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

[sk33t3r]

Same thing happened to my HDVR2, I couldnt get telnet at all, so I rezippered and BAM. Up and fine, now its time to attack my hr10-250 with zipper

[JWThiers]

I went down the same learning path myself. I put the drive back into the PC, booted from CD, and copied the backup. Look in etc/rc.d for a backup file. Look at posting 6913 on 8/15/06 in this thread and see a couple of followups by gunny. Portland Paw warns us about making changes, but I've had trouble figuring out exactly how to use hackman to make those changes correctly.

Dave
Not to point fingers or ridicule you or anyone, I mean this to be just a an example for others not to make the same mistakes.

Its not a question of HACKMAN making the changes correctly (Unless you mean the change wasn't the same as the one you made). If you make those same changes in the same files you would get the same results. Hackman is a very powerful tool, you just have too know what you are doing. It is that reason why Hackman is NOT installed by zipper. Too many people would muck around with the settings and when their tivo borked they would come here and say "I have a zippered tivo and I used hackman to change something and now it doesn't work." And they wouldn't know what they changed, just something in hackman. Or if you were lucky and they knew what they changed, they wouldn't know how to change it manually using joe or vi.

I word of friendly advice for people, Noobs especially, if you don't know how to make the changes via telnet first, don't use hackman to do it. Hackman is meant to be a convenience. And while I'm at it, If you are the type that likes to make changes frequently, I would highly recommend that you get a serial cable and learn how to use it so that you can undo what you did that caused your network to stop working. I learned that the hard way. :D

[rbautch]

Hi, I have a Series 2 Dtivo that I Zippered about a year ago. It has been working great. I hadn't been telneting into the system much lately and the last time I did I was playing around with Hackman settings. Once I rebooted I lost web, telnet, and ftp access, but I still can ping it. I hooked up my serial connection and tried to get a bash# prompt but the session stops responding after it displays
"....sending Done event"
"....sending Done event"
I have searched the site for "lost telnet" and other terms and can't seem to find anything that matches my problem. I seem to remember seeing something about problems when Hackman rewrites the .author file, but haven't been able to find anything on this either. Do I need to pull my drive, connect it to a pc booted with Linux, and replace the .author file with a backup version? and where would it be located?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, I really don't want to lose my recordings.
Depending on the Zipper version you used, serial bash may not have been enabled at all. This issue has been fixed, so if you re-zipper, make sure you grap the latest version, and try to gain serial access again so you'll be prepared for the next time your networking drops off.

[dlmcmurr]

Not to point fingers or ridicule you or anyone, I mean this to be just a an example for others not to make the same mistakes.

Its not a question of HACKMAN making the changes correctly (Unless you mean the change wasn't the same as the one you made). If you make those same changes in the same files you would get the same results. Hackman is a very powerful tool, you just have too know what you are doing. It is that reason why Hackman is NOT installed by zipper. Too many people would muck around with the settings and when their tivo borked they would come here and say "I have a zippered tivo and I used hackman to change something and now it doesn't work." And they wouldn't know what they changed, just something in hackman. Or if you were lucky and they knew what they changed, they wouldn't know how to change it manually using joe or vi.

I word of friendly advice for people, Noobs especially, if you don't know how to make the changes via telnet first, don't use hackman to do it. Hackman is meant to be a convenience. And while I'm at it, If you are the type that likes to make changes frequently, I would highly recommend that you get a serial cable and learn how to use it so that you can undo what you did that caused your network to stop working. I learned that the hard way. :D
I totally agree. It was a learning experience for me. I believe all of us have a flat spot on our forehead from the dope slap after we made a mistake at one time or another. I think leaving hackman out of the zipper installation is a good move. One can install it later after gaining experience. BTW, when I made the hackman mistake, it rendered the serial bash disabled, too. Unfortunately, Portland Paw takes a lot of unfair bashing from inexperienced users hosing their systems and then blaming it on hackman when they (or is that we :D ) didn't have the knowledge to know what we were doing.

[regicat]

I zippered an WD3200JB (320 gig) for an HDVR2. During zipper it reported a capacity around 336 hours on the build screen. However, after install and boot the info screen capacity is 283 hours. I read some people getting 350 hours on a 320 but don't know it that's for an Directv Tivo. I did scan lot's of posts but can't seem to find an explanation. I did use the latest ptv 4.04 lba48 and 6.2 image. Does anyone know if 283 hours is about right for a 320 gig or did I (or zipper) miss something. This is my first zipper install. The last 2 drives were 120 and 250 gigs, I used mfstools and the -r 4 option to increase capacity for the 250. Thanks.

[SteelersFan]

I zippered an WD3200JB (320 gig) for an HDVR2. During zipper it reported a capacity around 336 hours on the build screen. However, after install and boot the info screen capacity is 283 hours. I read some people getting 350 hours on a 320 but don't know it that's for an Directv Tivo. I did scan lot's of posts but can't seem to find an explanation. I did use the latest ptv 4.04 lba48 and 6.2 image. Does anyone know if 283 hours is about right for a 320 gig or did I (or zipper) miss something. This is my first zipper install. The last 2 drives were 120 and 250 gigs, I used mfstools and the -r 4 option to increase capacity for the 250. Thanks.
DTivos yield approximately .875 x hdd space. So, 283 is right. The 336 you saw on-screen is for a stand alone and gets reported as the default.

[alsander]

Depending on the Zipper version you used, serial bash may not have been enabled at all. This issue has been fixed, so if you re-zipper, make sure you grap the latest version, and try to gain serial access again so you'll be prepared for the next time your networking drops off.


I want to thank everyone for the feedback. I was able to get part of the network access back, but I must have a problem putting together (old and new) some of the files in the zipper_tools directory. The Zipper shell script stopped part of the way through and said something about not having a hacked image and couldn't continue. I answered "no" to replacing the image (already had the hacked image installed and working) and said I wanted to keep my recordings. I wasn't sure how far it had progressed so I put the drive back into the Tivo and found that I had both serial, telnet and web connectivity, but ftp didn't work. Found that only a few "standard" *nix commands worked and parts of the directory structure were missing. I am getting ready to take another look at zipper_tools directory.

[regicat]

This was my first zipper and I went great. Except for.... I wanted to change the static address to DHCP so I used tivoweb and checked the dhcp box and rebooted. That lost access and I had to pull the drive and mount it using the zipper CD. I got it to work using joe to fix dchp by changing ipaddress_flag and renaming dhclient.disable to dhclient. After reboot I could access then ran net-launch.sh to fix it right. So my suggestion is to add a dhcp option during installation for those of use who use the router to assign a permanent address. If you have to do static for the install then change it after first reboot?

Second suggestion is to add information about the free ISO Recorder Power Toy to the zipper web download info for those of us who only keep windows around for this kind of stuff. I use Mac/Linux/OS2 and keep away from win so I don't spend $$ on win software.

Great job and many many thanks to gunnyman and rbautch!

[GJSCHIN]

HELP - Errors when running the zipper...
Im getting 2 errors while running the script.


#1 cp: read error: Input\output error
This occurs right after the text "Copying hacks to tivo drive" occurs.

#2 gunzip: /tivo/hacks/rbatstch_files.tgz: unexpected end of file.

Also, I cannot even get a good ping to my Tivo's IP#
I have rebuilt the ISO a couple of times with no difference.
The USB 10\100 unit is working as I can test it on my other PCs.

IDEAS?
Thanks....

[vertigo235]

When I install the Zipper, it sets a static IP Address for my TiVo, how do I change this to use DHCP?

[JWThiers]

When I install the Zipper, it sets a static IP Address for my TiVo, how do I change this to use DHCP?
Its on the net config page of TWP. BUT leave it at static, you will save yourself a lot of hassle. If you choose to ignore this, make sure you have a serial cable so you can undo it later when you lose your connection, or be prepare to to a fresh install.

[vertigo235]

That sucks, I see that it's set in the rs.author file how do I change that to do DHCP?

[JWThiers]

This was my first zipper and I went great. Except for.... I wanted to change the static address to DHCP so I used tivoweb and checked the dhcp box and rebooted. That lost access and I had to pull the drive and mount it using the zipper CD. I got it to work using joe to fix dchp by changing ipaddress_flag and renaming dhclient.disable to dhclient. After reboot I could access then ran net-launch.sh to fix it right. So my suggestion is to add a dhcp option during installation for those of use who use the router to assign a permanent address. If you have to do static for the install then change it after first reboot?
Glad you could figure out how to fix your problem. Not many here would do it the way you did it but you obviously have some skill at linux. Personally I wish they could get rid of the DHCP option on the net config page. The reason I say this is because a large portion of the people who use zipper are linux novices and don't know how to manually set up a linux network. The problem comes in when you get a new IP assigned by the router. Even if you have it set to permanent the router (mine at least and I suspect most if not all) will five new IP's when it (the router) gets reset either intentionally or unintentionally from a power outage. Unless the equipment on your router boots up in exactly the same order every time you will get different IP's. That isn't much of an issue if all you want is to do MRV, because the tivo looks for all other tivo's on the network and they communicate their address. put pretty much anything else if you don't know the IP you are SOL. My advice has been for a long time assign it static and leave it that way. For my tivo's DHCP brought me nothing but headaches.

[sk33t3r]

Since you already have an image you could run ptv OR zipper. Running both may cause problems. Both products in basic terms do the same thing. They install a hacked kernel, enable telnet, FTP, install Super patch (I think PTV does this?), Installs TWP, Installs common hacks (NCID, Conflict resolution, various utils). It is this last step (Installing common hacks) that may be different. Best bet is to pick one and then look for the hacks that you want/need that is not install and install it yourself.

I need one more tid bit before I do the zipper on my 3.1.5f oem drive, don't I need both drives conencted to the pc, so both drives are utilized in the hr10???

[TK2006]

After a day of frustration, I'm turning to the experts for help. I was successful in using the zipper for configuring my new 300GB Seagate drive. I put it back in my DirecTivo SD-DVR80 and all seemed to be going well. Until I tried to telnet into the device.

I have a Linksys Wireless-G Router and bought a new Wireless-G bridge. I first connected the bridge successfully on the network at IP 192.168.1.40

All is good.

I have a new Linksys USB200M to connect to the DirecTivo's USB ports and then into the wireless bridge. This doesn't seem to be working. I cannot telnet to the device.

Then I remembered when zippering the drive that it asked me for wireless information. Should I have said "no" to the wireless configuration? I'm very willing to try again from scratch.

Another problem I forsee is that even when I try to telnet (telnet -t vt100 192.168.1.40) I seem to get a login prompt from my wireless-G bridge. Even if the connection was working at the DirecTivo, this seems like a problem.

Can anyone shed some much needed light on my problem. I've been at this all day and can't seem to get past the networking. I'm very excited to get the new features up and running!

Thanks to all for any help you might be able to provide.

Cheers!
-Tom

[rbautch]

After a day of frustration, I'm turning to the experts for help. I was successful in using the zipper for configuring my new 300GB Seagate drive. I put it back in my DirecTivo SD-DVR80 and all seemed to be going well. Until I tried to telnet into the device.

I have a Linksys Wireless-G Router and bought a new Wireless-G bridge. I first connected the bridge successfully on the network at IP 192.168.1.40

All is good.

I have a new Linksys USB200M to connect to the DirecTivo's USB ports and then into the wireless bridge. This doesn't seem to be working. I cannot telnet to the device.

Then I remembered when zippering the drive that it asked me for wireless information. Should I have said "no" to the wireless configuration? I'm very willing to try again from scratch.

Another problem I forsee is that even when I try to telnet (telnet -t vt100 192.168.1.40) I seem to get a login prompt from my wireless-G bridge. Even if the connection was working at the DirecTivo, this seems like a problem.

Can anyone shed some much needed light on my problem. I've been at this all day and can't seem to get past the networking. I'm very excited to get the new features up and running!

Thanks to all for any help you might be able to provide.

Cheers!
-TomYou should have answered "no" to wireless, because as far as your tivo is concerned, you have a wired connection. You can rezipper, change the settings through a serial connection, or try connecting the adapter directly to your router to see if you can telnet it. To change settings, run the network-delete.tcl script, followed by net-lauch.sh. It also sounds like you're telnetting to the bridge's IP address, not the tivo's IP. The IP's must be different, but in the same subnet.

[jkast]

Well... I have successfully installed the Zipper on my hr10-250. TivoWebPlus seems very neat! Thank you, Rbautch and Gunnyman! I also got a copy of the Slicer from PTVUpgrade and put it in the Tivotools folder to be transferred over to the hr10 with the normal zipper tools. Noticed that the slicer file was in /hacks directory before I ran the initial zipper install... But, after I run sh tweak.sh , I no longer find the /hacks directory....

As may be obvious, I am a complete novice with Linux... though willing to learn. Here are my questions... Hope someone will help.

How did I lose the /hacks directory?
Did the contents move somewhere?

I looked at several ftp howto's I found through google, but would love to find one with examples that fits the Tivo... I know it is not necessary to provide an ID and password, but really don't yet understand how to get stuff to go from a specific directory on my windows machine to a specific directory on the Tivo. I do understand I'll want to enter 'bin' for executeables.... Anyone know of a post or a howto that gives examples of how to move code... assuming I need to ftp and execute the slicer. I know the slices are there by looking at the /SwSystem listing from TivoWebPlus.....

Thanks!

[rbautch]

When I install the Zipper, it sets a static IP Address for my TiVo, how do I change this to use DHCP?The only way to safely switch between static IP and dhcp is to run the /enhancements/net-launch.sh script. Unlike the TWP module, this script will correctly enable/disable dhclient. I think I may disable the netconfig module from the Zipper's TWP distribution, just to eliminate confusion.

[JWThiers]

After a day of frustration, I'm turning to the experts for help. I was successful in using the zipper for configuring my new 300GB Seagate drive. I put it back in my DirecTivo SD-DVR80 and all seemed to be going well. Until I tried to telnet into the device.

I have a Linksys Wireless-G Router and bought a new Wireless-G bridge. I first connected the bridge successfully on the network at IP 192.168.1.40

All is good.

I have a new Linksys USB200M to connect to the DirecTivo's USB ports and then into the wireless bridge. This doesn't seem to be working. I cannot telnet to the device.

Then I remembered when zippering the drive that it asked me for wireless information. Should I have said "no" to the wireless configuration? I'm very willing to try again from scratch.

Another problem I forsee is that even when I try to telnet (telnet -t vt100 192.168.1.40) I seem to get a login prompt from my wireless-G bridge. Even if the connection was working at the DirecTivo, this seems like a problem.

Can anyone shed some much needed light on my problem. I've been at this all day and can't seem to get past the networking. I'm very excited to get the new features up and running!

Thanks to all for any help you might be able to provide.

Cheers!
-Tom
All devices connected to your network needs its own IP address. This includes routers bridges, access points, network print servers, computers. Your bridge needs one otherwise you wouldn't be able to configure them via a web interface. If you set your tivo at .40 during the zipper process try changing the bridge to something else. I use .254 and .253 for mine. easy to remember but out of the way.

[sk33t3r]

How did I lose the /hacks directory?
Did the contents move somewhere?


Did you do a ls or dir in the ROOT (/) directoy, and you sill see it. When you telent in you are not in root /

[vertigo235]

The only way to safely switch between static IP and dhcp is to run the /enhancements/net-launch.sh script. Unlike the TWP module, this script will correctly enable/disable dhclient. I think I may disable the netconfig module from the Zipper's TWP distribution, just to eliminate confusion.

I tried this but it exited out because after I entered my router ip it said this.

"Didn't find network with Default = 1, exiting..."

What does that mean?

[rbautch]

I tried this but it exited out because after I entered my router ip it said this.

"Didn't find network with Default = 1, exiting..."

What does that mean?It means there's no NetConfig object in /State/Network of the MFS database. I've never seen this before unless there isn't an adapter connected to the tivo. Try rebooting, and see if that helps. If not, browse the MFS database directory above using the MFS module of TWP. Confirm that the object is indeed not there.

[TK2006]

Thank you rbautch and JWThiers. I will certainly try these new ideas in the morning and report back to everyone with my lessons learned. I truly appreciate your time in answering me and pointing me in the right direction. Stay tuned...

[jkast]

sk33t3r,

Thank you! You were correct. Such a simple problem.

I have now successfully installed 6.3a on my first hr10-250.

Another Question:

I have a second TiVo, which is expanded with two large drives, and which is already running 6.3a. I know from reading that the Zipper does not install on 6.3a. I have the PTVupgrade Image with the 6.3a slices (not yet installed). Does anyone know if it is possible to keep the recordings I have (there are a number I would rather not lose) and get the zipper on this box by doing the following:

1. Pulling the drives and running the zipper with the PTVupgrade image of 3.1.5f, installing the image but saying I want to keep the recorded programs.
2. Also installing the slicer.
3. After all is up and running (will the recorded programs be preserved?) Running the slicer?

Also does the zipper work with two drive units? I got an error about Drive B when I tried to run it on my first unit -- circumvented that problem by doing the zipper to a single drive then doing an MFSadd to bring aboard the second drive. I know that approach (going to one drive in the second unit) won't work if I want to keep the recordings.

[Finnstang]

sk33t3r,

Thank you! You were correct. Such a simple problem.

I have now successfully installed 6.3a on my first hr10-250.

Another Question:

I have a second TiVo, which is expanded with two large drives, and which is already running 6.3a. I know from reading that the Zipper does not install on 6.3a. I have the PTVupgrade Image with the 6.3a slices (not yet installed). Does anyone know if it is possible to keep the recordings I have (there are a number I would rather not lose) and get the zipper on this box by doing the following:

1. Pulling the drives and running the zipper with the PTVupgrade image of 3.1.5f, installing the image but saying I want to keep the recorded programs.
2. Also installing the slicer.
3. After all is up and running (will the recorded programs be preserved?) Running the slicer?

Also does the zipper work with two drive units? I got an error about Drive B when I tried to run it on my first unit -- circumvented that problem by doing the zipper to a single drive then doing an MFSadd to bring aboard the second drive. I know that approach (going to one drive in the second unit) won't work if I want to keep the recordings.


If you zipper using the PTV 3.1.5f image, then you will lose any recordings you have on your 6.3a unit. The only way to keep those recordings is to directly hack the 6.3a unit.

Zipper does work with two drive units. Once you have expanded to the second drive, you just need to run the zipper on drive A.

[jkast]

Thanks, Finnstang... That's what I was afraid of. I guess I'll wait a while in hopes that the zipper will be upgraded to work with 6.3a. Does anyone know if that is being worked? If so, how is it going? Many thanks to rbautch and Gunnyman for a great service!

P.S. -- Now that I have run the slicer and upgraded to 6.3a, I note that the hack that provides a permanent 30 second skip is no longer working.... Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

[Lord Vader]

Everyone is, jkast. However, there supposedly is a patch that will make it permanent again. I tried that but it messed up my TIVO, putting it into an endless reboot loop. I undid it by replacing my newly patched tivoapp with the tivoapp backup I had made. So, the 30-second skip is now manually enabled.

[sk33t3r]

Zipper does work with two drive units. Once you have expanded to the second drive, you just need to run the zipper on drive A.

So before running the zipper you have to expand the image using MFS tools?


This command, assuming you connect the drives as suggested in hinsdale,

mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/dos/tivo.bak /dev/hdc /dev/hdb (restore/expand to new A and new B

Using this no need to run mfsadd.

CORRECT? And since I have recording pre 6.3a and post 6.3a I gather they will be useless once I got back to 3.1.5f with zipper? Time to watch all my shows and clear them off.

[cr33p]

Yes. Extract the rbautch_files.tgz archive from the zipper download, and FTP it to your tivo in the same directory as tweak.sh. Then tweak.sh will recognize it's there, and will skip the download.

rbautch, I downloded the latest zipper, extracted the the rbautch_files.tgz, ftp'd to /var/hacks where the tweak.sh file was located re run sh.tweak.sh and i still get the same results, I now can not try running the uninstall feature either if that has anything to do with it.

Thanks

Chris

[JWThiers]

rbautch, I downloded the latest zipper, extracted the the rbautch_files.tgz, ftp'd to /var/hacks where the tweak.sh file was located re run sh.tweak.sh and i still get the same results, I now can not try running the uninstall feature either if that has anything to do with it.

Thanks

Chris
Boy Had to go back a few pages to find the original problem. You should have FTP'd to /hacks not var/hacks. Assuming that you put it in hacks it will run fine.

[ronack]

I'll try again, I keep getting a message that says it can't continue because the media is read only or something like that. That was two days ago and I've slept since then.

RonFinally had a chance to try this again and it appears that the zipper is working however my Instantcake is not. I insert the Instantcake CD I made and it just doesn't seem to recognize it. Oh and I get the same thing if I try to run the Instantcake by itself. So I must have done something wrong there.

[ronack]

Oh I get to the point where I enter PTVbake-special then it just sits there and does nothing.

[ronack]

Oh another quick question, Do I need to put the instantcake image on the drive before I zipper it?

[Sbmocp]

When I try to look at my ToDo list using the web interface, I get the following:

*********
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
couldn't open "/var/hack/etc/blocklist.txt": read-only file system
while executing
"open $filename w"
(procedure "gbl_load" line 3)
invoked from within
"gbl_load "/var/hack/etc/blocklist.txt""
(procedure "action_todo" line 9)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--
**********

Anyone else experience this...?

[JWThiers]

Oh another quick question, Do I need to put the instantcake image on the drive before I zipper it?
All you need to do is put the InstantCake .iso file, the LBA48 tools .iso file and the 2 Superpatch files in the zipper_tools directory (created when you unzip the zipper.zip file) then go up one directory from zipper_tools and double click zipper_isomaker.bat and wait for the zipper_universal_CD.iso to be made. burn that image to cd as in burn from image not burn file. Put the new tivo drive in your pc put the cd in your cd drive and boot and follow the instructions. you do NOT need to use your cake cd at all. Just your zipper.

[rcg1966]

I have a Hughes SD-DVR80. I have upgraded to a 120 gb, installed Zipper without a hitch, thanks to the excellent guide provided on this site.
The problem is that I do not see any of the options. USB still does not work.
I think that I have the wrong version wireless adapter, WUSB 11 ver2.6.
I have ordered a Netgear FA120, hopefully to be here Saturday.
Is there anything else that I need to do, once I have the system hardwired into my router.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

rcg1966

[donjgmz]

Thanks in advance for your help. I have looked around the threads but cannot find the answer to my problem. I installed zipper with Instantcake v.1.2 successfully but when I try to telnet I get the following error. Please let me know what I am doing wrong.

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: error while loading shared libraries: cannot open shared object file: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# y
bash: y: command not found
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

[rbautch]

Thanks in advance for your help. I have looked around the threads but cannot find the answer to my problem. I installed zipper with Instantcake v.1.2 successfully but when I try to telnet I get the following error. Please let me know what I am doing wrong.

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: error while loading shared libraries: cannot open shared object file: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# y
bash: y: command not found
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#


See here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4548163&&#post4548163).

[SteelersFan]

When I try to look at my ToDo list using the web interface, I get the following:

*********
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
couldn't open "/var/hack/etc/blocklist.txt": read-only file system
while executing
"open $filename w"
(procedure "gbl_load" line 3)
invoked from within
"gbl_load "/var/hack/etc/blocklist.txt""
(procedure "action_todo" line 9)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--
**********

Anyone else experience this...?
TWP expects to be installed in a read-write dir like /var. Zipper installs it in / (root). All you need to do is type rw at bash and try your todo list again. Don't forget to type ro (read only) after you're done.

[JWThiers]

Thanks in advance for your help. I have looked around the threads but cannot find the answer to my problem. I installed zipper with Instantcake v.1.2 successfully but when I try to telnet I get the following error. Please let me know what I am doing wrong.

bash-2.02# cd /hacks
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: error while loading shared libraries: cannot open shared object file: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: y

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# y
bash: y: command not found
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#


Looks like you tried to run tweak.sh more than once and also your telnet settings are not correct, they are sending an extra line feed with the carriage return. I assume you are running telnet from the command line. If not look for a setting to turn off line feeds.

If so (from command line) start with the following commands

telnet
unset crlf
o xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

then contimue as direct by the insructions starting with

cd /hacks
Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is you tivo ip address.

or you can get a different telnet client like PuTTy or TerraTerm Pro and set it so that it doesn't send extra line feeds with the carriage return.

When you run tweak.sh now it will try to get the latest from the internet. If it can't connect for some reason, you may have to get the network settings worked out. from the same hacks directory that tweak is in type the following:

tivosh network.tcl xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is your tivo ip and
where yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy is your gateway/router ip

then reboot, telnet in and run tweak.sh again.

If that does not work ftp the rbautch_files.tgz from the zipper_tools directory of your zipper CD to the /hacks directory and run tweak.sh again. having that file in the hacks directory bypasses the internet download.

[Lord Vader]

...burn that image to cd as in burn from image not burn file.

I assume you're referring to "burn current compilation" as is indicated when one uses Nero, which is what I did.

I just made a new CD per the above instructions--my last Zipper CD was an older one and didn't have the Instantcake image included--and used Nero to choose the Zipper.iso and then clicked on "burn current compilation." I believe that SHOULD do the trick, if my memory is correct. If not, I might have to refresh that memory to recall how to do it. :p

[hoemaster]

I purchased the InstantCake image for the Phillips 704 awhile back. I just got a Hughes SD-DVR80. I used the image for the 704 on it (with Zipper setup). It is up an running, however the USB ports are not working in the back. I have tried both my Netgear FA120 (currently using on my 704) as well as a Linksys 200M ver2.

Can I use a Phillips image on a Hughes receiver? Could that be the problem?

Or am I missing something else.

Your help is appreciated.

[donjgmz]

Thank you rbautch & JWThiers. All is good in the hood now.

[tsunami]

A long time ago, someone on this board, posted a file called prefix.tcl. It enabled you to run a file that changed your prefix to ## so you could never call out.
I kept the file but can't get it to run.
A search turned up nothing on it.
I attached the program so you can look at it.
I get this error.


TiVo# ./prefix.tcl
./prefix.tcl: puts: command not found
./prefix.tcl: EnableTransactionHoldoff: command not found
./prefix.tcl: RetryTransaction: command not found
./prefix.tcl: dbobj: command not found
./prefix.tcl: dbobj: command not found
./prefix.tcl: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
./prefix.tcl: line 10: `}'

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

[JWThiers]

I assume you're referring to "burn current compilation" as is indicated when one uses Nero, which is what I did.

I just made a new CD per the above instructions--my last Zipper CD was an older one and didn't have the Instantcake image included--and used Nero to choose the Zipper.iso and then clicked on "burn current compilation." I believe that SHOULD do the trick, if my memory is correct. If not, I might have to refresh that memory to recall how to do it. :p
In nero use "Recorder=>Burn Image" and select the iso. :up:

[JWThiers]

I purchased the InstantCake image for the Phillips 704 awhile back. I just got a Hughes SD-DVR80. I used the image for the 704 on it (with Zipper setup). It is up an running, however the USB ports are not working in the back. I have tried both my Netgear FA120 (currently using on my 704) as well as a Linksys 200M ver2.

By noy working do you mean no lights at all or you have a light but cant connect?

Can I use a Phillips image on a Hughes receiver? Could that be the problem?

Or am I missing something else.

Your help is appreciated.

That shouldn't be a problem you may get a 51 error but there is a script to fix that.

[hoemaster]

By not working do you mean no lights at all or you have a light but cant connect?
I do not see any of the lights on either USB adapter.
That shouldn't be a problem you may get a 51 error but there is a script to fix that.
The 51 error does not show.
Is there any way I can confirm that I 'baked my cake' correctly on the HD? I am able to see still watch TV as of now on this HD. I just want to be able to connect to it so I can run all of the enhancement scripts, etc...

[ronack]

One last question before I try this again. I noticed that busybox.tar file on the list. I have not found busybox.tar. However I did download the tivotools.tar and do see a file called busybox in it. Did the busybox.tar file change as some point it time or did I download the wrong file?

Thanks again for all your help.

[rbautch]

A long time ago, someone on this board, posted a file called prefix.tcl. It enabled you to run a file that changed your prefix to ## so you could never call out.
I kept the file but can't get it to run.
A search turned up nothing on it.
I attached the program so you can look at it.
I get this error.


TiVo# ./prefix.tcl
./prefix.tcl: puts: command not found
./prefix.tcl: EnableTransactionHoldoff: command not found
./prefix.tcl: RetryTransaction: command not found
./prefix.tcl: dbobj: command not found
./prefix.tcl: dbobj: command not found
./prefix.tcl: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
./prefix.tcl: line 10: `}'

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Try running it with "tivosh prefix.tcl"

[rbautch]

One last question before I try this again. I noticed that busybox.tar file on the list. I have not found busybox.tar. However I did download the tivotools.tar and do see a file called busybox in it. Did the busybox.tar file change as some point it time or did I download the wrong file?

Thanks again for all your help.Busybox.tar and tivotools.tar are two similar packages of Series 2 utilities. Busybox.tar is a set of utilities that I compiled myself, released with a GPL license (see link in my sig), and included with the Zipper download. Tivotools.tar is a copyrighted distribution of utilities available on DDB.

[ronack]

Which is better or should I include both?

[peteyg]

All you need to do is put the InstantCake .iso file, the LBA48 tools .iso file and the 2 Superpatch files in the zipper_tools directory (created when you unzip the zipper.zip file) then go up one directory from zipper_tools and double click zipper_isomaker.bat and wait for the zipper_universal_CD.iso to be made. burn that image to cd as in burn from image not burn file. Put the new tivo drive in your pc put the cd in your cd drive and boot and follow the instructions. you do NOT need to use your cake cd at all. Just your zipper.


I did do the following but when I run the zipper_isomaker.bat I get a message:
You forgot to add the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc to the zipper_tools folder. Exiting...

I'm confused?

Please help,

THANKS!

[tsunami]

Try running it with "tivosh prefix.tcl"


As always you came through.
Thanks Russ

Happy Thanksgiving
Mike

[donjgmz]

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone and thanks in advance for your input. I zippered my hr10-250 successfully yesterday with the InstantCake Special Edition (1.2). I was able to telnet and run the enhancement scripts. I initiated a couple of calls to the mothership and my unit was upgraded to 6.3a. I originally gave TIVO the IP address 192.168.15.110 which worked great since I was able to FTP and telnet to it. I didn’t test any other connection such as tivo web. After the 6.3a upgrade, I was not able to connect to it with the IP I originally assigned it. The Linksys USB200 v.1 adapter lights are on so I checked my router’s DHCP Active IP Table and noticed that the TIVO now has an IP address of 192.168.15.106. I tried to connect to this IP via FTP and telnet but cannot get to it. Please advice on what steps I can take to alleviate this issue.

[sk33t3r]

So before running the zipper you have to expand the image using MFS tools?


This command, assuming you connect the drives as suggested in hinsdale,

mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/dos/tivo.bak /dev/hdc /dev/hdb (restore/expand to new A and new B

Using this no need to run mfsadd.

CORRECT? And since I have recording pre 6.3a and post 6.3a I gather they will be useless once I got back to 3.1.5f with zipper? Time to watch all my shows and clear them off.


Am I correct here????

[Lord Vader]

Russ, or anyone else...

I'm trying to Zipper a DSR7000. I've connected the HD to it, stuck in the Zipper tools disk into the CD drive (verified it has all the proper stuff on it), got through the startup prompts, but when I attempted to type in mount /dev/hdc /cdrom at the PTVupgrade prompt, I get the following response:

mount: you must specify the filesystem type


I don't recall ever getting this response before.

BTW, what's the best way to make sure I know the location of my CD drive and hard drive (hda, hdb, hdc, etc.). I want to make sure I don't mess THAT up. I'm pretty sure I used the right hdX entry, but just to double-check, I did hda, hdb, hdc, and hdd. It was when I typed in "hdc" that the above response occurred (all the other hdX entries resulted in the "can't find..." response).

[Rhughes]

Russ, or anyone else...


BTW, what's the best way to make sure I know the location of my CD drive and hard drive (hda, hdb, hdc, etc.). I want to make sure I don't mess THAT up. I'm pretty sure I used the right hdX entry, but just to double-check, I did hda, hdb, hdc, and hdd. It was when I typed in "hdc" that the above response occurred (all the other hdX entries resulted in the "can't find..." response).Your hard drive is no doubt on the primary cable. The primary master is HDA. That's the end connector. The primary slave will be the connector in the middle of the cable. The OTHER cable will be the secondary cable. Again, the end connector will be HDC and the middle connector will be HDD. If I were to guess, I would say your CD-ROM is connected to HDC.

[Lord Vader]

That's what I thought, hughes. (I've got to do this Zipper stuff more often than every 5 months, LOL!) I've got my CDROM set up as primary slave and my HD as secondary master. I left the connections the same as they were when I last successfully zippered stuff.

Now I'm just wondering why I keep getting the aforementioned response when I attempt to mount the CD. I can't figure out how to get around this, and I KNOW it's probably something that'll make me go, "Duh!" :p

[Lord Vader]

hughes, the connections are all fine. I'm not worried about that. I'm just trying to figure out why, when I attempt to mount the CD to install Zipper, I get this:

mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I successfully installed a 6.2 Instantcake image to the connected hard drive. Now I'm just trying to install the other Zipper non-image files. What is a wee bit irritating is that the last few times I Zippered a drive, this mount filesystem error didn't occur.

[Lord Vader]

I was hoping something about this was on the Zipper Wiki site, but that site seems to be down. I can't access anything on thewallens site.

(Edited: The site is now back up as of this writing, but the info I was hoping to find wasn't there anyway.)

There's GOT to be a way to figure out this stupid mount filesystem problem. I've searched many threads here to no avail. Furthermore, I wonder why, if I'm not doing anything differently from my other Zippered units, rbautch's instructions result in this error. This is weird, and annoying, to say the least.

[Lord Vader]

Well, one thing I should correct. Apparently my cd drive is at "b", meaning the command I'm entering is mount /dev/hdb /cdrom

So, when I do that, I now get this message:

block device /dev/hdb is write-protected, mounting read-only

This bugger's irritating the turkey and stuffing out of me. :p

Edited to add...

OK, so I tried the same command again and got this:

mount: /dev/hdb already mounted or /cdrom busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdb/ is mounted on /var/log/mount


So, after getting that response, I just figured I'd change to the CD drive, so I entered cd /cdrom to get to the CD drive prompt. I then typed in sh zipper.sh, and the Zipper process began. What I'm wondering is, if the Zipper process ends up working, what caused all the mounting messages?

Edited to add...

Hmmm...don't know if this is a problem due to the above or what, but I installed and ran the Zipper, apparently successfully. So I put the drive into a brand new Phillips DSR7000, connect my FA120, and fire up the TIVO. It comes to the "DirecTV Almost There" screen, then something happens that I've never seen before--the screen goes haywire, with no picture on it, but a rapidly paced "thump, thump, thump" sound. It was like the old vertical problems of older TV's, where the picture kept going up until one adjusted the vertical hold, except that here, there was no picture, nothing. Moreover, when I unplugged the unit and waited a few minutes, the problem recurred when I plugged it back in. Nothing I could do could get it out of that endless and weird-sounding reboot loop.

I'm sure hoping the problem is with the unit itself, especially since it's brand new and never used.

[JWThiers]

Russ, or anyone else...

I'm trying to Zipper a DSR7000. I've connected the HD to it, stuck in the Zipper tools disk into the CD drive (verified it has all the proper stuff on it), got through the startup prompts, but when I attempted to type in mount /dev/hdc /cdrom at the PTVupgrade prompt, I get the following response:



I don't recall ever getting this response before.

BTW, what's the best way to make sure I know the location of my CD drive and hard drive (hda, hdb, hdc, etc.). I want to make sure I don't mess THAT up. I'm pretty sure I used the right hdX entry, but just to double-check, I did hda, hdb, hdc, and hdd. It was when I typed in "hdc" that the above response occurred (all the other hdX entries resulted in the "can't find..." response).
Not sure of the first part but the hdx part of the question is that it does show up during the startup. Either read quickly as it flips past, press the pause break button on your keyboard when you see the part when the hdx's show on the screen (I think space is continue), and there might be a way to scroll back up from the initial start but I don't know. Ideally you know when you connect the cable to the IDE chain hda = Primary master, hdb = Pri Slave, hdc = Secondary Master, hdd = Sec Slave.

[JWThiers]

I did do the following but when I run the zipper_isomaker.bat I get a message:
You forgot to add the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc to the zipper_tools folder. Exiting...

I'm confused?

Please help,

THANKS!
To me it sounds like either you put the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc iso in the wrong folder or you got the wrong image. Did you use the Free download lba48 iso or the $5 lba48 iso? You need the $5 one.

[JWThiers]

By noy working do you mean no lights at all or you have a light but cant connect?


That shouldn't be a problem you may get a 51 error but there is a script to fix that.
Do you happen to have a serial cable? If you do you can telnet in and see if zipper did its thing (see if the / hacks or /enhancements directories. If it is zipped, we might need to kink this up to level 2 support

Mr Rbautch please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[dano31]

yes you need the 5$ one It took me about 2 hrs and a pack of smokes but zipper install works great!

[peteyg]

JWThiers,

I purchased the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc iso for $4.99 and downloaded it from this page:

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/category.cfm?Category_ID=5&Product_ID=0&ModelID=26&type=Model&page=cat&CFID=6463&CFTOKEN=83232067

I placed the file into the zipper_tools folder as instructed.

Well, I'm just realizing that there is another page for purchasing the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc iso for $5 at:

http://downloads.ptvupgrade.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LBA48DD&Category_Code=

was I supposed to use this one istead?


BIG thanks for replying!

[JWThiers]

JWThiers,

I purchased the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc iso for $4.99 and downloaded it from this page:

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/category.cfm?Category_ID=5&Product_ID=0&ModelID=26&type=Model&page=cat&CFID=6463&CFTOKEN=83232067

I placed the file into the zipper_tools folder as instructed.

Well, I'm just realizing that there is another page for purchasing the PTVupgrade Iba48 boot disc iso for $5 at:

http://downloads.ptvupgrade.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LBA48DD&Category_Code=

was I supposed to use this one istead?


BIG thanks for replying!
Yes, the zipper looks for the ptvupgrade iso that is purchased from ptvupgrade as linked to from the zipper page (or at least the file name of that iso). I do not know anything about the one you purchased from dvrupgrade but it says it is based on ptvupgrade, so it might be ok or it might be just enough different to mess zipper up. You should use the recommended one. You might be able to get what you have to work but since you would be using a different file the results may be different.

[peteyg]

Well I wish I knew how to make it work, I already paid for it...

Another thing I wanted to mention that I'm now concerned about is: in the Zipper Step 1 there is a link for attaining the PTVupgrade's Instantcake CD for v6.2: http://partners.ptvupgrade.com/z/50/CD59/

but that link gets redirected to:

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

and on this page when I try to select my unit, a RCA DVR80, I don't see DVR80 on the model drop down menu, only DVR39 & DVR40. So I selected DVR40 and proceded to purchase the InstantCake for Series2 DirecTV Units (download) $19.99

I'm worried that I purchased the wrong InstantCake iso - jeeez!

I'm a complete newbie as you can see, can you please advise on how I can fix and create my zipper cd. THANKS again!

[Lord Vader]

Not sure of the first part but the hdx part of the question is that it does show up during the startup. Either read quickly as it flips past, press the pause break button on your keyboard when you see the part when the hdx's show on the screen (I think space is continue), and there might be a way to scroll back up from the initial start but I don't know. Ideally you know when you connect the cable to the IDE chain hda = Primary master, hdb = Pri Slave, hdc = Secondary Master, hdd = Sec Slave.

JW, the hdX stuff I seemed to have figured out. Remember, the connections and settings on my PC were exactly the same as they were the last few times I Zippered units, and those times I never got this read-only error.

Regardless, I went through another Zipper attempt on this 200GB that I'm trying to install into a NIB DSR7000, but I keep getting that weird powering up response. To see if the problem was with the drive or Zipper, which I was sure it was not, I installed the original factory drive that came with the unit. It, too, gave the same problem. So, methinks I have a defective box, whether it be the power supply or, more likely, something on the mother board. I wonder i there's a place that could diagnose the problem and fix it for a modest fee.

I'm now going to re-Zipper the drive and put an HDVR2 6.2 image on, and I bet I'll get that read-only message again.

[rbautch]

Well I wish I knew how to make it work, I already paid for it...

Another thing I wanted to mention that I'm now concerned about is: in the Zipper Step 1 there is a link for attaining the PTVupgrade's Instantcake CD for v6.2: http://partners.ptvupgrade.com/z/50/CD59/

but that link gets redirected to:

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

and on this page when I try to select my unit, a RCA DVR80, I don't see DVR80 on the model drop down menu, only DVR39 & DVR40. So I selected DVR40 and proceded to purchase the InstantCake for Series2 DirecTV Units (download) $19.99

I'm worried that I purchased the wrong InstantCake iso - jeeez!

I'm a complete newbie as you can see, can you please advise on how I can fix and create my zipper cd. THANKS again!
The dvr40 software will work fine.

[Lord Vader]

Speaking of that, russ, my cousin yesterday told me he has a Hughes SDVR40 and inquired about modifying it when I told him about Zipper and stuff. I'm not too familiar with an SDVR40. Are those similar to the HDVR2s in terms of hacking them? They're Series 2, right?

[tivoupgrade]

Well I wish I knew how to make it work, I already paid for it...

Another thing I wanted to mention that I'm now concerned about is: in the Zipper Step 1 there is a link for attaining the PTVupgrade's Instantcake CD for v6.2: http://partners.ptvupgrade.com/z/50/CD59/

but that link gets redirected to:

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

and on this page when I try to select my unit, a RCA DVR80, I don't see DVR80 on the model drop down menu, only DVR39 & DVR40. So I selected DVR40 and proceded to purchase the InstantCake for Series2 DirecTV Units (download) $19.99

I'm worried that I purchased the wrong InstantCake iso - jeeez!

I'm a complete newbie as you can see, can you please advise on how I can fix and create my zipper cd. THANKS again!

PeteyG -

There is no reason to be concerned. Last week, we launched a new web site and rebranded our name - for the last six years, we have been known as PTVupgrade. Now we are known as DVRupgrade. The "affiliate" links you are referring to will all be updated to take folks to the new site/cart which is now at dvrupgrade.com (http://www.dvrupgrade.com). We will leave the older download cart (http://downloads.ptvupgrade.com) active for awhile because we know folks are directly linking to it, and at some point, we'll get the rewrite rules in place and shut down the cart.

One thing worth mentioning is that the IC versions for Series2 DirecTV Units (except HD units) on the new site are updated with IC2 technology (no minimum drive size, significantly smaller download size, no C&D needed even if not using PTVnet). Its not clear whether or not it will affect the workarounds and zipper topics discussed here, but after skimming through the thread, I don't think it will (but please don't take my word for it).

As for the DVR80; nothing to worry about there - don't forget about this:

IRD Model and Software Revision Information
Version 6.2 InstantCake users may see incorrect IRD Model information in the System Information screen. This correct way to verify that you are running the proper software is to proceed to your System Information screen and verify that the LAST 3 DIGITS OF THE SOFTWARE VERSION should match the FIRST 3 DIGITS OF YOUR SERVICE NUMBER (this should also match the first three digits of the service number on the back of your unit). If these numbers do not match, then you are running the WRONG software on your unit and you could create problems for TiVo, DirecTV and the upgrade community if your unit connects to TiVo's servers! As for the IRD name listed, please ignore the erroneous information.

Lou

PS If any of you do find any 'broken' links to the new site (or the old site); please let me know either through PM or by contacting us through our site; I'd really appreciate it! Thx

[Lord Vader]

I successfully Zippered an HDVR2, connected an FA120, etc., and got everything running fine. I used Tera Term Pro to upload a tserver file so I can use that tie toolie thingie ;) program. I zmodem'd the file to my HDVR2, but then TeraTerm Pro told me "tserver removed." Weird. So, I tried again, but now I've lost the bash prompt and canNOT for the life of me get back in with TeraTerm Pro or even via the DOS cmd prompt and telnetting.

I DID reboot the unit and all was well, but I was just wondering what may have caused this.

[Finnstang]

JW, the hdX stuff I seemed to have figured out. Remember, the connections and settings on my PC were exactly the same as they were the last few times I Zippered units, and those times I never got this read-only error.

Regardless, I went through another Zipper attempt on this 200GB that I'm trying to install into a NIB DSR7000, but I keep getting that weird powering up response. To see if the problem was with the drive or Zipper, which I was sure it was not, I installed the original factory drive that came with the unit. It, too, gave the same problem. So, methinks I have a defective box, whether it be the power supply or, more likely, something on the mother board. I wonder i there's a place that could diagnose the problem and fix it for a modest fee.

I'm now going to re-Zipper the drive and put an HDVR2 6.2 image on, and I bet I'll get that read-only message again.
You should get the "read-only error" every time you mount a cdrom because a cdrom is read-only media. It isn't really an error more of a warning.

[tivoupgrade]

You should get the "read-only error" every time you mount a cdrom because a cdrom is read-only media. It isn't really an error more of a warning.

fyi, if you use "mount -ro" you shouldn't get that warning...

[JWThiers]

Well I wish I knew how to make it work, I already paid for it...

Another thing I wanted to mention that I'm now concerned about is: in the Zipper Step 1 there is a link for attaining the PTVupgrade's Instantcake CD for v6.2: http://partners.ptvupgrade.com/z/50/CD59/

but that link gets redirected to:

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

and on this page when I try to select my unit, a RCA DVR80, I don't see DVR80 on the model drop down menu, only DVR39 & DVR40. So I selected DVR40 and proceded to purchase the InstantCake for Series2 DirecTV Units (download) $19.99

I'm worried that I purchased the wrong InstantCake iso - jeeez!

I'm a complete newbie as you can see, can you please advise on how I can fix and create my zipper cd. THANKS again!
What is the new name for the iso you downloaded, knowing that will make it easier for Rbautch to fix and upgrade zipper.

Given what Lou from DVRUpgrade (formerly PTVUpgrade) said below I would imagine that there shouldn't be any problems using that image for that error you recieved. Just copy the iso that you downloaded and rename the new copy to ptvlba48-4.iso. make a new zipper disk using the renamed copy and you should be fine.

[peteyg]

Well unfortunately I already (before Lou's response) purchased the Iba48 iso at: http://downloads.ptvupgrade.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LBA48DD&Category_Code=

placed that iso in the zipper_tools and the zipper_isomaker.bat was able to make the zipper_universal_CD.iso

I made it into a CD, removed my main HD,placed my Tivo HD on the secondary position on the IDE cable. Primary position was already connected to my cdrom.

I booted and I got a bunch of messages hit return when prompted and now I'm at a PTVupgrade /# prompt.

in the zipper instructions it says:
C. Mount the CD by typing: mount /dev/hdX /cdrom (where X is the location of your CD drive, most
likely c or d).

I did this with hda,b,c,d and I get nowhere. I get a message each time saying:

mount: can't find /dev/hdx/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

[peteyg]

never mind, I realized there was a space! after hdX

[Cure]

Hopefully a dumb question -

If you reimage with InstantCake 3.5, then zipper, then slice up to 6.3, don't you lose all your recordings? If so, is there any way to network a 6.3a HR10 without losing your recordings?

I should have probably listened to Russ 2 months ago and done all this while it was new, instead of procrastinating while pretending to "wait" for 6.3!

[peteyg]

so I typed sh /cdrom/zipper.sh and my screen went completely black - I'm assuming the zipper script is doing it's thing but i'm not sure.
Someone uphere said it took 2hrs and a pack of smokes, well I don't smoke BUT can you tell me if this is normal and how long should I wait for a message from the zipper?

thanks!

[peteyg]

oh and while I'm waiting, does anyone know if this hack will prevent me from ordering PayPerView?

[peteyg]

I couldn't wait anylonger for a reponse, I pulled the plug & rebooted.

Well now when I type mount /dev/hdc/ cdrom I get this message:
mount: special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)

This is becoming a nightmare.......

[Lord Vader]

You should get the "read-only error" every time you mount a cdrom because a cdrom is read-only media. It isn't really an error more of a warning.

Common sense finally got me to realize this. As I said above, this is what I get for not doing this more often than not. I hadn't Zippered anything since the summer, and I didn't recall that response popping up then. I kinda gathered everything was kosher after I pulled the drive and installed it into the unit and it worked.

BTW, on russ's newer Zipper instructions, he doesn't state to unmount the CD drive. The old Zipper instructions had this by telling one to:

cd /
umount /cdrom
halt

I mention this because last time, I didn't unmount. I was stuck in an endless reboot as a result. Since remembering to unmount, I didn't have this problem, so I did it as well with the latest Zipper, even though Russ's newest instructions don't reference the unmounting stuff.

Lastly, regarding the problem I'm having with the Phillips DSR7000, I'm surmising the problem is related to either the power supply unit or the motherboard. I've never experienced such a weird but definitive problem like that, and I tried both a modified drive and the unit's stock one. Nothing worked. I ordered a power supply replacement unit from Weaknees hoping that is the problem. If not, it may very well be the motherboard, which would be too bad, because that's cost prohibitive and not worth fixing, rather sad with a NIB unit.

[JWThiers]

so I typed sh /cdrom/zipper.sh and my screen went completely black - I'm assuming the zipper script is doing it's thing but i'm not sure.
Someone uphere said it took 2hrs and a pack of smokes, well I don't smoke BUT can you tell me if this is normal and how long should I wait for a message from the zipper?
It has been a while since I have run zipper from scratch, but I can say that from the time I pulled the plug on my Dtivo to the time that I plugged it back in and went to run the teak script was easily less than 30 minutes. And I think total time to complete the script and reboot with the tweaks installed was less than 45 minutes. I could do it in less than 30 now if I had to I think.
oh and while I'm waiting, does anyone know if this hack will prevent me from ordering PayPerView?
It should not prevent ordering PPV. I don't order many, I think the last one was several years ago, but it has been stated several times here that PPV is not a problem.

[bnm81002]

I couldn't wait anylonger for a reponse, I pulled the plug & rebooted.

Well now when I type mount /dev/hdc/ cdrom I get this message:
mount: special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)

This is becoming a nightmare.......




well according to your post above (post# 8331), you said you connected the Tivo drive on secondary position and the CD ROM drive on the primary position, which seems to me that the Tivo drive is (hdb) and the CD ROM is (hda) so when you followed the instructions for the zipper, you need to mount hda and not hdc because that's how you had your setup as you said above, try following the instructions with hda instead of hdc

[Lord Vader]

Pete, something's wrong. Zipper only takes a few minutes, a little more if it installs the image first. Roughly 10 minutes from start to finish should do it. (I Zippered a couple drives today, each taking about 10-15 minutes or so.)

That command line to run Zipper looks a bit too much of an end-around compared to the normal route. After you mounted the cd drive, you should be at the CD drive's prompt. From there type sh zipper.sh and not the stuff you typed above.

JW, ordering PPVs has nothing to do with Zipper or hacks. It has to do with the access card and whether the box has phoned home enough. For new users, one will be able to order PPVs via remote for a few weeks. Once DTV realizes your box has not officially phoned in its monthly PPV info, this remote ordering is disabled, which is no big deal. You just log in to your DirecTV account and order a PPV via their web site. This is actually better anyway, because ordering a PPV via their web site results in ALL receivers on your account able to view a PPV; otherwise, remote ordering limits viewing the ordered PPV solely to the receiver from which it's ordered.

[JWThiers]

Pete, something's wrong. Zipper only takes a few minutes, a little more if it installs the image first. Roughly 10 minutes from start to finish should do it. (I Zippered a couple drives today, each taking about 10-15 minutes or so.)

That command line to run Zipper looks a bit too much of an end-around compared to the normal route. After you mounted the cd drive, you should be at the CD drive's prompt. From there type sh zipper.sh and not the stuff you typed above.

Petes typing in exactly whats on the zipper page so it should work. It is odd though. I'd restart again.

JW, ordering PPVs has nothing to do with Zipper or hacks. It has to do with the access card and whether the box has phoned home enough. For new users, one will be able to order PPVs via remote for a few weeks. Once DTV realizes your box has not officially phoned in its monthly PPV info, this remote ordering is disabled, which is no big deal. You just log in to your DirecTV account and order a PPV via their web site. This is actually better anyway, because ordering a PPV via their web site results in ALL receivers on your account able to view a PPV; otherwise, remote ordering limits viewing the ordered PPV solely to the receiver from which it's ordered.


Like I said I haven't ordered in quite a while, but that is good info to know.

[Lord Vader]

Actually, the Zipper instructions have it different from what Pete's typing:

cd /cdrom
sh zipper.sh

This is typed immediately after mounting the CD drive.

JW, sometimes I think Russ writes those Zipper instructions only after he's had a few too many martinis. :p

[peteyg]

well according to your post above (post# 8331), you said you connected the Tivo drive on secondary position and the CD ROM drive on the primary position, which seems to me that the Tivo drive is (hdb) and the CD ROM is (hda) so when you followed the instructions for the zipper, you need to mount hda and not hdc because that's how you had your setup as you said above, try following the instructions with hda instead of hdc

I really appreciate all your help!!! I'm stumped!

Maybe I'm not describing the cdrom & tivo drive connections right but I found a command that tells the location of ide drives and according to this my cdrom is at hdc & my tivo drive is at hdd:

cat /proc/ide/hda/model

cat: /proc/ide/hda/model: No such file or directory

cat /proc/ide/hdb/model

cat: /proc/ide/hdb/model: No such file or directory

cat /proc/ide/hdc/model

CRD-8400B

cat /proc/ide/hdd/model

WDC WD800LB-55DNA0

[peteyg]

This is what I'm following from:

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

Step 3 - Run the Zipper on Your PC
A. Connect your hard drive to any IDE position on your PC (hda, hdb, hdc, or hdd). If you don't know what
this means, see Note 1 above.

B. Boot from the Zipper CD that you just burned. Hit enter through the prompts.

C. Mount the CD by typing: mount /dev/hdX /cdrom (where X is the location of your CD drive, most
likely c or d).

D. Run the main script by typing sh /cdrom/zipper.sh and hit return


Please advise

[Lord Vader]

That's slightly different from the instructions I have (which are probably a couple weeks older), but it should still work. If you're already at the cd/ prompt, then just type in sh zipper.sh, but be sure your drives are connected properly.

Just out of curiosity, you DID set the jumpers on the back of the CD drive and hard drive correctly, right?

[rbautch]

BTW, on russ's newer Zipper instructions, he doesn't state to unmount the CD drive. I mention this because last time, I didn't unmount. I was stuck in an endless reboot as a result. The newest Zipper unmouts automatically.

[Lord Vader]

Well, that's good news to hear. Obviously this saves one from experiencing the problem I had with the old Zipper. :)

[peteyg]

When I boot from the CD and come to the final prompt the prompt says:
PTVupgrade /#

Both my CD & Tivo drives jumpers are on cable select

[JWThiers]

When I boot from the CD and come to the final prompt the prompt says:
PTVupgrade /#

Both my CD & Tivo drives jumpers are on cable select
Set one to master the other to slave.

[Lord Vader]

When I boot from the CD and come to the final prompt the prompt says:
PTVupgrade /#

Both my CD & Tivo drives jumpers are on cable select

Ah...then that's going to cause a problem. I've got my CD set as Primary Slave and my hard drive as Secondary Master.

[JWThiers]

Hey Russ
Did you see a few posts back that PTVUgrafe is changing to dvrupgrade. I think that might cause some problems down the road if there is a file name change also.

[peteyg]

CDROM jumper to Master & tivo hd jumper to slave, right?

[JWThiers]

CDROM jumper to Master & tivo hd jumper to slave, right?
That will work.

[Lord Vader]

Personally, I prefer the CD to slave and the HD to master. Easier to work with that way.

[peteyg]

Ok booted up:

typed sh zipper.sh and message said: No such file or directory

typed mount /dev/hdc/ cdrom message said:
mount: special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)

typed in cd /cdrom
sh zipper.sh

my screeen went black, CD spin for about 5 sec then nothing, just a black screen.

think I have a bad disk?

could you guys check the contents of my iso? I've placed it in my web server:

http://www.fantasticform.us/zipper_universal_CD.iso

[Lord Vader]

Ok booted up:

typed sh zipper.sh and message said: No such file or directory

typed mount /dev/hdc/ cdrom message said:
mount: special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)


Sounds like you have the wrong destinations for your drives. Check my posts on the previous page regarding how I had "hdc" instead of "hdb" and was therefore getting errors. Make sure your hdX designations coincide with your CD and HD locations.

[rbautch]

Hey Russ
Did you see a few posts back that PTVUgrafe is changing to dvrupgrade. I think that might cause some problems down the road if there is a file name change also.I saw that. The instantcake image is usually called IC.. or "Instantcake..", so I doubt that will change. I'll keep my eye out to see if the name of the boot disk changes.

[rbautch]

Ok booted up:

typed sh zipper.sh and message said: No such file or directory

typed mount /dev/hdc/ cdrom message said:
mount: special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)

typed in cd /cdrom
sh zipper.sh

my screeen went black, CD spin for about 5 sec then nothing, just a black screen.

think I have a bad disk?

could you guys check the contents of my iso? I've placed it in my web server:

http://www.fantasticform.us/zipper_universal_CD.isoAfter you disk boots up, hit cntrl-page up (or shift-page up) to see what hard drives are recognized by the software. Look specifically for /dev/hdc.

[pat4road]

I don't know which thread to post this question on so please help or direct me to the right thread. Recently I purchased a used Pioneer DVR-810H. I used the Instacake software to create an image on a 160 GB Hard Drive. Two things I'm noticing. 1. In the System Information screen I see the “Model Info: Unknown” instead of seeing DVR-810H message. Second when I did the guided setup I selected the option that I already activated an account by accident and the 810H gave me seven days of Tivo Plus Service. For several days now I still have the Tivo Plus service and my System Information Tivo "Account status shows 2: Not Setup, 0 days left" for several days. I shouldn't complain I'm getting the full Tivo Plus service without activating, but I'm interested in what the problem is if I even have one. Thanks

[JWThiers]

I saw that. The instantcake image is usually called IC.. or "Instantcake..", so I doubt that will change. I'll keep my eye out to see if the name of the boot disk changes.
Pete was having problems with the lba48 disk which starts ptvlba48.

Hey pete what was the name of the first lba48 boot disk iso that you got and had problems with?

[JWThiers]

I don't know which thread to post this question on so please help or direct me to the right thread. Recently I purchased a used Pioneer DVR-810H. I used the Instacake software to create an image on a 160 GB Hard Drive. Two things I'm noticing. 1. In the System Information screen I see the “Model Info: Unknown” instead of seeing DVR-810H message. Second when I did the guided setup I selected the option that I already activated an account by accident and the 810H gave me seven days of Tivo Plus Service. For several days now I still have the Tivo Plus service and my System Information Tivo "Account status shows 2: Not Setup, 0 days left" for several days. I shouldn't complain I'm getting the full Tivo Plus service without activating, but I'm interested in what the problem is if I even have one. Thanks
I don't know the answer to this one but as a suggestion off the top of my head would have been to try the instant cake forum here (http://www.*************.com/forum/thread/11896/?page=1). Or I would have started a new thread, you may get a reply here but only if someone looking for or giving help for zipper happens to know. That could happen as a lot of the knowledgable folks wander thru alot but I don't know.

[Lord Vader]

Guys, got a problem here...

I just finished Zippering an HR10-250, installed tweak, and rebooted. Now I've lost all telnet capabilities. I tried rebooting again by pulling the plug, but that hasn't helped. I can't telnet via the CMD prompt, and when I try TeraTerm Pro, my preferred method, it doesn't work. I keep getting "connection timed out" errors. I DO have a serial cable if I need to connect, but I don't even know what to look for regarding how to fix this.

Edited to add: I just noticed the lights on my FA120 are dead. They WERE lit and working fine before I installed and ran tweak; now they're kaput. This would seem to be the issue, but how to fix it?

[peteyg]

Pete was having problems with the lba48 disk which starts ptvlba48.

Hey pete what was the name of the first lba48 boot disk iso that you got and had problems with?

It was ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso and I downloaded & purchased it from http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=374&Category_ID=5&page=prod&type=Model&ModelID=26

After you disk boots up, hit cntrl-page up (or shift-page up) to see what hard drives are recognized by the software. Look specifically for /dev/hdc.

I scanned boot up text and didn't see anything with /dev/hdc specifiaclly but one line says:
hdc: CRD-8400B, ATAPI CD/DVD drive
hdd: WDC WD800LB-55DNA0, ATA DISK drive

[sk33t3r]

hdc: CRD-8400B, ATAPI CD/DVD drive is the cd rom

[JWThiers]

It was ptvlba48-4.04DD.iso and I downloaded & purchased it from http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=374&Category_ID=5&page=prod&type=Model&ModelID=26

The first one that you had problems with?? from DVRUPGRADE? I wonder what that problem was? That should have worked.

[peteyg]

FYI, when I just type CDROM my CD drive spins and I get a message:
launching /cdrom/nsts/*.nst
/bin/CDROM: /cdrom/nsts/*.nst No such file or directory

[peteyg]

Yes, that's the one. With that iso in the zipper_tools folder the zipper_isomaker.bat could not create the zipper_universal_CD.iso

[JWThiers]

Ok booted up:

typed sh zipper.sh and message said: No such file or directory

typed mount /dev/hdc/ cdrom message said:
mount: special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist
(a path prefix is not a directory)

typed in cd /cdrom
sh zipper.sh

my screeen went black, CD spin for about 5 sec then nothing, just a black screen.

think I have a bad disk?

could you guys check the contents of my iso? I've placed it in my web server:

http://www.fantasticform.us/zipper_universal_CD.iso
I see the problem:

should be:
mount **** /dev/hdc **** /cdrom

Extra spaces and **** added for emphasis should be 1 space

NOT:

mount **** /dev/hdc/ **** cdrom

[sk33t3r]

Did you burn the ISO to the cd ot copy the iso to the cd? If you copied it that is the problem

[JWThiers]

BTW did we warn you linux is VERY picky about CAPS, pumctuation and spaces.

[JWThiers]

Did you burn the ISO to the cd ot copy the iso to the cd? If you copied it that is the problem
It was a different problem, zipper wouldn't make the iso with a certain boot disk iso. that problem was fixed.

[peteyg]

Did you burn the ISO to the cd ot copy the iso to the cd? If you copied it that is the problem

I burned not copied the CD.

Well, I just remade another zipper_universal_CD.iso and burned, a new cd.
Booted up w/ it, and typed exactly:
mount /dev/hdc cdrom
and I got this message:
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected mounting read-only

I then typed sh zipper.sh and I got:
No such file or directory

BUT

when I type cd /cdrom then sh zipper.sh
cd spins for a bit and screen goes black.....

[JWThiers]

I burned not copied the CD.

Well, I just remade another zipper_universal_CD.iso and burned, a new cd.
Booted up w/ it, and typed exactly:
mount /dev/hdc cdrom
and I got this message:
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected mounting read-only

I then typed sh zipper.sh and I got:
No such file or directory

BUT

when I type cd /cdrom then sh zipper.sh
cd spins for a bit and screen goes black.....
Type the following exacly

mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
cd /cdrom
sh zipper.sh

[peteyg]

this is what my screen showed when I typed the following:

mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected mounting read-only

cd /cdrom
PTVUpgrade /cdrom#

sh zipper.sh

Then my cd spins for a bit and screen goes black.....

[Lord Vader]

The mounting response, as I have learned, is OK. The problem appears to be with your CD. Did you burn it as an image and not a compilation? For example, I use Nero and choose Recorder-->Burn Image

[peteyg]

There must be something wrong with my cd, when I run the zipper file it doesn't execute.

Please download & test my iso maybe you can find the problem...

BIG THANKS for all the help you've given!

[Lord Vader]

Anyone have any ideas, BTW, why my FA120 went kaput AFTER I rebooted following rbautch's tweak installation? I'm baffled.

[JWThiers]

There must be something wrong with my cd, when I run the zipper file it doesn't execute.

Please download & test my iso maybe you can find the problem...

BIG THANKS for all the help you've given!
check you PM's

[peteyg]

I burned the image not a compilation

[peteyg]

PM's?

[JWThiers]

Private Messages
at top click user CP

[Lord Vader]

Well, I just finished using The Slicer for 6.3a to take my newly Zippered HR10-250 to 6.3a from 3.1.5f. and I see my FA120's lights back on, and now I can get access through TeraTerm Pro like before. Now I just have to figure out why, after I installed Slicer, that I'm having troubles with guided satellite setup and all.

The unit rebooted twice after Slicer ran--is that normal?--and now it's having a bitch of a time trying to get info from the satellites. Has anyone experienced that before?

[dano31]

My first zipper cd was a coaster too but i quikly solved the problem by burning the cd with nero. all is well the zipper works great on all three of my d-tivo's

[Starrbuck]

...but if you're hacking an HR10-250 with 3.1.5f software, only the following subset of those drivers will work, including:
device ax8817x
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 07d1 3c05 DUB-E100, revision B1 alternate vendor code

These all look like older models. Anything current that works, preferrably 802.11g?

[JWThiers]

These all look like older models. Anything current that works, preferrably 802.11g?
You are right they are older models. Only those will work No wireless G adapters. If you want G you need to get a wired adapter and hook it into a wireless bridge.

[Starrbuck]

You are right they are older models. Only those will work No wireless G adapters. If you want G you need to get a wired adapter and hook it into a wireless bridge.

Cool, thanks for the info.

[peteyg]

Well I got good & bad news...

bad news is when I do the following I AGAIN AND I get the same exact results:

mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected mounting read-only

cd /cdrom
PTVUpgrade /cdrom#

sh zipper.sh

Then my cd spins for a bit and screen goes black.....

GOOD NEWS IS this time instead of pulling the plug I hit return and!

I got the following message at the top of my screen:
Invalid service number. Exiting..
PTVupgrade /cdrom#

hmmmm....

could it be that the zipper program is actually running but is somehow out of range of my dispaly?

I'm using a sony 17" LCD analog conection(VGA)

WAIT....AHAHA

I SEE!!!

it is!!!

after that I hit shift-page up and BAM!
my screen had displayed
"Welcome to the Zipper!...
Please enter the first 3 digitis of your service number:

woe!

WHY?

So all this time my CD's were good - the zipper program displayed out of range!!?@?

Is it a bug? a fluke w/ my system/display?...

I don't know but now I can proceed FINALLY!

JWTHIERS, A HUGE THANKS FOR ALL THE PATIENCE AND HELP YOU'VE GIVEN ME AROUND THE CLOCK - YOUR A TROOPER!

and thanks to all who chimed in and helped along the way

[Lord Vader]

It was the Dark Side at play. Manipulative it is.

[bnm81002]

I will be changing my network router, do I have to rezipper my 2 DTivo units with the new IP addresses or can I change the addresses w/o rezippering again? thanks

[JWThiers]

I will be changing my network router, do I have to rezipper my 2 DTivo units with the new IP addresses or can I change the addresses w/o rezippering again? thanks
Why do you need to change the ips of your tivo's, just change the ip of the router to cover the range used by your tivo's.

[bnm81002]

Why do you need to change the ips of your tivo's, just change the ip of the router to cover the range used by your tivo's.



the old router has the address as 192.168.0.1 and the new router has it as 192.168.1.1, see different addresses

[Da Goon]

the old router has the address as 192.168.0.1 and the new router has it as 192.168.1.1, see different addresses

Run netconfig.tcl and change the ip address of the router, and you'll be fine.

[peteyg]

well I finally ran the zipper, gave it an ip, my router ip, my ssid and after a few prompts it said success! and I placed my tivo hd back in the box.

it rebooted itself as described in the instructions

I plugged in my D-Link DWL-G122 USB 802.11g adapter in the tivo box - but no lights on the adapter?

turned off all wireless security as instructed and

booted my pc normally, tried to telnet into tivo with:
telnet -t vt100 192.168.15.110

and I got a response: could not open connection to the host, on port 23: connection failed

is there a way to check on the tivo box if the usb ports are active now?

the adapter does light up when connected to my pc but not with the tivo

[Knocka]

I just installed the Zipper on a new Hard Drive for a DSR-704 DTV TiVo (Series 2). I have a few questions:

(1) When I tried to make a test call, it says Failed While Negotiating." Is this expected after installing Zipper, or is my modem fried? If it is fried, what are the best options?
(2) Can I get the TiVo working properly without connecting to a phone line, by using a Wireless USB Adapter? Are there any instructions for this anywhere? I have searched but have not found anything.
(3) Can I just hook up wirelessly, or do I have to connect wired to the router first?

Thanks.

[Da Goon]

(1) When I tried to make a test call, it says Failed While Negotiating." Is this expected after installing Zipper, or is my modem fried? If it is fried, what are the best options?

If you just ran the Zipper, then disconnect the phone line and forget about it unless you want it connnected for caller ID. A zippered tivo no longer needs to connect to tivo via the phone line. It will run fakecall.tcl on a regualr basis to trick the tivo into thinking it has called home. The zipper also changes some settings on your tivo to actually prevent it from calling home.

[Knocka]

What about getting software updates? Would it do that over a broadband connection, or is it now unnecessary?

Also, can I connect to my network wirelessly the first time, or do I have to connect wired first?

Thanks.

[Da Goon]

What about getting software updates? Would it do that over a broadband connection, or is it now unnecessary?

Also, can I connect to my network wirelessly the first time, or do I have to connect wired first?

Thanks.

Software updates are disabled by the Zipper. Besides, Directv is never gonna give out another update for these machines anyways. As far as question number 2, as long as you are actually connecting to your network, it doesn't really matter.

[Knocka]

Thanks for the help.

Tomorrow, I will get a USB Wireless etherbet adapter. Any recommendations?
Do I have to disable WEP on my router? Is there any sort of guide to configuring the wireless adapter? I appreciate the help.

Knocka

[Da Goon]

Personally, I'd advise against a wireless adapter. Using a wired adapter with a wireless bridge such as the Zyxel P330W seems to work better.

[Knocka]

Not sure I understand the difference? Isn't a bridge similar to an access point? Are you saying get a wired USB adapter, and connect it to the wireless bridge, and then let the wireless bridge make the connection to the wireless router?

[bnm81002]

Run netconfig.tcl and change the ip address of the router, and you'll be fine.



I searched for the file and can't find it, where is it located please? thanks for the help

[dsmith123]

I recently zippered my DVRs and chose to install the caller ID thingy. Well, I tried testing it out and didn't see the caller ID information do anything. I checked the process list and saw that the process 'netcid' is running but I can't figure out why caller ID isn't showing up. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can check to determine what's up?

Also, one other issue I've noticed that I was hoping to get some help with. After zippering my DVRs, I find that some times my Now Showing list goes away for a bit. I have to exit out and watch normal TV for a few minutes and then I can go back in and my recorded TV listings and other DVR show up. This occurs on both units.

[Da Goon]

Not sure I understand the difference? Isn't a bridge similar to an access point? Are you saying get a wired USB adapter, and connect it to the wireless bridge, and then let the wireless bridge make the connection to the wireless router?

Exactly. The only wireless adapters supported by DTivos are wireless "b" so if you want better speeds, you can connected a wired "g" adapter to the tivo and then connect it to a wireless "g" bridge, giving you considerably better speeds. Some Linksys routers and gaming adapters can be flashed with 3rd party firmware to support this, but I recommended the Zyxel model because it works for this purpose right out of the box (it's usually found pretty cheap too.)

[Da Goon]

I searched for the file and can't find it, where is it located please? thanks for the help

Check your modules in tivoweb. If not there, google search and it can be found relatively easily.

[Lord Vader]

You're not the only one whose Caller ID doesn't work, ds. I can't get it to work on ANY of my 4 DTIVOs. Nothing I have done has fixed it. I came to the conclusion that it really is a hit and miss feature that misses far more than it hits. BTW, my father and several friends have the same problem--their Caller ID doesn't work, either.

[Da Goon]

Also, one other issue I've noticed that I was hoping to get some help with. After zippering my DVRs, I find that some times my Now Showing list goes away for a bit. I have to exit out and watch normal TV for a few minutes and then I can go back in and my recorded TV listings and other DVR show up. This occurs on both units.

This is a DNS problem. Search around for "now playing list dns problem" and you'll find what you're looking for.

[Lord Vader]

Da Goon, I had the Netgear XE102 powerline ethernet bridges--ebay has tons of them usually. I decided to go all out and spend some money on a couple Netgear XE103s and an XE104. My transmission speeds skyrocketed. I have a laptop that is usually parked in its docking station, to which is connected an XE103. My router and a DTIVO are connected to an XE104, as are a couple other DTIVOs.

My MRV/transfer speeds run around 80kbps when using TyTools, and my regular download speeds through these XE devices is around 9 megs down, with my upload speeds consistently around 740. The download speed has been consistently faster with the XE103 and 104. I highly recommend those devices for those willing to spend the money.

[Idearat]

I got tired of the 25 foot ethernet cable running to my bedroom, so I thought I'd use a wireless bridge. Turned out I had one and didn't know it. I'd bought a D-Link DWL-G730AP pocket router a while back to use while traveling, and it has a "bridge mode" I set it up to work on my home network and it does a good job. When I travel I don't need the bedroom TiVo on the network and just bring it along and set the switch to router mode.

A bonus is that it can be powered by a USB connection. I can plug it into the second, unused, USB port for power and not have to deal with yet another wall wart.

[Da Goon]

Da Goon, I had the Netgear XE102 powerline ethernet bridges--ebay has tons of them usually. I decided to go all out and spend some money on a couple Netgear XE103s and an XE104. My transmission speeds skyrocketed. I have a laptop that is usually parked in its docking station, to which is connected an XE103. My router and a DTIVO are connected to an XE104, as are a couple other DTIVOs.

My MRV/transfer speeds run around 80kbps when using TyTools, and my regular download speeds through these XE devices is around 9 megs down, with my upload speeds consistently around 740. The download speed has been consistently faster with the XE103 and 104. I highly recommend those devices for those willing to spend the money.

Not bad. I'll have to look into that. Ebay is your friend... ;)

[Lord Vader]

Ebay was too pricey for the XE103 and 104s, though. I got my XE102s from ebay, but not the newer 103s and 104s. For that, I searched around and found the least expensive ones on Amazon.com of all places. You MAY be able to find one on ebay for less, but you have to look every couple days, since there aren't many on there for low amounts.

[ttac]

Bare with me if this has been posted before.. I Zippered my series 2 ver 6.2 DTivo and I don't have a router, or nic for the tivo yet, so I wanted to access bash via serial cable as I have done before with my series 1 Dtivo. But when I connect via serial cable I get all the normal stuff and at the end I get

....sending Done event
....sending Done event

and thats it!

I followed the zipper instructions to the T . I've even rezippered it a few times
The backup image I'm using was made from this same tivo and works fine.
any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[Lord Vader]

Are you connecting at the correct baud rate? Make sure your connection settings are correct.

[ttac]

Yep, If I wasn't I wouldn't be seeing everything else posting to the screen would I?

I see it say:
rc.sysinit is complete

ApgManager Transitioning from several states to other states

....sending Done event
....sending Done event

But never a bash prompt, I hit enter a few times but still nothing.

[Da Goon]

Pull the drive, mount it, and check to make sure the code to run serial bash is in your .author file.

should be : /bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&> /dev/ttyS2&

you could also check your bootpage and make sure the baud rate reflected there is the same as what is being used in your terminal program.

[ttac]

I mounted the 4th partition and edited the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file and added the line:
/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&> /dev/ttyS2&

saved it, reinstalled it in the tivo, booted it up and I still get all of the boot information. but still no bash prompt.

I wouldn't be seeing everything posting to the screen if the baud rate wasn't correct would I?

[peteyg]

anyone?

[ttac]

peteyg are you having a similar problem?

[donjgmz]

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone and thanks in advance for your input. I zippered my hr10-250 successfully yesterday with the InstantCake Special Edition (1.2). I was able to telnet and run the enhancement scripts. I initiated a couple of calls to the mothership and my unit was upgraded to 6.3a. I originally gave TIVO the IP address 192.168.15.110 which worked great since I was able to FTP and telnet to it. I didn’t test any other connection such as tivo web. After the 6.3a upgrade, I was not able to connect to it with the IP I originally assigned it. The Linksys USB200 v.1 adapter lights are on so I checked my router’s DHCP Active IP Table and noticed that the TIVO now has an IP address of 192.168.15.106. I tried to connect to this IP via FTP and telnet but cannot get to it. Please advice on what steps I can take to alleviate this issue.


Anyone have any thoughts on this or should I redo the drive again? If so, what do i need to do to prevent this from happenning again.

[Lord Vader]

Don, uninstall and rerun tweak.sh. I had a similar problem after hacking an HR10-250. I hacked it at 3.1.5f with Zipper and tweak, upgraded it to 6.3a, then my network stuff went kaput. I reran tweak, chose to accept the USB2.0 adapters, and all was well.

[peteyg]

Not really...

My issue is 1) my D-Link DWL-G122 USB 802.11g doesn't light up when I plug it into my hacked tivo and 2) I can't telnet into my tivo

here's my last post:
well I finally ran the zipper, gave it an ip, my router ip, my ssid and after a few prompts it said success! and I placed my tivo hd back in the box.

it rebooted itself as described in the instructions

I plugged in my D-Link DWL-G122 USB 802.11g adapter in the tivo box - but no lights on the adapter?

turned off all wireless security as instructed and

booted my pc normally, tried to telnet into tivo with:
telnet -t vt100 192.168.15.110

and I got a response: could not open connection to the host, on port 23: connection failed

is there a way to check on the tivo box if the usb ports are active now?

the adapter does light up when connected to my pc but not with the tivo

[rbautch]

Not really...

My issue is 1) my D-Link DWL-G122 USB 802.11g doesn't light up when I plug it into my hacked tivo and 2) I can't telnet into my tivo

here's my last post:
well I finally ran the zipper, gave it an ip, my router ip, my ssid and after a few prompts it said success! and I placed my tivo hd back in the box.

it rebooted itself as described in the instructions

I plugged in my D-Link DWL-G122 USB 802.11g adapter in the tivo box - but no lights on the adapter?

turned off all wireless security as instructed and

booted my pc normally, tried to telnet into tivo with:
telnet -t vt100 192.168.15.110

and I got a response: could not open connection to the host, on port 23: connection failed

is there a way to check on the tivo box if the usb ports are active now?

the adapter does light up when connected to my pc but not with the tivo
That's not a compatible adapter. See the list in the instructions.

[peteyg]

dang-it!

[Lord Vader]

Pete, there are plenty of Netgear FA120s on ebay. Of all the adapters out there, those are probably the most preferred by those here and on DD.

[willardcpa]

You're not the only one whose Caller ID doesn't work, ds. I can't get it to work on ANY of my 4 DTIVOs. Nothing I have done has fixed it. I came to the conclusion that it really is a hit and miss feature that misses far more than it hits. BTW, my father and several friends have the same problem--their Caller ID doesn't work, either.Do you have all four hooked up to the phone line at once. If so that is a problem - too many boxes and it won't work with each box being a "server". I had that problem too, it would work on one or two boxes just fine, but as soon as I went to three it started flaking out. The solution is to have one being the server and the others be clients. This works like a charm for me - I even have my computers set up as clients with NCIDpop and they get the CID info from the one DTivo that acts as a server.

One second thought are you talking about SD DTivos or HDTivos? I was talking about SD DTivos.

[cr33p]

Boy Had to go back a few pages to find the original problem. You should have FTP'd to /hacks not var/hacks. Assuming that you put it in hacks it will run fine.


Ok so Im terrible at getting back to my posts I do apologize, out of town. However I did copy the files to the /hacks dir and not the var hacks dir, rbautch said to ftp the files to the dir that contains the tweak.sh files.

So in case anyone has any ideas I will re state my problem, since Im going a lil nuts trying to figure it out.

I uninstalled the zipper from my dsr 704, I then went to reload it and it automatically tries to download the latest enhancement scripts, however it fails when trying to lookup the host name, some problem with dns. I was told by rbautch to download the latest zipper, extract the rbautchfiles.tgz and ftp it to the /hacks dir then re run the zipper and it should just notice the files are in the directory and not try to download them from the site. I did all of this and my machine still exhibits the same problem.


Please help :)

Thanks in advance.

Cr33p

[Lord Vader]

I have been unable to get Caller ID to work on ANY DTIVO, SD or HD. Same problem with my old man's sole unit, an HR10-250.

[JWThiers]

dang-it!
Got some bad news for ya, wireless G is NOT an option. The adapters on the list are all either wired or wireless B. If you want wireless G speed you need to run a wired adapter to a wireless G bridge. My experience with a B adapter is that the signal strength is just a bit low which made for unstable connections over distance and thru walls. When I did get connections the transfer rate was just about real time maybe 25 minutes for a 30 min show. Using a G bridge its something less than 10 for 30. So My person opinion is use either wired or wired into a G bridge.

[peteyg]

I hunt down a FA120 and report back.......THANKS!

[JWThiers]

Ok so Im terrible at getting back to my posts I do apologize, out of town. However I did copy the files to the /hacks dir and not the var hacks dir, rbautch said to ftp the files to the dir that contains the tweak.sh files.

So in case anyone has any ideas I will re state my problem, since Im going a lil nuts trying to figure it out.

I uninstalled the zipper from my dsr 704, I then went to reload it and it automatically tries to download the latest enhancement scripts, however it fails when trying to lookup the host name, some problem with dns. I was told by rbautch to download the latest zipper, extract the rbautchfiles.tgz and ftp it to the /hacks dir then re run the zipper and it should just notice the files are in the directory and not try to download them from the site. I did all of this and my machine still exhibits the same problem.


Please help :)

Thanks in advance.

Cr33p
That should work?. :confused:

I did have a similar thing happen to me and had to almost had to find a virgin to sacrifice to the tivo gods to fix but at the last minute did the following and it worked for me.

I am going to assume that joe doesn't work, so you have to use vi (joy). also your alias' don't work. so ...

First read up a bit on VI at this site here (http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html)

Next telnet into you tivo and enter the following commands:

cd /etc/rc.d
mount -o remount,rw /
vi rc.sysinit.author

That cd's to the /etc/rc.d directory
mounts in read/write mode
starts vi to edit your author file.

look for a line that starts
tivosh /hacks/network.tcl

make sure that the first ip is the ip of you tivo and the second ip is that of your router. If that line is NOT there exit without saving by typing ":q!" Thats "Colon q Exclamation point" and proceed to the next step.

If they are not, use your arrow keys to move to the beginning of the ip address'. Once the cursor is there press the "x" key to delete single characters until the incorrect part is gone. Next press the 'a' key to enter the insert mode and type in the corrections. when you are done with the corrections press the Esc (Escape) key to enter the command mode.

To exit WITHOUT changing the file type ":q!" Thats "Colon q Exclamation point"
To save changes and exit type ":wq"

You just edited your author file with vi.
Next at bash type
cd /hacks
tivosh network.tcl xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the tivo ip
and yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy is your router ip

that should set your ip and router ip's.
At bash type
mount -o remount,ro /
Now reboot your tivo and telnet in and at bash type

cd /hacks
sh tweak.sh
Hopefully this time you will download the latest for the net.
Good luck

[cr33p]

I will try that thanks a bunch.

[dsmith123]

This is a DNS problem. Search around for "now playing list dns problem" and you'll find what you're looking for.

Thanks Ga Goon. I found the thread and took a stab at modifying /etc/hosts but that didn't appear to work. I finally just turned around and reset the DNS server via Tivoweb to the loopback address and now it's a lot more responsive. I figure I can always rework it later.

Does anyone know if there's a domain appended to the MRV name or if the DTiVo is using a different name to find things? My prompt is set to "lr-tivo" and the other is "fr-tivo". When I type 'hostname' I get '(none)' back which tells me the system thinks it doesn't have a hostname. I figured the software would like up whatever I told it was the MRV name but now I'm not so sure.

Anyway, I could probably set up query logging and turn my DNS server but I was hoping someone already went through this mess.

Thanks again for the help!

[dsmith123]

Do you have all four hooked up to the phone line at once. If so that is a problem - too many boxes and it won't work with each box being a "server". I had that problem too, it would work on one or two boxes just fine, but as soon as I went to three it started flaking out. The solution is to have one being the server and the others be clients. This works like a charm for me - I even have my computers set up as clients with NCIDpop and they get the CID info from the one DTivo that acts as a server.

One second thought are you talking about SD DTivos or HDTivos? I was talking about SD DTivos.

I have only one of my DTiVo's plugged in to a phone line. I just followed the standard zipper prompts to get it set up so I'm not sure if it's in server mode or client mode (I'm assuming server mode).

I have SD DTiVos.

[JWThiers]

Does anyone know if there's a domain appended to the MRV name or if the DTiVo is using a different name to find things? My prompt is set to "lr-tivo" and the other is "fr-tivo". When I type 'hostname' I get '(none)' back which tells me the system thinks it doesn't have a hostname. I figured the software would like up whatever I told it was the MRV name but now I'm not so sure.

Anyway, I could probably set up query logging and turn my DNS server but I was hoping someone already went through this mess.

Thanks again for the help!
Run something like angryip scanner and see what hostname is being reported if any. I don't think the tivos send a standard hostname out so windows probably doesn't recognize them automagiclly. If that is the case, you could edit the host file on your pc. Thats one of the reasons I use static ip's for my tivo's, it was too much of a hassle when the changed unexpectedly.

[JWThiers]

I have only one of my DTiVo's plugged in to a phone line. I just followed the standard zipper prompts to get it set up so I'm not sure if it's in server mode or client mode (I'm assuming server mode).

I have SD DTiVos.
you need to change the ncid config file. I'm at work right now and don't remember the location / file name, but just change the ip address of the server (I think that is what they called it from 127.0.0.1 to the ip of the tivo with the phone connection.

[SteelersFan]

you need to change the ncid config file. I'm at work right now and don't remember the location / file name, but just change the ip address of the server (I think that is what they called it from 127.0.0.1 to the ip of the tivo with the phone connection.
Follow #5 in this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3662816&&#post3662816) thread. :up:

[jwells77]

First of all Zipper is awesome!

I have 2 - Hughes Series 2 DTivos. One I zippered about a year ago and the other I zippered this past weekend. I am using wired Netgear XE102 Powerline Adapters on both. I can FTP, Telnet and access TWP on both. Also, I can use HMO on both. However I cannot use MRV between them. I could at first and now cannot. I can see the old DVR in both Now Playing lists but when I select it, I receive a message "DVR could not be reached becasue a connection could not be established".

I have tried re-zippering the new unit, changing the MRV name in TWP but I cannot solve this issue. As I said it was working for about a 1/2 day. I have searched this and other threads for a solution to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. I really want MRV back.

[ronack]

I'm back!
Man I read about so many people not having problems with their zipper files and here I am having nothing but problem. Now I'm a techie guy LAN Admin, now granted I don't do much with Linux or Unix but I do know some of the commands.

I created another Zipper CD and tried it today. I don't think it's making the CD correctly. When I boot from the CD I get the PTV upgrade files. When I view the directories I don't see Zipper files anywhere. Anyway it says PTV Upgrade at the top. I checked to make sure my Zipper directory looked like the files listed in the Zipper Guide and it looks exactly the same. I run the zipper-isomaker but it doesn't seem to be the right ISO. Anyway here's what happens.
I'm going from memory here...
It boots up and asks to press enter to continue a couple of time then gets it tells me to to enter PTVbake-special which I do. I get a prompt PTVbake-special # I can do a dir and see a /bin /sbin / and a whole bunch more. I don't fined any of the files from the Zipper ISO. It tells me to put in my Instantcake Cd. I put that in and it asks if I want Enchanced how many drives and eventually stops and says it can't find something.

So what'd I do wrong?

[Lord Vader]

After running the zipper-isomaker, did you burn the image as an iso and not burn from compilation? I use Nero, for example, and once I inadvertently selected "Burn compilation" instead of going to Recorder-->Burn image.

[jeremybb]

If this is an "extraction" question, sorry, and I understand if you can't answer.

I have successfully zippered and enhanced my TIVO and now I would like to be able to retrieve the recordings. I can FTP to the TIVO. Where are the recordings, and what format are they now?

Pointers to a FAQ are fine.

---------------------
Related question: I installed the TIVO Desktop on my computer but I didn't know what my Media Access Key was. Can I now use TIVO Desktop and if so how do I find my key?

thanks

[ForrestB]

The current Tivo Desktop doesn't work with zippered DirecTivo's because they don't have a Media Access Key (MAK). As for your other question, that topic can't be discussed on this forum - you'll need to go to the other forum. Google deal on a database

[rbautch]

I'm back!
Man I read about so many people not having problems with their zipper files and here I am having nothing but problem. Now I'm a techie guy LAN Admin, now granted I don't do much with Linux or Unix but I do know some of the commands.

I created another Zipper CD and tried it today. I don't think it's making the CD correctly. When I boot from the CD I get the PTV upgrade files. When I view the directories I don't see Zipper files anywhere. Anyway it says PTV Upgrade at the top. I checked to make sure my Zipper directory looked like the files listed in the Zipper Guide and it looks exactly the same. I run the zipper-isomaker but it doesn't seem to be the right ISO. Anyway here's what happens.
I'm going from memory here...
It boots up and asks to press enter to continue a couple of time then gets it tells me to to enter PTVbake-special which I do. I get a prompt PTVbake-special # I can do a dir and see a /bin /sbin / and a whole bunch more. I don't fined any of the files from the Zipper ISO. It tells me to put in my Instantcake Cd. I put that in and it asks if I want Enchanced how many drives and eventually stops and says it can't find something.

So what'd I do wrong?Sounds like you may not be using the right boot CD. You should be using the $5 PTV lba48 boot CD. The "PTVbake-special #" sound like the instancake CD, not the boot CD. The iso used as the basis for the Zipper CD is called ptvlba48-4[1].04DD.iso, or similar, depending on the version you downloaded.

[rbautch]

First of all Zipper is awesome!

I have 2 - Hughes Series 2 DTivos. One I zippered about a year ago and the other I zippered this past weekend. I am using wired Netgear XE102 Powerline Adapters on both. I can FTP, Telnet and access TWP on both. Also, I can use HMO on both. However I cannot use MRV between them. I could at first and now cannot. I can see the old DVR in both Now Playing lists but when I select it, I receive a message "DVR could not be reached becasue a connection could not be established".

I have tried re-zippering the new unit, changing the MRV name in TWP but I cannot solve this issue. As I said it was working for about a 1/2 day. I have searched this and other threads for a solution to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. I really want MRV back.Try running superpatch again.

[SteelersFan]

The current Tivo Desktop doesn't work with zippered DirecTivo's because they don't have a Media Access Key (MAK). As for your other question, that topic can't be discussed on this forum - you'll need to go to the other forum. Google deal on a database
Just to clearify a bit: Tivo Desktop 2.2 works for music and photos, not sure about any newer versions. You don't need a MAK for DTivos for these two features. TTG will not work whatsoever with a DTivo.

[ronack]

Here are my zipper directories
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8404&stc=1
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8405&stc=1
When I run zipper-isomaker.bat it creates this
zipper_universal_CD.iso
And I use that to create the CD correct?

[Da Goon]

Those are the correct files. Mount your cd-rom device and do ls /cdrom and you'll see the files that are on your zipper cd. Then do sh /cdrom/zipper.sh and the zipper will start.

[Lord Vader]

Here are my zipper directories
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8404&stc=1
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8405&stc=1
When I run zipper-isomaker.bat it creates this
zipper_universal_CD.iso
And I use that to create the CD correct?

Yes, burn that as an ISO image and not a typical compilation file.

[ronack]

I think I see the problem, I took the instantcake iso out of the zipper tools directory and created another zipper-universal_CD.iso and compared the two iso's. The one created with the instantcake iso in the tools directory looks like this.

ISOLINUX Folder
S1_KERNE Folder
S2_KERNE Folder
_MENU Folder
boot.images Folder
AUTORUN.INF Setup Information 10-05-2006 10:58:58...
PTSTART.EXE Application 10-05-2006 10:58:58...

and the one without the instantcake iso in tools looks like this.

ISOLINUX Folder
S1_KERNELS Folder
S2_KERNELS Folder
boot.images Folder
AUTORUN.INF Setup Information 10-05-2006 10:58:58...
BOOTPAGE File 25-12-2003 10:27:06...
BUSYBOX.TAR IZArc TAR Archive 29-10-2006 3:22:26 ...
NETWORK.TCL TCL File 30-09-2006 12:55:50...
PTSTART.EXE Application 10-05-2006 10:58:58...
RBAUTCH_FILES.TGZ IZArc TGZ Archive 29-09-2006 5:06:00 ...
RC.SYSINIT.AUTHOR AUTHOR File 10-10-2006 9:46:44 ...
SET_MRV_NAME_67.TCL TCL File 08-05-2005 5:19:40 ...
SUPERPATCH-67ALL-NUTKASE-1.2.TC TC File 07-05-2006 5:24:18 ...
TIVOPART File 23-11-2003 4:45:10 ...
TIVOTOOLS.TAR IZArc TAR Archive 04-08-2005 8:20:42 ...
TWEAK.SH SH File 21-09-2006 4:29:14 ...
TWEAK_UNINSTALL.SH SH File 12-09-2006 7:41:30 ...
VMLINUX.PX PX File 31-08-2006 6:04:00 ...
ZIPPER.SH SH File 12-10-2006 4:31:54 ...
ZIPPER_INSTALLATION_INSTRUCTION File 21-09-2006 2:50:36 ...
ZIPPER_VERSION_HISTORY.PDF PDF File 21-09-2006 2:52:46 ...

So tomorrow I'll try the one without the Instantcake iso in it and see what happens.

[ronack]

Oh my, I tried re downloading the zipper and compared the zipper_isomaker.bat file with what I have and low and behold they are way different. I must have somehow gotten an old build. I bet things will go a might smoother now. I'll let you all know tomorrow after I try this new CD build.

[dsmith123]

Follow #5 in this thread. :up:

I followed the thread and found something regarding a problem with NCID v.65 so I upgraded to v.66. I still haven't had any luck getting things to work. I was able to figure out what changes needed to be done on DTiVo #2 to make it be just a client and to look at DTiVo #1 as the server.

I'll have to attack it a bit more and see what's up. So far, I've left the config files pretty much alone other than making #2 look to #1 as the NCID server.

[ronack]

Update

Well it seems to be running a bit different now however I can't seem to mount the CDROM. I don't know if it's the Dell PC or what.

Thanks for all the help but the saga isn't over just yet. I think I'm a victim of Murphys Law.

I didn't have a lot of time to try it today so I'll try again tomorrow. Home office change our password requirements and 90% of my users couldn't log in.

Ron

[jwells77]

Try running superpatch again.

Thanks for the reply. I re-ran superpatch (ver 1.2) on both Tivos along with Set_MRV name but still no success. Again I can still Telnet, FTP and HMO both TIVOs they just cannot connect to each other. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[JWThiers]

Thanks for the reply. I re-ran superpatch (ver 1.2) on both Tivos along with Set_MRV name but still no success. Again I can still Telnet, FTP and HMO both TIVOs they just cannot connect to each other. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried adding an entry for each of your tivo's in the /etc/hosts file? I had similar problems along with the slow NPL and when I fixed that per the wiki and added entries for my tivo's it went away.

[SnoozeTime]

Hi, I ran into a few problems that I haven't found answers to with a search. I upgraded my DVR80 DirecTivo to a 250gb Seagate drive on Sunday. I was starting to get some weird hiccups on my system occasionally, so I figured I had better do it. I just used the LBA48 4.04 with enhancements CD to do a copy from the old drive to the new one and had it transfer all the shows. It took it about 12 hours, but it seemed to transfer and complete fine.

I then put my Zipper CD in and ran it without any problems on the new drive. (The old drive was disconnected and will be stored.) The Zipper seemed to install fine. I then put the new HD in the Tivo and booted it up. I got a green screen saying it had a severe error to call this 800 number if it didn't restart in 3 hours. I knew this wasn't good and waited awhile, but finally decided I needed to download the Instant cake and get a new 6.2 image, as perhaps mine was corrupt. (I had not copied an image to my Zipper CD, I just let it use what was on my HD.) Well, I went and bought and downloaded that, got back to the Tivo and it was working! So, I didn't have to do anything. My plan had been to add the image from InstantCake to a new Zipper CD and re-run that on the drive. Since it was working though I didn't need to do that.

My wireless USB was even working and I was able to telnet in to the Tivo. I could not get the enhancements part of the Zipper to run though. I finally found that the rbautch file that actually has all the enhancements in it wasn't there, so I ftp'd that onto the unit and was then able to run the tweak.sh, and it seemed to properly install all the hacks. Not sure why I had to ftp that file to get it to work, as I know that was on my Zipper CD. Perhaps whatever severe error I had, caused the Tivo to lose it before I ran the enhancements, when it seemed to repair itself?

Well, everything has worked fairly well, but I noticed tonight that it didn't record a couple of season pass shows that air on local channels (House, and Standoff). Now I get the local channels, thats not the problem. What I noticed though is that it doesn't show my local channels when you bring up the 'view upcoming episodes' on a show info page like in the 'To Do List'. For instance House will not show my local channel there, it only shows upcoming episodes for the national networks in the 380's. Why is it not showing my locals? This will cause a problem with all of my local channel season passes. I can tell it to record the channel manually, but I 'll miss some that way. Any ideas??

Also, I've been in the Now Playing List a couple of times (I have folders turned on) and I will go into the Tivo Suggestions folder, when I try to exit back to the main list by hitting the left button on the remote or by hitting the List button, it takes me to a blank screen. I can key up and down, but there is nothing there and I can't select anything. I can go to Live TV, but I am unable to get to or watch anything from my Now Playing List. Hitting the List button will just bring up the blank screen with no show choices. Pretty scary... Luckily when this has happened, I have been able to restart the Tivo and then my shows are all back. I've had this happen a few times since the upgrade and it just seems to happen when I am exiting the Tivo Suggestions folders sometimes, but not always.

Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks for reading this.

ST

[JWThiers]

It does take a few days for the guide data to repopulate. I think I've read up to 48 hours, Other things you can check in the mean time is are your locals on the channels you receive list? You could also Call 1800directv (1-800-347-3288) and access extension 721 which will reenable the channels. I know you can receive them but it can't hurt either.

[Cure]

I zippered my old HDVR2 last year and used the existing image; it worked great. Now I'm thinking about the HR10-250 with 6.3. If you download the 3.1.5f image and use it, does the Zipper overwrite the recordings?

Thank you very much.

[Dcieslin]

Probably not in the correct thread but hopefully someone will point me in the right direction. I am getting the following warning in one of the TWP logs, " EXT2-fs Warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2FSck is recommended"
Being a novice to all of this, I am not sure this is something of which I should be concerned.
I apolgize for my ignorance and wholeheartedly appreciate the help.

[JWThiers]

Probably not in the correct thread but hopefully someone will point me in the right direction. I am getting the following warning in one of the TWP logs, " EXT2-fs Warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2FSck is recommended"
Being a novice to all of this, I am not sure this is something of which I should be concerned.
I apolgize for my ignorance and wholeheartedly appreciate the help.
You are right this is the wrong thread for that question, The right direction is the NEW THREAD button at the top of the forum.


BTW that looks like the warning you get when you change from read only to read write.

[Dcieslin]

Thanks for the response JWThiers. A new thread may not be necessary, you may have inadvertantly answered my question. Once again, many thanks!!

[JWThiers]

Darn I let it slip

[Gunnyman]

I zippered my old HDVR2 last year and used the existing image; it worked great. Now I'm thinking about the HR10-250 with 6.3. If you download the 3.1.5f image and use it, does the Zipper overwrite the recordings?

Thank you very much.
Any time you install a new iamage, you will wipe recordings.

[Finnstang]

Hi, I ran into a few problems that I haven't found answers to with a search. I upgraded my DVR80 DirecTivo to a 250gb Seagate drive on Sunday. I was starting to get some weird hiccups on my system occasionally, so I figured I had better do it. I just used the LBA48 4.04 with enhancements CD to do a copy from the old drive to the new one and had it transfer all the shows. It took it about 12 hours, but it seemed to transfer and complete fine.

I then put my Zipper CD in and ran it without any problems on the new drive. (The old drive was disconnected and will be stored.) The Zipper seemed to install fine. I then put the new HD in the Tivo and booted it up. I got a green screen saying it had a severe error to call this 800 number if it didn't restart in 3 hours. I knew this wasn't good and waited awhile, but finally decided I needed to download the Instant cake and get a new 6.2 image, as perhaps mine was corrupt. (I had not copied an image to my Zipper CD, I just let it use what was on my HD.) Well, I went and bought and downloaded that, got back to the Tivo and it was working! So, I didn't have to do anything. My plan had been to add the image from InstantCake to a new Zipper CD and re-run that on the drive. Since it was working though I didn't need to do that.

My wireless USB was even working and I was able to telnet in to the Tivo. I could not get the enhancements part of the Zipper to run though. I finally found that the rbautch file that actually has all the enhancements in it wasn't there, so I ftp'd that onto the unit and was then able to run the tweak.sh, and it seemed to properly install all the hacks. Not sure why I had to ftp that file to get it to work, as I know that was on my Zipper CD. Perhaps whatever severe error I had, caused the Tivo to lose it before I ran the enhancements, when it seemed to repair itself?

Well, everything has worked fairly well, but I noticed tonight that it didn't record a couple of season pass shows that air on local channels (House, and Standoff). Now I get the local channels, thats not the problem. What I noticed though is that it doesn't show my local channels when you bring up the 'view upcoming episodes' on a show info page like in the 'To Do List'. For instance House will not show my local channel there, it only shows upcoming episodes for the national networks in the 380's. Why is it not showing my locals? This will cause a problem with all of my local channel season passes. I can tell it to record the channel manually, but I 'll miss some that way. Any ideas??

Also, I've been in the Now Playing List a couple of times (I have folders turned on) and I will go into the Tivo Suggestions folder, when I try to exit back to the main list by hitting the left button on the remote or by hitting the List button, it takes me to a blank screen. I can key up and down, but there is nothing there and I can't select anything. I can go to Live TV, but I am unable to get to or watch anything from my Now Playing List. Hitting the List button will just bring up the blank screen with no show choices. Pretty scary... Luckily when this has happened, I have been able to restart the Tivo and then my shows are all back. I've had this happen a few times since the upgrade and it just seems to happen when I am exiting the Tivo Suggestions folders sometimes, but not always.

Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks for reading this.

ST

There are lots of threads about this and probably answers to it within this thread as well. It is usually called "empty NPL" if you want to try to search for answers. Also, I believe there is something about this in the Zipper wiki.

[SnoozeTime]

JWThiers - Thanks. I checked it today, and now my locals are showing up in the 'view upcoming episodes' screen. So my SP shows in the to do list seem to now be showing up like they will record ok. Hope this is alright now and doesn't happen again. Maybe something from after the upgrade hadn't totally reset the locals into all the guide data yet? I went ahead and also called the 800 number and punched in the 721 like you suggested a little bit ago, even though it appears to be correct now. Thanks.

Finnstang -

There are lots of threads about this and probably answers to it within this thread as well. It is usually called "empty NPL" if you want to try to search for answers. Also, I believe there is something about this in the Zipper wiki.

Thanks for the tip, but I did a number of searches including your suggestion of "empty NPL" and did not find anything about this on the forum. I did find something from the Zipper Wiki, like you mentioned.

Blank entries in the "Now Playing List"

* This is occurs when DNS doesn't work. Your Tivo is trying to resolve the names of any other Tivo(s) (for HMO/MRV). Once it finally fails, your Now Playing List is properly displayed.

* Resolution:
o The /etc/nsswitch.conf file determines what services are used to handle different tasks, including DNS. The default entry for resolving names is:
+ hosts: files dns
# This means that to resolve a name, your tivo will look to the /etc/hosts file, and if that fails, it will then try your DNS.
o If you delete the DNS entry, then it will only use the /etc/hosts file, and will never use DNS. However, this also means that you will not be able to resolve names other than your other Tivo(s), so you won't be able to use wget to download files for the latest enhancement script for example. That should be fine for most folks, since you really have no need to resolve names at all. Your options:

1. (Preferred) Set a valid DNS that will resolve names quickly. This requires your router to be connected to the Internet, and will allow you to use wget for downloads. This requires no mods to /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf, only /etc/resolv.conf.
2. Set a valid DNS, and also add your other tivo IP addresses to /etc/hosts. This eliminates the need to have your router connected to the Internet, since it will look to the hosts file first before it tries to resolve names with DNS. This will keep the Now Playing List from getting slow, but if you want to use wget downloads, you'll need to connect your router to the Internet.
3. Set your DNS to 0.0.0.0 so DNS requests fail quickly within /etc/resolv.conf. This will keep your NPL from being slow, but will prevent wget and other downloads. This also requires no mods to /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf.

* There's a few more combinations that should work fine, but this gives you an idea of what you're trying to achieve...quick failure or quick resolution.

* This was comprised from a couple of postings from rbautch, dnemec123, and dealjake.

I'm not sure if this is what is going on with mine or not, I will have to research this some more.

Thanks everyone for the help and to Rbautch, Gunnyman, etc., for their work and help with all the hacks, etc.

ST

[Ferrd]

Hopefully someone can help me...

I have a HR10-250 that I just zippered. I bought the Linksys USB200M, plugged it in and booted the Tivo for the first time. While the Tivo came up fine, I have no link on the NIC card. I noticed that the USB200M is a Version 2.1... Does this matter? Also, I did exactly as instructed, but I noticed that I'm running the 3.1.5 software, and not 6.3..is that correct?

Any help would be appreciated!

[Lord Vader]

If you want 6.3a, you'll need to run The Slicer, assuming, of course, that the 3.1.5f image you currently have has the 6.3a slices with it. (Instantcake 3.1.5f Special Edition has this.)

[Ferrd]

I do have the SE edition, but until I can get connected via the network...I'm pretty much dead in the water

[ttodd1]

Get/make yourself a serial cable.

[Ferrd]

Understood, however I still would like the network card to work... Any ideas on why I have no link?

[rbautch]

Hopefully someone can help me...

I have a HR10-250 that I just zippered. I bought the Linksys USB200M, plugged it in and booted the Tivo for the first time. While the Tivo came up fine, I have no link on the NIC card. I noticed that the USB200M is a Version 2.1... Does this matter? Also, I did exactly as instructed, but I noticed that I'm running the 3.1.5 software, and not 6.3..is that correct?

Any help would be appreciated!Never heard of version 2.1, but it's possible it's likely not compatible with the backported drivers installed by the Zipper.

[dsmith123]

Thanks for the tip, but I did a number of searches including your suggestion of "empty NPL" and did not find anything about this on the forum. I did find something from the Zipper Wiki, like you mentioned.

I'm not sure if this is what is going on with mine or not, I will have to research this some more.

ST

SnoozeTime,

I ran into the same problem and did lots of searching as well. I did find the same information and some of it was helpful. You can basically take two approaches to quickly resolve the problem (there are more listed that you found but I found the first of the following more helpful).

1. Change your DNS settings to point to 127.0.0.1. You won't be able to get to the Internet for additional downloads on the DVR but in general that shouldn't matter. You can always change the DNS settings again when you need to. (TiVoWebPlus is a good thing here).

2. I asked a few times to figure out how to fix my hosts files since the basic entries I made just didn't seem to cut it. If you want to do this option, enter the name of your other Tivo with the domain 'localdomain' appended. Here's an example.

tivo1 = fr-tivo
tivo2 = lr-tivo

In my hosts file, I put:

192.168.1.31 fr-tivo.localdomain
192.168.1.32 lr-tivo.localdomain

The ".localdomain" is appended during the searches automatically (thanks to resolve.conf. This should clean it up.

[SnoozeTime]

dsmith123 - Thank you, I changed the DNS setting in TivoWebPlus to 127.0.0.1 (mine was at 4.2.2.2) and I have not been able to cause anymore blank screens by going into the Tivo Suggestions folder and then going back to the NPL. It seems good!

The number 2 option you gave is a little above me right now, as I don't feel that comfortable editing the files on the Tivo. Afraid I might not save something in Unix or whatever, etc.

I also really don't understand what the different DNS numbers point to. The 127.0.0.1 is a familiar one that I've seen before and I guess is on the local network? I don't know what 4.2.2.2 is or the troubleshooting FAQ suggested just using 0.0.0.0 to make it fail quickly. Why would I have the problem when at 4.2.2.2 and not with what I changed it to? Just trying to understand it a little.

I guess I don't really need it to have internet access anyway. Where I am, I only get dial-up and don't have it shared on my network and it probably wouldn't even be a good ideal to do so I don't imagine. They are just fixing (supposedly) to get EVDO cell service here next month though, and I am hoping to maybe set-up my home network to use the EVDO broadband cellphone service.

I have a couple of other DTivo units, but don't have them hacked or on the network, and don't imagine I will mess with them in the near future. I would like to be able to run TivoServer ( I guess that's the best thing to use?) though on my PC to be able to backup and send shows to the Tivo that is hacked occasionally. I haven't messed with it too much, and am still trying to figure out how to get it going. I guess I need to read some threads on it.

The TivoWebPlus seems to basically work, but I have noticed it gives an internal server error if I changed the theme, but then if I went back to the main page the theme would be changed. This happened every time on it, but didn't seem to cause a problem. I know this also seemed to happen on another thing or two but can't remember right now just what they were. I haven't read much on it either though, and will need to go through the threads on it.

Everything is working pretty good though. Thanks for the help.

ST

[ttodd1]

Where I am, I only get dial-up ....


This would be why the 4.2.2.2 did not work.

[JWThiers]

I also really don't understand what the different DNS numbers point to. The 127.0.0.1 is a familiar one that I've seen before and I guess is on the local network? I don't know what 4.2.2.2 is or the troubleshooting FAQ suggested just using 0.0.0.0 to make it fail quickly. Why would I have the problem when at 4.2.2.2 and not with what I changed it to? Just trying to understand it a little.

I guess I don't really need it to have internet access anyway. Where I am, I only get dial-up and don't have it shared on my network and it probably wouldn't even be a good ideal to do so I don't imagine. They are just fixing (supposedly) to get EVDO cell service here next month though, and I am hoping to maybe set-up my home network to use the EVDO broadband cellphone service.ST

DNS or Domain Name System is kind of like a phonebook that associates Domain Names (e.g. cnn.com) with an IP address (e.g. 209.175.45.12 - not the actual IP). This makes it easier for humans to remember. Every domain has its own unique IP. The Master copies of all the Domain Name System is maintained on a few computers (I think 16 but I could be wrong) located around the world, but copies of parts of it are maintained at other places such as your ISP, your ISP's provider, Internet backbone locations etc. So when you want to go to a web site like cnn.com for example your computer (or tivo) looks first to see if it has that information in its hosts file (the file you also could have edited), if it does not have it, it checks with the DNS address set up for your network (usually your router IF it is connected to the internet or your ISP). If they don't have it they check with their provider and on up to the Maser DNS servers. That is where some of the amount of time it takes to find a web site comes from looking up the IP address. There are some special IP address's and ranges that are reserved for special things. 192.168.xxx.xxx is an example, it can be used only for local networks and is not routable over the wider internet. another special address is 127.0.0.1, that is an internal loopback function for your NIC and every Network Card has this function. That is why if you are troubleshooting network problems one of the first things you should do is ping 127.0.0.1. If that doesn't work it means your NIC is not working and the problem is internal to the card. next you would ping the actual assigned IP, that checks the external function of the card.

So you understand what you did and why you did it, in essence what you did by changing your DNS to 127.0.0.1 is say that the DNS server is internal to your card so the DNS server is found and connected to very fast (If your card is working). It wont resolve any DNS because it doesn't actually have that information but you could connect to it. Setting it to 0.0.0.0 works because it is an invalid IP and fails immediately.The /etc/nsswitch.conf file tells the tivo in what order to look for DNS services, by default the entry is hosts: files DNS, meaning first look at the hosts file on your tivo then look at the DNS server. In your situation, i.e. on a dialup that is not shared out to the network (in essence not connected to the internet at all for your tivo), another solution would have been to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to remove the DNS from that file that way it would never look for a DNS server.

For what it's worth the way you did it (changing to 127.0.0.1) was probably the best solution this way you can easily add an actual DNS ip address if you ever do get a full time connection.

The reason 4.2.2.2 did not work is because it was on your network and the Tivo could not "see" that address. The delay is tivo waiting for the connection attempt to time out.


The number 2 option you gave is a little above me right now, as I don't feel that comfortable editing the files on the Tivo. Afraid I might not save something in Unix or whatever, etc.

As long as you edit on the tivo with joe or vi that won't ever be a problem. The only problem that you would really have to worry about is the change that you make has "unexpected results".

I have a couple of other DTivo units, but don't have them hacked or on the network, and don't imagine I will mess with them in the near future. I would like to be able to run TivoServer ( I guess that's the best thing to use?) though on my PC to be able to backup and send shows to the Tivo that is hacked occasionally. I haven't messed with it too much, and am still trying to figure out how to get it going. I guess I need to read some threads on it.

Tivoserver sends content to your tivo, not extract from them.


The TivoWebPlus seems to basically work, but I have noticed it gives an internal server error if I changed the theme, but then if I went back to the main page the theme would be changed. This happened every time on it, but didn't seem to cause a problem. I know this also seemed to happen on another thing or two but can't remember right now just what they were. I haven't read much on it either though, and will need to go through the threads on it.

Sounds like you need to change your tivo to read/write mode not read only. Telnet in and type "rw". When you are done with changes enter "ro".

[kakoehler]

I just applied the ZIPPER to a new 160GB Maxtor hard drive and everything went smoothly. When I install it in my TCD240140 it just sits there with the "Welcome. Powering up..." screen.
If I listen to the drive booting up it runs for about a minute, shuts down for a while and then starts booting again and does this over and over again. I've waited for 20 minutes.
I haven't removed the drive that came in the TIVO, I just unplugged the power and ribbon cable from it and plugged them into the new Maxtor DiamondMax 20
160 GB* PATA 60160V0 STM3160812A.
Is something wrong ????? Any ideas?

[Langree]

Didya check the Master/Slave/CS setting?

[SteelersFan]

I just applied the ZIPPER to a new 160GB Maxtor hard drive and everything went smoothly. When I install it in my TCD240140 it just sits there with the "Welcome. Powering up..." screen.
If I listen to the drive booting up it runs for about a minute, shuts down for a while and then starts booting again and does this over and over again. I've waited for 20 minutes.
I haven't removed the drive that came in the TIVO, I just unplugged the power and ribbon cable from it and plugged them into the new Maxtor DiamondMax 20
160 GB* PATA 60160V0 STM3160812A.
Is something wrong ????? Any ideas?

Yes, this:
WORKS ON THE FOLLOWING TIVOS
Hughes HDVR2, SD-DVR40/80/120
Phillips DSR7000, DSR704, DSR708
RCA DVR39, DVR40, DVR80, DVR120
Samsung SIR-S4040R, SIR-S4080R,
SIR-S4120R
Phillips HR10-250

[kakoehler]

Yes, this:
WORKS ON THE FOLLOWING TIVOS
Hughes HDVR2, SD-DVR40/80/120
Phillips DSR7000, DSR704, DSR708
RCA DVR39, DVR40, DVR80, DVR120
Samsung SIR-S4040R, SIR-S4080R,
SIR-S4120R
Phillips HR10-250

Steelers Fan. Are you saying that ZIPPER will not work on a standalone TIVO?
It asks for my product code numbers and I reply 240 and I was under the assumption that it worked on all TIVO series 1 and 2 models.

[Rhughes]

Steelers Fan. Are you saying that ZIPPER will not work on a standalone TIVO?
It asks for my product code numbers and I reply 240 and I was under the assumption that it worked on all TIVO series 1 and 2 models.The first line of the instructions states that it is for the Series 2 DirecTivo except for the R10. That excludes all standalones.

[kakoehler]

After plugging in the original hard drive again and powering up the TIVO after trying the ZIPPERed drive I got a reboot during power up and it said it was applying a Service Update. When it finished, it said it updated the system and applied the update. How can this be, the unit is not connected to a phone line or a wired or wireless connection.
Did something get changed in memory on the board and request an update be applied that already existed on the old hard drive?

[kakoehler]

The first line of the instructions states that it is for the Series 2 DirecTivo except for the R10. That excludes all standalones.

Well then, is there something I can use on my TCD240140 to get the same results as the ZIPPER?

[rpdre1]

I think I remember rbautch saying that the Zipper DOES support standalones.


Also, reading through zipper.sh it does seem to support SAs.

[JWThiers]

Well then, is there something I can use on my TCD240140 to get the same results as the ZIPPER?
First you would have to get back to get back to a stock software configuration. I assume you have an image for a SA series 2 tivo. Then you have to ask what do I want to be able to do? MOST people who have a DirecTv tivo Hack them to enable MRV, HMO and to be able to transfer and copy to DVD's content (AKA extraction which can NOT be discussed here) and to get some method to remotely setup recordings etc. IIRC the only thing that a stock SA tivo can't do is MRV to a hacked DiercTv Tivo (hacked ones can). Everything else on that list of MOST COMMON Reason to Hack you DTivo is already available on a stock SA Tivo.

Having said that if you still want to HACK your SA I don't think that there is a FREE product like zipper specifically for SA's, but everything you need is freely available.

There is a 15 year old that is hacking an SA tivo and has been asking a lot of questions around and rather than rehashing a lot that he has already asked and has been answered in other threads I'll point you to one of his threads and you can search for others he has started for some clues as to where to start. it will also keep non zipper stuff out of the zipper thread. Here is his first thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=328218), he has also started others with some questions, just do a search.

[kakoehler]

Thanks JWT. Right off the bat, I want to be able to manually record on my unsubscribed TIVO, so if there is something I can do quickly to get that I would be appreciative. Other things I can wait for until I find them like Networking this TIVO with the subscribed one I also have.

[JWThiers]

Thanks JWT. Right off the bat, I want to be able to manually record on my unsubscribed TIVO, so if there is something I can do quickly to get that I would be appreciative. Other things I can wait for until I find them like Networking this TIVO with the subscribed one I also have.
Unless it is a series 1 that had that capability to begin with what you want is considered Theft of Service and is not tolerated here.

[ronack]

Meant to get back earlier, I don't know if it's the Dell PC or what but the zipper disc seemed to work but I couldn't mount the CDRom. I tried several then I got busy at work and just gave up for now. I want to try this on an different PC later.

[CopyCat]

Any last minute tips before I do my HR10-250 ? I have 2 Phillips DSR7000 running zippered for months and I am about to do the HR10-250 I just picked up at ebay. 500GB should do me well. I purchased the ISO and also Slicer and believe I am ready to set up the new hard drive, but thought it might be worth the question >> Any last minute tips before I do my HR10-250 ?

:D

Bummer, new Athlon X2 is causing Kernel panic : Time to dig out the old 600MHZ Intel :eek:

[ttodd1]

I think I remember rbautch saying that the Zipper DOES support standalones.


Also, reading through zipper.sh it does seem to support SAs.


Please show that post...

[kkluba]

Guys, Gurus,

I need your help. I've recently added two Seagate DB35's (750mb) to my HR10-250 and they work great. I have it apart again this time to add networking. I've read a ton and am following Dr.Derek Smooth guide which makes it easy or so I thought. Here is my problem:

I'm using the killhdinitrd on the PTVUpgrade CD V11.1c and get the following errors:

After first try -
"no exploit found for this kernel"

After 2nd try -
"Fatal: invalid px header"

Do I have to manually copy a kernel? Is there something wrong with the version of killhdinitrd ?

[rbautch]

I think I remember rbautch saying that the Zipper DOES support standalones.


Also, reading through zipper.sh it does seem to support SAs.The code is there for standalones, but I'm not officially announcing or supporting it until I test it with a few different types of standalones. Anyone is welcome to experiment and report results. Unlike Dtivos, standalones require periodic maintenance when new software is released, which is pretty frequently. This maintenance involves performing a slice upgrade. If you don't update the software, Tivo will cut off your guide data.

[SteelersFan]

I think I remember rbautch saying that the Zipper DOES support standalones.


Also, reading through zipper.sh it does seem to support SAs.
I believe the Enhancement script works on hacked SAs.

[SnoozeTime]

-JWThiers , Thanks again for the help and the lesson on DNS. I already knew some of this, but that helped explain what was going on better and what the 127.0.0.1 was pointing to. There is certainly a lot about networking I don't know.

Sounds like you need to change your tivo to read/write mode not read only. Telnet in and type "rw". When you are done with changes enter "ro".

Does this mean that you have to telnet in before using TivoWebPlus for a number of things? Is there harm if you leave it at rw. Might this cause you to lose hacks or worse? It seems like there would be a way that you wouldn't need to telnet that often.

I am more familiar with ftp, and when I was having trouble running tweaks.sh, I found that I was missing the rbautch file that had all the enhancements from the /hacks folder. I was unable to copy it into the hacks folder because the chmod would not allow writes and I could not seem to change the chmod values of folders using CuteFTP. So I finally copied all the hack folder files and the rbautch file to the /tmp folder off the root (since this was at 777) of the Tivo and was then able to telnet and run it. Hope this was okay to do? I see all the files that I copied to the /tmp folder when I did that are gone now and there are other files there now. I guess the Tivo did that. I don't guess that is a problem as I suppose they were just for the install and I still have them in /hacks folder. Could I have just typed "rw" at the bash prompt to have allowed the copying the rbautch file to the /hacks folder?

When typing "rw or "ro", you can just do that at the root of the bash prompt or do you need to go to a particular folder or does it matter?

Thank you
ST

[JWThiers]

Does this mean that you have to telnet in before using TivoWebPlus for a number of things? Is there harm if you leave it at rw. Might this cause you to lose hacks or worse? It seems like there would be a way that you wouldn't need to telnet that often.

I'm hesitant to to mention the easy tool that MANY know does this because it also gives very access to to other things that you can then easily change and accidentally really muck up your system. So my answer to the really newbie types is do it the long way and go in with telnet to make changes to your system from there learn to use joe and vi to edit files from telnet. That is an important skill to have when you do muck it up. I am relatively new to this also and most (99.9%) of what TWP does you don't need rw access. Of course you could add modules that may need rw access, but if you get to that point you will probably be ready for the tool anyway. Or if the module is done right takes care of it already. Once you have TWP setup with themes you probably wont need rw in TWP anyway. How often do you plan on changing themes?

Anyway I'll tell you the tool but use it at your own risk. Warning sent if you muck up things its your problem. HACKMAN has a function to enable rw from TWP. Hackman is meant to make it easy to, well..., manage hacks. Unfortunately It makes it easy for people who don't know what they are doing get get very easy access to critical system files. You really bork something there and you might be pulling you drive and starting from scratch. IF you aren't sure of what you are doing DON'T DO IT!!! So you have been warned. This is why hackman is NOT included in a zipper install.

I am more familiar with ftp, and when I was having trouble running tweaks.sh, I found that I was missing the rbautch file that had all the enhancements from the /hacks folder. I was unable to copy it into the hacks folder because the chmod would not allow writes and I could not seem to change the chmod values of folders using CuteFTP. So I finally copied all the hack folder files and the rbautch file to the /tmp folder off the root (since this was at 777) of the Tivo and was then able to telnet and run it. Hope this was okay to do? I see all the files that I copied to the /tmp folder when I did that are gone now and there are other files there now. I guess the Tivo did that. I don't guess that is a problem as I suppose they were just for the install and I still have them in /hacks folder. Could I have just typed "rw" at the bash prompt to have allowed the copying the rbautch file to the /hacks folder?

When typing "rw or "ro", you can just do that at the root of the bash prompt or do you need to go to a particular folder or does it matter?
You couldn't ftp probably because you needed to enable rw. you can type it anywhere and it affects the entire drive (I think?). It is highly recommended to set ro when done with your edits. This helps prevent accidental write to the drive.

BTW another potentially useful tidbit is the rw and ro are allias's kind of like macros or shortcuts.

rw is the same as typing

mount -o remount,rw /

ro is the same as typing

mount -o remount,ro /

Another important alias the zipper sets up is "author", it opens your default text editor with the /etc/rc.d.rc.sysinit.author file (AKA author file) ready to edit.

[kkluba]

Guys, Gurus,

I need your help. I've recently added two Seagate DB35's (750mb) to my HR10-250 and they work great. I have it apart again this time to add networking. I've read a ton and am following Dr.Derek Smooth guide which makes it easy or so I thought. Here is my problem:

I'm using the killhdinitrd on the PTVUpgrade CD V11.1c and get the following errors:

After first try -
"no exploit found for this kernel"

After 2nd try -
"Fatal: invalid px header"

Do I have to manually copy a kernel? Is there something wrong with the version of killhdinitrd ?


Can anyone help here? I'm on 6.3a. Does killhdinitrd not yet work with 6.3a? Is there a kernel I should use just be using to replace the exisiting one?

[JWThiers]

Can anyone help here? I'm on 6.3a. Does killhdinitrd not yet work with 6.3a? Is there a kernel I whouls just be using to replace the exisiting one?
This is the Zipper Support Thread. This isn't a zipper question. You might get more faster response in a new thread. Or you could look thru the "upgrading your hacked hr10-250 to 6.3" thread. Or you could google "killhdinitrd" and find its support page and see what it is compatible with...

Sorry to be short but while your question might be very loosely related it isn't directly related and may require more than a quick 1 post reply to fix. This thread is big enough that it can be difficult to find information so it doesn't need extra traffic for things not directly concerning the main topic, zipper support. :D

[kkluba]

thanks

[JWThiers]

Good luck.

[GT3NE1]

Wow, this is a huge thread. I am finally looking at making this mod on my DSR704. Can anyone tell me what the latest Tivo software version is for the DSR 704? Right now I am running 6.2-01-2-301 and haven't made a call for like 405 days or something. Is there a newer version. Should I upgrade before I install the zipper?

Thanks,

GT3NE1

[ForrestB]

GT3NE1,
You've got the latest Tivo software. I suggest making a backup image on a FAT32 drive using MFSTools 2 before you install the Zipper - in case something goes wrong during the install.

[JWThiers]

GT3NE1,
You've got the latest Tivo software. I suggest making a backup image on a FAT32 drive using MFSTools 2 before you install the Zipper - in case something goes wrong during the install.
Or buy InstantCake from DVRUpgrade.com for $20

[GT3NE1]

Thanks guys,

I just decided to give it a try. Works great! Just running through all the new goodies I have now.

Nice script!

GT3NE1

[SnoozeTime]

Anyway I'll tell you the tool but use it at your own risk. Warning sent if you muck up things its your problem. HACKMAN has a function to enable rw from TWP. Hackman is meant to make it easy to, well..., manage hacks. Unfortunately It makes it easy for people who don't know what they are doing get get very easy access to critical system files. You really bork something there and you might be pulling you drive and starting from scratch. IF you aren't sure of what you are doing DON'T DO IT!!! So you have been warned. This is why hackman is NOT included in a zipper install.

- JWThiers, thanks again for your help. I had read a little bit about Hackman, but didn't realize it wasn't in the Zipper. I was thinking it was suppose to have menu items in the TWP that I just hadn't turned on or something. I'll look into it in the future if I see a need. Yeah, I don't need to change themes. That is just where I first noticed a problem. They still changed though, even though rw wasn't set. It just gave me a error page first then I went back to the main page and the theme would be switched..

I just tested the rw on a telnet at the bash prompt and then went to TWP and changed the theme. No errors. :) I then changed it back to ro. Good to know that it was something simple like that and not something corrupt on my Tivo.

Thanks to everyone for the help and the great scripts to do all of this!

ST

[JWThiers]

Yeah, I don't need to change themes. That is just where I first noticed a problem. They still changed though, even though rw wasn't set. It just gave me a error page first then I went back to the main page and the theme would be switched.
The next weekly reboot the theme would have changed back, because it couldn't write to the config file.

[dlmcmurr]

JW & ST,

I lieu of using Hackman or telent to remount as rw, TWP 1.3.1 now supports remount. Look at SysAdmin > Remount. Just like the other ways, it stays until you change it back or reboot.

Too many ways to do the same thing. Reminds me of Windows. :D

Dave

[Gargoyle557]

Never heard of version 2.1, but it's possible it's likely not compatible with the backported drivers installed by the Zipper.

I just completed upgrading both my DTivos (SD-DVR40 & SD-DVR80) to 320GB HDs with the zipper and my new Linksys USB200M V2.1 units worked perfectly. In fact they have the same VendorID and ProductID as what is listed for the USB200M V2 units. Just wanted to report that the new V2.1s are compatible.

BTW Great work on the scripts Gunny and rbautch! Thanks!

[TheMerk]

If you just ran the Zipper, then disconnect the phone line and forget about it unless you want it connnected for caller ID. A zippered tivo no longer needs to connect to tivo via the phone line. It will run fakecall.tcl on a regualr basis to trick the tivo into thinking it has called home. The zipper also changes some settings on your tivo to actually prevent it from calling home.

Can somebody please verify this? I am a DIRECTV employee, and recently the corporate gestapo has flagged my account because my DirecTiVo units aren't dialing in. Essentially, they've told me that they need to dial in, or I have to get R15's.

I've been trying for a few days to get my TiVo's to work with Vonage, a hard task to do in the first place, let alone if the Zipper is preventing it from happening at all.