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

[spiceit]

http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks
list of compatible adapters


Both my microsoft mn-510 wireless adapter and my linksys usb200m are listed as compatible.

I get the 23 port error when I try to telnet.

Any help?

Using xp pro.

[Gunnyman]

XP firewall turned off?

[phxbruzer]

So I have a hr10-250, I've seen MRV is not available, but does it also follow then that HMO is not available? Or do I have to manually convert and move them on to the machine via FTP?

[Finnstang]

So I have a hr10-250, I've seen MRV is not available, but does it also follow then that HMO is not available? Or do I have to manually convert and move them on to the machine via FTP?
HMO/HME may be available with 6.3/6.3a software. It is being investigated over "there" still as far as I can tell. HMO has nothing to do with what you are asking about in your last question. Check the other forum for more info since we can't talk about it here.

[phxbruzer]

HMO/HME may be available with 6.3/6.3a software. It is being investigated over "there" still as far as I can tell. HMO has nothing to do with what you are asking about in your last question. Check the other forum for more info since we can't talk about it here.

Thanks Finn...

[rbautch]

A good way to tell which adapters are compatible is to look a the /etc/hotplug/usb.map file, which tells the software which driver to use when it encounters a particular adapter. Here's the one from my Tivo:
[wired network]

device pegasus
product 0411 0001 Melco LUA-TX
product 0411 0005 Melco LUA-TX
product 0411 0009 Melco LUA2-TX
product 045e 007a Microsoft MN-110
product 049f 8511 Compaq iPAQ Networking 10/100
product 04bb 0904 IO Data USB ET/TX
product 04bb 0913 IO Data USB ET/TX-S
product 0846 1020 NETGEAR FA101
product 0506 4601 3Com 3C460B
product 050d 0121 Belkin F5D5050
product 056e 200c Laneed LD-USB/TX
product 056e 4002 Laneed LD-USB/TX
product 056e 400b Laneed LD-USB/TX
product 056e abc1 Laneed LD-USB/T
product 05cc 3000 Elsa Micolink USB2Ethernet
product 066b 200c Linksys USB10TX
product 066b 2202 Linksys USB10TX
product 066b 2203 Linksys USB100TX
product 066b 2204 Linksys USB100TX
product 066b 2206 Linksys USB
product 066b 400b Linksys USB100TX
product 067c 1001 SpeedStream USB
product 0707 0200 SMC 202 USB
product 07a6 0986 ADMtek AN986
product 07a6 8511 ADMtek ADM8511
product 07aa 0004 Correga FEther USB-TX
product 07b8 110c D-Link 110c
product 07b8 200c D-Link 200c
product 07b8 4002 D-Link DU-E100
product 07b8 4004 D-Link 4004
product 07b8 4007 D-Link 4007
product 07b8 400b D-Link 400b
product 07b8 400c D-Link 400c
product 07b8 4102 D-Link 4102
product 07b8 4104 D-Link 4104
product 07b8 abc1 D-Link DU-E10
product 07c9 b100 Allied Telesyn Int. AT-USB100
product 083a 1046 Accton USB 10/100
product 083a 5046 SpeedStream USB 10/100
product 08d1 0003 smartBridges smartNIC 2 PnP
product 08dd 0986 Billionton USB-100
product 08dd 0987 Billionton USBLP-100
product 08dd 0988 Billionton USBEL-100
product 08dd 8511 Billionton USBE-100
product 0951 000a Kingston KNU101TX
product 0e66 400c Hawking UF100
product 15e8 9100 SOHOware NUB100
product 2001 200c D-Link DSB-650TX
product 2001 4001 D-Link DSB-650TX
product 2001 4002 D-Link DSB-650TX
product 2001 4003 D-Link DSB-650TX-PNA
product 2001 400b D-Link DSB-650TX
product 2001 4102 D-Link DSB-650TX
product 2001 abc1 D-Link DSB-650

device rtl8150
product 0bda 8150 RTL8150 device
product 0411 0012 Melco RTL8150 device

device ax8817x
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200MV2
product 0b95 7720 Airlink ASOHOUSB
product 0b95 1780 Airlink AGIGAUSB
product 1737 0039 Linksys usb1000
product 2001 3c05 DUB-E100, revision B1
product 07d1 3c05 DUB-E100, revision B1 alternate vendor code
product 077b 2226 Linksys USB200M
product 07b8 420a Hawking UF200/TRENDnet TU2-ET100
product 0846 1040 NETGEAR FA120
product 2001 1a00 D-Link DUB-E100


[wireless network]

device prism2_usb firmware prism2
product 0411 0016 Melco WLI-USB-S11
product 045e 006e Microsoft MN-510
product 049f 0033 Compaq/Intel PRO/Wireless
product 066b 2212 Linksys WUSB11 v2.5
product 066b 2213 Linksys WUSB12
product 067c 1022 Siemens SpeedStream 1022
product 0846 4110 Netgear MA111
product 08de 7a01 Prism device
product 09aa 3642 D-Link DWL-120 rev D
product 0b3b 1601 Hawking WU250
product 0baf 00eb US Robotics 1120
product 0d8e 7a01 Prism device
product 1668 0408 Actiontec Prism2.5 Adapter
product 1668 0421 Actiontec Prism2.5 Adapter
product 1915 2236 Linksys WUSB11 v3.0
product 2001 3700 D-Link DWL-122
product 2001 3702 D-Link DWL-120 rev F
product 413c 8100 Dell TrueMobile 1180
product 8086 1111 Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B

device vnetusba firmware atmel503a
product 03eb 7603 Atmel AT76C503A-i3861 Adapter
product 03eb 7604 Atmel AT76C503A-i3863 Adapter
product 03eb 7605 Atmel AT76C503A-RFMD Adapter
product 050d 0050 Belkin F5D6050 ver 2000
product 05dd ff31 Addtron AWU-120
product 077b 2219 Linksys WUSB11 v2.6
product 0864 4100 NETGEAR MA101
product 0864 4102 NETGEAR MA101 rev B
product 0d5c a002 SMC2662W V.2 / Belkin F5D6050
product 1915 2233 Linksys WUSB11 v2.8
product 2001 3200 D-Link DWL-120 rev E

[spiceit]

Does it matter if the zipper tools cd is created on a different computer than the one that:

A: runs the zipper tools cd

B: is used to telnet to the dtivo

I ask this because when the cd is created from the iso a few commands are executed in the dos window. Maybe these commands are needed for the computer to telnet in?

[Finnstang]

Nope it does not matter.

[teberly]

Is it possible to connect to a zippered and tweaked Tivo via TWP using wireless networking without a router or with a router with an SSID other than the one entered during the Zipper?

I want to give a zippered Tivo to a friend, but will they be able to use TWP to change the Tivo's network settings to match their network's settings?

[Finnstang]

For wireless, you would need to either change it prior to giving it to them, or use serial bash.

[teberly]

For wireless, you would need to either change it prior to giving it to them, or use serial bash.

So if use TWP to change the network settings to match my friends I will no longer be able to connect - even via telnet.

[Finnstang]

If you are both connecting wirelessly, true. If you are using DHCP and can connect via wired, then you could still use it wired with his wireless settings.

[ipodfreek]

I ran zipper successfully. I've got version 2 of the usb200m. My understanding is that it is supported in zipper. But, I get no activity on my router or the nic. I even restarted the Tivo unit with the nic plugged-in, hoping it would see it.

What do I need to do? Please! I'm so close! :)

Thanks.

-Craig

[rbautch]

If you don't get any lights on your adapter, either build/buy a serial cable or pull the drive and mount it back in your PC. Check the /etc/hotplug/usb.map file to see if the linksys usb200m v.2 is listed under the ax8817x heading. Also, navigate to /lib/modules, enter ls -l and post the results here.

[ipodfreek]

Thanks. I have a light on the adapter (the 10/100 light). But, I have no activity on the other lights on the nic, and no activity on my router.

[ipodfreek]

If you don't get any lights on your adapter, either build/buy a serial cable or pull the drive and mount it back in your PC. Check the /etc/hotplug/usb.map file to see if the linksys usb200m v.2 is listed under the ax8817x heading. Also, navigate to /lib/modules, enter ls -l and post the results here.


It came back with 2210 2.4.4/

[Finnstang]

It came back with 2210 2.4.4/
Where/how did you get this?

[gerryger]

I'm pretty sure this question has been asked, however I couldn't find it (250 pages).

I have (2) 250 gig hard drives that were previously zippered without a problem. Due do some errors on my part I pulled them and attempted to reimage them (InstantCake). I receive the following after running zipper.

Restore done.

Not enough extra space to expand A drive

bootpath is /dev/hdc6
rootpath is /dev/hd7

/dev/hdc7: success

What did I do wrong or missing.
It is apparent that only 1 of my drives is recognized . Tivo says I have 30 hours of HD capacity. Previously I had 63 hours.

BTW - I did fdisk the drives before zippering them. Not sure if I had to but I just wanted to make sure they were empty.

[Drewster]

I zippered my HDVR2 tonight, using a Samsung drive and an InstantCake image. Everything appeared to work, except the guide came up all blooey. Local channels were showing up on incorrect numbers, and they displayed shows that are on three hours after the fact. (e.g. if you look at 9:00PM, you see 12:00PM shows laballed as 9:00PM.)

I never saw an error #51 on the TV screen, and so I didn't do the 51killer.tcl script. I tried repeating Guided Setup, and putting in correct dialing information but of course the modem doesn't actually dial now. ;)

I let it sit for a couple hours to get guide data from the satellite, but had to revert to the old drive. The kiddo needs Bob the Builder in the AM. :D


Any ideas what might have been askew?

[Gunnyman]

Andrew
try calling directv and entering 722 when the prompt asks if you have a message on your screen. This will re-authorize your card.

[Finnstang]

Andrew
try calling directv and entering 722 when the prompt asks if you have a message on your screen. This will re-authorize your card.
I thought it was 721?

[ipodfreek]

Where/how did you get this?


I got it by running ls -i in /lib/modules.



Incidentally, the only thing I did different this time when running Zipper, was that I didn't choose the options for a wireless adapter. Instead, I chose "no" that I wouldn't be using a wireless connection, and I just simply put in my IP for the Tivo.
This time my USB200M worked.

[Finnstang]

I got it by running ls -i in /lib/modules.



Incidentally, the only thing I did different this time when running Zipper, was that I didn't choose the options for a wireless adapter. Instead, I chose "no" that I wouldn't be using a wireless connection, and I just simply put in my IP for the Tivo.
This time my USB200M worked.
He was asking you to run ls -l not ls -i (L not I).

[Gunnyman]

I thought it was 721?
721-722-711 all work I believe. I always use 722

[Finnstang]

721-722-711 all work I believe. I always use 722
AAaaaaaaaaaahhhhh...cool.

[TheMerk]

Zippered my DVR40 yesterday! Total time from start to finish was about 20 minutes. The only problems I ran into were being caught off guard when it asks for your service number, and downloading Putty because XP was sending extra line breaks.

[Drewster]

Andrew
try calling directv and entering 722 when the prompt asks if you have a message on your screen. This will re-authorize your card.
Color me confused. At what point did my card get de-authorized?

[Drewster]

Color me confused. At what point did my card get de-authorized?
Putting it another way, should I have re-done guided setup, called in and got all the right guide data *before* running tweaks.sh?

[ipodfreek]

He was asking you to run ls -l not ls -i (L not I).


Oops... oh well... it all worked out. Thanks.

[crazyjoe]

Hello, I have zippered my dtivo and was wondering if there was a way to do the enhancement script without being connected to the internet. I ran sh tweak.sh (as per instructions)and it wont go any further because it is not able to download anything from the website. Is there a way around this. I able to ftp over to it. Any help would be great.

[rbautch]

FTP rbautch_files.tgz to the same directory as tweak.sh.

[crazyjoe]

Thanks. now trying to find how to remove the extra lines when using xp's command prompt

"found it"

[Gunnyman]

unset crlf
is the command you need

[rbautch]

Or try this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=315011&highlight=batch).

[Drewster]

Andrew
try calling directv and entering 722 when the prompt asks if you have a message on your screen. This will re-authorize your card.
Gunny,

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what I need to do. I need to call them on the phone? And say what, exactly?

This so goes against my grain. I usually go into obsessive geek mode with things like this, and normally I would have gone nutso on all the scripts and what they do. But this time I'm trying to take the easy way and it's emotionally very painful. :o

(And to top it off I think this Samsung SP2014N has a cyclic vibration. I can hear the hum to up, then down, then up again, no matter what system or case I have it installed in. I may actually table this until I get a different drive.)

Thanks for indulging me. :)

-Andrew

[Lord Vader]

Call their 800 #, and when the system asks you if you have a 3-digit extension on your screen, enter that ext. #.

[nathan909]

I used zipper to mod my tivo about a year ago. Everything went smooth, but now 1 year later i cannot acces Tivoweb. On the other hand i can get a bash prompt.

What can i do to get Tivoweb up and working again?

Thanks,
Nathan

[MarkF2]

I upgraded a zipped drive to larger zip drive and I kept my files. I want to run tweak again but it is telling me to uninstall it first. However when I run sh tweak_uninstall.sh it craps out and doesn't uninstall.

How do I get this to run?

[nathan909]

I upgraded a zipped drive to larger zip drive and I kept my files. I want to run tweak again but it is telling me to uninstall it first. However when I run sh tweak_uninstall.sh it craps out and doesn't uninstall.

How do I get this to run?

on telnet did you?:

"unset crlf"

[MarkF2]

yes using telnet I did the following:
telnet
unset crlf
open 192.168.0.8
cd /hacks
If I try sh tweak.sh I get a message to unintall it first. When I try to run uninstall it craps out

[MarkF2]

yes using telnet I did the following:
telnet
unset crlf
open 192.168.0.8
cd /hacks
If I try sh tweak.sh I get a message to unintall it first. When I try to run uninstall it craps out

The actual error says:
command not found
in /etc/fstab or var/mtab

Then it shows some errors in line 92

[spiceit]

Gunnyman,

Thank you for your help the past few days.

I have successfully zippered my sd -dr40 and hdvr2. My wireless microsoft mn-510 works fine as well as my wired linksys usb200m.

I have mrv working between the two units.

2 questions:

Is there a way I can also mrv between the zippered units and my other stand alone tivos?

I have the tivo desktop running on my PC and when I choose music and photos from the tv screen tivo menu no server or files show up. I also try to manually add the server IP address and still no files. Is tivodesktop compatible with a zippered tivo?

If not what program do you recommend to "serve" music and photos to my zippered dtivos?

Thanks again!

[up2late]

I zippered my dsr704 and connected it to my network. I then ftp'd rbautch_files.tgz over to the /hacks directory. Next, I telneted to my tivo and ran tweak.sh. It ran well until I encountered the following:

The following IP parameters found in MFS:
IP address is currently set to: 192.168.0.110
Default gateway is currently set to: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask is currently set to: 255.255.255.0
DNS Server is currently set to: 4.2.2.2
DHCP is off
NO WIRELESS PARAMETERS ARE SET IN MFS

and then nothing... the script just stopped running and my session sat open with the cursor flashing after NO WIRELESS PARAMETER ARE SET IN MFS.

I ran telnet session using "putty" on bath a XP sp2 box and then on a win2k box. Also, I ran using both Y and N answers for "express install.

Have you encountered this? Please help. I'm at a standstill. No matter what, I cannot get tweaks.sh to finish.

Thanks


I FIXED THE PROB MYSELF. I ran a fresh install and zippered again and then ran the script under putty after making sure that vt100 was selected under the keyboard option ( don't know if that really makes a difference ) and the script finally ran to completion.

[Drewster]

A question: Why do we not need to do the Clear & Delete Everything with an InstantCake image?

I assume Zipper does something special to obviate that need?

[Gunnyman]

51killer.tcl accomplishes the same thing as Clear and Delete Everything.
It gets run if you answer no to "do you have any recordings to save"

[ttodd1]

Gunnyman,

Thank you for your help the past few days.

I have successfully zippered my sd -dr40 and hdvr2. My wireless microsoft mn-510 works fine as well as my wired linksys usb200m.

I have mrv working between the two units.

2 questions:

Is there a way I can also mrv between the zippered units and my other stand alone tivos?

Yes but the SA needs to be superpatched.

I have the tivo desktop running on my PC and when I choose music and photos from the tv screen tivo menu no server or files show up. I also try to manually add the server IP address and still no files. Is tivodesktop compatible with a zippered tivo?

If not what program do you recommend to "serve" music and photos to my zippered dtivos?

Thanks again!


I don't use TivoDesktop but are you sure the service is running? If you want to try a different program take a look at JavaHMO.

[ttodd1]

I used zipper to mod my tivo about a year ago. Everything went smooth, but now 1 year later i cannot acces Tivoweb. On the other hand i can get a bash prompt.

What can i do to get Tivoweb up and working again?

Thanks,
Nathan

I think it is TWP that will start it up.... of course if you have it set to start on a reboot - reboot the DTivo.

[spiceit]

Yes but the SA needs to be superpatched.




I don't use TivoDesktop but are you sure the service is running? If you want to try a different program take a look at JavaHMO.


ttodd1

Thanks for the quick reply.

How do I superpatch the SA box?

[Drewster]

51killer.tcl accomplishes the same thing as Clear and Delete Everything.
It gets run if you answer no to "do you have any recordings to save"
Ah ha! Thank you.

So is the 'call and re-authorize' SOP for this process? I'm still trying to figure out if I miffed it along the way.

[MarkF2]

I upgraded a zipped drive to larger zip drive and I kept my files. I want to run tweak again but it is telling me to uninstall it first. However when I run sh tweak_uninstall.sh it craps out and doesn't uninstall.

How do I get this to run?

Anyone?

The actual error says:
command not found
in /etc/fstab or var/mtab

Then it shows some errors in line 92

[SteelersFan]

I upgraded a zipped drive to larger zip drive and I kept my files. I want to run tweak again but it is telling me to uninstall it first. However when I run sh tweak_uninstall.sh it craps out and doesn't uninstall.

How do I get this to run?

Anyone?
Try ftp'ing a new copy of the latest tweak and tweak_uninstall to your box and try again.

[trainman]

So is the 'call and re-authorize' SOP for this process? I'm still trying to figure out if I miffed it along the way.

If I recall correctly, my local channels weren't coming in after I had run the Zipper, so I made the call and entered extension 721 -- they showed up within about 30 seconds.

[Drewster]

If I recall correctly, my local channels weren't coming in after I had run the Zipper, so I made the call and entered extension 721 -- they showed up within about 30 seconds.
Huh. I guess I just don't understand why where would have been a change -- it's the same card, after all. Is there some relationship between the card and the installed software that I'm not aware of?

[bman12]

I have successfully zippered and enhanced my three TIVOs in the past. My Phillips dsr708 zippered drive recently bit the dust. Western Digital sent me a new 160GB drive so I decided to use the new zipper 2.0 on it. After zippering twice and making two zipper cds I can't get past powering up. I have tried jumpering cable select, master and master slave present to no avail.
I did notice some errors when zippering.
At one point it said Fixing IP tables mv: unable to rename ip tables no such file or directory
At another it said backing up old drivers installing new drivers mv: unable to rename '/tivo/lib/modules/avx8817x.0' no such file or directory
Also when mounting cdrom it said mounting read only.
I can hear the drive powering down as well while waiting to power up TIVO.

Help...I need to get some sleep!

[Finnstang]

I imagine rbautch or gunny can help more than I can with zipper errors, but I can tell you that mounting the cdrom as read only is normal (the cd can't be written to).

[Gunnyman]

I have successfully zippered and enhanced my three TIVOs in the past. My Phillips dsr708 zippered drive recently bit the dust. Western Digital sent me a new 160GB drive so I decided to use the new zipper 2.0 on it. After zippering twice and making two zipper cds I can't get past powering up. I have tried jumpering cable select, master and master slave present to no avail.
I did notice some errors when zippering.
At one point it said Fixing IP tables mv: unable to rename ip tables no such file or directory
At another it said backing up old drivers installing new drivers mv: unable to rename '/tivo/lib/modules/avx8817x.0' no such file or directory
Also when mounting cdrom it said mounting read only.
I can hear the drive powering down as well while waiting to power up TIVO.

Help...I need to get some sleep!
Sounds like you told the Zipper the wrong ide channel to look for your Tivo HD.

[Gunnyman]

Huh. I guess I just don't understand why where would have been a change -- it's the same card, after all. Is there some relationship between the card and the installed software that I'm not aware of?
Yes
New image has new MFS database. The smart card thinks everything is brand new. A call to DTV to activate service would be required ona new install. For some reason, your locals are the only channels you lose when installing a new image. I also recall having to re-request locals after a clear and delete everything on an unhacked unit.

[bman12]

Sounds like you told the Zipper the wrong ide channel to look for your Tivo HD.

But it goes through the entire process except for the reported errors, and reports success.....learning as I go

[Gunnyman]

Zipper 2.0 is very much in beta by the way. I suggest posting your question in THAT thread or perhaps using Zipper 1.7.

[bkcook]

Hi I have a couple of dtivo's one has never been touched and the other was done but I bought it that way off ebay awhile back.

The biggest thing I want to do is get the shows off to my pc. Should I try to redo it with this system or is it possiable?

[ttodd1]

Hi I have a couple of dtivo's one has never been touched and the other was done but I bought it that way off ebay awhile back.

The biggest thing I want to do is get the shows off to my pc. Should I try to redo it with this system or is it possiable?

Extraction is not allowed to be talked here. You need to go to the "other" fourm.

[bkcook]

Oh I didnt know forgive me I am new. Can you tell me the what the other fourm is?

[Finnstang]

Use google to find a "deal on a database".

[SteelersFan]

I did the just that (manually installing a newer ver of TWP) last night to get 1.3.1 (not the 1.4 beta!), ... and followed the instructions on the thomson.tivo site.

Then, just to avoid having to change anything that zipper had configured, I changed the directory name from TivoWebPlus to tivowebplus. Note that to delete the old installation before the rename, there are a couple of hidden files and one hidden folder that make it a little harder to delete. There's probably a command or switch to delete directories still containing files, but my linux knowledge is still limited. Someone is welcome to volunteer that information for my own future knowledge.
I'm doing the exact same thing and am having the same issue with deleting and renaming dirs. I also tried to rename the old tivowebplus first but got a "Syntax Error, command unrecognized".
Can you give me some help as to how you did this (delete hidden files and folders and rename dirs) or point me in the general direction of the info?
Thanks

[rbautch]

Zipper 2.0 is very much in beta by the way. I suggest posting your question in THAT thread or perhaps using Zipper 1.7.Actually, v2.0 is fairly stable now, so I replaced v1.7 with it on the zipper website last week.

[Finnstang]

I'm doing the exact same thing and am having the same issue with deleting and renaming dirs. I also tried to rename the old tivowebplus first but got a "Syntax Error, command unrecognized".
Can you give me some help as to how you did this (delete hidden files and folders and rename dirs) or point me in the general direction of the info?
Thanks
When I installed TWP 1.4 on my HR10, I found it was much easier to just point the startyp script at the newly created directory with the TWP capitalized. Then once I verified it was running fine, I created a tar backup of the old tivowebplus directory with this command:
tar cvf tivoweb_orig.tar /tivowebplus

Then I ftp'ed the tar file to my pc in binary mode and deleted the tar file and the old directory:
rm tivoweb_orig.tar
rm -r /tivowebplus

[rbautch]

I have successfully zippered and enhanced my three TIVOs in the past. My Phillips dsr708 zippered drive recently bit the dust. Western Digital sent me a new 160GB drive so I decided to use the new zipper 2.0 on it. After zippering twice and making two zipper cds I can't get past powering up. I have tried jumpering cable select, master and master slave present to no avail.
I did notice some errors when zippering.
At one point it said Fixing IP tables mv: unable to rename ip tables no such file or directory
At another it said backing up old drivers installing new drivers mv: unable to rename '/tivo/lib/modules/avx8817x.0' no such file or directory
Also when mounting cdrom it said mounting read only.
I can hear the drive powering down as well while waiting to power up TIVO.
Looks like you have some files missing. A stock 6.2 image contains both iptables and ax8817x.o. While the drive is mounted, navigate to sbin and /lib/modules to see if you can find those files. If not, copy them from another tivo, or reimage your drive.

[rbautch]

I'm doing the exact same thing and am having the same issue with deleting and renaming dirs. I also tried to rename the old tivowebplus first but got a "Syntax Error, command unrecognized".
Can you give me some help as to how you did this (delete hidden files and folders and rename dirs) or point me in the general direction of the info?You can delete the entire directory with "rm -rf /tivowebplus". I usually unpack the tarball on my pc, rename the directory, and then FTP the entire directory over.

[jingooli]

i ran the zipper program and everything seemed to work ok. however, when it all finshed, i still do not see the ability to configure my wifi network within settings, however i am able to still telnet to it via the static IP address i assigned it. i want to turn my wep settings back on, but not sure how to do it through the menus.

[SteelersFan]

You can delete the entire directory with "rm -rf /tivowebplus". I usually unpack the tarball on my pc, rename the directory, and then FTP the entire directory over.
That would probably work too... :rolleyes: ;) (I'm not thinking today. come on brain!)

[bman12]

However, I used this exact image the last time I zippered this TIVO. I might try to use an alphawolf 6.2small image I have laying around and see if that works.

[dlmcmurr]

I'm doing the exact same thing and am having the same issue with deleting and renaming dirs. I also tried to rename the old tivowebplus first but got a "Syntax Error, command unrecognized".
Can you give me some help as to how you did this (delete hidden files and folders and rename dirs) or point me in the general direction of the info?
Thanks
As I said, I did it the hard way. Used ls -al to list all files including hidden (those starting with .), then rm .* to deleted the hidden ones. Then used mv to rename the folder to all lowercase. I really didn't want to say how I did it since, as rbautch says, there is a command to do it in one swell foop. But this old DOS boy eventually got there. :D

Dave

[SteelersFan]

As I said, I did it the hard way. Used ls -al to list all files including hidden (those starting with .), then rm .* to deleted the hidden ones. Then used mv to rename the folder to all lowercase. I really didn't want to say how I did it since, as rbautch says, there is a command to do it in one swell foop. But this old DOS boy eventually got there. :D

Dave
Thanks. I am still getting to know these linux commands and the info you provided will come in handy another time, I'm sure. I'm trying to ween myself off of the automatic updating (run tweak and you're done). :up:

I ended up following Russ' advice. This allowed me to prepare the comlpete set of TWP files (the modules I wanted plus customize the tivoweb.cfg and the httpd-tt.tcl files once for all five of my boxes) before I ftp'd them over.

[ARC]

First question I get from zipper, right out of the gate when I first run Zipper 2.0, is undocumented:

"Please enter the first 3 digits of your service number". Is that the software revision, the serial number, WHAT????
grmbl.... :)

[SteelersFan]

First question I get from zipper, right out of the gate when I first run Zipper 2.0, is undocumented:

"Please enter the first 3 digits of your service number". Is that the software revision, the serial number, WHAT????
grmbl.... :)
The service number is on the back of your DTivo.

[ttodd1]

i ran the zipper program and everything seemed to work ok. however, when it all finshed, i still do not see the ability to configure my wifi network within settings, however i am able to still telnet to it via the static IP address i assigned it. i want to turn my wep settings back on, but not sure how to do it through the menus.

And you won't.

[rbautch]

i ran the zipper program and everything seemed to work ok. however, when it all finshed, i still do not see the ability to configure my wifi network within settings, however i am able to still telnet to it via the static IP address i assigned it. i want to turn my wep settings back on, but not sure how to do it through the menus.Run the setSSIDwep.tcl script in the enhancements directory. The limitation of this script is that you have to choose from 5 pre-determined wepkeys. If that's unacceptable, go to DDB and pick up setSSIDwep2.tcl, which allows you to set any wep key.

[ARC]

The service number is on the back of your DTivo.Phew! that was painless - thanks for the hep. The process yielded one or two errors, but seemed to finish properly. I plugged it into the unit and booted, and at this point I have 98 hours of HD capacity, and it is working fine. I'll install the USB drop and check out the other hack features tomorrow and try to go in over the network.

[jingooli]

Run the setSSIDwep.tcl script in the enhancements directory. The limitation of this script is that you have to choose from 5 pre-determined wepkeys. If that's unacceptable, go to DDB and pick up setSSIDwep2.tcl, which allows you to set any wep key.

Thanks i got it all set up. i'm having problems with it staying connected but that could be my home network. does anyone know how the tivo performs the retry logic on the network interface when it loses connection to the access point?

[ARC]

Phew! that was painless - thanks for the hep. The process yielded one or two errors, but seemed to finish properly. I plugged it into the unit and booted, and at this point I have 98 hours of HD capacity, and it is working fine. I'll install the USB drop and check out the other hack features tomorrow and try to go in over the network. I attached an USB network adapter, an out-of-the-box-new Linksys USB100M, first to the top usb slot on the HR10, powered up the HR10, and then tried to ping. no response. Tried the same thing with the lower USB port, still no response. Verified my router is set to allow a connect on 192.169.1.110 (the address I used during the zipper 2.0 process. Verified the cable itself works (on this laptop).
I reckon I will have to pull the disk from the HR10 and put it into the PC - what can I use as diagnostic techniques to determine why this adapter is not detectable on the network?

The only zipper error message I thought to write down was "unable to ren iptables no such".....

addendum: I noticed that the led indicators on the usb100m were dark, so I put it on my laptop - it is found by the XP OS and the leds do light up, so I think it is probably not the cause of the fault. It appears that the HR10 is not lighting up the USB sockets. What have I missed?

Thanks...

[Bitz69]

The service number is on the back of your DTivo.


what happens if you enter it incorrectly?

[jingooli]

The service number is on the back of your DTivo.

what are the first three digits of the service number used for anyway in the script? i hacked my drive with zipper, and put it into another dtivo with a different service number but it seems to work fine. will there be problems in the future?

[ForrestB]

Hmm, I zippered a few months ago and never had to enter a service number for my Tivo. What's the purpose of this?

[rbautch]

I attached an USB network adapter, an out-of-the-box-new Linksys USB100M, first to the top usb slot on the HR10, powered up the HR10, and then tried to ping. no response. Tried the same thing with the lower USB port, still no response. Verified my router is set to allow a connect on 192.169.1.110 (the address I used during the zipper 2.0 process. Verified the cable itself works (on this laptop).
I reckon I will have to pull the disk from the HR10 and put it into the PC - what can I use as diagnostic techniques to determine why this adapter is not detectable on the network?

The only zipper error message I thought to write down was "unable to ren iptables no such".....

Thanks...

Check the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file, and look for lines that look like this:
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 60
ifconfig eth0 $ipaddress netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw $routeripAlso, post the exact errors you got.

[rbautch]

what are the first three digits of the service number used for anyway in the script? i hacked my drive with zipper, and put it into another dtivo with a different service number but it seems to work fine. will there be problems in the future?I use it to tell the difference between an HR10-250, an R10, or another Dtivo, and tailor the hacks accordingly.

[ARC]

rbautch -
I noticed that the led indicators on the usb100m were dark, so I put it on my laptop - it is found by the XP OS and the leds do light up, so I think it is probably not the cause of the fault. It appears that the HR10 is not lighting up the USB sockets. What have I missed?

Being an old dos command line junkie, I'm ok with typing commands. But I am a total unix igno, so I don't know the best way to actually check the file contents as you suggest. I do know that if I boot on an XP system with the Tivo drive attached that XP will screw up the TiVo disk. So if I boot on the zipper CD or the weaknees CD wth just the TiVo Drive in the PC, and get to a prompt, how do I proceed please?

[rbautch]

Download the latest version, and try it one more time. If you still have trouble, search here for instructions on mounting your drive and navigating around. Or, purchase a driver that doesn't rely on backported drivers, like the Netgear FA120.

[Lord Vader]

I use it to tell the difference between an HR10-250, an R10, or another Dtivo, and tailor the hacks accordingly.

Couldn't the same thing be accomplished if the script simply asked a user if they're using a particular model, something like "a" for HR10-250, "b" for an R10, "c" for an HDVR2, etc.?

[nakedeye]

51killer does not disable encryption; superpatch does that.

All Tivo drives have a DiskConfiguration key stored in MFS. This key, created with the on-board crypto chip, is used to create the individual keys associated with each recording. Now, if you restore an image previously made on another Tivo, the DiskConfiguration key won't "match" the crypto chip, and you'll get an Error 51. 51killer just nukes that key, since generally if you're restoring an image from another box (or InstantCake or whatever) you don't have recordings (or if you do they'd have to be unencrypted anyway).

I may have oversimplified somewhat; if I did Jamie will come along and fix things. :)


Okay I got that. Maybe you could shed some light on this.

I had problems manaly going to 6.3 somehow i ended up in a loop in welcome. I restored my image from the same drive a week ago. I lost all recordings in the week after the image and no recordings from proir will play. I knpw i have to resoter the dc key. i have all the files but i dont quite know where to go from here.

i did a get_DC_key and then a set_DC_key and i still am at a stand point, only know i cant record and my tivo says im not activated by directv.

ahhhhhhhh...............

[ARC]

Download the latest version, and try it one more time. If you still have trouble, search here for instructions on mounting your drive and navigating around. Or, purchase a driver that doesn't rely on backported drivers, like the Netgear FA120.
Dang - I thought the LInksys USB adapter was one of the more basic and reliable ones - I had to go to several stores all over Austin to find it (was told it was an "old" adapter by the guy at Frys who was rather disdainful<G>)....
And I did use the latest zipper, version 2.0, and meticulously followed the printed out instructions. (or is there a newer than 2.0 version? ("last updated 9/21/2006")

Used the zipper 2.0 CD I created, using Burning Nero which had options for ISO & Joliet together, vs. just ISO alone. I made a CD using each method, and tried using the combined version first. Used the same technique to make a weaknees CD, and used that to backuprestore the original TiVo 250gig drive to my new 750gig drive. Since the CD worked fine for that I figured the burning method for the CD was appropriate. Also,since the controlling script file zipper.sh was found and executed I presume that the CD was burned in the format needed. Do you think that is correct or is it possible that even though the zipper.sh file executed, there were portions of the CD that the script was unable to utilize?

Regarding "mounting the drive" - the instructions have a step to mount the CD, which I did do the first time around, successfully. But are you saying that there is also a command needed to mount the hard drive prior to running the zipper.sh ?
That I did not do, so that might be part of my faux pas.

When I had to create various install routines years past in my role as a database programmer and installer, I used to echo various statements, based on error levels returned, into a text log file for debugging. Is there a similar log file created by zipper that I could evaluate? If not, is there a notion that making such a log file could help? Thanks very much for your patience and help.

[spainmiami]

it's way simple. build two discs boot from one change to the other. Telnet in, run a script.
Done

OK guys, I gave in decided to give the Zipper a shot. I'm the one that paid at 11st someone to do it for me. Hower after Gunnyman "simple" comment I decided to try it.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4410929#post4410929

I will be general, only because I have followed the directions to the tee.

I have the S4040R

I even bought the $5 ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso.

hda HDD 250gb
hdb HDD 250gb
hdc DVD-RW
hdd CD-RW

I bought the instant cake6.2

Here's what my zipper tools folder looks like:

000001
bootpage
network.tcl
ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso
rbautch_files.tgz
rc.sysinit.author
set_mrv_name_67.tcl
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.2.tcl
tivopart
tivotools.tar
tweak.sh
tweak_uninstall.sh
vmlinux.px
zipper.sh
Zipper_Installation_Instructions.pdf
Zipper_Version_History.pdf

I use both Alcohol120% and nero to burn image at 4X in cd-r\

I used the batch file to create the zipper_universal_CD.iso size: 302,282KB

I i get when I give it shot is:

I get stuck on:

"Welcome to the zipper"

Nothing happens so after several minutes I hit return and I get the:

PTV Upgrade prompt:(

Any tips I would appreciate.

Also i'm trying to use the 2.0 beta

Should I try the 1.7 more stable zipper?

Thanx in advance guys :D

[rbautch]

Burn another CD and try again.

[SonyTiVoLover]

Wow! 254 pages of posts. Can someone just post a quick reply to a very simply question?

I have a Pioneer 810H DVD recorder running 7.3.1 and a DirectTC HDVR2 running 6.2. Both Series 2 units and only expanded to larger drives, but no other extensions or mods. All the instructions I have seen for adding networking involve starting from scratch with new drives.

I'd like to add networking to my existing drives so I can archive (pull off) shows rather than lose everything by rebuilding the units from scratch. Can I just add the Zipper utilities (and whatever else I may need) to my already existing and expanded drives? Both units work fine, just no USB enablement or ftp utilites or such installed yet. I figure I'll have to take the drives out and put them in a PC to do add the mods.

Is this possible? Is there a thread or step-by-step instructions for doing this that doesn't involve just starting over from scratch?

Thank you for the help!

[jingooli]

i just got one of those airlink ASOHOUSB wired adapters and im attempting to switch from a current working hdvr2 wireless setup to the new adapter. ive run the usbmap.sh script but am unable to get a link light on the airlink (just getting power). so the questions i have are:

a) do you need to uninstall and reinstall tweak.sh to switch from wireless to wired?

and

b) can i do this without completely losing connectivity (since i do not have a serial cable yet)?

thx

UPDATE: browsing through the tcl scripts in /ehancements i found un-setSSIDwep.tcl actually unsets all wireless settings. if i run this, in theory it sets back to wired config and if all is set properly my ASOHOUSB should fire up. can someone confirm this should work since i dont have a serial cable yet (on order...) :)

UPDATE2: after spending about an hour pouring over the enhancement scripts i figured out which parts reset the wired config and install usb2.0. Got it all working now.

[wmldwilly]

Hi all,

I've just AFAICT sucessfully (i hope) copied my HR10-250 stock drive with all my shows to a new 500g drive. It boots the box and plays my shows. I went thru some machinations with MFSrestore and swap partitions and tpip and 759393857857 posts over the last three years that often conflict with each other, but the box booted. Whew! I'm moving on to making the Zipper CD, but need to ask:

Does the included PTVupgrade iso HAVE to be the one listed in the instructions, or can the included iso be the newer "universal boot" version they're selling for 20 bucks that I just used to bounce the old drive to the new one?

I'm going to try it exactly as stated in the instructions and hope for the best, because it seems like if I go all freelance on ya and try the newer image and anything goes wrong, I'll get pounded on for it here! :)

Cheers, WM

[Gunnyman]

if that disk includes killhdinitrd kernels you can use it. There should be a readme on the cd stating such.

[vMAC]

Any help would be appreciated. I have bought the CD from PTVupgrade for $5. I then followed the directions for The Zipper and compiled the iso. I burned the CD and rebooted the computer. It boots to the CD great, says:
"Welcome to the PTVupgrade LBA48 CD Version 4.04DD"

then down at the bottom it says "boot:" and right above that it says to hit <enter> to boot.

I press <enter>! It starts linux and shows all the drive and system information. Then it goes to the next prompt; and according to the directions I supposed to hit enter.

I try to hit enter and nothing works! If I press any of the buttons they don't work; even though the cursor is still blinking which tells me the system hasn't crashed. But it won't go any further and the only thing I can do is restart the ssytem. Can anyone let me know what's going on? I've tried searching and can't find anything.

[spainmiami]

Any help would be appreciated. I have bought the CD from PTVupgrade for $5. I then followed the directions for The Zipper and compiled the iso. I burned the CD and rebooted the computer. It boots to the CD great, says:
"Welcome to the PTVupgrade LBA48 CD Version 4.04DD"

then down at the bottom it says "boot:" and right above that it says to hit <enter> to boot.

I press <enter>! It starts linux and shows all the drive and system information. Then it goes to the next prompt; and according to the directions I supposed to hit enter.

I try to hit enter and nothing works! If I press any of the buttons they don't work; even though the cursor is still blinking which tells me the system hasn't crashed. But it won't go any further and the only thing I can do is restart the ssytem. Can anyone let me know what's going on? I've tried searching and can't find anything.

Ur supposed to hit enter until u get the "PTVupgrade/#" (without the quotes)

Then just follow the directions, and enter the commands posted.

[vMAC]

that's the problem it's freezing or stopping before it gets to that point. It says to hit enter on the screen but it does nothing. Just sits there!

[spainmiami]

Burn another CD and try again.

Thanx, solution found. And i'm not sure if this happened because I have a 16X10 LCD monitor, my settings, or a bug.

However, I kept getting "Welcome to the zipper!" at the bottom of the screen. I set DELL 2005FPW to have 2 screens next to each other (sorta like PIP) then I see it small writing under the "Welcome to the zipper!" "Please enter the first 3 digits of your service number". For now I will say it had to do with my monitor displaying text at the bottom. However, after a reboot and resetting monitor now "Welcome to the zipper!" appears up top.

Which leads me to my next set of questions.

1) Should n00bs be installing the 2.0 beta version? Or the more stable 1.7 zipper?

2) Has anyone noticed that the html instructions http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html are different then the pdf instructions http://www.mastersav.com/Tivo_Zipper/Zipper_installation_instructions.pdf ".

Example, in the pdf, under "Step 3" it says "D. Type cd /cdrom and hit return."
However, the html says "D. Run the main script by typing sh /cdrom/zipper.sh and hit return" thus skipping "Type cd /cdrom"

3) If my router has DHCP and will automatically assign IP address to tivo, why does zipper ask for a static IP? I ask only to learn more.

4)Could more hacks be added to the zipper universal install disc; in addittion to the rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements, superscript-67, and set_mrv_name_67 manually? Or can the rbautch_files.tgz be extracted and hack files be added in there? Example: adding bufferhack41. Or should this be done after said disc is installed?

I ask because in adding bufferhack41 and using hackman I rendered my tivo unsuable, thus no-telnet and no-FTP, though I could ping it, but that was it. So I was thinking, how sweet it could be, if one could upgrade the install disc by adding more hacks to it. This way one does not mess around with the finished product.

[spainmiami]

that's the problem it's freezing or stopping before it gets to that point. It says to hit enter on the screen but it does nothing. Just sits there!It must be having a problem reading the disc u burned it on. Have u tried burning again and perhaps at a slower speed?

[vMAC]

It must be having a problem reading the disc u burned it on. Have u tried burning again and perhaps at a slower speed?

No I found my problem and it was so simple that I'm going to kill myself for not noticing sooner. I had a USB keyboard installed on my comp so when I hit the first <enter> the linux distro had not yet installed. Then it installs itself give me all of the comp information but disables all USB drivers thus my keyboard wasn't working. Went out the the garage grabbed another keyboard ps/2 and *bang* worked like a charm.

[wmldwilly]

Oooooh boy here comes a huge basic question...inspired by a severe brain cramp I seem to be having.

Here goes:

How, when using telnet in terminal.app in mac os x, does one kill the echo? II''mm ggeettiinngg ddoouubbllee cchhaarraacctteerrss...and I can't seem to turn it off.

This can really make a guy feel stewpid.

[wmldwilly]

my HR10-250 has been running for about 10 hours now after bouncing the drive to a new 500gig, then zippering it. Here's my first bit of wierdness:

Just a little bit ago, I got a "scheduled reboot in 20 minutes" message on the screen while watching live TV. At the time the tivo was recording something. The program recording was selected for recording just a few minutes before it's timeslot, so it wasn't in the to do list for very long if at all. I figured that the reboot process would trap for recording in progress, and cancel if there was recording in progress or go ahead with the reboot if there wasn't or wasn't going to be in the next few minutes.

I was quite wrong. While recording a movie in HD it flashed it's 10 minutes warning, then at the time it said it would it quite unceremoniously rebooted, killing my recording of course. Once it was done and back to pictures, it resumed recording.

So my question is...isn't it supposed to NOT interrupt recordings and just skip the reboot until next time the cron job comes around?

Suggestions appreciated,

WM

[ForrestB]

How, when using telnet in terminal.app in mac os x, does one kill the echo? II''mm ggeettiinngg ddoouubbllee cchhaarraacctteerrss...and I can't seem to turn it off.


From the OSX terminal, type:

telnet -K ipaddress[return]

when ipaddress is the ipaddress of your Tivo

[wmldwilly]

OH thank gawd! Thank you ForrestB. Now can I ask for the purpose of educating myself and readers who find this in the future: what's the -K switch for/do...beyond solving my particular problem?

Cheers again,

WM

[ttodd1]

4)Could more hacks be added to the zipper universal install disc; in addittion to the rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements, superscript-67, and set_mrv_name_67 manually? Or can the rbautch_files.tgz be extracted and hack files be added in there? Example: adding bufferhack41. Or should this be done after said disc is installed?

I ask because in adding bufferhack41 and using hackman I rendered my tivo unsuable, thus no-telnet and no-FTP, though I could ping it, but that was it. So I was thinking, how sweet it could be, if one could upgrade the install disc by adding more hacks to it. This way one does not mess around with the finished product.

Hacks were added with the authors permissions, my 1st guess would be if the hack is not in there then they do not have permission to repackage/redistribute it. Hackman has a warning about useing it to modify the author file and that what you had happen could happen.

[Gunnyman]

We included the hacks we did, because they are relatively innocuous. Hackman can be dangerous in inexperienced hands so we decided to remove it from the original Zipper distribution. We included enough to have a pretty full featured system, but also left some things out for a user to be curious about and explore installing on their own.

[spainmiami]

We included the hacks we did, because they are relatively innocuous. Hackman can be dangerous in inexperienced hands so we decided to remove it from the original Zipper distribution. We included enough to have a pretty full featured system, but also left some things out for a user to be curious about and explore installing on their own.

I C.

I just can't resist the idea of being able to have dual buffers with up to 1hour on each. Guess i miss the old UTV days, which if not mistaken gave 90 mins.

With that said, I'm so willing to take whatever risk, to get those hour long dual buffers to work. Also, the fact that it doesn't exist in my hr20, I figure i'd make up for it in my Tivo's.

I'd love to post the error i'm getting when attempting to telnet it, but out of respect for this thread. And prob. someone may flame me and send me ddb forum. Which I would not even dare ask over there, for I would get flamed instantly just for asking.

So one could say, i'm sorta stuck between a rock and a 'search' place, lol.

[SteelersFan]

1) Should n00bs be installing the 2.0 beta version? Or the more stable 1.7 zipper?
2.0 is stable and no longer beta.

[SteelersFan]

I C.

I just can't resist the idea of being able to have dual buffers with up to 1hour on each. Guess i miss the old UTV days, which if not mistaken gave 90 mins.

With that said, I'm so willing to take whatever risk, to get those hour long dual buffers to work. Also, the fact that it doesn't exist in my hr20, I figure i'd make up for it in my Tivo's.

I'd love to post the error i'm getting when attempting to telnet it, but out of respect for this thread. And prob. someone may flame me and send me ddb forum. Which I would not even dare ask over there, for I would get flamed instantly just for asking.

So one could say, i'm sorta stuck between a rock and a 'search' place, lol.
I haven't installed this so I can't help with the specifics. However, this little process will work if you are patient and determined:
1. Search
2. Read
3. Repeat

:)

[spainmiami]

I haven't installed this so I can't help with the specifics. However, this little process will work if you are patient and determined:
1. Search
2. Read
3. Repeat

:)

Just go it. Good ol "search" and "read" got me there. Turns out I was ftp'in in ASCII mode and it then I read about FTP via "binary" mode. That did the trick.
I highly recommend this hack.

I now have 2 hour buffers on each tuner! And I was only looking for 1hour. In reading and searching, many have said they've used 2 hour buffers for years. It's a must if u ask me.

[SteelersFan]

Just go it. Good ol "search" and "read" got me there. Turns out I was ftp'in in ASCII mode and it then I read about FTP via "binary" mode. That did the trick.
I highly recommend this hack.

I now have 2 hour buffers on each tuner! And I was only looking for 1hour. In reading and searching, many have said they've used 2 hour buffers for years. It's a must if u ask me.
Way to go! Now, aren't you glad you're doing this stuff youself? ;) Fun, isn't it?

[willardcpa]

....So my question is...isn't it supposed to NOT interrupt recordings and just skip the reboot until next time the cron job comes around?

Suggestions appreciated,

WMNo it IS supposed to interrupt recordings and do the reboot. Unless you told it when you were setting up the Zipper not to. That was an option, but apparently you didn't set it up that way. :(

[wmldwilly]

No it IS supposed to interrupt recordings and do the reboot. Unless you told it when you were setting up the Zipper not to. That was an option, but apparently you didn't set it up that way. :(

Except that I DID set it up that way. I was expecting that question and prepared for it, since my wife's favorite yoga show hovers around that time of the night. :rolleyes:

I believe the question was something like "would you like your tivo to reboot twice a week to clean up and improve performance, as long as no recording is taking place? (y/n)" or words to that effect.

So next question - if for whatever reason it did NOT end up set that way (I mean it wasn't like it was a trick question?!?), I would change it by editing a cron table somewhere, yes? Anyone care to point me in the right direction?

YEA yea yea...I'm searching...I'm searching. :D

WM

[willardcpa]

Except that I DID set it up that way. I was expecting that question and prepared for it, since my wife's favorite yoga show hovers around that time of the night. :rolleyes:

I believe the question was something like "would you like your tivo to reboot twice a week to clean up and improve performance, as long as no recording is taking place? (y/n)" or words to that effect.

So next question - if for whatever reason it did NOT end up set that way (I mean it wasn't like it was a trick question?!?), I would change it by editing a cron table somewhere, yes? Anyone care to point me in the right direction?

YEA yea yea...I'm searching...I'm searching. :D

WMOK, but as I recall the way the question was worded its like you had to "go against the grain" answer wise to get it to do what you want to do. Because of the havoc that could be caused if your tivo did not reboot for six days and change (if you have your phone plugged in) - like it's only got one chance since it only reboots twice a week. But that's just my memory, so I could be wrong.
Do you have the phone plugged in?, the answer will unfluence which way you should go from here.

[Lord Vader]

the answer will unfluence...

Unfluence??? Now THERE'S a typo I haven't seen before! :p

[Rathgar2]

I am about to attempt to Hack my DirecTivo Hughes SD-DVR40 and put 2 250 Hardrives into it. While I am at it I would like to enable the USB ports and get the lil' buddy on my network.

:confused: The one thing that has been vexing me is info around the InstantCake Image. If I am planning on using the PTVupgrade LBA48 CD v4.04 and first create a backup image of my 6.2 OS, then why would I need to buy the InstantCake Image? Could I not just use the one I had created? :confused:

Can someone confirm that for me, that I should just use the backup image that I produce as part of the MFSTools Instructions and then Zipper it? Can you confirm that this is essentially what the "killhdinitrd" does?
WTTW Ken

[willardcpa]

Unfluence??? Now THERE'S a typo I haven't seen before! :pWell, in my defense, the "i" and "u" are right next to each other on the keyboard. :o

[gfb107]

I am about to attempt to Hack my DirecTivo Hughes SD-DVR40 and put 2 250 Hardrives into it. While I am at it I would like to enable the USB ports and get the lil' buddy on my network.

:confused: The one thing that has been vexing me is info around the InstantCake Image. If I am planning on using the PTVupgrade LBA48 CD v4.04 and first create a backup image of my 6.2 OS, then why would I need to buy the InstantCake Image? Could I not just use the one I had created? :confused:

Can someone confirm that for me, that I should just use the backup image that I produce as part of the MFSTools Instructions and then Zipper it? Can you confirm that this is essentially what the "killhdinitrd" does?
WTTW Ken
You can use your own backup image, or just don't put a backup image on the Zipper CD at all. It only needs to be there if you want to restore from it as part of the Zipper process.

It's there to simplify the process for people who are replacing the exisiting drive with another (presumably larger) drive that doesn't already have the TiVo software on it.

I don't know for sure, but I don't remember the Zipper providing a way to restore the image and expand to include a 2nd drive. You can do that before Zippering (and skip the restore as part of Zipper), of mfsadd the 2ns drive after ZIppering.

[rbautch]

Just a little bit ago, I got a "scheduled reboot in 20 minutes" message on the screen while watching live TV. At the time the tivo was recording something. The program recording was selected for recording just a few minutes before it's timeslot, so it wasn't in the to do list for very long if at all. I figured that the reboot process would trap for recording in progress, and cancel if there was recording in progress or go ahead with the reboot if there wasn't or wasn't going to be in the next few minutes.

I was quite wrong. While recording a movie in HD it flashed it's 10 minutes warning, then at the time it said it would it quite unceremoniously rebooted, killing my recording of course. Once it was done and back to pictures, it resumed recording.

So my question is...isn't it supposed to NOT interrupt recordings and just skip the reboot until next time the cron job comes around?The Enhancement script asks you if you want forced reboots, or to skip reboots if something is recording. You must have answered that question wrong. You can fix it by editing your crontab or re-running the enhancement script. IIRC, I have the reboots set to 3am CST, when I'm usually sound asleep, and the only thing worthy of recording are those awesome Erik Estrada infomercials.

Edit: Here is the actual question:"Do you want weekly reboots to only occur if no programs are recording?"
"Enter n if you plan to leave a phone line connected for callerID, etc [y/n]: "I'll concede it's not the clearest question. If someone can come up with a better two sentence yes/no question, I'll replace it.

[wmldwilly]

OK, but as I recall the way the question was worded its like you had to "go against the grain" answer wise to get it to do what you want to do. Because of the havoc that could be caused if your tivo did not reboot for six days and change (if you have your phone plugged in) - like it's only got one chance since it only reboots twice a week. But that's just my memory, so I could be wrong.
Do you have the phone plugged in?, the answer will unfluence which way you should go from here.

Indeed. A quick "cat start.sh" sort of refreshes my memory...

###################### OPTIONAL CRONTAB EVENTS #####################################
echo "Do you want weekly reboots to only occur if no programs are recording?"
echo -n "Enter n if you plan to leave a phone line connected for callerID, etc [y/n]: "
read force
if [ "$force" = "n" ]; then
echo "Appending crontab to force reboot every Sunday and Wednesday at 3:25am CST..."
echo "# Use a forced reboot (no safereboot)" >> /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron/crontabs/root

I think I in fact did answer no, because I thought letting callerID work would be cool...so, I take it from what I found in start.sh that somewhere in some file I'll have to edit "safereboot" to yes and not no...

Anyone willing to point me at the place to make that change? Forget caller ID...it's way LESS cool than having my wife not find her yoga show when she goes to work out in the morning... :D This also begs the question - can one just run the start.sh script again to change one's settings or is that nasty and dangerous?

WM

[wmldwilly]

The Enhancement script asks you if you want forced reboots, or to skip reboots if something is recording. You must have answered that question wrong. You can fix it by editing your crontab or re-running the enhancement script. IIRC, I have the reboots set to 3am CST, when I'm usually sound asleep, and the only thing worthy of recording are those awesome Erik Estrada infomercials.

Aah yes, but I'm a left-coast person, so that's 1am to my people. Having full blown whoode-doo 5-sat HD service *and* my newly MFSd/Zippered HD tivo means that 1am is a perfect time to have it bank up HD movies on their 8584958th repeat on HBO HD, or cool old classics on other channels. Not to mention my oft mentioned problem with the wifey-poo's yoga shows getting interrupted. I do NOT wanna go THERE! :D

Edit: Here is the actual question:"Do you want weekly reboots to only occur if no programs are recording?"
"Enter n if you plan to leave a phone line connected for callerID, etc [y/n]: "I'll concede it's not the clearest question. If someone can come up with a better two sentence yes/no question, I'll replace it.

I'm wracking my brain but I don't have a good suggestion, just "Enter n if you will leave a phone line connected for CallerID, etc. but be advised recordings will be interrupted by the reboot" or something like that. Can it be more than two sentences? How about just a run-on sentence? ;)

Thanks again - so far my zipper experience for me was pretty darn painless. :D

[rbautch]

Anyone willing to point me at the place to make that change? Forget caller ID...it's way LESS cool than having my wife not find her yoga show when she goes to work out in the morning... :D This also begs the question - can one just run the start.sh script again to change one's settings or is that nasty and dangerous?

WM
Don't run start.sh, run tweak.sh. It will prompt you to uninstall before you re-install. That makes things clean.

[vMAC]

Newb question, but why does it have to reboot at all?

Also I have just zippered my drive with hopes of adding wireless drivers to my 10-250. But it appears that according to the guide I must first install a wired adaptor, run the script, buy the slicer, upgrade to 6.3a then install wireless drivers for this to work?

Anyway to skip using a wired adaptor, and just run the script while the drive is connected to my computer?

[shortkud]

I just ran the zipper on my newly purchased HR10-250, and it went flawlessly. I've used it 5 or 6 times on my DSR-704 which has been running great. One thing I did notice when running through the steps on the Zipper website is that it didnt mention the step where you had to insert the first 3 letters of your service tag #. Is that something new, or just required for the HR10-250. I don't remember having to enter that information when I zippered my DSR-704. Off to find another USB200M ver 1.

Thanks for everything gunny!

:edit: Stupid extra line feeds getting me again :P

:edit2: I tried to record something and now the Please wait... is stuck in the upper right hand corner with the little clock logo. Its up there for a few minutes than goes away. Any ideas why it takes so long?

[charlestwaters]

Newb question, but why does it have to reboot at all?

Also I have just zippered my drive with hopes of adding wireless drivers to my 10-250. But it appears that according to the guide I must first install a wired adaptor, run the script, buy the slicer, upgrade to 6.3a then install wireless drivers for this to work?

Anyway to skip using a wired adaptor, and just run the script while the drive is connected to my computer?

At this time, even with version 6.3a of the software on the HR10-250, there is no wireless connection support. You are stuck with using a wired adapter!

[charlestwaters]

Anyone know why CallerID would stop working on v6.3 HR10 that wasn't sliced!? It worked fine last night, but now work work today!

[rbautch]

Newb question, but why does it have to reboot at all?

Also I have just zippered my drive with hopes of adding wireless drivers to my 10-250. But it appears that according to the guide I must first install a wired adaptor, run the script, buy the slicer, upgrade to 6.3a then install wireless drivers for this to work?

Anyway to skip using a wired adaptor, and just run the script while the drive is connected to my computer?3.1.5f software does not have the capability to use a wireless adapter, so yes you need to use a wired adapter first. If you know what you're doing, you can get around this by upgrading to 6.3a "naturally" (resulting in an unhacked tivo), then use mfsbackup to create a 6.3a image, then use that with the Zipper to set up wireless networking. If you decide to try this, read the caveats here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817.

[rbautch]

I just ran the zipper on my newly purchased HR10-250, and it went flawlessly. I've used it 5 or 6 times on my DSR-704 which has been running great. One thing I did notice when running through the steps on the Zipper website is that it didnt mention the step where you had to insert the first 3 letters of your service tag #. Is that something new, or just required for the HR10-250. I don't remember having to enter that information when I zippered my DSR-704. Off to find another USB200M ver 1.

Thanks for everything gunny!
Your welcome. The service number stuff is new, and I added it do distinguish between different tivo models/platforms and tailor the hacks accordingly. I thought it was pretty obvious, but enough people have asked about it that I might stick it in the instructions.

[shortkud]

Thanks for the reply rbautch, but I have a little question. What should the transfer speeds be like. I remember reading something on avsforum a bit ago about upgrading the usb drivers on the hr10-250 to gain higher transfer speeds. Does the zipper/enhancement script already do that. If not can you point me in some direction, googling has not been successful.

[vMAC]

3.1.5f software does not have the capability to use a wireless adapter, so yes you need to use a wired adapter first. If you know what you're doing, you can get around this by upgrading to 6.3a "naturally" (resulting in an unhacked tivo), then use mfsbackup to create a 6.3a image, then use that with the Zipper to set up wireless networking. If you decide to try this, read the caveats here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817.


You're the best, I will try this when i get home on Thursday. Thanks for all your help.

[rbautch]

Thanks for the reply rbautch, but I have a little question. What should the transfer speeds be like. I remember reading something on avsforum a bit ago about upgrading the usb drivers on the hr10-250 to gain higher transfer speeds. Does the zipper/enhancement script already do that. If not can you point me in some direction, googling has not been successful.Using Jamie's backported drivers that are installed by the zipper/enhancement script, transfer speeds will approximately double.

[dodgeboy]

Check the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file, and look for lines that look like this:
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 60
ifconfig eth0 $ipaddress netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw $routeripAlso, post the exact errors you got.

I had the exact same problem with my HR10-250 tonight. Based on this post, I was able to determine the issue.

/lib/modules/ac8817x.o didn't exist in my fresh zipper install. I had to copy it from /ptvupgrade/modules/usb20/2.4.20/backup-315f, and then all was well.

Hope this helps!

Dave

[Finnstang]

Except that I DID set it up that way. I was expecting that question and prepared for it, since my wife's favorite yoga show hovers around that time of the night. :rolleyes:

I believe the question was something like "would you like your tivo to reboot twice a week to clean up and improve performance, as long as no recording is taking place? (y/n)" or words to that effect.

So next question - if for whatever reason it did NOT end up set that way (I mean it wasn't like it was a trick question?!?), I would change it by editing a cron table somewhere, yes? Anyone care to point me in the right direction?

YEA yea yea...I'm searching...I'm searching. :D

WM
You can type root at the bash prompt to bring up the cron. Then just edit the time for the offending line to make it a couple hours later or whatever.

[willardcpa]

Newb question, but why does it have to reboot at all?....
I take it you are refering to the discourse with wmldwilly regarding his box rebooting at an inopportune time.
He was trying to utilize the callerid feature, in order to do this you have to leave the phone line plugged in. If you leave the phone line plugged in the box might call home, download a new software version and there go all of your hacks. So the zipper has "fakecall" built-in to fake the box into thinking that it has made a call in. Unfortunately the fakecall only "takes" if the box is rebooted. So the box has to be rebooted in order for fakecall to successfully make it thing that it has already called in and not actually make a call.

[vMAC]

I take it you are refering to the discourse with wmldwilly regarding his box rebooting at an inopportune time.
He was trying to utilize the callerid feature, in order to do this you have to leave the phone line plugged in. If you leave the phone line plugged in the box might call home, download a new software version and there go all of your hacks. So the zipper has "fakecall" built-in to fake the box into thinking that it has made a call in. Unfortunately the fakecall only "takes" if the box is rebooted. So the box has to be rebooted in order for fakecall to successfully make it thing that it has already called in and not actually make a call.

So could I then say that I'm going to use the callerid feature, but not ever plug it into the phone line (considering I don't have one or ever plan to again). Would it then not reboot? Or would I have to tell the script not to install Fakecall when I rezipper my drive?

I know this may sounds stupid but something about my tivo rebooting kind of scares me.

[Finnstang]

I prefer the box to reboot every couple of days. I think it runs better over all. If you want to make sure it doesn't happen during a show you record just change the cron time for that event so it happens when you won't be recording anything.

[wmldwilly]

I prefer the box to reboot every couple of days. I think it runs better over all. If you want to make sure it doesn't happen during a show you record just change the cron time for that event so it happens when you won't be recording anything.

Thanks for the tip on changing the boot time, Finn!

I think the subtext to this little side discussion (and this is for rbautch to weigh in on...) is that most of us get that rebooting every few days is a good thing, and rebooting on a more stringent schedule is needed if you DO want to plug in the phone but you DON'T want to call home and get an upgrade shoved down your throat. The curious and moderately technical among us would probably love to hear why the reboot can't be postphoned some guestimated amount if there IS a recording in progress, wether it's on the more loose (not using the phone line at all) or more strict (using it for callerID/PPV but dont' want to call the mothership) rules. Sounds like the cron job to reboot to run fakecall needs to be a cron job to run a script to check for recording in progress or recording in tee-minus-x minutes and based on the condtion run yet another script to postphone the reboot x minutes or continue with the reboot.

rebooting soon - check for recording
if recording = true, postphone rebooting 15 minutes
if recording = false, check for recording soon,
if recording soon = true, postphone rebooting 240 minutes
if recording soon = false, reboot

I'm sure the giants of tivo-ana around here have already thought of this, but hey I'm just thinking out loud!!! ;)

WM

[rbautch]

That's an interesting idea, and could be done fairly easily I think. Instead of a reboot command in the crontab, it would instead run a script that contains loop that keeps checking if something is recording, and if it is, sleeps for 10 minutes, and then goes round the loop again and again until nothing is recording. I'll put this in my to-do hopper, unless anyone else wants to give it a shot.

[mrsean]

On the Zipper website it says that the Zipper 2.0 does not work with 6.3 on the HR10-250. However, I read in another post that is it possible to use the Zipper with 6.3(a).

Can someone please clarifiy this?

Thanks!

[Darin]

I have an HR10-250 that has developed some HD problems. I've always wanted some of the features that zipper provides, and now that I've got the HDs out to replace them, this seems like a good time. Unfortunately since I've been thrown into this upgrade rather than planning it, I haven't had a chance to do all the research I should do, so apolgies up front for some stupid questions.

First off, I need to get a network adapter for it. What I've seen in the zipper wiki suggests that the AGIGAUSB gigabit adapter works with the HR10-250, but I had seen another post that says it needs adapters based on a certain chipset, which this adapter is not. I'm assuming that post was old, and support for this adapter is now included in zipper, but wanted to make sure I'm correct before I buy an adapter. I have a gigabit network, so it may provide better performance.

Currently, I'm in the process of using dd_rescue to get the old data off my drives. I don't care about saving my recordings, but mfsbackup didn't work, or at least didn't complete in the 14hrs I allowed it. I'm assuming once I get this down to a recording-less backup file, I can use that image with zipper? I want to re-use my existing install if possible (rather than finding a virgin image), because since first installing the hr10-250 I've switched to VoIP, and it can no longer call out. Although I have seen mention in the zipper documentation that calling out isn't necessary... am I wasting my time with the dd_rescue? Should I instead be looking for a virgin hr10-250 image to put on the new replacement drives with zipper?

Last question for now... due to the time crunch I'm in, I don't have time to fully research all this before putting the TiVo back together, and due to where it's mounted, once it goes in, I may not pull it out again to do more to it. If I follow the instructions on the zipper site to create the image on the HD, put it back to gether and install it, will I then have enough on it that I can later add other tools and make changes via network access? In other words, is just getting zipper loaded on the HD enough to be able to make all future changes and tool additions via ethernet?

Thanks in advance!

[Finnstang]

It's up to you whether you want to spend the time making your backup, but personally, I would just get a virgin image and go ahead with the zipper. The daily call definitely isn't necessary, and when you zipper, it will install fakecall to keep it from trying to call. The zipper will add network access, so yes you will then be able to do more hacks or make changes afterwards. I'm not sure about the supported USB adapters, but there are lists of what does and doesn't work. Someone else may chime in about that.

[RiP-HS-]

Here's what my zipper tools folder looks like:

000001
bootpage
network.tcl
ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso
rbautch_files.tgz
rc.sysinit.author
set_mrv_name_67.tcl
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl
tivopart
tivotools.tar
tweak.sh
tweak_uninstall.sh
vmlinux.px
zipper.sh
Zipper_Installation_Instructions.pdf
Zipper_Version_History.pdf



I used zipper_isomaker.bat to create the zipper_universal_CD.iso size is only: 12.3MB (on the disk)

What am I doing wrong? Before i realized there was a problem, I booted everything up and did the mount /dev/hdd /cdrom and it mounted once i tried to
sh /cdrom/zipper.sh it says that zipper.sh can't be found.

I am on a second PC right now and tried to make another zipper cd and the .iso
that the zipper_isomaker.bat is 12,652KB. Am I supposed to just make a data CD of the whole folder? The Folder with ALL of the files in it is 333,012,524 bytes so I'm assuming that I burn all contents of the folder... I'll try that while awating response.
3 coasters and counting... lol

Thanks!

[rbautch]

On the Zipper website it says that the Zipper 2.0 does not work with 6.3 on the HR10-250. However, I read in another post that is it possible to use the Zipper with 6.3(a).

Can someone please clarifiy this?

Thanks!It does not "officially" work with 6.3 or 6.3a, but you can make it work with the few extra steps that I posted. If those are beyond your capabilities, then use a 3.1.5f image, run the Zipper, and then do a slice upgrade to 6.3.

[rbautch]

Here's what my zipper tools folder looks like:

000001
bootpage
network.tcl
ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso
rbautch_files.tgz
rc.sysinit.author
set_mrv_name_67.tcl
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl
tivopart
tivotools.tar
tweak.sh
tweak_uninstall.sh
vmlinux.px
zipper.sh
Zipper_Installation_Instructions.pdf
Zipper_Version_History.pdf



I used zipper_isomaker.bat to create the zipper_universal_CD.iso size is only: 12.3MB (on the disk)

What am I doing wrong? Before i realized there was a problem, I booted everything up and did the mount /dev/hdd /cdrom and it mounted once i tried to
sh /cdrom/zipper.sh it says that zipper.sh can't be found.

I am on a second PC right now and tried to make another zipper cd and the .iso
that the zipper_isomaker.bat is 12,652KB. Am I supposed to just make a data CD of the whole folder? The Folder with ALL of the files in it is 333,012,524 bytes so I'm assuming that I burn all contents of the folder... I'll try that while awating response.
3 coasters and counting... lol

Thanks!
The batch file takes all the files in the tools folder and adds them to the PTV boot disk iso. That's not happening for you. Is there a file called miso.exe in the same directory as insomaker.bat?

[Darin]

... use a 3.1.5f image ...
Does it specifically need to be a 3.1.5f image? What I was planning on doing was using the back-up I've created from my currently down HR10-250. I switched to VoIP about 600 days ago (based on the last time my SD tivo says it made a successful call), so I don't know how current my software is. It could be 3.1.5.e, or whatever was current 600 days ago. Will that work, or do I need to get ahold of a current image?

[Lord Vader]

It does not "officially" work with 6.3 or 6.3a, but you can make it work with the few extra steps that I posted. If those are beyond your capabilities, then use a 3.1.5f image, run the Zipper, and then do a slice upgrade to 6.3.

Assuming, of course, that one can even GET the 6.3 slices. My father's unit, for example, hasn't received 6.3a at all yet, and this is even after the add63.tcl script was run.

[RiP-HS-]

The batch file takes all the files in the tools folder and adds them to the PTV boot disk iso. That's not happening for you. Is there a file called miso.exe in the same directory as insomaker.bat?

Yes sir it is. In my other thread I posted pics of the files if you would like to take a look at them.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8210
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8211

Apologies for posting same question in two threads, getting nervous... lol

thanks...

[Darin]

I'm sorry, I still have a couple more questions. I'm reading through the zipper page to make sure I understand everything, and collecting the files I need. In the installation instructions, it says "If you copied a software image to your Zipper CD, the script will detect it and prompt you to install it". If I'm either using a virgin image or a back-up I've created from my current HD, and I'm going to install all this on the TiVo with two new 400GB hard drives, does this step automatically run all the commands needed to expand and marry the drives, use the -r 4 switch for the large drives, etc? Or does it simply give me the option to run the mfsrestore command with whatever switches I want? Or should I install the TiVo image first then run zipper?

Also, it says once you've installed the drives you should boot the TiVo and then telnet into it to run the enhancement script. I've ordered a network interface for it, but it won't be here for a week, and I need to get my tivo back up before then. If all this gets installed, will it essentially sit there "dormant", while my TiVo operates normally until I activate it by running the script, or will this hacked OS not run until installation is finalized by running the enhancement script? If it DOES work in plain old vanilla TiVo mode until the script is run, what if I used a generic (virgin) image file... does it go through a set-up just like normal, requiring a successful phone call to get up and running, or does fakecall get installed right away, even without the enhancement script, so that it'll work right off the bat without a successful call (which it won't be able to make due to my VoIP)? Am I better off restoring my back-up from my previously set-up image (which may or may not be 3.1.5f), then installing zipper on top of that?

And last but not least... there are certain things I know we can't talk about here. Last I knew, a hacked image was required that changed the format of the saved data to do some of those things we can't talk about. If I later want to do something that I won't be able to talk about, will I be able to add that functionality via network access through zipper, as opposed to having to pull the HD and re-image? I sort of asked this question earlier, but didn't know if the response included something that couldn't be talked about. :o

Sorry again for having so many questions - I wish I had more time to research all this on my own, but having the HD die at a very bad point in time is pushing me through this faster than I can absorb it all.

Thanks again!

[willardcpa]

Darin, you say your old back up may or may not be 3.1.5f, so I take it you have a 10-250?
What are your plans re the 6.3a update, take it or not?

Edited to add, sorry looked back and confirmed that you do have a 10-250 and you don't necessarily want to be messing with it too many times.

Is it possible to temporarily hook it up for testing purposes while you are hacking it? What I have to suggest would necessitate that. My suggestion is partially based upon limited knowledge, but it worked for me, so I think it will for you too. But it will necessitate firing the box up and then working on it some more.

[Darin]

Yes, it's certainly possible. It's just kind of a PITA due to where it's mounted, and the length of the cables. Of course, depending on how much "testing" needs to be done, it doesn't necessarily need to be tested in it's normal location. So anything is possible, just trying to minimize the time involved. :)

And yes, as you saw, it's a 10-250, and the only reason I'm not sure of the version is because it's currently dismantled, and it's been so long since it's had a successful call-in that I don't even know if 3.1.5f was out the last time it called in.

Oh, and on 6.3... I'm taking a wait & see attitude. Actually, some form of hacking would be my only way to get an update without carting it to someone else's house to call in.

[Takahashi]

hey, ya know what? I know they're not very well known, but you're talking about faves? i heard this track. and it's like hearing the Yard Birds only better! anyways i'm totally into the Rave ups's version of "smoke stack" total tube tone! you could look on theraveups.com

[RiP-HS-]

hey, ya know what? I know they're not very well known, but you're talking about faves? i heard this track. and it's like hearing the Yard Birds only better! anyways i'm totally into the Rave ups's version of "smoke stack" total tube tone! you could look on theraveups.com

What are you talking about?

[RiP-HS-]

well,

I have upgraded my hard drive and I *THINK* it's zippered.
Problem is... I can't get my Linksys USB200M version 2 to connect. If I plug and unplug it a few times sometimes all 3 lights will come on, somtimes only the right f/h light and most often no lights at all. I can not ping the tivo nor telnet to it. I have read that it's good to go with zipper ver. 1.7 and up. When i was setting up zipper, the first time I set the wireless part up - when it didn't work, I redid zipper and said no to wireless and set up wired:
192.168.1.1 (router ip)
and assigned 192.168.1.109 to the tivo.

any suggestions? I have literally been at this for about 12 hours. first it was not copying the zipper_cd right, worked around that and now this... very frustrating. At least I have went from 35 hours to 238 hours, so at least one good thing has came out of it so far.

thanks in advance.

[willardcpa]

Yes, it's certainly possible. It's just kind of a PITA due to where it's mounted, and the length of the cables. Of course, depending on how much "testing" needs to be done, it doesn't necessarily need to be tested in it's normal location. So anything is possible, just trying to minimize the time involved. :)

And yes, as you saw, it's a 10-250, and the only reason I'm not sure of the version is because it's currently dismantled, and it's been so long since it's had a successful call-in that I don't even know if 3.1.5f was out the last time it called in.

Oh, and on 6.3... I'm taking a wait & see attitude. Actually, some form of hacking would be my only way to get an update without carting it to someone else's house to call in.OK, then on to what I would do if I were you. I did it this way on 3 SD DTivos myself and it worked fine.
Basically, I used Hinsdale to do the multidisk expansion. For you you would use your old image. Then put the disks back in the box and make sure it worked. I am unfamiliar with the Zippers procedure to use it to expand the drives, maybe that got added on after I did mine, or I just wanted to do it with Hinsdale first to make sure that it worked. (Come to think of it, I think that I was using one image on the three machines and had to go through the guided setup, clear and delete, call home, sequence. So that maybe why I went the route that I did). Anyway, since you would be using your own backup image it wouldn't need to go through guided setup.
Hinsdale it, put it back together, make sure that it boots up. I dont think that I even hooked mine up to the satellite, it will "fault out" if not, but it will let you see the Tivo menus etc, and after you look at system information, verify your hours are up then you are ready for step two.
Pull it back apart, put disk A in your 'puter and zip it. Then put it back in your tivo and fire it back up. I am pretty sure that at that point the zipper is pretty much asleep, the only thing that is really active is the part that activates the USB port. I am pretty sure that you can just go ahead and use it like a regular tivo until you get your USB/ethernet adapter. At that point, you can telnet into it and start up the enhancement script. I think that the only "problem" you will have in the iinterim is with the recording you make - I don't think that you can do some of the "extra" things with them as they will be encrypted. You can still watch them on the Dtivo, just can't "play" with them.
Like I said earlier this is just the way I did it. There is probably a better way, but hey, it worked for me. And I felt more comfortable with it since breaking it down gave me benchmarks to verify everything was functioning before I took the next step. What if you went the streamlined way and it didn't work - was it the zipper, the enhancement script, or your image that was not done correctly??

[Darin]

Excellent. That's great advice, and it makes sense. Assuming that it works with zipper "asleep" until I get my network adapter, I'll be set! I can certainly deal with not ever being able to do anything special with those recordings made in the interim. :)

Thanks!

[Finnstang]

Excellent. That's great advice, and it makes sense. Assuming that it works with zipper "asleep" until I get my network adapter, I'll be set! I can certainly deal with not ever being able to do anything special with those recordings made in the interim. :)

Thanks!
You can definitely use your HR10 until your USB adapter arrives. Once you install it, you need to reboot the TiVo for it to see it. The enhancement script will make your box ready to do the things we don't talk about here.

[qdoggg]

It does not "officially" work with 6.3 or 6.3a, but you can make it work with the few extra steps that I posted. If those are beyond your capabilities, then use a 3.1.5f image, run the Zipper, and then do a slice upgrade to 6.3.

Sorry, but can someone post a link where the "the few extra steps" are posted?

Or can someone add them to the Wiki...

TIA

[robn77]

Is there any significant difference between these versions of the boot disk?

I have version:
ptvlba48-4.02DD.iso

But I notice that there is this version
ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso

I know that it is only 5 bucks but do I need the later version?

[cr33p]

So i have been reading constantly for weeks to get myself up to speed on zippering 2 of my Dtivo's, I plan on doing both of them this weekend :) One tivo I will start from scratch, the other has been up and running for a few yrs and has all its season passes, recording's, etc.

How can I

1. Zipper my existing dual drive Tivo and save recordings, and season passes?

2. Can I just back up the Image and re use it as well? Or do I have to use a new Image? I currently have a bare image ready to use on the other tivo that is new.

Thanks

[guillo]

First of all, be nice, my first post. So if in the wrong place or wrong location I apologize. Second, sorry but I'm not an English native speaker, excuse the grammar. Here we go. I have done 3 previous Zipper install and all are well and running great. This 4th one is being a pain in the neck. All is well until after all is installed (TWP, Hackman, Network, etc). When I'm browsing through TWP, just cliking all links to ensure all is well and configured to my liking, out of the sudden I don't get a reply or the browser just hang with the hour glass. After that I just can't get FTP, Telnet, or web access. The only way to get back is to reformat the drive and start from scratch. I have done that 3 times. I first completelly wipe the drive to make sure nothing is left behind.

Before doing this post I read all over here and on DDB, and few other forums. I found few similar issues, but at the end they were not the same (or so I think). I can still ping, but that's about it. This is a DT RCA DVR80, all of the other ones I have done in the past were Philips 704s or Hughes HDVR2s. I have them all using wired connection to DUB-100E and then wireless with a DWL-G820. I checked to be sure all had their own static IP (all different) and all have unique MAC addresses.

When I first power the unit, after doing a fresh install, all works well, and I can get telnet, FTP, web, and all other goodies, but after few minutes or hours I'm back to square one. The tivo still works well and I can even do MRV to and from this Tivo, which makes things even more confusing. I follow instructions to the letter (well...I think so). Any advise, direction, suggestion, or any reply to this will be most welcome. I really puzzled. Oh, one thing different on this one is that I'm using the new Zipper 1 CD version, and for each version of Tivo I bought the right image and right boot cd. Thanks in advance for your help. :confused: :confused: :confused:

[SteelersFan]

So i have been reading constantly for weeks to get myself up to speed on zippering 2 of my Dtivo's, I plan on doing both of them this weekend :) One tivo I will start from scratch, the other has been up and running for a few yrs and has all its season passes, recording's, etc.

How can I

1. Zipper my existing dual drive Tivo and save recordings, and season passes?

2. Can I just back up the Image and re use it as well? Or do I have to use a new Image? I currently have a bare image ready to use on the other tivo that is new.

Thanks
1. Zipper the master only.
2. Yes you can reuse it.

[rbautch]

Is there any significant difference between these versions of the boot disk?

I have version:
ptvlba48-4.02DD.iso

But I notice that there is this version
ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso

I know that it is only 5 bucks but do I need the later version?The old version should be fine. The only difference I noticed is that the new version has updated kernels.

[rbautch]

Sorry, but can someone post a link where the "the few extra steps" are posted?

Or can someone add them to the Wiki...

TIA http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817

[RiP-HS-]

This question was posted in another thread (which I will delete) but neither question was answered.


Literally ALL DAY yesterday was spent trying to zipper a SD-DVR40. I ended up Installing the instacake image first, then installed zipper (the zipper iso maker wasn't making a proper iso.) The zipper install seemed to go OK, the first go I said yes to wireless because I thought I would need to do it now for later. Once putting it all back together, my wired USB200M ver.2 did not work. I pulled the drive and reinstalled zipper over the top of the existing install. Still no networking...

My questions are:
~~~Would I be better off reinstalling the instacake cd again then rezippering or buying a different adapter for the networking end?
~~~Is there anyway to tell if zipper is sucessfully installed by looking at anything on the tivo screens, or do you have to be networked to even tell if the install is good?

Sucks to be so close, yet so far...

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

rezipper say no to wireless
when ready to add wireless you can re-configure that via tivoweb.

[vMAC]

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817

I read through this, the only problem is that I don't know how to recreate the symlinks and where or how to delete the a88.o file that you mention.

Also Gunny i see that you say to say no to wireless; should I also do this for my 6.3a even though I want to use wirelss on it?

[rbautch]

I read through this, the only problem is that I don't know how to recreate the symlinks and where or how to delete the a88.o file that you mention.

Also Gunny i see that you say to say no to wireless; should I also do this for my 6.3a even though I want to use wirelss on it?See the last part of this post (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4439396&&#post4439396). Oddly enough, if you are using a wireless adapter, then say "yes" to the wireless question; if you are using a wired adapter say "no" to wireless. I honestly didn't think I'd have to account for people answering this question incorrectly. If you use a wireless adapter, make sure it's a compatible one.

[spainmiami]

Hey all:)

I have zippered/enhanced one S2. Thanx to all that made that possible. I know verbal gratuities can't go so far, but i've yet to run into a paypal donation button for the zipper, enhancement scripts, hackman or TWP, there's more but just to name a few that make tivo hacking so idiot friendly.

I would like to zipper another S2, this time it's a Philips DSR704 software v.3.1 and with service # 301 (1st 3 digits).

I wanted to put a InstantCake6.2 image instead of the 3.1 it already has (and yes I wanted to hack the 40gb hdd already in there and not do a backup of image, since I own a

InstantCake6.2 and he doesn't care for a large hdd). If I do this, will the virging DSR704 loose its guide format/style and be replaced with the same type of guide that my Samsung S4040R got after I zippered it? Or will it

keep it's same guide format. I ask because my roomate can't stand my guide and likes the one he has on his DSR704 and I can't stand that his virgin Tivo is still at 3.1 and that it does not even have dual buffers.

In short, I want to use intantcake6.2 and keep current Guide style format.

Also, I can opt to keep the recordings but will I be able to salvage it's current "season pass manager"?

I will hold of zippering until I can get reply on guide topic. Truthfully it's because i've yet to backup an image. Also, I searched about the guide question and found no solution or someone questioning same thing.

[SteelersFan]

Are you talking about the live TV guide? If so, updating to a different sw will NOT change your choices. 3.1 and 6.2 have the same two choices for guide styles. While in live TV press Guide then Info then scroll down to Style.

A DSR704 with sw ver 3.1 does have dual tuner capability the same as any other S2 DTivo.

If you zipper the stock drive with 6.2 you will not lose recordings or any settings (SPs, WL's, Thumb ratings, etc). So I would force it to call in and update to 6.2 before zippering. If you reimage with IC you will lose everything.

[RiP-HS-]

rezipper say no to wireless
when ready to add wireless you can re-configure that via tivoweb.

Should I redo the instacake too? The reason I ask - I already rezippered after the wireless incident and went through the wired set-up and still have none.

Thanks

[robn77]

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817

Just to verify before I start this with my HR10-250. I am already at an unhacked (but backed up) 6.3a. Do I need an image file to run this or am I good where I am?

[SteelersFan]

You're good to go!

[sfmpilot]

All, first off, thanks for all the help posted here. While it took me over two months to Zipper, two units, it had nothing to do with Zipper. I'd purchased two DSR704 discless boxes - the first one just wouldn't Zipper (would hang on welcome sometimes, sometimes GSOD, asked for a service password, etc. and all unpredictable). After sporadic attempts over a month or so, duh, I tried the other DSR 704 - everything perfect except it wouldn't accept the access card. After a thorough dousing with denatured alcohol, it finally accepted the card. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but real live TV and all the neat Zipper features.

So, the only word of caution here is that some of these discless boxes that are "refurbished" are not in very good shape (the first box is still at warranty service, and not sure if warranty will apply). If there's any way to check the hardware when funny problems occur, do that first, it's probably not a Zipper problem.

I've now Zippered one of the two DSR704 and my old RCA39, all took about 30 minutes when the hardware was working.

I do have a question, though. I am using on the nicely Zippered RCA39, an Airlink USB to Ethernet adapter and due to the location of the unit, want to use wireless. Since Series 2 DTivo's will not work with a USB wireless (worth repeating again), I have the Airlink hooked into a new Buffalo Ethernet Adapters (bridge). I can, immediately after powering up the Buffalo, telnet and access TWP on the unit. However, overnight it consistently looses the connectivity from a PC to get into the DTivo via TWP. I can see the bridge still on the network, but I can't get into the DTivo.

I'm not real savvy on networking, but understand a little bit. Any ideas on if this is an operator error or a Buffalo error?

Thanks again for all the excellent pointers in this post, but most of all the Zipper and ease of installation. Now that it's installed, I have to learn more about all the capability.

[spainmiami]

Are you talking about the live TV guide? If so, updating to a different sw will NOT change your choices. 3.1 and 6.2 have the same two choices for guide styles. While in live TV press Guide then Info then scroll down to Style.

A DSR704 with sw ver 3.1 does have dual tuner capability the same as any other S2 DTivo.

If you zipper the stock drive with 6.2 you will not lose recordings or any settings (SPs, WL's, Thumb ratings, etc). So I would force it to call in and update to 6.2 before zippering. If you reimage with IC you will lose everything.

Got it and thanx.

My next issue:

I have an extra 40gb hdd, and since I just want it zippered no need for a larger hdd for now, it won't let me.

After I enter 3 digit service #, and telling where hdx is, then I get error message that my hdd is not large enough. I don't recall reading about this. What's the min. size hdd I need?

[Gunnyman]

the trouble with 40 gig hard drives and 80- gigs for that matter and Tivo Images:
a hard drive's size is not the same across all manufacturers. The rule of thumb is to use a drive LARGER than the image you have.

[addicted4life]

I'm working on zippering a previously non-hacked hr10-250.

I bought a brand mew hard drive, and plan on shelfing the original that is still at 3.1.5f.

I feel pressured to get the new drive hacked and updated soon with the updates coming down as we speek.

I have purchased:
instantcake-hr10-1[1].2-3.1.5f-SE2
ptvlba48-4[1].04DD.iso
ptvnetHD-1[1].0.iso

I have downloaded the other tools mentioned in zipper instructions.

I have burned and hacked my drive yesterday without using the ptvnetHD file, and got everything working but networking via usb.

My main question for now is:
How or what do I do with the ptvnetHD.iso file I have ?? I realize I need it, but where does it go in my zipper cd ? Not sure if it replaces the ptvlba48.iso, or if I add the entire ptvnetHD.iso the the zipper cd.

Please help, I gotta get my High Def going before NFL on Sunday !
thanks in advance

[sk33t3r]

You're good to go!


So if I have a bone stock hr10-250 which just took the upgrade last night to 6.3a, can I run zipper on it with no other software needed so I can enjoy all the nice utilities you guys incorporated into zipper.


I have a dsr 6000 which i love, I may upgrade that so a dsr7000 and give my parents my dsr6000, they have never had a tivo and would love it. I am so addicted to it, that I wish my radio in my car had it, for whenI miss something and could go back.

[rbautch]

The Zipper does not work on 6.3. If you don't have recordings you want to keep, install 3.1.5f, run the Zipper, then do a slice upgrade to 6.3. The latest version of 3.1.5f Instantcake from PTVupgrade has the 6.3 slices already loaded.

[SteelersFan]

Got it and thanx.

My next issue:

I have an extra 40gb hdd, and since I just want it zippered no need for a larger hdd for now, it won't let me.

After I enter 3 digit service #, and telling where hdx is, then I get error message that my hdd is not large enough. I don't recall reading about this. What's the min. size hdd I need?
Are you trying to Zipper a 40 gb drive that already has 6.2 on it? If so, say no to the image install.

[SteelersFan]

... I am so addicted to it, that I wish my radio in my car had it, for whenI miss something and could go back.
+1
I always mentally want to rewind something if I miss what happened, even when I'm in the stands at my kids' ball games! I think they call this TS, "Tivo Syndrome".

[wmldwilly]

See the last part of this post (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4439396&&#post4439396). Oddly enough, if you are using a wireless adapter, then say "yes" to the wireless question; if you are using a wired adapter say "no" to wireless. I honestly didn't think I'd have to account for people answering this question incorrectly. If you use a wireless adapter, make sure it's a compatible one.

Just a thought...do y'all see yourselves moving toward a future where the scripts and zippers and instantcakes of the world install ALL the drivers, wireless or wired, to get closer to the U (universal) in USB? Or do the wireless and wired drivers spell trouble for one another? Enlighten us please. :)

[wmldwilly]

One thing I'm not clear on is if encryption was off before a slicer upgrade to 6.3a, will it still be off after all the rebooting is done and it's back up and running?

[tall1]

One thing I'm not clear on is if encryption was off before a slicer upgrade to 6.3a, will it still be off after all the rebooting is done and it's back up and running?Nope. Tivoapp is replaced with the 6.3a upgrade. Tivoapp is the application that gets patched to disable this stuff.

[Tim_K]

I have Zippered several of my DirecTivos. My problem is that 2 of my units (HDVR2/SDDVR40) both keep losing the networking capabilities.

When I zippered them both (using separate images obviously), they both could be seen in MRV, accessed via telnet (bash prompt) and also on my HDCP Client listing on my Linksys router, but I cannot see them on my network now a few weeks later via any of these options.

They are both running wirelessly on my 802.11b wirelsss network using the Linksys USB11 v2.8 wireless USB network adapter.

(by the way....where on the Tivo v.6.2 Setup screen can I see the ip address listed or signal strength if there is one)

Any thoughts on why it would keep losing this connection? What are my options? Do I have to re-zipper (this is the second time this has happened on the SD-DVR40 as I have now Zippered it 2 times)?


Thanks!!!!

[ttodd1]

When I zippered them both (using separate images obviously), they both could be seen in MRV, accessed via telnet (bash prompt) and also on my HDCP Client listing on my Linksys router, but I cannot see them on my network now a few weeks later via any of these options.

They are both running wirelessly on my 802.11b wirelsss network using the Linksys USB11 v2.8 wireless USB network adapter.

I cannot see mine either with my Linksys and they are wired. But with my wireless laptops I have had them "drop off the face of the earth" and the only way was to go into the router disable the wireless and then re enable it and it worked fine til the next time. Can you still see each on the other unit? If so then they are fine and not to worry.

(by the way....where on the Tivo v.6.2 Setup screen can I see the ip address listed or signal strength if there is one)



No there is not.

[steadicam]

Hello All

I have a zippered RCA DVR 40 I had no problems with zippering the unit however I am having trouble with getting wireless working. I can get connection to Tivo via wired connection eg; bash and telnet and TWP. So when I go into TWP and try and change network to wireless it will work until the tivo reboots it then reverts to a wired connection.

Cant understand why this happens. Does anybody have this problem???

Erik

[Tim_K]

ttodd1,

Thanks for the response I will try your suggestion with the router settings. And no, I can't see these Tivos listed from the Now Playing List....

[cr33p]

Quick maybe stupid question, I just zippered and loaded a new fresh image to a new HDD on my DSR 704, everything loaded well, machine is up and running, have bash prompt, ran enhancement script, TWP is up and running. just one question?

1. How do I log on to the Tivo Via ftp ? So I can load MS_ftp? I use port 3105 correct? Whats the username and pass?

Thanks

Chris

[Gunnyman]

ftp is port 21
mfs_ftp uses 3105
make the tivo read/write by typing rw at a bash prompt
there is no user/pass for ftp on tivo.

[cr33p]

Thanks a Bunch, hey one other quick question. What would you recommend? MS_ftp or tivo server?

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

I love tivoserver myself.
I use it for video podcasts like dignation and rocketboom. I just have a symlink to my podcast folder in itunes.

[cr33p]

I see, so i want a program to use to get shows on my pc over to my Newly Zippered Tivo, im not too concerned about getting shows off of the Tivo. Would Tivo Server still be my best bet ?

Thanks

[Gunnyman]

tivoserver is cool because it transcodes many formats including divx to tivo format.
Tivo sees tivoserver as another tivo on your network, and transfers shows via mrv.
pretty sweet.

[tward_biteme1]

Are D-Link DWL-G122 USB Wireless adapters compatible?

I just zippered a 300 GB hard drive, put it in the Tivo, but the D-Link Adapter doesn't seem to be working...

I did forget to put the adapter in on the first boot after zippering, is that a problem? I can re-zipper it if I have to, not a big deal....

[ForrestB]

I don't think that USB adapter is supported. FYI no 802.11g USB adapter works on a zippered Tivo. Here's the complete list of zipper supported adapters Zipper compatable USB adapters (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks)

[tladle]

Does the new 6.3 software for the HR10-250 support any of the WIRELESS USB Etnernet adapters?

If no, is there a way to use the NETGEAR FA120 adapter with something to get a wireless signal back to my wireless router?

I really don't want to run cat 5 through the house...

Thanks in advance.

[shortkud]

As I mentioned before I zippered my new HR10-250. But now im having problems. It likes to reboot alot. I thought maybe I was causing to much stress so i stopped recording and doing anything stressfull but watching tivo and the reboots still happen. Ive searched all the messages in the kernel and tverr log for information. I forced that mfscheck and it came back with no errors. I ran a clear and delete everything, it took 2 or 3 hours.

Oct 8 05:23:18 (none) kernel: All reference counts are OK.
Oct 8 05:23:18 (none) kernel: mfscheck scan ends
Oct 8 05:23:18 (none) kernel: mfscheck: 0 fatal errors, 0 severe errors, 0 warnings.


This is what seems to be repeating alot in the log every restart.

Oct 8 04:32:37 (none) MyWorld[197]: WARNING: DENINED TUNER LOCK in Sig Strength
Oct 8 04:51:10 (none) FsRegion[190]: Free space too badly fragmented
Oct 8 05:01:32 (none) Recorder[190]: Kb per second too large 2626 DiskBehavior 5
Oct 8 05:13:18 (none) FsVolume[233]: Assert failed: false && "mfsassert" at fsassert_main.C line 40 in int fsassert_main(int, char**)
Oct 8 05:13:20 (none) TmkAssertionFailure[233]: false && "mfsassert" (int fsassert_main(int, char**), line 40 (fsassert_main.C))
Oct 8 05:13:20 (none) mfsassert[233]: Tmk Fatal Error: Thread mfsassert <233> died due to signal -2
Oct 8 05:13:20 (none) mfsassert[233]: Tmk Thread Backtrace: d98e20 d7d00c 400750 e29520
Oct 8 05:13:20 (none) mfsassert[233]: Tmk Fatal Error: Thread died due to signal -2
Oct 8 05:13:20 (none) mfsassert[233]: Invoking rule 834: rebooting system
Oct 8 05:14:44 (none) MfsDaemon[82]: Unable to initialize MFS
Oct 8 05:14:44 (none) MfsDaemon[82]: TIVO_ROOT is set -- exec'ing /tvbin/osdwriter
Oct 8 05:14:45 (none) MfsDaemon[82]: TIVO_ROOT is set -- exec'ing /tvbin/fsfix
Oct 8 05:16:27 (none) FsVolume[84]: Non-daemon Sync() by 84
Oct 8 05:16:28 (none) MFS[84]: volume marked as needing database cleanup


This also makes an appearance
Oct 8 04:17:50 (none) Mediaswitch0[187]: Tmk Fatal Error: Thread died due to signal 0
Oct 8 04:17:50 (none) Mediaswitch0[187]: Invoking rule 834: rebooting system

As well as...


Reseting the video decoder since it appears to be frozen.


One thing I do notice is after it restarts the date in the log file is January 2nd until it changes back to the correct date. Is that normal or do I have some kind of dead battery? Any help is greatly appricated

[Gunnyman]

word on the street is that the wireless G adapter made by TiVo actually works.

[Drewster]

After several days' delay, my HDVR2 is now hacked with a 200GB Seagate DB35, Zippered with an InstantCake image. The call to DirecTV to re-authorize my card went OK, once I kept my mouth shut at the IVR prompt and got dumped into the automated system. When it said "if you have an error on your screen, enter it now" I entered 722 and my locals appeared within a few minutes. Happy!

However, I notice that now, nearly 16 hours later, the locals show up as LA5, LA7, etc. The call letters don't appear -- KTLA, etc. I don't remember if this is normal?

[BigBearf]

The Zipper does not work on 6.3. If you don't have recordings you want to keep, install 3.1.5f, run the Zipper, then do a slice upgrade to 6.3. The latest version of 3.1.5f Instantcake from PTVupgrade has the 6.3 slices already loaded.


Russ,
I did the install 3.1.5f, zipper and slice upgrade to 6.3a and maintained networking. I then ran tweak_uninstall.sh and then the lastest version of tweak.sh and got back most of the functionality that I had lost which was TWP and joe editor.

I don't think that I have backdoors enabled, permanent 30 sec Skip or the ability to dial-in over the internet but everything else seems to be working. I am happy with the speed and folders on several HR10s with HD sizes of 400GB to 750GB.

I thought that I would post my experience to date so that anyone else can let me know if they have found where to go from here.

Jeff

[Gunnyman]

Jeff.
The offsets for 30 second Skip and a few other things have been found and are in a huge thread of collected info regarding 6.3 over at DDB. As of yet, there's no superpatch for 6.3.

[Gunnyman]

After several days' delay, my HDVR2 is now hacked with a 200GB Seagate DB35, Zippered with an InstantCake image. The call to DirecTV to re-authorize my card went OK, once I kept my mouth shut at the IVR prompt and got dumped into the automated system. When it said "if you have an error on your screen, enter it now" I entered 722 and my locals appeared within a few minutes. Happy!

However, I notice that now, nearly 16 hours later, the locals show up as LA5, LA7, etc. The call letters don't appear -- KTLA, etc. I don't remember if this is normal?

Yeah that's normal
Mine are grv4 grv7 etc.

[Drewster]

Yeah that's normal
Mine are grv4 grv7 etc.
Coolness. Thanks, Gunny and rbautch for a great tool!

Now I just need to wait for all my shows' guide data to flow in. :D

[jjn]

Does the new 6.3 software for the HR10-250 support any of the WIRELESS USB Etnernet adapters?

If no, is there a way to use the NETGEAR FA120 adapter with something to get a wireless signal back to my wireless router?

I really don't want to run cat 5 through the house...

Thanks in advance.

Yes, I'm using this http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&mfg_id=1625&in_dim_search=1&N=401625&mfg_name=ZyXEL&product_code=329138&Pn=P_330WC_4_Port_Wireless_Broadband_Router with a FA120 and it works great to transfer between HR10's and/or the PC.

[rbautch]

Russ,
I did the install 3.1.5f, zipper and slice upgrade to 6.3a and maintained networking. I then ran tweak_uninstall.sh and then the lastest version of tweak.sh and got back most of the functionality that I had lost which was TWP and joe editor.

I don't think that I have backdoors enabled, permanent 30 sec Skip or the ability to dial-in over the internet but everything else seems to be working. I am happy with the speed and folders on several HR10s with HD sizes of 400GB to 750GB.

I thought that I would post my experience to date so that anyone else can let me know if they have found where to go from here.

JeffThe patches for tivoapp to enable backdoors, 30-sec skip, and disable encryption are posted in the 6.3 uprade thread.

[tward_biteme1]

I don't think that USB adapter is supported. FYI no 802.11g USB adapter works on a zippered Tivo. Here's the complete list of zipper supported adapters Zipper compatable USB adapters (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks)

Even if it says it is compatible with 802.11b?

I'll look for one on the list anyway! Thanks.

[ttodd1]

Even if it says it is compatible with 802.11b?

I'll look for one on the list anyway! Thanks.

A G adapter may be compatable with a B network but without drivers it isn't going to work at all.

[tladle]

Yes, I'm using this http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&mfg_id=1625&in_dim_search=1&N=401625&mfg_name=ZyXEL&product_code=329138&Pn=P_330WC_4_Port_Wireless_Broadband_Router with a FA120 and it works great to transfer between HR10's and/or the PC.

So basically you're just using another router to send the signal to the router that your Internet and PC connection is on?

[jjn]

You need to have the ZyXel set to bridge mode.

[tladle]

word on the street is that the wireless G adapter made by TiVo actually works.

Can anybody confirm that the Tivo Wireless G adapter works on the HR10-250?

[Gunnyman]

Can anybody confirm that the Tivo Wireless G adapter works on the HR10-250?
Folks at Deal database and dvr playground are saying the Tivo wireless G works on 6.3 software

[qdoggg]

Note: If you have an HR10-250 Tivo that was recently upgraded to 6.3(a)
software, DO NOT attempt to run the Zipper on it. Instead, download the 3.1.5f
image from PTVupgrade here, and let The Zipper install it as described below.
Since PTVupgrade's 3.1.5f image already has 6.3a slices loaded on it, you can
run The Slicer to upgrade your hacked installation to 6.3a. Copy The Slicer to the
zipper_tools directory on your PC, and The Zipper will copy it to your Tivo for
you.

So installing 3.1.5f over a recently installed upgraded 6.3a won't affect existing recordings?

[wmldwilly]

The patches for tivoapp to enable backdoors, 30-sec skip, and disable encryption are posted in the 6.3 uprade thread.

WooHoo! Would you be willing to share a post number?? :)

[rbautch]

So installing 3.1.5f over a recently installed upgraded 6.3a won't affect existing recordings?It will overwrite them. If you have recordings you want to keep, here are your options:
1. Get the recordings off your tivo, then go to 3.1.5f.
2. Wait for the next version of the Zipper that works with 6.3.
3. Try to get to make the current Zipper work with 6.3. This is not for beginners, and I posted some of the issues you'll need to deal with here recently.

[jjn]

WooHoo! Would you be willing to share a post number?? :)

#691

[Tim_K]

I have Zippered several of my DirecTivos. My problem is that 2 of my units (HDVR2/SDDVR40) both keep losing the networking capabilities.

When I zippered them both (using separate images obviously), they both could be seen in MRV, accessed via telnet (bash prompt) and also on my HDCP Client listing on my Linksys router, but I cannot see them on my network now a few weeks later via any of these options.

They are both running wirelessly on my 802.11b wirelsss network using the Linksys USB11 v2.8 wireless USB network adapter.

(by the way....where on the Tivo v.6.2 Setup screen can I see the ip address listed or signal strength if there is one)

Any thoughts on why it would keep losing this connection? What are my options? Do I have to re-zipper (this is the second time this has happened on the SD-DVR40 as I have now Zippered it 2 times)?


Thanks!!!!



Any other recommendations/thoughts on why I would lose the network connection and MRVafter it originally worked when I first zippered these units?...........Gunny..........rbautch?

[ttodd1]

Got a phoneline plugged into them.

[jginaz]

I zippered a disk using v2.0 for my HR10-250 using a PTVUpgrade image. Everything went OK without any error messages as far as I can tell. I said no to wireless. I have a Airlink ASOHOUSB adapter. The TIVO works well for reception. The network doesn't work. I get this:
ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

I've read quite a few posts and see reference to /etc/hotplug/usb.map but I don't have this directory or file. I this necessary? I thought zipper with this adapter would work "out of the box", but doesn't seem to. Any help will be appreciated.

Jay

[bnm81002]

I zippered both my Philips DTivo 704 units today and it went FLAWLESSLY, I just followed the instructions as it was written and got both DTivo's networked with the Linksys USB200M adapters(Version 1) and installed the enhancement scripts as well, I upgraded both units to a larger hard drive and didn't need the 6.2 image in my "tools disk folder" cause I used the image off the original hard drives, so now I have a 220 hour zippered DTivo and a 354 hour zippered DTivo both networked and soon to be "tivoserved" as well and the forbidden "extraction" hack too :D

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO GUNNYMAN AND RBAUTCH AND OTHERS THAT HELP MAKE THE ZIPPER AND THE ENHANCEMENT SCRIPTS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME TO HACK MY DTIVO UNITS :up: :up: :up:

[rbautch]

I zippered a disk using v2.0 for my HR10-250 using a PTVUpgrade image. Everything went OK without any error messages as far as I can tell. I said no to wireless. I have a Airlink ASOHOUSB adapter. The TIVO works well for reception. The network doesn't work. I get this:
ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

I've read quite a few posts and see reference to /etc/hotplug/usb.map but I don't have this directory or file. I this necessary? I thought zipper with this adapter would work "out of the box", but doesn't seem to. Any help will be appreciated.

Jay
It should work out of the box - I have one of those adapters myself. You don't need the usb.map file if you are running 3.1.5f software. Do you get a link light on your adapter? A few things to check:

1. Make sure the network startup commands (they start with ifconfig) appear in your author file, and the ipaddress and the router ip are correct.
2. Make sure insmod commands appear in your author file to load the drivers.
3. Look in /lib/modules to confirm there is a symlink from ax8817x.o to usbnet.o.
4. Use ls -l view the dates on the drivers in /lib/modules. Confirm the backported drivers were installed by checking the dates on the following modules: ehci-hcd.o usb-ohci.o usbnet.o pegasus.o usbcore.o. The dates should be different than the rest of the modules.
5. Make sure the IP you choose is in the same subnet as your router IP address.
6. Confirm that your network uses the 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, and that there aren't any firewalls preventing your connection.

Later this week, I'll do a test with the PTV image and my Airlink ASOHOUSB adapter to see if there's any other interaction preventing your connection. I ran it just last week with my Airlink AGIGAUSB adapter and it worked fine.

[jginaz]

rbautch, first thanks for the help. I understand you are the man and are proving it.
Here is the lines from my rc.sysinit.author:
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 60
ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.150 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.2.1

I added the ehci-hcd.o to try to get things working. My subnet is 192.168.2.x and my router is correct. I guess the ax8817x.0 is extraneous because it looks like there is a symlink between it and usbcore.o:
lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ax8817x 11792 0 (unused)
usbcore 101936 0 [ax8817x]
ehci-hcd 480 0 (unused)
Maybe the symlink is to an old version of the ax8817x? I'll re-establish the link if I can figure out how to delete it.
Thanks again I gotta get this working before Thurs when the better half returns.

Jay

[rbautch]

The symlink should be from ax8817x.o to usbnet.o, not usbcore.o. I assume you just entered in wrong in your post? The symlink is necessary since support for ax drivers are inherent to the backport of usbnet.o.

[jginaz]

I guess there isn't a symlink to usbcore.o judging by the ls -l below. I created a symlink between usbnet.o and ax8817x.o and insmodded usbnet.o and then did an ifconfig eth0... but it didn't help:

Local_Home-bash# ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.150 netmask 255.255.255.0
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device

Local_Home-bash# ls -l usb*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 35684 Oct 9 06:28 usb-ohci.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46916 Feb 24 2005 usb-storage.o
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 163078 Oct 9 06:28 usbcore.o
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Oct 10 02:59 usbnet.o -> ax8817x.o
The result of the insmod is this:
Local_Home-bash# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
usbnet 11792 0 (unused)
ax8817x 11792 0 (unused)
usbcore 101936 0 [usbnet ax8817x]
ehci-hcd 480 0 (unused)
P.S. the lights are lit on the USB adapter, but not on the router

[rbautch]

Here is my lsmod from a 6.2 box:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ax8817x 28096 1
usb-ohci 23888 0 (unused)
usbcore 101936 0 [ax8817x usb-ohci]
router 66896 36
therm 1488 0
fan 2240 0
ideturbo 5216 1
irblast 3792 0 (unused)
brcmdrv-rb 1228256 134
cobra 91264 4
oslink 26112 12
ircatch 26832 2
i2c_Series2 14320 0 [therm fan cobra]
modemtty_Series2 4896 1
fpga 1920 2
tivoconfig 960 0 (unused)
and here is an ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18736 Feb 24 2005 af_packet.o
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Oct 5 22:09 ax8817x.o -> /lib/modules/usbnet.o
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 5 22:09 backups-orig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5992 Feb 24 2005 bcm7315tty.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1181380 Feb 24 2005 brcmdrv-7315.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1393628 Feb 24 2005 brcmdrv-rb.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46748 Feb 24 2005 cdrom.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123148 Feb 24 2005 cobra.o
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 114987 Oct 5 22:09 drivers2.4.20.tgz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 1500 Sep 7 04:28 ehci-hcd.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4600 Feb 24 2005 fan.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3140 Feb 24 2005 fanstub.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47792 Feb 24 2005 fat.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3984 Feb 24 2005 fpga.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20588 Feb 24 2005 i2c_Gen04.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20024 Feb 24 2005 i2c_Series2.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8216 Feb 24 2005 ideturbo.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6592 Feb 24 2005 irblast.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8084 Feb 24 2005 irblast_Gen04.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42756 Feb 24 2005 ircatch-atmel.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36596 Feb 24 2005 ircatch.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36532 Feb 24 2005 ircatch_Gen04.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30532 Feb 24 2005 isofs.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27040 Feb 24 2005 kaweth.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35680 Feb 24 2005 kfirm.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34648 Feb 24 2005 kfirm_Gen04.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7764 Feb 24 2005 modemtty_Gen04.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7784 Feb 24 2005 modemtty_Series2.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10468 Feb 24 2005 msdos.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28668 Feb 24 2005 oslink.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15888 Feb 24 2005 p80211.o
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 29528 Sep 7 04:30 pegasus.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87208 Feb 24 2005 prism2_usb.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17092 Feb 24 2005 router.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15712 Feb 24 2005 rtl8150.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96344 Feb 24 2005 scsi_mod.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20992 Feb 24 2005 sd_mod.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44740 Feb 24 2005 sg.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11956 Feb 24 2005 si9190.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24084 Feb 24 2005 sr_mod.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3000 Feb 24 2005 therm.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2920 Feb 24 2005 tivo_pwmdrv.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2088 Feb 24 2005 tivoconfig.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16464 Feb 24 2005 tvinput.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25144 Feb 24 2005 tvinput_Gen04.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17400 Feb 24 2005 tvinput_falcon.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8572 Feb 24 2005 ubuddy.o
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 35684 Sep 7 04:28 usb-ohci.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44444 Feb 24 2005 usb-storage.o
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 163078 Sep 7 04:28 usbcore.o
-rwxrwxrwx 1 15633 root 43736 Sep 7 04:30 usbnet.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18372 Feb 24 2005 vfat.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 189784 Feb 24 2005 vnetusba.o
Note that your symlink is going the wrong way.

[rbautch]

Also, don't try to insmod ehci-hcd.o. ehci-hcd.o is built in to the backported usbcore.o, so if you insmod usbcore.o and ehci-hcd.o, it could cause problems.

If the lights are lit on your adapter, it's probably a firewall issue.

[jginaz]

rbautch,
I grovel at your feet! reversing the symlink did the trick. So the question is... why didn't zipper create this link?

[rbautch]

It should have. Here are the lines from the Zipper that do it:
mv /tivo/lib/modules/ax8817x.o /tivo/lib/modules/backups-orig
cd /tivo/lib/modules
ln -s usbnet.o ax8817x.o
Can you confirm that the original ax8817x.o is in your /lib/modules/backups-orig directory?

[jginaz]

Looks like it isn't there:
Local_Home-bash# ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28472 Feb 24 2005 pegasus.o
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35684 Jan 2 1970 usb-ohci.o
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163078 Jan 2 1970 usbcore.o
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41660 Jan 2 1970 usbnet.o

[rbautch]

That would explain why the symlink never ran. It only gets run if an existing ax8817x.o is found. If you can, please restore the PTVupgrade 3.1.5f image and see if ax8817x.o is part of the stock drivers in /lib/modules.

[jginaz]

I may be able to try that tomorrow. I have a somewhat flaky disk that I can load up with the image and look at the files on a PC. I'd hate to take apart the TIVO now that is is working. Thanks again. Now for research on 6.3a and slicers.

Jay

[taozeo]

thanks

[Finnstang]

you're welcome

[tward_biteme1]

I don't think that USB adapter is supported. FYI no 802.11g USB adapter works on a zippered Tivo. Here's the complete list of zipper supported adapters Zipper compatable USB adapters (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks)

These are not the easiest adapters to find.... Anyone know which one is easiest to find?

[Finnstang]

Have you checked Ebay?

[tward_biteme1]

Have you checked Ebay?

One guy has a lot of DWL-122, but As-Is, All Sales final... 29.99 + 4.99 shipping...
Just don't know if I trust that or not... Might just have to try it!

[Finnstang]

One guy has a lot of DWL-122, but As-Is, All Sales final... 29.99 + 4.99 shipping...
Just don't know if I trust that or not... Might just have to try it!
Have you tried sending him an email and asking if they work?

[cr33p]

What's everyones opinion on the wired dub-e100 ? I see they are on sale @ tiger for 7.99 receritified. But I see that the netgear is the most popular, is there a difference in speed between the 2. I really like the price on the d link model.

Thanks

[Rathgar2]

I also have the Airlink ASOHOUSB adapter and cannot seem to get the networking up on my SD-DVR40. I bought the PTVnet disc and ran it on my newly upgraded Tivo (40gb to 250GBx2) but I cannot locate the IP address on my network. I ran a IP address search using a program called "Advanced IP Scanner 1.5" I got from here: http://www.tucows.com/preview/267216

I cannot seem to be able to tell if the PTVNet disc actually opened the USB ports. I get the green LED's lit up so I think it did the job but I cannot get any further. Is the Airlink adapter not supported? I'll study the rest of the instruction that you have listed, but right now they are pretty Greek to me. I just wanted to give a shout that I am having trouble with this too.

[rbautch]

I also have the Airlink ASOHOUSB adapter and cannot seem to get the networking up on my SD-DVR40. I bought the PTVnet disc and ran it on my newly upgraded Tivo (40gb to 250GBx2) but I cannot locate the IP address on my network. I ran a IP address search using a program called "Advanced IP Scanner 1.5" I got from here: http://www.tucows.com/preview/267216

I cannot seem to be able to tell if the PTVNet disc actually opened the USB ports. I get the green LED's lit up so I think it did the job but I cannot get any further. Is the Airlink adapter not supported? I'll study the rest of the instruction that you have listed, but right now they are pretty Greek to me. I just wanted to give a shout that I am having trouble with this too.PTVnet does not support the Airlink adapters, but the Zipper does.

[tward_biteme1]

Have you tried sending him an email and asking if they work?

Basically he states:

"These are refurbished white open box units. We got a huge stock on these adapters from a warehouse's closeout liquidation. Currently we have hundreds of them available."

"Cosmetically all adapters are in excellent condition. The white factory box contains Dongle, driver cd, cable and warranty card. These will be shipped in their original boxes."

"The only Test we have performed on these adapters is hooked them to a usb port and confirmed the power and and wifi connectivity lights come on. No other test is performed on the functionality of these adapters."

--- They have almost all good feedback, so I'll probably give them a try ---

[rbautch]

What's everyones opinion on the wired dub-e100 ? I see they are on sale @ tiger for 7.99 receritified. But I see that the netgear is the most popular, is there a difference in speed between the 2. I really like the price on the d link model.

ThanksIf you plan to extract or transfer shows regularly, then I'd step up to a USB 2.0 adapter. Fry's sells the Airlink adapters almost as cheaply.

[cr33p]

rbautch
According to the detailed specs the Dub-e100 adapter is USB 2.0 compliant??

[jkrell]

If you plan to extract or transfer shows regularly, then I'd step up to a USB 2.0 adapter. Fry's sells the Airlink adapters almost as cheaply.

The DUB-E100 is USB 2.0, and they work very well with all 4 of my zippered DirecTiVos -- two HR10-250s and two DSR7Ks.

My question, however, is whether the DUB-E100 is supported by 6.3(a)??? I am thinking of using the slicer to upgrade my units to it, but I'm nervous about losing network connectivity.

[rbautch]

Here is a list of adapters that is supported by both the Zipper and 6.3a without using the backported drivers.
product 077b 2226 Linksys USB200M
product 07b8 420a Hawking UF200/TRENDnet TU2-ET100
product 0846 1040 NETGEAR FA120
product 0b95 1720 Intellinet/ST Lab USB Ethernet
product 2001 1a00 DLink DUB-E100
Note that the DUB-E100 is the original version, not the "revision B1" commonly sold in stores today. Rev B1 will work when you Zipper your tivo with 3.1.5f, but when you run the slicer, you'd have to copy the drivers over and modify the usb.map file. If you're confident in your abilities, you can search TCF for instructions on how to do that, otherwise stick with a compatible adapter on the list above. Ask the Ebay seller if it's a rev B1 adapter. Also note that the Linksys USB200M has been supplanted in stores by "version 2", which also requires the backported drivers.

[jkrell]

Note that the DUB-E100 is the original version, not the "revision B1" commonly sold in stores today. Rev B1 will work when you Zipper your tivo with 3.1.5f, but when you run the slicer, you'd have to copy the drivers over and modify the usb.map file.

Thanks, rbautch!

Any idea how to tell from the actual adapter what rev it is? I have four of these puppies, obviously no boxes or documentation left since I've been using them for several months now. While I am not sure I want to use the slicer to upgrade just yet (still too many problems at this point), I'd like to be ready when things get a little safer.

Is the original rev of the DUB-E100 a USB 1.1 adapter? Or are all revs USB 2.0? I do know that mine are USB 2.0, at least according to Newegg.com, where I bought them.

[rbautch]

Thanks, rbautch!

Any idea how to tell from the actual adapter what rev it is? I have four of these puppies, obviously no boxes or documentation left since I've been using them for several months now. While I am not sure I want to use the slicer to upgrade just yet (still too many problems at this point), I'd like to be ready when things get a little safer.

Is the original rev of the DUB-E100 a USB 1.1 adapter? Or are all revs USB 2.0? I do know that mine are USB 2.0, at least according to Newegg.com, where I bought them.I don't know how to tell if it's a rev B1. Presumably, it would be written on the adapter somewhere. If you've been using them for several months without backported drivers, then they are not rev B1. If you have a serial cable, you can watch the console output for the vendor code when it loads. All dub-100 adapters are USB 2.0 - I misspoke before.

I wouldn't worry too much about the slicer. PTVupgrade fixed the issues they had with it early on. I've tested myself on a fresh Zipper install, and it works fine.

[cr33p]

Note that the DUB-E100 is the original version, not the "revision B1" commonly sold in stores today. Rev B1 will work when you Zipper your tivo with 3.1.5f, but when you run the slicer, you'd have to copy the drivers over and modify the usb.map file. If you're confident in your abilities, you can search TCF for instructions on how to do that, otherwise stick with a compatible adapter on the list above. Ask the Ebay seller if it's a rev B1 adapter. Also note that the Linksys USB200M has been supplanted in stores by "version 2", which also requires the backported drivers.[/QUOTE]


Rbautch,
I have a DSR704, I can use this model correct ?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1734053&sku=D700-2107

I dont know how I would know what rev it is and if it would matter in my case. Has anyone performed test's to determin which adapters are the best to use, or is it more which adapters are compatible?
Thanks

[rbautch]

No way to tell what flavor it is, but since you're not using 6.3 sofware, it won't matter to you. The Zipper will install the necessary drivers (courtesy of Jamie) and make the required modifications to usb.map for any of the following wired adapters to work:
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200MV2
product 0b95 7720 Airlink ASOHOUSB
product 0b95 1780 Airlink AGIGAUSB
product 077b 2226 Linksys USB200M
product 07b8 420a Hawking UF200/TRENDnet TU2-ET100
product 0846 1040 NETGEAR FA120
product 2001 1a00 D-Link DUB-E100
product 2001 3c05 DUB-E100, revision B1
product 0411 0001 Melco LUA-TX
product 0411 0005 Melco LUA-TX
product 0411 0009 Melco LUA2-TX
product 045e 007a Microsoft MN-110
product 049f 8511 Compaq iPAQ Networking 10/100
product 04bb 0904 IO Data USB ET/TX
product 04bb 0913 IO Data USB ET/TX-S
product 0846 1020 NETGEAR FA101
product 0506 4601 3Com 3C460B
product 050d 0121 Belkin F5D5050
product 056e 200c Laneed LD-USB/TX
product 056e 4002 Laneed LD-USB/TX
product 056e 400b Laneed LD-USB/TX
product 056e abc1 Laneed LD-USB/T
product 05cc 3000 Elsa Micolink USB2Ethernet
product 066b 200c Linksys USB10TX
product 066b 2202 Linksys USB10TX
product 066b 2203 Linksys USB100TX
product 066b 2204 Linksys USB100TX
product 066b 2206 Linksys USB
product 066b 400b Linksys USB100TX
product 067c 1001 SpeedStream USB
product 0707 0200 SMC 202 USB
product 07a6 0986 ADMtek AN986
product 07a6 8511 ADMtek ADM8511
product 07aa 0004 Correga FEther USB-TX
product 07b8 110c D-Link 110c
product 07b8 200c D-Link 200c
product 07b8 4002 D-Link DU-E100
product 07b8 4004 D-Link 4004
product 07b8 4007 D-Link 4007
product 07b8 400b D-Link 400b
product 07b8 400c D-Link 400c
product 07b8 4102 D-Link 4102
product 07b8 4104 D-Link 4104
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