks directory

it still asks for the IP and then I get the message
setting DNS settings in /etc/resolve.conf

Done. please rerun tweak.sh Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: no such file or directory

So then i rerun the file and I get the request again for the ip address of the router and then i enter the ip address, press enter and get

make sure your tivo is connected to the internet and your network settings are correct.

The tivo is on the same router as the computer I am accessing this forum from, so I know it is connected to the net.

Any more thoughts?
Make sure rbautch-files.tgz and tweak.sh are both in the same directory. When tweak finds rbautch-files.tgz it doesn't need a network connection at all.

[cambo357]

and make sure the usb adapter is plugged in b4 booting the dtivo...

OK, so I got distracted by having to work on my brother in laws jeep for most of the day, so never got a chance to go to RatShack. I rezipped, and rebooted with adapter in place. the USB100M still doesnt ping or telnet. again, XP firewall is off, I have tried bot USB ports. IP for DTivo is set a .200, and router dhcp is set for only 4 clients, starting at 100, so shouldnt be a problem. I can ping the router, so connectivity on the PC isnt an issue. I plan to go to RS to buy null cable parts in the morning. a not so local Compusa shows to have an FA120 in stock, contemplating a driver over there to pick it up.

-Cambo

[Yog-Sothoth]

In regards to your USB100M, since it is a 1.1 device, you may need to actually install the 1.1 drivers. I know from experience (with PTVNet) that the 2.0 drivers may not have the chipset driver needed for a 1.1 device; in my case, it was a Belkin F5D5050. I had to re-load PTVNet and choose to not install the 2.0 drivers.

After I receive my HR10-250, I think I'll decommission one of my other TiVos and actually run the Zipper on it (I can still use it for MRV and HMO). I really don't need five active TiVos on my account, unless I really feel a need for a networked TiVo in my bathroom ("Can you come out and run two lines to my bathroom?") :D

[cambo357]

In regards to your USB100M, since it is a 1.1 device, you may need to actually install the 1.1 drivers. I know from experience (with PTVNet) that the 2.0 drivers may not have the chipset driver needed for a 1.1 device; in my case, it was a Belkin F5D5050. I had to re-load PTVNet and choose to not install the 2.0 drivers.

After I receive my HR10-250, I think I'll decommission one of my other TiVos and actually run the Zipper on it (I can still use it for MRV and HMO). I really don't need five active TiVos on my account, unless I really feel a need for a networked TiVo in my bathroom ("Can you come out and run two lines to my bathroom?") :D

oh, you just had to go and do that, didnt you? now I wont sleep at all tonight. I pulled the drive again, ran the PTVNet again, and said no to USB 2.0 drivers. then ran the zipper, and there we go, got in. so the tweak.sh ran fine, and I now have everything up and running (as far as I can tell....). only bad thing is that only the USB100M works, not the 200. when asked if I wanted to use 2.0/high speed drivers, I said yes. I will resolve this by picking up an FA120 very soon. again, a huge thanks to all for the work done and all the support.

-Cambo

[The_WRAiTH]

I am getting the following error when I try to search for shows on my zippered philips DSR704 :(

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_listings '/1198099/1146268800' ''
can't read "recstartdate": no such variable
while executing
"expr ($recstartdate * 86400) + $recstarttime"
(procedure "slotfree" line 19)
invoked from within
"slotfree $secs $duration $chan"
("foreach" body line 122)
invoked from within
"foreach showingfsid [lrange $showings $x [expr $x+19]] {
regexp {([0-9]*)/(.*)} $showingfsid junk showingobjid subobjid
set showing [d..."
("uplevel" body line 2)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
foreach showingfsid [lrange $showings $x [expr $x+19]] {
regexp {([0-9]*)/(.*)} $showingfsid junk showingobjid subobj..."
(procedure "do_listingsrow" line 11)
invoked from within
"do_listingsrow $chan $fsid $startsecs $endsecs $stationid"
("uplevel" body line 2)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFile fsid name type "/Schedule" "$stationid:$day:" {
if {[catch [do_listingsrow $chan $fsid $startsecs $endsecs $stationid] error]} ..."
(procedure "::action_listings" line 89)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"

[JWThiers]

I am getting the following error when I try to search for shows on my zippered philips DSR704 :(

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_listings '/1198099/1146268800' ''
can't read "recstartdate": no such variable
while executing
"expr ($recstartdate * 86400) + $recstarttime"
(procedure "slotfree" line 19)
invoked from within
"slotfree $secs $duration $chan"
("foreach" body line 122)
invoked from within
"foreach showingfsid [lrange $showings $x [expr $x+19]] {
regexp {([0-9]*)/(.*)} $showingfsid junk showingobjid subobjid
set showing [d..."
("uplevel" body line 2)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
foreach showingfsid [lrange $showings $x [expr $x+19]] {
regexp {([0-9]*)/(.*)} $showingfsid junk showingobjid subobj..."
(procedure "do_listingsrow" line 11)
invoked from within
"do_listingsrow $chan $fsid $startsecs $endsecs $stationid"
("uplevel" body line 2)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFile fsid name type "/Schedule" "$stationid:$day:" {
if {[catch [do_listingsrow $chan $fsid $startsecs $endsecs $stationid] error]} ..."
(procedure "::action_listings" line 89)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
I don't know the answer even if my assumption is correct but, I assume you mean you are searching from you computer using TivoWebPlus and not the search function on your tivo or some other application.

[The_WRAiTH]

I don't know the answer even if my assumption is correct but, I assume you mean you are searching from you computer using TivoWebPlus and not the search function on your tivo or some other application.

Yes, sorry forgot to put that, was doing the searching from TivoWebPlus

Of course it does work on the other one (HDVR2)... Maybe this one hasn't gotten all the guide data yet?

[JWThiers]

Yes, sorry forgot to put that, was doing the searching from TivoWebPlus

Of course it does work on the other one (HDVR2)... Maybe this one hasn't gotten all the guide data yet?
If it was just zippered that is a possibility. wait a day and try.

[SHStormont]

I currently have two drives in my DSR7000, 40GB and 200GB. I have just purchased a Netgear FA120.

I have a serial cable that was purchased from 9th Tee. I know that a serial cable can be used to re-run the tweak script, but can one be used to install the Zipper for the very first time using the cable (so that I could avoid removing the drives from the Tivo)

If that can't be done, I only need to move my primary 40GB drive to the PC for zippering, correct?

[Gunnyman]

you have to remove the drive.
Yes only the primary one.

[tca32123]

Garrr

Tivowebplus was working beautifully for a while .. now I keep getting a Page Not Found

I can still telnet into it, but I can't access it via web any more.

I restarted tivoweb from the bash with the twprs command, but still not working.

I don't understand why I can telnet into it, but not type in the IP address into IE and get it to connect?

Thoughts?

[Langree]

Garrr

Tivowebplus was working beautifully for a while .. now I keep getting a Page Not Found

I can still telnet into it, but I can't access it via web any more.

I restarted tivoweb from the bash with the twprs command, but still not working.

I don't understand why I can telnet into it, but not type in the IP address into IE and get it to connect?

Thoughts?

My does that after resets, I just Telnet in and type "TWP", it runs and all is good with the world,

[tca32123]

My does that after resets, I just Telnet in and type "TWP", it runs and all is good with the world,


I've already tried that .. nada

[airjrdn]

I just got done zippering my 2nd DTivo. The other one I got done a few days ago. The only problem I'm aware of right now is that locals don't work anymore on either one.

I saw one post that said wait a day, but it's been a few days since doing the first one. Another suggested calling, but if I do, what do I tell them as to what's changed?

[Gunnyman]

call em enter extension 711
no need to talk to anyone.

[JWThiers]

call em enter extension 711
no need to talk to anyone.
711? thought 721

[Gunnyman]

either one works

[MEJHarrison]

Just wanted to say thanks! I upgrade from a stock 35 hour HDVR2 this morning to a 140 hour hacked drive. Upgrading and hacking the drive went smooth as silk more or less. The networking part was harder to work out (using a ZyXel P-330 in bridge mode). Fortunately I had the good sense to use my laptop to set that up last night. So when I plugged the TiVo in this morning, there wasn't a single problem.

One question. When it asked for my TiVo name (not the short name for the Bash prompt), I made a typo. But I wasn't telnetted in properly, so when I hit backspace, it just put a ^H in. Question 1 is can I rerun tweak.sh? Question 2 is how do I fix this without running tweak.sh?

[cambo357]

Just wanted to say thanks! I upgrade from a stock 35 hour HDVR2 this morning to a 140 hour hacked drive. Upgrading and hacking the drive went smooth as silk more or less. The networking part was harder to work out (using a ZyXel P-330 in bridge mode). Fortunately I had the good sense to use my laptop to set that up last night. So when I plugged the TiVo in this morning, there wasn't a single problem.

One question. When it asked for my TiVo name (not the short name for the Bash prompt), I made a typo. But I wasn't telnetted in properly, so when I hit backspace, it just put a ^H in. Question 1 is can I rerun tweak.sh? Question 2 is how do I fix this without running tweak.sh?

AHA!!! I can actually provide insight on this, the least I could do in return for what I have recieved.

I did the exact same thing, hit the backspace key a few times, inputting the odd characters. Having finally read what I should have in the beginning, I saw there was a rename feature that runs as a part of tweak.sh. so I let tweak.sh finish, and at the prompt i entered:

sh set_mrv_name_67.tcl xxxxxxxxx

where xxxxxxxx is what you want the name to be. the set name finishes up, and says that the name has been changed. so I assume that if you telnet in again, and go to the /hacks directory, just as you would have to run tweak.sh, you should be able to do the same.

I hope this helps.

-Cambo

[MEJHarrison]

Thanks for the help. I also noticed that TiVoWeb will let you rename it as well.

[TivoFamily]

I'm sure this must be covered somewhere, but how do I use an FTP client to connect to my zippered Dtivo? I can access the box using TWP at 192.168.0.152. Do I use that IP for the host name? What Username and password? Thanks for the help.

[JWThiers]

I'm sure this must be covered somewhere, but how do I use an FTP client to connect to my zippered Dtivo?
Actually it not cobered here because it varies slightly with the client and this is "THE ZIPPER SUPPORT THREAD"
I can access the box using TWP at 192.168.0.152. Do I use that IP for the host name?
yes
What Username and password? Thanks for the help.
Don't need one or try annonomous.

[darkcyber]

Just curious, what exactly does the Zipper do? I've read that it makes your unhacked Tivo hacked. Would this mean it does the same thing as I did when I hacked my 540 Tivo model about a year ago? Pull the hd and copy it to my much large hd and then use those tools to copy everything over...etc. and then it works.

Or does it do more than just upgrading you to a larger hd? Just curious

[MATT1981M]

Just curious, what exactly does the Zipper do? I've read that it makes your unhacked Tivo hacked. Would this mean it does the same thing as I did when I hacked my 540 Tivo model about a year ago? Pull the hd and copy it to my much large hd and then use those tools to copy everything over...etc. and then it works.

Or does it do more than just upgrading you to a larger hd? Just curious
the zipper does not copy to a larger drive... please check out the zipper (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html) info page for info on what it does.... Trust us... it does alot more useful things than "expand" your current drive to a larger one...

[airjrdn]

I wanted to provide an update to assist anyone looking to do something similar to what I needed to do...

I initially had 2 DTivos, one had been upgraded from a 40G to a 120G, the other one was stock. Both were single drive units.

I first Zippered the stock unit. I purchased the stuff suggested in the HowTo, and everything went fine. I later found out locals weren't working, but more on that in just a sec.

I then wanted to Zipper the upgraded unit. I purchased a 250G drive but when I went to run the backup->restore command (mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdb | mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hda) it failed stating:


Source drive size is 40 hours
- Upgraded to 126 hours
Uncompressed backup size: 113467 megabytes
Restore failed: Backup target not large enough for entire backup by itself.

Evidently that's because you can only expand the last partition once (or something to that effect).

To get around that, I removed the x from the backup/restore command which changed it to: mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdb | mfsrestore -s 127 -zpi - /dev/hda

That allowed the 120G drive to be backed up to the 250G drive, but it also meant it would only see 120G of it. That was fine for now.

My plan was to:

backup 120G to 250G - knowing I would only get 120G of the 250G initially
zipper the 250G - skip step 'H'
View the shows that exist on the 250G from the previously zippered Dtivo
(that would xfer them to the previously zippered Dtivo)
Do a zipper on the 250G using the ptvupgrade clean image I already purchased
(this will give me the full 250G)
View the shows that were backed up to the previously zippered Dtivo from the 250G (that would xfer them "back" to the 250G)

For the record, when transferring shows from one to another, you can do as many as you'd like, and they just automatically transfer, one after the other. Transferring about 70hrs of shows took a while, but it was much less than 1hr of xfer for 1hr of "show time".

That plan worked. I now have a 120G DTivo and a 250G DTivo, both of which are Zippered.

For the locals, I phoned X721, and ended up having to talk to someone, but it was painless. As it turned out, I probably didn't have to do that. Our locals are on 72.5, but it wasn't even showing up as a satellite. I had the DTivos search for satellites and they found everything just fine. DTV staff assumed storms had caused the issue of my lost locals. They were helpful and curteous as usual.

Also, when I transferred the shows from one to the other, the ones that had been recorded prior to Zippering still seemed to be encrypted, even after they were transferred to the other unit. I've only tested one so far, but that's how it seemed to be. I'll test more later.

[JWThiers]

Also, when I transferred the shows from one to the other, the ones that had been recorded prior to Zippering still seemed to be encrypted, even after they were transferred to the other unit. I've only tested one so far, but that's how it seemed to be. I'll test more later.
Correct they are still encrypted.

[shn2006]

Hi,
I zippered my DTivo DSR7000 about a month ago and everything looked like working fine. Lately I have been getting some weird error on recordings from some channels. Recording seems to freeze up somewhere in playback and then tivo freezes or takes a long time to recover. happens only on some recordings.

My initial suspect is bad HD sector.

It happens on nicktoons channel recordings a lot.
this weekend it happened with 1st round playoff. I had to record some part of it and knew that being in overtime would run into issue so I scheduled subsequent 2 programs to be recorded. All 3 programs on the boundary where the padding would have been (overlapping recording by two processors for same channel?) were in error.

Is there a way to run some utility to scan HD and mark bad sectors permanently?
Is there a way to disable the padding patch on the zippered Tivo?
Thank you for your help,
ShN
:confused: :confused:

[rbautch]

Hi,
I zippered my DTivo DSR7000 about a month ago and everything looked like working fine. Lately I have been getting some weird error on recordings from some channels. Recording seems to freeze up somewhere in playback and then tivo freezes or takes a long time to recover. happens only on some recordings.

My initial suspect is bad HD sector.

It happens on nicktoons channel recordings a lot.
this weekend it happened with 1st round playoff. I had to record some part of it and knew that being in overtime would run into issue so I scheduled subsequent 2 programs to be recorded. All 3 programs on the boundary where the padding would have been (overlapping recording by two processors for same channel?) were in error.

Is there a way to run some utility to scan HD and mark bad sectors permanently?
Is there a way to disable the padding patch on the zippered Tivo?
Thank you for your help,
ShN
:confused: :confused:
Search your kernel log for the word "sector". Can't mark it though. To disable padding, edit the author file to delete the line that starts with "endpad".

[shn2006]

Search your kernel log for the word "sector". Can't mark it though. To disable padding, edit the author file to delete the line that starts with "endpad".

Thanks.. I am looking at the kernel log and there are tons of errors that indicate sector... there are some other errors too but I can not make heads or tails out of it...
I am posting couple of snippets from log here... what should I do next?
Thank you for your help
ShN

May 2 04:47:31 (none) kernel: hda: DMA disabled
May 2 04:47:31 (none) kernel: hda: re-enabled DMA
May 2 04:47:31 (none) kernel: ide0: reset: success
May 2 04:47:34 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
May 2 04:47:34 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=66346244, high=3, low=16014596, sector=22184960
May 2 04:47:34 (none) kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:0b (hda), sector 22184960
May 2 04:47:37 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
May 2 04:47:37 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=66347054, high=3, low=16015406, sector=22185728
May 2 04:47:37 (none) kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:0b (hda), sector 22185728
May 2 04:47:41 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
May 2 04:47:41 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=66347866, high=3, low=16016218, sector=22186752
May 2 04:47:41 (none) kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:0b (hda), sector 22186752
May 2 04:47:44 (none) kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

a bunch of these errors are occasionally followed with :

May 2 09:15:29 (none) kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended

and

May 1 17:07:50 (none) kernel: !!!!!!!WARNING: VSTC = 0x17870000, ASTC = 0x17880001
May 1 17:07:50 (none) kernel: !!!!!!! Audio and Video STCs now back together
May 1 17:45:22 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x00b5b114
May 1 17:45:22 (none) kernel: Before = 0x00b5b153, After = 0x00b5b181
--snipped...
May 2 02:51:22 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x011677f6
May 2 02:51:22 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0116785c, After = 0x0116788a
May 2 02:51:22 (none) kernel:
May 2 03:36:00 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x00dacfa2
May 2 03:36:00 (none) kernel: Before = 0x00dacffe, After = 0x00dad02b
May 2 03:36:00 (none) kernel:
May 2 04:03:08 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x00b2a452
May 2 04:03:08 (none) kernel: Before = 0x00a804e9, After = 0x00a80517

[MATT1981M]

For the locals, I phoned X721, and ended up having to talk to someone, but it was painless. As it turned out, I probably didn't have to do that. Our locals are on 72.5, but it wasn't even showing up as a satellite. I had the DTivos search for satellites and they found everything just fine. DTV staff assumed storms had caused the issue of my lost locals. They were helpful and curteous as usual. i am glad you found out how to correct it.... if you searched for 72.5 on this forum, you would find that i have a post about that issue and how to correct it.... here is a direct link to the thread... (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=292412)

anyone who wants a FA120... i found a seller who has them 12.95 w/ no shipping on ebay... (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=9720880222&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1)

[JWThiers]

anyone who wants a FA120... i found a seller who has them 12.95 w/ no shipping on ebay... (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=9720880222&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1)
NOW they show up cheap. I just paid more than twice that for 3. ARRRRGH!!!!!!!

If you can wait a year, When I buy a 50" Plamsma HDTV I let everyone know when. Then they can wait a few weeks for them to go on sale for half price.

[MATT1981M]

NOW they show up cheap. I just paid more than twice that for 3. ARRRRGH!!!!!!!

If you can wait a year, When I buy a 50" Plamsma HDTV I let everyone know when. Then they can wait a few weeks for them to go on sale for half price.
how true... how true....