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

[mung]

Thanks, JW.

I am guessing that I should use the normal Unix /etc/hosts file and that there no extra ones or special ones in the Tivo?

The serial cable trick doesn't seem to be working all I get is a bunch of cool hearts and garbage characters. I am pretty sure I built it right but I will have to double check it. I am a ham so I am pretty good with a soldering iron although I have been known to make mistakes. Everything on Hyperterm is set right.

I am not using static or regular DHCP I am using straight static IP on the Tivo. There are a lot of confusing posts about static vs DHCP but from what I could tell it should work as long as I have the IP data right and set the name.

By the way I see you are in Cocoa I am in Palm Bay.

[mung]

Oh and NPL doesn't seem slow for recorded shows. That could just be because it used to take a week to come up before I zippered the box. The other box just doesn't show up.

[dalesd]

You need to run the Sat wizard. Same thing happened to me, but after reruning the sat wizard (you enter your zip, type of dish, etc.) it goes back to 2 tuners.

DO NOT run guided setup, run the sat wizard. They are two separate things :)



Its the first 3 digits of your service number which can be found on the label on the back of your tivo :)
Where is this Sat wizard? I can't find it.

I am only getting one tuner on my recently zippered DTivo. I did "Auto Detect Satellite Information" but that didn't seem to fix it.

[Gunnyman]

HFC 10,000 + Posts in this thread.
Go Zipper Go!

[dalesd]

Where is this Sat wizard? I can't find it.

I am only getting one tuner on my recently zippered DTivo. I did "Auto Detect Satellite Information" but that didn't seem to fix it.
Okay, I ran guided setup and that fixed things.

[rbautch]

Another quick question -
Would anything bad happen if I edited my bootpage:

bootpage -P "root=/dev/hdaX dsscon=true console=2,115200" /dev/hda

and made it

bootpage -P "root=/dev/hdaX dsscon=true console=2,115200 runideturbo=false" /dev/hda

I'm trying to speed up my networking.

Thank you very much.Should be fine.

[rbautch]

10,000 Posts!Hmm. This thread feels very "sticky" to me. :p

[mung]

Got MRV working. I didn't have superpatch 62a installed right, I think. I did also add the ips to the /etc/hosts file.

Thanks for the help and Zipper rocks!

[Lord Vader]

Hmm. This thread feels very "sticky" to me. :p

Perhaps you should wipe that "stuff" off your hands then, Russ. :eek: :D

[mpost43062]

--removed--

[SteelersFan]

Hmm. This thread feels very "sticky" to me. :p
It should be but I don't think it's ever dropped onto the second page since Gunny OP'd it A YEAR AND A HALF AGO!!! :eek: Goes to show how popular and well supported The Zipper is. Thanks to all!!! :up:

[JWThiers]

We don't need no stinking stickies!

[AuburnPilot]

Hey everyone - this may seem like a dumb question... but... I have a great deal of experience installing hardware inot computers, but have not worked on a Tivo yet. I have a Philips DirecTV/Tivo combo box and love it. I am ready to put in a 160gig drive tonight and activate the USB ports on the back of the DVR using the Zipper. Can't wait...

I have 2 internal hard drives on my computer and one external hard drive enclosure via USB cable. I am planning to use the external hard drive enclosure to format, transfer my old Tivo hard drive files, and install the Zipper files to activate the USB ports.

So, my question is, how do I know what drive is the external enclosure (i.e., hda, hdb, hdc, hdd, etc.)? I want to ensure that I don't acidentially select my main C drive and erase my computer files!

Thanks for your help... I am thrilled to upgrade from 35 hours to 160, not to mention the wireless access!

[Da Goon]

hda, etc, is for the IDE drives that are connected (disconnect your pc's main drive before doing all this!!) If you're using a usb connected drive, I believe it should come up as sda,etc, as appropriate (watch the messages that pop up while the boot disk is loading, it will tell you where everything is located; hit <shift + pageup> to look back over those messages if you miss anything).

[threeIees]

I need some help.

I have hacked a hr10 with zipper using a tivo wireles g adapter and eveything went fine. I got connectivity the first try.

I'm now trying to hack a DSR708 with a freshly built zipper ISO. I run zipper, followed all the prompts and no joy - no wireless conectivity.

I know zipper installed because I can see all the files installed by zipper via serial cable. I can even see the netconfig statement in the auth file and the IP setup looks just like I entered them during the zipper install

When running zipper I entered my tivo IP as 192.168.1.40. Entered my router IP as 192.168.1.1 and answered yes to the wireless prompt. I then entered my SSID.

Is there a way while in bash via a serial cable to verify that my IP address is what I think they are? If so, what is the command?

I've been searching and trying to get a good install for days and have no idea where to go from here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dalesd]

Is there a way while in bash via a serial cable to verify that my IP address is what I think they are? If so, what is the command?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Well, I dunno about wireless, but I think ifconfig is the linux command you want. It's like ipconfig is for Windows.

[dalesd]

I was investigating why my 30-second skip isn't permanent, and I think I know why. The Superpatch67 doesn't work with 6.2a.Error: Version 6.2a-01-2-381 is not supported.
I don't have HMO either.

Does anyone know of plans to update the superpatch for 6.2a?

Nevermind, I found it at the other place.

[threeIees]

I did the ifconfig and here is what I get:

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb) TX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb)

[Lord Vader]

You can manually patch to make the 30-second skip permanent.

[AuburnPilot]

Thanks DaGoon - quick question as I'm a little confused. How do I disconnect my primary C: drive on my computer when windows and all applications are run from this primary drive? Are you saying that i shoudl only have the brand new hard drive that I plan to use for Tivo connected to my computer and boot from the CD I created per the Zipper instructions? I just want to be sure I do everything in the right sequence... thanks!

[threeIees]

I did the ifconfig and here is what I get. Is this telling me that my zipper setting did not take? The inet addr of 127.0.0.1 does not look right.

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb) TX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb)

[SteelersFan]

...Are you saying that i shoudl only have the brand new hard drive that I plan to use for Tivo connected to my computer and boot from the CD I created per the Zipper instructions? I just want to be sure I do everything in the right sequence... thanks!Yes. It is safer that way. You don't want to have a Tivo drive connected and accidentally boot into Windoze.

[SteelersFan]

I was investigating why my 30-second skip isn't permanent, and I think I know why. The Superpatch67 doesn't work with 6.2a.Error: Version 6.2a-01-2-381 is not supported.
I don't have HMO either.

Does anyone know of plans to update the superpatch for 6.2a?
There is a new Superpatch 6.2a over at ddb. It is in the "6.2a slices now in the stream" thread post #32 in the series 2 support forum.

[threeIees]

I'm still having trouble getting wireless connectivity on a DSR708. This is not my first time using zipper. I have successfully zippered my hr10-250 and have connectivity via a Tivo Wireless G adapter.

I've been trying to get wireless connection to my DSR708 for days now (using another Tivo Wireless G adapter). I finally decide to use a fresh drive I had sitting around and start clean. I mfsrestored the image to the drive. Booted up the tivo with the new image and then removed the drive and applied Zipper. Place it in the tivo rebooted (self booted twice) and still no connectivity. Then I ran tweak.sh hoping this would help - and still no joy. I verified that fakecall is in /busybox after tweak.sh ran. I can also see that it runs successfully at boot.

I really really really need some help here. If anyone is will to help step me through how to determine the problem I'd appreciate it.

I can not figure out why I was able to zipper my hr10 so easily and have had such a huge problem with the dsr708.

Please help....

ThreeIees

[Gunnyman]

the Sd Tivos don't support wireless G at all.

[threeIees]

Gunnyman,

First off - that is the quickest response to a post I have ever seen.

Secondly - I'm bummed. I was wondering if it was the adapter. That sucks. I really like the Tivo Wireless G.

What would you recommend in lue of the Tivo Wireless G? I'd like to stay away from any additional hardware other than the wireless adapter.

Thanks for your response. I do appreciate the help. I'm about to through the dang thing out the window:)

ThreeIees

[Gunnyman]

wired adapter into wireless bridge is how I and many others did it.
People have tried to integrate the wireless G's drivers into the DTivo, but have not succeeded. The kernel modules have either not been extracted successfully or just will not work. I am not sure which.

[dalesd]

I did the ifconfig and here is what I get. Is this telling me that my zipper setting did not take? The inet addr of 127.0.0.1 does not look right.

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb) TX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb)

Yes, that's not as it should be.

You just have lo.
You should also have an entry for eth0 or wlan0 (or both?). I have only done wired ethernet to mt TiVos, so I'm outside the limit of my knowledge here.

[dalesd]

There is a new Superpatch 6.2a over at ddb. It is in the "6.2a slices now in the stream" thread post #32 in the series 2 support forum.
Thanks.
Yeah, I found that (kinda by accident) and got it to work.

This means that the Zipper is currently broken.

When you buy the image from DVRupgrade as instructed, you get 6.2a. The Superpatch that's linked to doesn't work with 6.2a.

It means that you won't get HMO and you'll lose your 30-second skip every time it reboots (which is twice a week according to cron).

[AuburnPilot]

Hello again - I'm making good progress and have created the zipper CD... I'm about ready to config the new hard drive that I will be using in my Philips Tivo/DirecTV.

One question, how can I copy all of my save Tivo shows from the current 40 gig hard drive to my new 250 gig hard drive? I have about 30 saved shows that I'd like to have on the new hard drive if at all possible.

I tried to connect the old 40 gig hard drive to my external hard drive enclosure... but the computer doesn't seem to recognize it... probably baecasue it is not formatted for windows?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[grazit]

Quick Question (I hope) I have DTV unit that I zippered last year, patched it up to 6.2a and applied the new Superpatch 6.2a. Life was good. Like a fool I left the phone cord plugged in and Direct somehow reapplied the 6.2a patch. I've lost all connectivity to the unit via Network or Serial. I'd like to rezipper without losing my recorded shows if possible. I'm going to have to take the drive out and apply patches via my PC. From what I remember, when I do this Zipper's first step will be to look for an image file to apply. Now the questions
1. Does applying this 6.2 image wipe out my shows
2. Will I be able to use slices to apply the 6.2a patch from my dTivo drive after the reimage or will I have to download it again.

As always Thanks for your help...

[AuburnPilot]

I just happened to glance at some of the other posts above and want to be sure I understand correctly... I just bought a brand new Tivo Wireless G USB network adapter and was planning to install it ino my Philip DSR704 after zippering my new 250 gig hard drive.

Am I not able to use this new Tivo Wireless G even after I zipper my new hard drive for the DSR704? As I am pretty new to this type of installation method, can someone help walk me through alternatives to teh Tivo Wireless G in elementary terms?

I sure hope that I can use this Tivo Wireless G...??

[AuburnPilot]

Assuming the Tivo Wireless G will not work on my DSR704, can I go out and buy the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter? Do I need any other hardware? My home computer is already wireless throughout the house, but I want to make sure I don't need any additional hardware for the Tivo besides the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter... If I do need more than than, please let me know... many many thanks!!

[Gunnyman]

the Sd Tivos don't support wireless G at all.
Just thought I'd quote myself.

[Gunnyman]

Quick Question (I hope) I have DTV unit that I zippered last year, patched it up to 6.2a and applied the new Superpatch 6.2a. Life was good. Like a fool I left the phone cord plugged in and Direct somehow reapplied the 6.2a patch. I've lost all connectivity to the unit via Network or Serial. I'd like to rezipper without losing my recorded shows if possible. I'm going to have to take the drive out and apply patches via my PC. From what I remember, when I do this Zipper's first step will be to look for an image file to apply. Now the questions
1. Does applying this 6.2 image wipe out my shows
2. Will I be able to use slices to apply the 6.2a patch from my dTivo drive after the reimage or will I have to download it again.

As always Thanks for your help...

No need to apply the image
zipper will work fine with 6.2a with one small adjustment:
replace the supplied superpatch file with the one compatible with 6.2a. Just rename it to match the name of the supplied one exactly.

[AuburnPilot]

thanks Gunnyman - sorry for my ignorance...

so, I will return my Tivo Wireless G... can I buy the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter instead and install in my Philips DSR 704?

The reason why I'm a little confused is the zipper instructions indicate that I need to connect my tivo to my router using an USB-ethernet adapter... and it states you can also use the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter... can I use one or the other... or do I need both?

Again, sorry for the ignornace, but I just want to be sure that the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter will work before I go out to the store today and buy it after returning the Tivo Wireless G.

Thanks!

[Gunnyman]

nowhere in the zipper instructions is that DLink adapter mentioned:
A. Connect your Tivo to your network through your router, using a USB-Ethernet adapter. Most commercially available adapters will not work because they are not compatible with tivo's usb drivers. Choose a compatible adapter, like the TRENDnet TU2-ET100, or if you want to use a wireless connection, couple the USB adapter with a wireless Ethernet bridge, like this one. You might also be able so snag some older adapters on Ebay. See here for a full list of compatible adapters.

[rbautch]

Thanks.
Yeah, I found that (kinda by accident) and got it to work.

This means that the Zipper is currently broken.

When you buy the image from DVRupgrade as instructed, you get 6.2a. The Superpatch that's linked to doesn't work with 6.2a.

It means that you won't get HMO and you'll lose your 30-second skip every time it reboots (which is twice a week according to cron).I updated the link on the Zipper site.

[AuburnPilot]

From my printable version of the zipper instructions, it states teh Dlink is an option:

Step 4 - Run the Enhancement Script on Your Tivo
A. Connect your Tivo to your network through your router, using a USB-Ethernet
adapter, like the Netgear FA120, Linksys USB200M, Airlink ASOHOUSB, or Airlink
AGIGAUSB. You may also use a wireless adapter, like the D-Link DWL-122. See
here for a full list of compatible adapters.

Should I assume this is incorrect and I should not use the Dlink wireless adapter with my Philips DSR704?

[Gunnyman]

the DWL-122 is a different adapter than the one you mention. It is a wireless B.

[AuburnPilot]

where can I find my current tivo IP address to enter into the script per step G? The is an example address of 192.138.1.101... can I use that one? I searched on my Tivo settings from teh old hard drive and cannot find an IP address...

[AuburnPilot]

gotcha - so the D-Link DWL-122 is okay, but the D-Link DWL-G122 is not, correct?

[ForrestB]

thanks Gunnyman - sorry for my ignorance...

so, I will return my Tivo Wireless G... can I buy the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter instead and install in my Philips DSR 704?

The reason why I'm a little confused is the zipper instructions indicate that I need to connect my tivo to my router using an USB-ethernet adapter... and it states you can also use the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter... can I use one or the other... or do I need both?

Again, sorry for the ignornace, but I just want to be sure that the Dlink AirPlus G DWL-G122 wireless adapter will work before I go out to the store today and buy it after returning the Tivo Wireless G.

Thanks!

Go back and reread Gunnyman's reply "the Sd Tivos don't support wireless G at all."

The Zipper supports the Dlink DWL-122 - which is a 802.11b USB adapter.

The Dlink DWL-G122 is an 802.11g USB adapter - hence it's not supported.

[AuburnPilot]

got it - thanks.. I will get the DWL-122 from ebay. Are you aware of any Zipper supported wireless USB adapters that I can purchase today in a store like Best Buy, Comp USA, etc?

[AuburnPilot]

it looks like Walmart carries a Linksys Network adapter (USB) WUSB11 and I saw that on the list of supported adapters.

Do I need any other hardware besides this to plug into the back of my Philips DSR704? Thanks again!

[grazit]

thanks,

[AuburnPilot]

Thanks again to everyone for your help. Last post of the day for me (I promise). The only remaining small questions that I have are:

1. How can I copy my shows from my old Tivo drive to the new "zippered" one?
2. obtaining the IP address for my Tivo... how can I find that?
3. I am going to purchase the Linksys Network adapter (USB) WUSB11 today at Walmart.. my fingers are crossed that it will work and that I don't need any additional hardware

Thanks again :confused:

[ttodd1]

Thanks again to everyone for your help. Last post of the day for me (I promise). The only remaining small questions that I have are:

1. How can I copy my shows from my old Tivo drive to the new "zippered" one?
2. obtaining the IP address for my Tivo... how can I find that?
3. I am going to purchase the Linksys Network adapter (USB) WUSB11 today at Walmart.. my fingers are crossed that it will work and that I don't need any additional hardware

Thanks again :confused:

1. You can't
2. If you are using DHCP then get something like AngryIP and scan your network for it. If, however, you are referring to what IP you need to give your unit then that is totally dependant on how your network is setup.

[SteelersFan]

No need to apply the image
zipper will work fine with 6.2a with one small adjustment:
replace the supplied superpatch file with the one compatible with 6.2a. Just rename it to match the name of the supplied one exactly.
No need to rename it. Zipper will identify and run any file beginning with "superpatch" and ending in ".tcl" (no quotes).

[threeIees]

I'm looking for some more help. Since I can't use my Tivo Wireless G adapter, I need some advice on what to purchase. I have a DSR708 hacked with zipper. I have a Linksys WRT54GS Rev6 router. I'm looking for advice one what components I can hang off my tivo to allow for wireless G connectivity. If I understand the threads I have read I need some sort of bridge and a wired compoent to hook from the tivo to the brided. I'd love to get exact component models and makes so I can take a trip to BestBuy and pick them up tomorrow.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

ThreeIees

[rpdre1]

The cheapest way to get Wireless G would be to buy this Airlink ASOHOUSB for $12.99 (http://shop.outpost.com/product/4415686) from Fry's and then buy a $20 ZyXEL P-330WC from CompUSA (http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=329138) (it's really a router but you can use it as a bridge by changing the settings.)

CompUSA has run out of them at their online store but your local store probably has some left.

[chucklehead]

I have a zippered HR10-250 that seems to drop network connections after a while. I have very little running other than the standard zipper install. I was upgraded to 6.3c a while back and am not sure if this coincided with it or not. Usually to get shell access, I need to reboot the tivo and then log in once it reboots. Seems to be fine otherwise. Any thoughts?

[zerokooled]

Has anyone here used the zipper CD from Demonoid (torrent)? He made it for an RCA Dtivo and I'm trying to put it on a DSR708. Doesn't seem to be working though. I'm going to make one from scrath anyways, but I wanted to try this one also. Everything looks to be there but there are no screen shots of a FINISHED zipper CD that I can find here.

[rbautch]

Has anyone here used the zipper CD from Demonoid (torrent)? He made it for an RCA Dtivo and I'm trying to put it on a DSR708. Doesn't seem to be working though. I'm going to make one from scrath anyways, but I wanted to try this one also. Everything looks to be there but there are no screen shots of a FINISHED zipper CD that I can find here.I suggest not using a zipper cd from anywhere other than the zipper website. That way you are always assued of getting the latest version. Other than distributing an iso, I'm not sure how I can make it any easier to create the CD.

[MATT1981M]

Normally I would just use a crossover cable for what i want to do, but i am curious.... using a standard cat-5 cable and a usb ethernet adapter (like the fa20...), is it possible to connect directly to a PC and transfer files via ftp?.. a friend of mine is too cheap to go out and buy a crossover cable, and since they dont live in the same state as me, i just cant take one over to them... they need it right away so i cant just ship it to them... i keep telling them to just buy one...

they got a different computer recently and they dont have a serial port on the new laptop.... I had hacked a dsr704 with 6.2 on it for them and they want to apply the 6.2a updates via BTUx9's install62a.tcl & 62a.tivo.diff.tgz upgrade

[Gunnyman]

a crossover is needed.

[MATT1981M]

a crossover is needed.
damn ur fast gunny...lol... my personal feeling is that everyone should have a crossover cable and serial null modem cable on hand....hell i had to make a serial null modem cable and send it to him....lol.... thanks again!!!

[JWThiers]

You said he was cheap, he also needs a usb to serial adapter. Some people will buy an expensive sports car and not do the maintenance on it.

[dot1q]

Okay, I did find the answers to some of these questions but I didn't make notes and now I can't find them so apologies up front for asking questions that I know you've probably already anwered.
If I've already run zipper with the existing 6.2 image and run the enhancement script can I pull the HDD and run zipper again with the $5 clean image? Will I need to uninstall the enhancement script and run it again? Also, should I use superpatch-67all or 6.2a? My original image was 6.2 but after running zipper it's at 6.2a. And, can I use any old HDD and boot with the zipper ISO and $5 clean image and get a working tivo HDD?
This is good stuff, thanks.

Hughes SD-DVR40

[JWThiers]

If I've already run zipper with the existing 6.2 image and run the enhancement script can I pull the HDD and run zipper again with the $5 clean image?
If the "clean image" is 6.2a (or 6.2 for that matter) the zipper will work fine. You just have the right version of superpatch (see below).
Will I need to uninstall the enhancement script and run it again?
If you used the zipper with the "clean image" that you mention above and chose to install it, you will not need to uninstall anything, after running the zipper your tivo will have a clean image with No Recordings and a fresh set of hacks.
Also, should I use superpatch-67all or 6.2a?
It depends on which version of the OS you have. If you have 6.2 you use both files (superpatch and set_mrv_name) from the superpatch-67all file. If you have 6.2a you will still use the set_mrv_name but replace the superpatch with the 6.2a superpatch)

My original image was 6.2 but after running zipper it's at 6.2a. And, can I use any old HDD and boot with the zipper ISO and $5 clean image and get a working tivo HDD?
Zipper does NOT update your tivo from 6.2 to 6.2a. Either the image on your zipper disk is 6.2a and you installed it or your tivo was already 6.2a when you ran zipper.

Zipper does 2 things.

First it installs an "image", if you desire and have an image on your zipper disk, and then it will replace the stock kernel with the hacked kernel from the lba48 boot cd. Replacing the kernel is what allows you to enable telnet, serial and ftp access to the tivo. Zipper also copies the enhancement script and files to your tivo. This is done when the drive is in your PC.

Second, after you reinstall the drive and boot the tivo, you telnet in and run the enhancement script which applies superpatch and installs basic hacks (TWP NCID, joe, cron, etc.). This enhancement script can be run on its own without zippering your tivo if your tivo is already hacked.

The zipper page is pretty clear on the procedure. The real question is and I haven't seen it advertised on dvrupgrade.com (but then again I haven't looked hard or asked recently) are they selling a 6.2a version of InstantCake yet?

[MATT1981M]

.....The zipper page is pretty clear on the procedure. The real question is and I haven't seen it advertised on dvrupgrade.com (but then again I haven't looked hard or asked recently) are they selling a 6.2a version of InstantCake yet?

I just found this on www.dvrupgrade.com

InstantCake for these units is now shipping with 6.2a of the system software; this software includes updates for the recent DST changes. The only exception to this is the R10 version which contains version 6.1. This will update to 6.1a which is DST compliant.

so now i think the real question is... did this person purchase the 6.2a version, or are they trying to use an old version that they bought b4...

[MATT1981M]

You said he was cheap, he also needs a usb to serial adapter. Some people will buy an expensive sports car and not do the maintenance on it.

yeah he is REALLY cheap....

me, i like to be cheap, but creative... i know i can just buy a usb to serial db9 adapter online for about 8.00 w/ shipping or less, but i want to make my own.... anyone have any idea how it would be wired???? what would be perfect is if someone had a diagram like this one below for the null modem cable... i guess i am too much of a geek to just buy one... i usually spend more making my own, but i have fun learning how to do it and enjoy a little cursing now and then when i cant get it to work...lol

http://www.tivohelp.com/archive/tivohelp.swiki.net/.uploads/serial/tivocable.jpg

[dot1q]

so now i think the real question is... did this person purchase the 6.2a version, or are they trying to use an old version that they bought b4...[/QUOTE]

I just downloaded the instantcake a couple of days ago. That must be where the 6.2a came from. And, I paid $5 for the lba48 boot image, not the instantcake. It was $20. I was a little confused.
I think I'll start over tonight with the clean instantcake 6.2a image and the superpatch-6.2a. I didn't really see the answer to this but it appears that I should be able to take any IDE HDD and turn it into a tivo drive using the ISO boot CD created from Zipper. Is this correct?
Thanks

[MATT1981M]

I just downloaded the instantcake a couple of days ago. That must be where the 6.2a came from. And, I paid $5 for the lba48 boot image, not the instantcake. It was $20. I was a little confused.
I think I'll start over tonight with the clean instantcake 6.2a image and the superpatch-6.2a. I didn't really see the answer to this but it appears that I should be able to take any IDE HDD and turn it into a tivo drive using the ISO boot CD created from Zipper. Is this correct?
Thanks
what i would do is install the image and before hacking it, boot the image and check the version via the system info screen... if it was the 6.2 then you want the old version of superpatch... if it is the 6.2a, then go with the new version....

this is ALWAYS a good idea to make sure the image will boot... if it doesnt you then know where to look

[JWThiers]

I just downloaded the instantcake a couple of days ago. That must be where the 6.2a came from. And, I paid $5 for the lba48 boot image, not the instantcake. It was $20. I was a little confused.
I think I'll start over tonight with the clean instantcake 6.2a image and the superpatch-6.2a. I didn't really see the answer to this but it appears that I should be able to take any IDE HDD and turn it into a tivo drive using the ISO boot CD created from Zipper. Is this correct?
Thanks
I'm not sure what the min size of drive is but any will do. I think 40GB is the min size BUT not all 40GB drives are the same so anything BIGGER than that will work and some the same size will also.

[dot1q]

I'm not sure what the min size of drive is but any will do. I think 40GB is the min size BUT not all 40GB drives are the same so anything BIGGER than that will work and some the same size will also.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, guys. I'll play with it some tonight and let you know what image version I get from instantcake before running the scripts.

[pxcam]

JW-- are you saying you just downloaded instantcake and it's been changed to version 6.2a software?

I downloaded it last week and it was 6.2 and have been calling the mother ship to provide the 6.2a upgrade to fix the daylight saving time issue.

Perhaps I should re-download instantcake?

[Gargoyle557]

yeah he is REALLY cheap....

me, i like to be cheap, but creative... i know i can just buy a usb to serial db9 adapter online for about 8.00 w/ shipping or less, but i want to make my own.... anyone have any idea how it would be wired???? what would be perfect is if someone had a diagram like this one below for the null modem cable... i guess i am too much of a geek to just buy one... i usually spend more making my own, but i have fun learning how to do it and enjoy a little cursing now and then when i cant get it to work...lol

http://www.tivohelp.com/archive/tivohelp.swiki.net/.uploads/serial/tivocable.jpg

Not quite as simple as making a simple RS232 cable to interface with the Tivo...

Have a look at this site (http://www.lennard.net.nz/electronics/usbtors232.html).

[JWThiers]

Not quite as simple as making a simple RS232 cable to interface with the Tivo...

Have a look at this site (http://www.lennard.net.nz/electronics/usbtors232.html).
Looks like a cool project.

[dot1q]

JW-- are you saying you just downloaded instantcake and it's been changed to version 6.2a software?

I downloaded it last week and it was 6.2 and have been calling the mother ship to provide the 6.2a upgrade to fix the daylight saving time issue.

Perhaps I should re-download instantcake?

I just ran the zipper with a clean instantcake image (6.2a) and superpatch-6.2a.
DST is fixed (gets time from from the sat)
CID is not working
Tivo doesn't discover a tivoserver for music and photos and one is not found when manually added (tivoserver is my laptop from which I ran the enhancement script and can ping and telnet to tivo).
The tivoserver does show up in the now playing list at times but when it's there and I try to open an avi from my laptop the server closes. (Tivoserver problem; tivoserver would not load jpegs).
The now playing list also has blank entries and you can scroll up and down for pages but nothings there (manually recorded show was at the top, tivoserver shows up as DVR when it's there). I've only recorded one thing since loading.
Pick programs to record > search by title > all programs only shows about 40 entries.
I've attached the install log and tivoserver log.

I just started reading about this stuff a few days ago; I'm a decent network guy; know very little unix and less about this madness.
My wife is pissed. :D
I'll make a console cable tomorrow and see what I can see.

Gunny/rbautch, you're the main dudes... any thoughts, suggestions, guidance?

More info:

Only 1 LNB is selected on the instantcake image so you have to run guided setup if you have something different. I did this before running the enhancement script; I don't know that it really makes a difference.

Also; there are two purchases that have no info. If you try to select them it says 'this pay per view program was purchased and cannot be canceled.' They were there before running the enhancement script. I assume they're there because they were on the instantcake iso?

Just discovered no local channels; wife= :mad:

[aaronwt]

a crossover is needed.

I haven't used a network card that didn't auto negotiate the pairs since the 90's. All the networks cards I have used this century will make a connection with a straight through or cross over cable.

[dswallow]

I haven't used a network card that didn't auto negotiate the pairs since the 90's. All the networks cards I have used this century will make a connection with a straight through or cross over cable.
I'm thinking I've never seen a network card that does that; that functionality is usually on the switch/router ports. And many are definitely still made without that capability, too.

[glitchsys]

a crossover is needed.

Anything 3 years or newer should have a NIC that has auto-MDI/MDIX. My laptop has it, my switch's and router have it, and my PC has it. The technology did come out a while back, but there was initially problems with it, so it was never mainstream til recently, when it was made stable. Most NIC's and switch's and such will support this, in the future crossovers will be almost obsolete, and I can't wait. Tired of cutting the end off a straight through and making a crossover and then later on grabbing a random cable and not knowing whether it's a crossover or not (i mean, I can look at the ends, but that's extra work).

The best thing is to just try it w/ a straight through. You never know. I brought my Tivo to work w/ me one night because I'd screwed it up in the whole 6.2a fiasco, and when it was time for it to go online to get the patches and whatever, I turned on Win XP's connection sharing, shared the wireless to the NIC, and put the same IP on that NIC as my home router, making my laptop simulate my home network. Then just connected it's NIC straight to the AGIGAUSB NIC I had in the Tivo, and voila, instant network.

I'm on this crazy codec kick right now, once I get bored of it, I'll be playing with the Large Packet Size thing you can do the with the Gigabit NIC's next, speeding up file transfers. TyTools is fun, but getting the MPEG2's into a reasonable smaller format easily is becoming a nuisance.

[ttodd1]

I just ran the zipper with a clean instantcake image (6.2a) and superpatch-6.2a.
DST is fixed (gets time from from the sat)
CID is not working
Tivo doesn't discover a tivoserver for music and photos and one is not found when manually added (tivoserver is my laptop from which I ran the enhancement script and can ping and telnet to tivo).
The tivoserver does show up in the now playing list at times but when it's there and I try to open an avi from my laptop the server closes. (Tivoserver problem; tivoserver would not load jpegs).
The now playing list also has blank entries and you can scroll up and down for pages but nothings there (manually recorded show was at the top, tivoserver shows up as DVR when it's there). I've only recorded one thing since loading.
Pick programs to record > search by title > all programs only shows about 40 entries.
I've attached the install log and tivoserver log.

I just started reading about this stuff a few days ago; I'm a decent network guy; know very little unix and less about this madness.
My wife is pissed. :D
I'll make a console cable tomorrow and see what I can see.

Gunny/rbautch, you're the main dudes... any thoughts, suggestions, guidance?

More info:

Only 1 LNB is selected on the instantcake image so you have to run guided setup if you have something different. I did this before running the enhancement script; I don't know that it really makes a difference.

Also; there are two purchases that have no info. If you try to select them it says 'this pay per view program was purchased and cannot be canceled.' They were there before running the enhancement script. I assume they're there because they were on the instantcake iso?

Just discovered no local channels; wife= :mad:

Tivoserver will not show up in Music and Photos. It is used to create a "DVR" on your pc to stream videos to your Tivo. It will not do pictures. If you want to dispaly pictures on your Tivo you can use TivoDesktop or JavaHMO.
Locals should come back in a day or so but if you are in a "hurry" the Wiki has another way to get them back - call DTV and enter a code.

[shortkidd]

I used zipper to hack my hr10-250 on 3.1.5f and it worked flawlessly.

I am now preparing to upgrade to 6.3c and I have in my bootpage output upgradesoftware=false.

I checked rc.sysinit and i did not see the upgradesoftware=false being set in there. Where does zipper make this setting so that I can unenable it.

[Gunnyman]

do you have the 6.3 slices? It will be much easier to upgrade to 6.3c and keep BASH rather than letting the unit upgrade itself then pulling the drive and re zippering

[JWThiers]

JW-- are you saying you just downloaded instantcake and it's been changed to version 6.2a software?

I downloaded it last week and it was 6.2 and have been calling the mother ship to provide the 6.2a upgrade to fix the daylight saving time issue.

Perhaps I should re-download instantcake?
Sorry during some trimming of my post, I deleted the start of quote tag part got left out I will fix the post.

I also assume by dot1q's post, who I was trying to quote, IC now has 6.2a

[JWThiers]

The now playing list also has blank entries and you can scroll up and down for pages but nothings there (manually recorded show was at the top, tivoserver shows up as DVR when it's there). I've only recorded one thing since loading.

My wife is pissed. :D
I'll make a console cable tomorrow and see what I can see.
Serial cable good, pissed wife bad. If mama's not happy no ones happy.

Try this wiki entry (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#Blank_entries_in_the_.22Now_ Playing_List.22).

[dot1q]

[QUOTE=JWThiers]Serial cable good, pissed wife bad. If mama's not happy no ones happy.

Locals where there this morning.
Thanks, I'll try the DNS thing tonight.
Where do I find the Media Access Key for my tivo? I don't see it in sys info and tivo says you need 7.1. Can I make this work with 6.2a?

The ISO image from Instantcake is 6.2a.

[Finnstang]

Just skip the part asking for you MAK. That is just for Tivo-to-Go. HMO still works without it.

[dot1q]

Just skip the part asking for you MAK. That is just for Tivo-to-Go. HMO still works without it.

Thank you, sir.

What about liquid bread ;)

[Finnstang]

Thank you, sir.

What about liquid bread ;)
You'd have to ask him... but I'm a fan. ;)

[JWThiers]

Roflmao

[rbautch]

I used zipper to hack my hr10-250 on 3.1.5f and it worked flawlessly.

I am now preparing to upgrade to 6.3c and I have in my bootpage output upgradesoftware=false.

I checked rc.sysinit and i did not see the upgradesoftware=false being set in there. Where does zipper make this setting so that I can unenable it.It's not in rc.sysinit. It's a variable set in your bootpage. You can access your current bootpage, by entering bootpage -p /dev/hda
You have to re-enter all the boopage parameters if you want to change any of them. If the drive is in the tivo, you would do that with bootpage -P "enter_paramters here" /dev/hdaNote the lowercase p checks the bootpage, and capital P sets it.

[shortkidd]

I would like to upgrade to 6.3c with my currently zippered 3.1.5f. I would like to keep my hacks in place but I do think that will be possible.

What is the best way to complete this process? I was under the impression that I wanted to disable the fakecall and connect a phone line and let it upgrade itself. According to what I have read the 6.3c software is not in the stream anymore so it needs to dial in to download it.

Please help!

[BeanCounter1]

I've decided to pull my previously zippered HD to get to 6.2a instead of trying to slice it. After a bunch of reading, I think the following process is what has been advised, but I would like someone to confirm.

1. Download new Instantcake 6.2a.
2. Prepare zipper disk according to normal instructions, substituting the new Superpatch-6.2a file instead of the the normal Superpatch-67all.
3. Pull HD from Tivo and run Zipper.
4. Run tweak.

My two basic hangups are:
a. Do I need to run tweak_uninstall? I think the answer is "no" since I've got a new Instant cake image in step #1 (post #10061 (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4985533&&#post4985533)).
b. I must keep my recordings and am concerned that applying a new Instantcake will trash them, based on JWT's advice in post #10061. I've seen a few other posts that imply I'd be OK so long as I just use the image and don't actually run the Instantcake software.

I'll wait until I get feedback from you guys. If I lose my wife's recordings, it would be worse than "crossing the streams". :confused:

Thanks.

[SteelersFan]

I've decided to pull my previously zippered HD to get to 6.2a instead of trying to slice it. After a bunch of reading, I think the following process is what has been advised, but I would like someone to confirm.

1. Download new Instantcake 6.2a.
2. Prepare zipper disk according to normal instructions, substituting the new Superpatch-6.2a file instead of the the normal Superpatch-67all.
3. Pull HD from Tivo and run Zipper.
4. Run tweak.

My two basic hangups are:
a. Do I need to run tweak_uninstall? I think the answer is "no" since I've got a new Instant cake image in step #1 (post #10061 (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4985533&&#post4985533)).
b. I must keep my recordings and am concerned that applying a new Instantcake will trash them, based on JWT's advice in post #10061. I've seen a few other posts that imply I'd be OK so long as I just use the image and don't actually run the Instantcake software.

I'll wait until I get feedback from you guys. If I lose my wife's recordings, it would be worse than "crossing the streams". :confused:

Thanks.
Why not just run this script (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=343660)? It's SOOO easy!!!! I ran it on 4 boxes in 10 minutes with no problems and no other changes needed.

[JWThiers]

I've decided to pull my previously zippered HD to get to 6.2a instead of trying to slice it. After a bunch of reading, I think the following process is what has been advised, but I would like someone to confirm.

1. Download new Instantcake 6.2a.
2. Prepare zipper disk according to normal instructions, substituting the new Superpatch-6.2a file instead of the the normal Superpatch-67all.
3. Pull HD from Tivo and run Zipper.
4. Run tweak.

My two basic hangups are:
a. Do I need to run tweak_uninstall? I think the answer is "no" since I've got a new Instant cake image in step #1 (post #10061 (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4985533&&#post4985533)).
b. I must keep my recordings and am concerned that applying a new Instantcake will trash them, based on JWT's advice in post #10061. I've seen a few other posts that imply I'd be OK so long as I just use the image and don't actually run the Instantcake software.

I'll wait until I get feedback from you guys. If I lose my wife's recordings, it would be worse than "crossing the streams". :confused:

Thanks.
If you want to use the new instant cake with 6.2a you will have to lose the previous recordings. Anytime you install an image you will lose EVERYTHING on the drive and go to the condition that is on the image you are installing.

If you want to keep the recordings you only have a few choices.
Install the slices manually without taking the precautions stated in the instructions for keeping your hacks in place. Obviously you lose all your hacks.
Install the slices manually using the directions stated and keep the hacks. You will keep the hacks.
Buy the slicer and run it according to its instructions. You will keep your hacks.
Use the script posted by BTUx9. Keeps your hacks

I'm basically chicken and know I can't type exactly correctly every time (thank god for spell check) So personnally I would stick to the scripted options just to avoid possible typo's. There is nothing better than a fresh new imageon a drive so using that and zipper is a good choice as well, you just won't have your recordings. to keep your recordings as noted by others BTUx9's script works, I haven't used it so I can't directly comment other than BTU has a wealth of knowledge so I am sure it would work. I used the slicer, I had no real difficult problems running it and it has been updated since I have and it is supposed to handle moving drivers better than the original (It didn't at all at first but it has been updated to correct this omission).

[MentorJoe]

Just installed zipper with Instantcake 6.2a. Can not see my second tivo or my JavaHMO server. Also, no Pictures and Music menu is present. Looks like HMO is not enabled.

Via telnet attempted to run superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.2.tcl. Gives message "6.2a-01-2-351 is not supported".

Any ideas??
Thanks
regnaDkciN

[WhyMe]

Going to start fresh on 6.2a. Does it matter if I use a older version ptvlba 48-4.01DD for the boot disk...Thanks Michael

[Martin Tupper]

Just installed zipper with Instantcake 6.2a. Can not see my second tivo or my JavaHMO server. Also, no Pictures and Music menu is present. Looks like HMO is not enabled.

Via telnet attempted to run superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.2.tcl. Gives message "6.2a-01-2-351 is not supported".

Any ideas??
Thanks
regnaDkciN
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.2.tcl predates 6.2a. You need to get a copy of superpatch-6.2a.tcl over at ddb. FTP it onto your tivo and execute it.

[BeanCounter1]

If you want to use the new instant cake with 6.2a you will have to lose the previous recordings. Anytime you install an image you will lose EVERYTHING on the drive and go to the condition that is on the image you are installing.

If you want to keep the recordings you only have a few choices.

[1] Install the slices manually without taking the precautions stated in the instructions for keeping your hacks in place. Obviously you lose all your hacks.
[2] Install the slices manually using the directions stated and keep the hacks. You will keep the hacks.
[3] Buy the slicer and run it according to its instructions. You will keep your hacks.
[4] Use the script posted by BTUx9. Keeps your hacks

Thanks for the clarification JWT. That just saved my recordings. :up:

I've been having some random weirdness with my current setup (freeze on "Welcome, Powering Up" reboot screen) which is why I was contemplating the Instantcake route but I'll go with solution #3 or #4 (need to read some more) and then re-run the tweak script to get the latest versions of all that goodness and hope that fixes my earlier problems.

Thanks.

[utnorris]

So I need some help with the networking part.

This is where it began, I tried to upgrade my 10-250 to higher capacity with networking. At first I used my original 6.3c image in combination with the Zipper. That gave me a hacked tivo, but it had some quirks I couldn't resolve (no descriptions of recorded programs (error 32 I think), unable to do SP's from Tivo, etc). I then read that 3.1.5f would solve some of these issues, so I downloaded the instancake from DVRupgrade, version 3.1.5f and tried that with the Zipper, I couldn't get my network to work, meaning I got no link light or access to tivo and it said I had a hardware failure so I couldn't record ( I read the post about error 51, but I cannot telnet at this point). So I tried the Zipper without the set_mvr_name and superpatch files since the Zipper site states the 10-250 doesn't need them, that didn't work, in fact the Zipper wouldn't complete because the set_mrv file wasn't there. So I tried the Zipper with the IC 3.1.5f and set_mrv file, seemed to work, but again no lights on the network and the hardware issue again. I tried to load the 3.1.5f image first and then run the Zipper, same result.I then decided after all of these headaches to download the PTVnet upgrade and use it with my instant cake image. Everything went fine, however I still do not have any networking capabilities. I have tried two different usb adapters, one from Netgear the 200m and the original one that did work with the Zipper first time from 9th Tee. Neither will light up and give me network access. I verified my router IP's address, that my mac filtering was off and the cable is good by connecting to an active pc. I have had to rebuild this drive several times, had to deal with 3 bad drives from Maxtor and I am now at my wits end. I have now reloaded the IC 6.3c image and haven't hacked it yet, almost scared too. Can I activate the hacks from the prompt after the Zipper finishes before putting it back in to the Tivo? I am hoping this will solve my network issue. By the way, I do not have a way of connecting a serial cable to the Tivo since my laptop does not have a serial port, :(. I am really at my wits end and my head hurts really bad from all of the wall banging I have done over the last few days.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Utnorris

[WhyMe]

Just installed zipper with Instantcake 6.2a. Can not see my second tivo or my JavaHMO server. Also, no Pictures and Music menu is present. Looks like HMO is not enabled.

Via telnet attempted to run superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.2.tcl. Gives message "6.2a-01-2-351 is not supported".

Any ideas??
Thanks
regnaDkciN


Looks like you need to get the superpatch for 6.2a, it over at the deal place...

[JWThiers]

Thanks for the clarification JWT. That just saved my recordings. :up:

I've been having some random weirdness with my current setup (freeze on "Welcome, Powering Up" reboot screen) which is why I was contemplating the Instantcake route but I'll go with solution #3 or #4 (need to read some more) and then re-run the tweak script to get the latest versions of all that goodness and hope that fixes my earlier problems.

Thanks.
If you have been having "random wiredness" I would probably go the slicer route, because, IIRC BTUx's route just copies the files that changed from the last rev. I could be wrong. The slicer does the whole thing in essence refreshing the OS. It costs money but...

[JWThiers]

Just installed zipper with Instantcake 6.2a. Can not see my second tivo or my JavaHMO server. Also, no Pictures and Music menu is present. Looks like HMO is not enabled.

Via telnet attempted to run superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.2.tcl. Gives message "6.2a-01-2-351 is not supported".

Any ideas??
Thanks
regnaDkciN
Didn't read the new zipper instructions, it cautions about which superpatch to use with which OS.

[aerospiegel]

OK, this is about the most annoying thing ever...

I zippered my DirecTV box with the wireless settings and then when I couldn't get my wireless adapter to work, I re-zippered it using the wired option and this is where things went bad. I got the "failed to extract drivers from the archive" error. I have searched discussion groups tirelessly with the standard "it is an iso error". Sorry, but I'm just not buying that since I have reburned it with several programs and get the same thing. Anyways, not a huge deal since I can use the wireless settings and once I boot everything up, I can still telnet in, or so I thought there were no issues. After running the tweak.sh script, it seems as if the usb ports are disabled again or something because my box no longer shows up on my network. In short, I can run zipper and telnet to the box but can't utlize the tweaks because when I run them, I can no longer telnet to the box. What is going on?

[skinnyjm]

Just did a mfslive 1.1 backup (without recordings) of my unhacked original drive with 6.2a. No Season Passes, no To Do List and no Recording History entries. I also cleared all thumb rating/suggestions. It still comes in at 350MB, which is too large (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4718439&&#post4718439) for the zipper isomaker's 290MB limit. Any tips on how to get it below 290MB or will the drive eventually purge the bits off the old 6.2 partitions? :confused:
I would like to zipper a fresh drive with 6.2a already on it .
Thanks all. :)

[utnorris]

Got it to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like a Champ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you everyone involved with the Zipper. I will give details later as to my setup and what I think ultimately got it to work, time for sleep now.

Thank you again everyone,

Utnorris

[shortkidd]

Has anyone run into the issue when they have a zipper 3.1.5f HR10-250 when you connect the modem line and the modem never negotiates? Is this normal? Is there something I need to disable?

[rbautch]

Just did a mfslive 1.1 backup (without recordings) of my unhacked original drive with 6.2a. No Season Passes, no To Do List and no Recording History entries. I also cleared all thumb rating/suggestions. It still comes in at 350MB, which is too large (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4718439&&#post4718439) for the zipper isomaker's 290MB limit. Any tips on how to get it below 290MB or will the drive eventually purge the bits off the old 6.2 partitions? :confused:
I would like to zipper a fresh drive with 6.2a already on it .
Thanks all. :)Instead of using the zipper isomaker, use another application to create the zipper CD, like WinIso or UltraIso.

[rbautch]

OK, this is about the most annoying thing ever...

I zippered my DirecTV box with the wireless settings and then when I couldn't get my wireless adapter to work, I re-zippered it using the wired option and this is where things went bad. I got the "failed to extract drivers from the archive" error. I have searched discussion groups tirelessly with the standard "it is an iso error". Sorry, but I'm just not buying that since I have reburned it with several programs and get the same thing. Anyways, not a huge deal since I can use the wireless settings and once I boot everything up, I can still telnet in, or so I thought there were no issues. After running the tweak.sh script, it seems as if the usb ports are disabled again or something because my box no longer shows up on my network. In short, I can run zipper and telnet to the box but can't utlize the tweaks because when I run them, I can no longer telnet to the box. What is going on?It may have something to do with your usb drivers. After tweak.sh runs, make sure your backported drivers are still in place. Also make sure you're using the latest version of the zipper.

[rbautch]

Going to start fresh on 6.2a. Does it matter if I use a older version ptvlba 48-4.01DD for the boot disk...Thanks MichaelNo.

[utnorris]

So, I don't know what happened in the 5 hours I went to sleep, but the errors I was getting before are now back. When I first booted up the hacked TIVO I could setup season passes from the TIVO guide and search engine, now I get an errror 32. This is so frustrating since this is why I started to rehack it in the first place and was considering going to 3.1.5f. Also, when I go into the "Now Playing" list and try to look at a program's description it just kicks me back to the title page each time. I am not sure what happened in the 5 hours I went to sleep, but this is so frustrating, especially since it was working fine earlier. Seriously, I am at my wits end and ready to give up, any ideas????????

Utnorris

[BigBearf]

Had the error 32 message come up after slicing from 6.3a to 6.3c. I believe I had to use TWP to remove all season passes and then I recreated them using the Tivo Menus and all was well.

On another HR10 I keep getting freeze ups and various times when networking connection lapsed. On that unit, I just recreated to Zipper disk using the IC 6.3c image and redid the drive and all was well.

Hope this helps
BigBearf

[rbautch]

So, I don't know what happened in the 5 hours I went to sleep, but the errors I was getting before are now back. When I first booted up the hacked TIVO I could setup season passes from the TIVO guide and search engine, now I get an errror 32. This is so frustrating since this is why I started to rehack it in the first place and was considering going to 3.1.5f. Also, when I go into the "Now Playing" list and try to look at a program's description it just kicks me back to the title page each time. I am not sure what happened in the 5 hours I went to sleep, but this is so frustrating, especially since it was working fine earlier. Seriously, I am at my wits end and ready to give up, any ideas????????

UtnorrisThis is a known issue with TWP and 6.3. Creating a new season pass manually works fine, but if you create one in TWP, you can't select a show to play it. Note that you can hit the play button and the show will play. To fix it, delete your season passes, starting first with the new one you created with TWP. I believe this issue was fixed in TWP version 2.0

[utnorris]

This is a HR10-250 that I built off of a IC6.3c virgin image. I then let the TIVO make a call and do the updates getting the guide info and etc. I then waited 24 hours, unplugged the phone line and ran Zipper on it. This was with the new superpatch and the latest Zipper files that I down loaded on this past Friday. All went well, in fact it went really smooth and I saw things happen when I ran the hacks from telnet that hadn't happened before that suggested this was a new version of Zipper than what I had from 3 weeks ago. Anyway, everything went well, I had networking, TWP, and most of all no error 32 and I could set up season passes from TIVO. Keep in mind that this was a fresh install, so I had no recordings and no season passes set up before I did the hack script. I am not sure what happened during the 5 or so hours that would have caused this issue to suddenly reappear. These were the same issues I had when I did the original hack 3 weeks ago. I have read that this would go away once the guide info had updated, but that has already happened, plus a friend of mine hacked his at the sametime I did mine and he is having the same issue. I thought it was the image causing the problem, but I guess not. Really need some help from the Guru's on this one.

Side issue, during the hack script it asks do you want showcases and stars turned off. I said yes, but they are still there and when I check system information and look at what is set to "true" or "false" showcases and stars are set to "true". Any ideas on how to get rid of this?

Third and final issue, I was under the impression that the superpatch-6.2a.tcl would fix the "trial ends today" comment at the bottom of the menu screen, however I am still getting this, any ideas on this? Do I need to rerun superpatch from the brash prompt?

Thank you in advance for any help, I am really frustrated by this and would like to get it fixed so that I can enjoy my Hacked TIVO. I will continue to search the forums for ideas while I await a response. Thank you again,

Utnorris

[utnorris]

I did setup the season passes only through TWP, so this may be what is causing my issue and what I think you were refering to, rbautch. I will erase my season passes all together and the one test recording I have. Rbautch, does it matter if I erase them from TIVO or TWP?
Thanks again,

Utnorris

[utnorris]

The showcases and yellow stars option does not immediately remove or add them to your Tivo, but rather populates your MFS database with tokens that signal Tivo download showcases to your machine. Removing the tokens will gradually cause showcases to stop showing up after a period of time, and adding the tokens should cause showcases to start showing up in a day or two. One wrinkle in this is that the tokens may change over time, or may have already changed, which would make this not work right. I looked hard at this last year, and will again if I run completely out of other things to do.


Rbautch, is this still correct? It's from last August and that is why I ask. If so, then that should solve another issue I was having. If this is correct, maybe it should be posted on the Wiki troubleshooting page since it is a "known issue". Let me know if it is still correct and I will post it in the troubleshooting section to help future "Zippers". I posted the "Error #32" known issue there for future reference.

Thanks again for the help and your patience.

Utnorris

Posted the "Showcase and Yellow Star" issue in troubleshooting guide.

[BigBearf]

Error 32
I did setup the season passes only through TWP, so this may be what is causing my issue and what I think you were refering to, rbautch. I will erase my season passes all together and the one test recording I have. Rbautch, does it matter if I erase them from TIVO or TWP?

As I recall, I had to delete the season passes through TWP and then recreate them through the menus. I don't think erasing them thru the menus works.

Good luck,
BigBearf

[utnorris]

BigBearf you are correct as I found out earlier today. All SP's and recordings have to be deleted from TWP that were created by TWP. Anyway, that problem is solved, of course as you get done with one issue you come across another, but hey, that's progress.

Quick question for Gunnyman, have you updated Zipper with the new TWP 2.0? If not, can you simply just switch out the files before creating the ISO? The reason I ask is that for some reason I cannot get the update link in TWP to work, keeps giving me the "IE cannot display the webpage" error and it would be easier if you could just swap files before making the ISO.

Anyway, great product and great tools, thank you very much everyone that was involved for helping make them.

Utnorris

[MATT1981M]

Anything 3 years or newer should have a NIC that has auto-MDI/MDIX. My laptop has it, my switch's and router have it, and my PC has it. The technology did come out a while back, but there was initially problems with it, so it was never mainstream til recently, when it was made stable. Most NIC's and switch's and such will support this, in the future crossovers will be almost obsolete, and I can't wait. Tired of cutting the end off a straight through and making a crossover and then later on grabbing a random cable and not knowing whether it's a crossover or not (i mean, I can look at the ends, but that's extra work).

The best thing is to just try it w/ a straight through. You never know. I brought my Tivo to work w/ me one night because I'd screwed it up in the whole 6.2a fiasco, and when it was time for it to go online to get the patches and whatever, I turned on Win XP's connection sharing, shared the wireless to the NIC, and put the same IP on that NIC as my home router, making my laptop simulate my home network. Then just connected it's NIC straight to the AGIGAUSB NIC I had in the Tivo, and voila, instant network.

I'm on this crazy codec kick right now, once I get bored of it, I'll be playing with the Large Packet Size thing you can do the with the Gigabit NIC's next, speeding up file transfers. TyTools is fun, but getting the MPEG2's into a reasonable smaller format easily is becoming a nuisance.
i have purchased several computers in the past 3 years and the only one i have bought that had a nicx switch in it was a high end desktop...the easiest thing to do is not to just lop the end off the cable and put a new rj45 end on it, but to make a 6 inch or so cable... One end rj45 plug, the other rj45 jack...just one of the ends needs to be a crossover... This way you can always tell it apart from other cables, and it handy in a pinch to convert a straight cable to a crossover just by plugging it in this adapter...

[Ronin]

superpatch did not run with the zipper

I hacked 3 of my DTiVos about 1.5 years ago using the unguide without any problems. They are all running 6.2 with expired MRV certs but MRV still works fine (but that is another issue)

I have a 4th unit (HDVR2) that I wasn't using hacked way back when with sleepers iso. I figured that this was a good unit to redo and test 6.2a so I decided to update and hack it using the zipper. I hooked it up with the original unhacked drive and let it upgrade from 3.1.1c to 6.2a normally (ie update over satellite triggered by phone call)

After it was running ok for a couple days I used the mfslive disk to make a backup image and then restored that to a new 160GB drive. I booted the new 160gb in the TiVo and made sure it was working ok before I messed around with it.

I then made the Zipper disk following the instructions. I did not use an image file since the drive already had 6.2a working. I used the ptv disk I had from last time version 4.01. I then made sure I got the correct superpatch for 6.2a.

I modified the superpatch file and removed the first line of changes since I don't like 30 second skip. I used MetaPad set to UNIX to make the changes.

I then created the iso using the bat file and burned my zipper disc.

I then ran the zipper process on my 160GB drive and everything seemed to run fine. I did not receive any errors or see it say anything about skipping anything other than not having an image file.

I put the drive into my TiVo and it started up OK without any errors and then restarted itself like the instructions said it would. It restarted fine without any errors.

I then telneted into the unit and ran sh tweak.sh and that seemed to run fine. Said yes and no for what I wanted and then when it was finished I rebooted.

When it rebooted I went to system information and could tell right away that superpatch did not run. I then went to now playing and as expected I did not see my other 3 units.

At no point during either the zipper or tweak was I asked to set the mrv name. The only thing I can think of why I didn't follow everything exactly was after I ran tweak the instructions say to type sync; reboot and I mistyped and put synv; reboot but the unit still rebooted ok.

I ran superpatch and set mrv manually and rebooted and now mrv is working fine but I am wondering why superpatch didn't run automatically? Is it supposed to run during the zipper process, during the reboot or during the tweak process? Also when is set_mrv supposed to run since I was never asked to name the TiVo?
Lastly, the only way I found superpatch on my tivo when I telneted in was to first change the directory to enhancements and then go back on level using cd .. how do I go directly to the directory that has the superpatch file in it and what directory does my TiVo default to when I first telnet to it?

Thanks for all the work both Gunnyman and rbautch. Even if superpatch didn't run automatically the process was still much easier this time than before with the unguide.

[dclutter]

guys: my son used your image and everything is working great, except one thing. the OTA tuners are disabled. How do we enable them?

Thanks again for all your hard work

[GrrlyWhirl]

Ok, so I think I'm just about to the point where I understand everything well enough to get started.

Here are my directivos that need zippering: sd-dvr80 and hr10-250. (I basically want to upgrade to network the 2 boxes and my computer and also to have the cool functions after doing so)

So I believe I have to buy two different instantcake isos? And then dl the zipper and make 1 image cd.

but I had a question about this instruction. "Enter a static IP address for your TiVo and the IP address of your router (or gateway)."

I know my router's address is the standard 192.168.1.1

So do I just set up a static ip in my router settings and set my tivos as whatever I type into the router settings?

Also, do I need the Slicer? Or should I just never update my box after this whole upgrade?

I just want to be 100% sure I know all my options and the whole plan before I start......

Let me know if any of my plans are off base so far. Do I need two different isos for each box (sadly it looks as if i do)? Are there any really sweet add ons that I should dl besides the instantcake and the zipper?

Let me know, Clueless grrly,
Amy

[BigBearf]

Dclutter:
ATSC tuner disabled
guys: my son used your image and everything is working great, except one thing. the OTA tuners are disabled. How do we enable them?

Thanks again for all your hard work

Check under Messages & Settings >System Information and scroll down to Tuner List: to see if DIRECTV 1, DIRECTV 2, ATSC 1 and ATSC 2 are enabled. If not rerun Guided setup and I think this will do it.

Hope this helps,
BigBearf

[rbautch]

Ok, so I think I'm just about to the point where I understand everything well enough to get started.

Here are my directivos that need zippering: sd-dvr80 and hr10-250. (I basically want to upgrade to network the 2 boxes and my computer and also to have the cool functions after doing so)

So I believe I have to buy two different instantcake isos? And then dl the zipper and make 1 image cd.

but I had a question about this instruction. "Enter a static IP address for your TiVo and the IP address of your router (or gateway)."

I know my router's address is the standard 192.168.1.1

So do I just set up a static ip in my router settings and set my tivos as whatever I type into the router settings?

Also, do I need the Slicer? Or should I just never update my box after this whole upgrade?

I just want to be 100% sure I know all my options and the whole plan before I start......

Let me know if any of my plans are off base so far. Do I need two different isos for each box (sadly it looks as if i do)? Are there any really sweet add ons that I should dl besides the instantcake and the zipper?

Let me know, Clueless grrly,
AmyYou do indeed need 2 instancake images, or if you're ambitious you can make your own. If you're brave, you can zipper the the original hard drive and skip the images all together, but I wouldn't recommend it. You don't need the slicer because the tivo software for your tivos is unlikely to change, ever. On the odd chance they do, you can deal with it then. For the IP address, it's pretty much arbitrary, but you have to stay in the same subnet as your router IP. I suggest something like 192.180.1.80, and 192.168.1.81. Good luck! :)

[rbautch]

superpatch did not run with the zipper.I discovered a typo in the enhancement script that would prevent superpatch from running. I fixed it, and uploaded a new version of the zipper and enhancement script. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[utnorris]

Ok, so I think I'm just about to the point where I understand everything well enough to get started.

Here are my directivos that need zippering: sd-dvr80 and hr10-250. (I basically want to upgrade to network the 2 boxes and my computer and also to have the cool functions after doing so)

So I believe I have to buy two different instantcake isos? And then dl the zipper and make 1 image cd.

but I had a question about this instruction. "Enter a static IP address for your TiVo and the IP address of your router (or gateway)."

I know my router's address is the standard 192.168.1.1

So do I just set up a static ip in my router settings and set my tivos as whatever I type into the router settings?

Also, do I need the Slicer? Or should I just never update my box after this whole upgrade?

I just want to be 100% sure I know all my options and the whole plan before I start......

Let me know if any of my plans are off base so far. Do I need two different isos for each box (sadly it looks as if i do)? Are there any really sweet add ons that I should dl besides the instantcake and the zipper?

Let me know, Clueless grrly,
Amy

As far as the Instant Cake images, you have three choices, you can follow the Hinsdale steps and make a backup image of your current Tivo drive and then copy that to a brand new drive. Then create a Zipper disk without the Instant Cake Image and Zipper the new drives. Since the drives will already have the image the Zipper will still install. Or get the Instant Cake image for each of your models and create fresh drives and then create a Zipper disk without the Instant Cake Image and Zipper the new drives, thats what I did with one of mine while another I just Zippered the original drive. Or finally, get the Instant Cake images, create two Zipper disks, one with one IC image and one with the other IC image and then run the Zipper on two blank hard drives. Either will work, however I do have a copy of the IC 6.3 image so that if I need to give back one of the HR10-250's to DirecTV then I can just re-image the drive just like it was originally.

As far your IP settings, you need to check what your router is set to for a DHCP range, i.e. 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.100. Once you have determined this you need to set your Tivo's IP addresses outside of that range, for instance 192.168.1.190 and 192.168.1.195. This way your static IP addresses assigned to your Tivo's will not interfere with the rest of your network and vice versa. Depending on your router you shouldn't have to set the static IP addresses up on the router just your Tivo's (This is typical for consumer routers), however you will probably need to set up the DHCP IP range. You will need to look at your owner's manual to determine how to do it.

Hope this helps,

Utnorris

[utnorris]

I notice that MFS_FTP is part of the Zipper file, does it automatically run or do you need to start it? Also, how do I go about sharing videos from one Tivo to another? I have looked and I haven't seen any clear cut directions in any of the forums.

Thanks,

Utnorris

[Gunnyman]

mfs_ftp is discussed in the wiki, but it is not distributed with the Zipper.
Sharing one tivo to another is called mrv and is enabled by superpatch on SDTivos but not available on HDTivos.

[utnorris]

mfs_ftp is discussed in the wiki, but it is not distributed with the Zipper.
Sharing one tivo to another is called mrv and is enabled by superpatch on SDTivos but not available on HDTivos.

Thanks Gunnyman. I am assuming then that the music,picture tab in the main menu, when it asks for ip address for a server and to turn on mrv/hmo software that it is still stricktly for pics and music files, is this correct?
thank you again,

Utnorris

[Gunnyman]

yes
if mrv is set up correctly you will see your other tivo listed in the now playing list.

[CopyCat]

Thanks Gunnyman. I am assuming then that the music,picture tab in the main menu, when it asks for ip address for a server and to turn on mrv/hmo software that it is still stricktly for pics and music files, is this correct?
thank you again,

Utnorris


That is correct :up:

[James Aguirre]

I have downloaded Zipper v 2.8 and then yesterday 2.9. I have done two Dtivo DVR39 and I must say you have done a great job. I had used PTVupgrade and InstantCake in the past, both are good, but you put it all together and add more tools...Thanks for that.

However, I think I may have found a problem with the tar files, when you run the script for phase II (I am referring to running the script after a successfull boot) it finds an error in the tar file. Then goes on and accesses the Internet and downloads the files. Fortunately I was connected to the Internet both times so my upgrade was successful. Here is the error message, I had to the url to the mastersav site from the error message to get past forum restrictions:

Existing rbautch_files.tgz archive found in /hacks
Skipping new script download...

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Unable to untar files archive. Could be a failed download.
Adjusting your DNS settings. Please run tweak.sh again. Exiting...
bash-2.02# cd /hacks; sh tweak.sh

Enhancements directory detected. You must uninstall the previous version
of Enhancements before you install this one.
Would you like to uninstall the previous version now? [y/n]: y
Removing directories and files...
Skipping TWP uninstall...
Skipping cron uninstall...
Skipping CallerID uninstall...
Skipping fakecall restore...
Skipping driver restore...
Restoring original usb.map...
Deleting the profile...
No backup splash screen found, skipping splash restore...
Done!

Uninstall successful. Proceeding with main script...

Downloading latest Enhancement script...

=> `/enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz'
Resolving xxxmastersav site 69.90.236.30
Connecting to mastersav... connected.
request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,756,970 (3.6M) [application/x-compressed]


06:25:06 (132.42 KB/s) - `/enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz' saved [3756970/3756970]

Downloaded main scripts successfully!

I was wondering if this could be fixed in case someone upgrades a machine without network access?

Last but not least the script says you can run ffind instead of find -name, however that does not work and can not be found.

Once again...Thanks my Tivo is working great...However additional symlinks and modifications need to be made to rc.systeminit.author to get TWP 2 and Hackman working due to /TivoWebPlus being an RO directory.

[rbautch]

Thanks for sharing your experience James. I just checked the latest files archive on the Zipper site, and it seems to work okay. It may just have been an anomaly with your burn. I'm uploading a new version of the enhancement script today that uses the latest version of tivowebplus, and also sets environmental variables so you won't get a read only filesystem error. I'll check into the ffind error your getting.

[utnorris]

That is good to hear. Thank you for all the hard work on this.

Utnorris

[James Aguirre]

Thanks for your quick response, I did some further research and found that earlier versions of Winrar had some issues with tar files according to their version changes. I was using 3.51 and now have upgraded to 3.7, I will use that on your new script the next time I upgrade a drive (which should be soon, my neighbor just ordered a ne DB35 drive for his system and wants to upgrade it). Keep up the good work.

P.S. does the new script make the necessary changes to the rc.sysinit.author file, ie export=....

[dageekkid]

ok,

So I followed the step by step and used the CD to upgrade the DTivo RCA DVR-40... It seems that I cannot get the USB NIC to work... it goes thru a 2 boot setup like it said and no matter wha I do I cannot get the D-Link DUB-E100 to work... The worst is I lost all my shows...

other quesion, I just put in 2 500GB drives in, and the system info tells me Rec Cap is @ 976?

WTF....
TIA

[jschweda]

PLEASE PLEASE someone help me. I have been trying desperately to get my 2 HDVR2 Tivos networked. Before the upgrade to 6.2a everything was going ok as I had them both on my network but was still trying to set up MRV and HMO. I was using the PTVnet installation, but unfortunately since the upgrade I am getting nothing but errors when trying to enable networking features and cannot seem to find an answer to resolve them.

I wanted to try the Zipper instead, although I have tried unsuccessfully to use it in the past week or so. The problem I was having was the part when the Zipper asks for the IP address of my router and my Tivo. I have the Actiontec Wireless Gateway and the DHCP range default is 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254. My questions are 1) Do I have to turn off DHCP in the router setup? 2) I was told previously that I can change the default to lets say 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.15 and then assign 192.168.0.24 - 192.168.0.25 to my 2 Tivos? and 3) There is a tab for Static Routing in my router setup, is this where I would enter the information for the static IPs for my Tivos or is this something else? Unfortunately, the documentation that came with the router doesnt clearly explain this.

Please Please I am asking for all to share their knowledge with me. I have been reading and reading and reading. It seems the more I read, the more complicated it gets. I'm not computer illiterate, just not that familiar with Linux and such.

Thanks!

[dageekkid]

You can just assign an IP on your boxes without an issue. Just make sure that you do not duplicate IP addresses on any other box. Pick IPs that are not assigned by DHCP Server..

1) do not turn off the DHCP on your router.
2) select one IP for each Tivo.
3) you can place the IPs chosen in the tab so that the router does not assign the IPs...

[dageekkid]

ok,

So I followed the step by step and used the CD to upgrade the DTivo RCA DVR-40... It seems that I cannot get the USB NIC to work... it goes thru a 2 boot setup like it said and no matter wha I do I cannot get the D-Link DUB-E100 to work... The worst is I lost all my shows...

other quesion, I just put in 2 500GB drives in, and the system info tells me Rec Cap is @ 976?

WTF....
TIA

Ok so after a lot of research I think I need to use the pegasus.o file which is not being used or copied... some how I should have known that? but where does this file need to go... I guess I need to mount the Tivo Drive to the PC before I can do this ... Wow, I guess the steps are NOT that much easier as it's advertised... :(

[skinnyjm]

Ok so after a lot of research I think I need to use the pegasus.o file which is not being used or copied... some how I should have known that? but where does this file need to go... I guess I need to mount the Tivo Drive to the PC before I can do this ... Wow, I guess the steps are NOT that much easier as it's advertised... :(

PLEASE remember, USB2 support was NEVER intended for the DTiVo platform.
It's still pre-7.0 software and never likely to be upgraded since DirecTV ended it's development relationship with TiVo. :(
Anyone who has USB2 connectivity with a DirecTiVo is...LUCKY*. :)

*= Thank You Jamie!!!

[skinnyjm]

Thanks for sharing your experience James. I just checked the latest files archive on the Zipper site, and it seems to work okay. It may just have been an anomaly with your burn. I'm uploading a new version of the enhancement script today that uses the latest version of tivowebplus, and also sets environmental variables so you won't get a read only filesystem error. I'll check into the ffind error your getting.

Russ,
When you say "...latest version of tivowebplus..." do you mean the latest version of 1.31 or 2.0?
If "netconfig" doesn't work in 2.0, then I hope your answer is 1.31. :p
I don't know though, so...please help!

:eek:

[Gunnyman]

Ok so after a lot of research I think I need to use the pegasus.o file which is not being used or copied... some how I should have known that? but where does this file need to go... I guess I need to mount the Tivo Drive to the PC before I can do this ... Wow, I guess the steps are NOT that much easier as it's advertised... :(

Did you check the wiki?
The adapter you are using is supported by zipper.

[dageekkid]

Did you check the wiki?
The adapter you are using is supported by zipper.

I have 2 USB NICs Linksys USB200Mv2.1 and Dlink DUB-E100 vB1 and neither are coming up on either USB... I am gonna exchange them with the Belkin USB1.1 and hopefully that would work... I thought they are pegasus but they are not... they are ax8817x so maybe that's my problem....

... anyways, I know that USBs are ok as both USBs recognize my sticks... :confused:

update: so I did get a Belkin NIC and that seems to come up but I still cannot ping the address I had given... I guess the DHCP is disable, and IP is not sticking?
So, the question is do I have to pull out the drives for the fifth time and run the zipper for the IP to stick? :(

[JWThiers]

PLEASE PLEASE someone help me. I have been trying desperately to get my 2 HDVR2 Tivos networked. Before the upgrade to 6.2a everything was going ok as I had them both on my network but was still trying to set up MRV and HMO. I was using the PTVnet installation, but unfortunately since the upgrade I am getting nothing but errors when trying to enable networking features and cannot seem to find an answer to resolve them.

I wanted to try the Zipper instead, although I have tried unsuccessfully to use it in the past week or so. The problem I was having was the part when the Zipper asks for the IP address of my router and my Tivo. I have the Actiontec Wireless Gateway and the DHCP range default is 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254. My questions are 1) Do I have to turn off DHCP in the router setup? 2) I was told previously that I can change the default to lets say 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.15 and then assign 192.168.0.24 - 192.168.0.25 to my 2 Tivos? and 3) There is a tab for Static Routing in my router setup, is this where I would enter the information for the static IPs for my Tivos or is this something else? Unfortunately, the documentation that came with the router doesnt clearly explain this.

Please Please I am asking for all to share their knowledge with me. I have been reading and reading and reading. It seems the more I read, the more complicated it gets. I'm not computer illiterate, just not that familiar with Linux and such.

Thanks!
To change your routers DHCP range there should be a setting on the DHCP setup page. You didn't specify a model but assuming that all actiontec Wireless Gateway's have similar setup screens you should check under DHCP Server under Advanced Configuration.

[Javaman]

Sorry to ask such a silly question here, but for some reason I can't get the cdrom to mount after booting up the linux boot disk. I created one following the steps listed on the zipper page (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html). I'm using the most recent instant cake and other relevant 6.2a bits. The cd burns and boots up just fine, but for some reason the CD drive doesn't appear in the /DEV directory.

During bootup I see the following messages..
HDA no response-resetting drive
HDA no response
HDC no response-resetting drive
HDC no response
HDE no response-resetting drive
HDE no response
HDG no response-resetting drive
HDG no response
HDI WD3200
HDK CD/DVD burner

The A-G is probably due to my motherboard having unused SATA connections. During normal BIOS bootup IDE channels 1-4 say none and IDE 5/6 list my master/slave devices on the standard IDE ribbons.

It looks like I should just use the command "mount /dev/hdk/cdrom" but I get this message every time...
mount: can't find dev/hdk/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
This is entered from the PTVupgrade /# prompt

Viewing the /dev/ directory there are tons of devices listed (HDA1-10 or so through HG1-10 or so). The unformatted Western digital drive is listed appears as HDI but obviously I can't access it yet. I'm not sure why the HDK is missing from /DEV though.

Just to elaborate.. Everything matched filewise on my computer in comparison to the screenshot on the zipper page. I did a search in the forum for "mount" and came across several posts where several people had to add a space to the mount command. It looks like I need to do the same - "mount /dev/hdk /cdrom"
but if that were the only problem, wouldn't HDK still be listed in /DEV prior to mounting it to the virtual "cdrom" name?

Edit: After trying with the space in the mount command, "mount /dev/hdk /cdrom" I receive a "MOUNT : SPECIAL DEVICE /DEV/HDK DOES NOT EXIST"

[SBI]

Greetings to all gurus,

Couple of months ago my zippered TiVo starting act weird - after watching a recorded show, pressing on the left arrow to go back to the menu (and ultimately choose to delete or not delete the program) and then back to the main NPL, the NPL is blank...no recordings are shown. I need to leave it like this for minutes before it comes back.

My TiVo is connected (wire) to a switch which is connected to the router.

Last night, during this "blank NPL period" I decided to pull the plug from the USB to check if it has anything to do with that. Surprisingly, all the shows came back to NPL.

I read THIS (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#Blank_entries_in_the_.22Now_ Playing_List.22) link after a short search in this forum, but unfortunately I don't know how to perform these solutions.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[JWThiers]

Greetings to all gurus,

Couple of months ago my zippered TiVo starting act weird - after watching a recorded show, pressing on the left arrow to go back to the menu (and ultimately choose to delete or not delete the program) and then back to the main NPL, the NPL is blank...no recordings are shown. I need to leave it like this for minutes before it comes back.

My TiVo is connected (wire) to a switch which is connected to the router.

Last night, during this "blank NPL period" I decided to pull the plug from the USB to check if it has anything to do with that. Surprisingly, all the shows came back to NPL.

I read THIS (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#Blank_entries_in_the_.22Now_ Playing_List.22) link after a short search in this forum, but unfortunately I don't know how to perform these solutions.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
You need to edit the file(s) in question. you can use joe (if you installed it with zipper) or vi. you use the cd command to Change Directories to where the files are and the type either "joe filename" or "vi filename". If you use joe press <ctrl>+k then h to get a help menu at the top. If you need to use vi, there are directions on the wiki page you linked to explaining how to use vi.

[JWThiers]

Sorry to ask such a silly question here, but for some reason I can't get the cdrom to mount after booting up the linux boot disk. I created one following the steps listed on the zipper page (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html). I'm using the most recent instant cake and other relevant 6.2a bits. The cd burns and boots up just fine, but for some reason the CD drive doesn't appear in the /DEV directory.

During bootup I see the following messages..
HDA no response-resetting drive
HDA no response
HDC no response-resetting drive
HDC no response
HDE no response-resetting drive
HDE no response
HDG no response-resetting drive
HDG no response
HDI WD3200
HDK CD/DVD burner

The A-G is probably due to my motherboard having unused SATA connections. During normal BIOS bootup IDE channels 1-4 say none and IDE 5/6 list my master/slave devices on the standard IDE ribbons.

It looks like I should just use the command "mount /dev/hdk/cdrom" but I get this message every time...
mount: can't find dev/hdk/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
This is entered from the PTVupgrade /# prompt

Viewing the /dev/ directory there are tons of devices listed (HDA1-10 or so through HG1-10 or so). The unformatted Western digital drive is listed appears as HDI but obviously I can't access it yet. I'm not sure why the HDK is missing from /DEV though.

Just to elaborate.. Everything matched filewise on my computer in comparison to the screenshot on the zipper page. I did a search in the forum for "mount" and came across several posts where several people had to add a space to the mount command. It looks like I need to do the same - "mount /dev/hdk /cdrom"
but if that were the only problem, wouldn't HDK still be listed in /DEV prior to mounting it to the virtual "cdrom" name?

Edit: After trying with the space in the mount command, "mount /dev/hdk /cdrom" I receive a "MOUNT : SPECIAL DEVICE /DEV/HDK DOES NOT EXIST"
I'm not sure if this works or not but can you disable the SATA ports in the bios. That might simplify your setup to where the cdrom is at hda - hdd location.

[Javaman]

I'm not sure if this works or not but can you disable the SATA ports in the bios. That might simplify your setup to where the cdrom is at hda - hdd location.

Thanks for the prompt reply. It doesn't look like I will be able to do that as "none" is already selected for the SATA (instead of auto) I don't see any way to disable it altogether. I did a little more digging and reconfiguring but still am running into the same issue. In my previous post I had the blank drive physically on HDA and the CD on HDC(jumpered accordingly). Currently I've got my main 2 windows drives on HDA and HDB and the DVD/CD on HDC and the blank disk on HDD. I've got the BIOS set to boot to CD first so I can "toggle" between windows and the Linux boot disk easily. (to prevent having to keep moving wires around since this is my active computer)

During boot up with the DVD linux is detecting all of the devices and setting
HDA physical to HDI
HDB physical to HDJ
HDC physical to HDK
HDD physical to HDL,
each with an appropriate description of the device, but still no HDK listed in DEV.

I'm not sure if it means anything useful, but the /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info text file appears to have all of the information for the DVD so I think it is detecting the DVD ok. One thing I was wondering though, I burned the zipper_universal_cd.iso to DVD instead of a CD. I'm using the same DVD drive to load linux. Is it possible that I may have better luck burning it to a cd? I've tried without luck using a USB drive with the files copied to it. I can probably dig up an old computer (5-10) years old if there won't be any issues with the large (320gig) drive.

[JWThiers]

First try
mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
If that doesn't work try a CD instead of a DVD.

[Javaman]

Success. I kept looking in the BIOS and found the SATA disable option hidden away in an "Integrated peripherals" menu. Once I disabled it everything booted up just fine and mapped to the correct HDA-HDD devices. The mount went smooth and the zipper script ran great. Now for the TIVO install...

Edit-No problems with the install or Telnetting/running the script and everythings running smoothly. Thanks for all the hard work on the tools guys!

[jschweda]

Ok, I successfully Zippered one of my Tivos last night so thanks for everyones help. I do have a couple of other questions though. It states that Hackman is included with the Zipper and I'm not seeing that when using TWP. Is there something else I need to do? Also, I'm really interested in the MRV and HMO setup. I also thougt that I set that up when I went through the enhancement script. I'm not seeing the DVR name I gave it in the Now Playing list.

My software update was 6.2a and I read that you have to use the Superpatch for 6.2a. When I tried to FTP it to my Tivo, I just get an error that "Transfer Failed". Do I need to Telnet something first. If anyone can provide some instruction, I would greatly appreciate it. The people in these forums have helped me a lot and I have learned a lot along the way.

Thanks!

[James Aguirre]

If you followed the zipper instructions in creating the zipper boot cd, then your patch has already been applied as part of the zipper process. However, if you want to ftp files to your tivo you need to make the drive writable. That can be done in a telnet session by using the command "mount -o remount,rw /" without the quotes......be carefull though and remember to set it back to ro when done using the command "mount -o remount,ro /.

[Xtra7973]

Ok, I successfully Zippered one of my Tivos last night so thanks for everyones help. I do have a couple of other questions though. It states that Hackman is included with the Zipper and I'm not seeing that when using TWP. Is there something else I need to do? Also, I'm really interested in the MRV and HMO setup. I also thougt that I set that up when I went through the enhancement script. I'm not seeing the DVR name I gave it in the Now Playing list.

My software update was 6.2a and I read that you have to use the Superpatch for 6.2a. When I tried to FTP it to my Tivo, I just get an error that "Transfer Failed". Do I need to Telnet something first. If anyone can provide some instruction, I would greatly appreciate it. The people in these forums have helped me a lot and I have learned a lot along the way.

You need to view the readme thats included with hackman, go to the hackman (http://www.tivohackman.com/) homepage and read about it there. As for MRV you will only see the name you gave it in another Tivo that has MRV as well. As for you getting "transfer failed" when you try to FTP into your Tivo make sure you are transferring in Binary mode and also type "rw" without the quotes into your telnet program to make your tivo have read/write access.

[SBI]

You need to edit the file(s) in question. you can use joe (if you installed it with zipper) or vi. you use the cd command to Change Directories to where the files are and the type either "joe filename" or "vi filename". If you use joe press <ctrl>+k then h to get a help menu at the top. If you need to use vi, there are directions on the wiki page you linked to explaining how to use vi.

Thank you, but I don't know what to edit files to....

I also tried rbautch's directions (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3628750&&#post3628750) , I changed the DNS to my network DNS but after rebooting it came back to the router's address. So I am kind'a lost.

Thanks!

[JWThiers]

Thank you, but I don't know what to edit files to....

I also tried rbautch's directions (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3628750&&#post3628750) , I changed the DNS to my network DNS but after rebooting it came back to the router's address. So I am kind'a lost.

Thanks!
Assuming your router is forwarding DNS information
from a bash prompt type
rw
cd /etc
joe resolv.conf
joe should have something like
search localdomain
nameserver RoutersIP
Replace "RoutersIP" with your routers IP.

then type
joe nsswitch.conf
make sure it has a line that says
hosts: files dns
Optionally you could in addition to the above add your tivos IP address to the hosts file by
joe hosts
add lines to this file that have the IP addresses of your tivo's.

After reboot, go to TWP and check the network config tab and make sure that the DNS and gateway are your routers IP.

[rbautch]

Also check your author file to see if you're resetting your IP params on each reboot.

[RobD]

I discovered a typo in the enhancement script that would prevent superpatch from running. I fixed it, and uploaded a new version of the zipper and enhancement script. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

I missed this post, apparently. I went by the "Last Updated" date at the top of the Zipper homepage, and built a Zipper CD and re-built my master Tivo due to a HD failure this evening. I thought "Hey, I downloaded 2.8 a week ago, and it still says 2.8, I must still have the latest". Now the most-watched unit has nothing on it because it can't transfer shows from the backup Tivo. Can I suggest when little things like this change, maybe the version and/or date should change on the webpage???

[luder]

same boat here i made 2.8 iso using the new 6.2a.tcl when the roll out of the 6.2a upgrade was streaming, when it was time for me to use the iso zipper didnt want to run. I checked ls and the cd contained what was needed. So yesterday i had to make a new iso. i'm faced with another issue. I was wondering if drivers for Airlink usb still in zipper?

[atlynch]

Hi Folks,
Have had my 3 zippered tivos running well until the recent Daylight Savings Time Changes, have suceeded at getting them pretty well hosed, so I wanted to start over.

I am starting with my HR10-250, which has the weaknees two drive kit in it.

1) Bought the new 6.3c instantcake
2) bought a new copy of the lba48 boot cd
3) put together the zipper image
4) put my first drive on hda, the second on hdc, cdrom on hdd
5) ran the zipper, saying yes to install new image
6) ran mfsadd -x /dev/hda /dev/hdc
7) resinstalled drives in tivo
8) was forced to clear and reset everything (did not know avbout 51killer, and still cannot find a copy of it)
9) Had no network access
10) pulled drives, installed hda in PC, ran zipper saying no to install new image.
11) reinstalled into Tivo.

I still cannot record showngs or go to now playing as a test call is required. I've tried several reboots, and have manually run fakecall.tcl to no avail.

What's up? What can I do?

Also tried tweak_uninstall to no avail...

Other problems encountered and resolved: First install ignored second drive, old lba48 boot cd missing needed parts, had the same issues with an incomplete rbautch enhancements tarball that others have posted, error 51 issues requiring clear and delete all
----
4/3
Pulled drives, ran instantcake to refresh to known good state, All seems good, satellites test properly, but cannot receive signal when tuned to a channel.

[Ronin]

I discovered a typo in the enhancement script that would prevent superpatch from running. I fixed it, and uploaded a new version of the zipper and enhancement script. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Thanks for finding the problem. I was planning to redo the box again so I will test out 2.9.

Also, as someone has already suggested, you might want to update the Zipper web page to reflect version 2.9.

[utnorris]

Quick question Rbautch,
This revision you have made, does it require a new Zipper disk to be created and loaded on the hard drives? Or can you just rerun the tweak.sh from the tivo and let it get the update from the web? My first thought was that I would need to re-zipper the files, but I don't want to have to yank my drives if I don't have too.

Side note - With TWP2.0 in order for it not to cause problems with setting up SP's and recordings you have to first record something on that channel from the tivo gui, if I re-Zipper it do I have to start all over with the process of recording a show before allowing TWP2.0 to set up a SP on a channel?

Thank you,

Utnorris

[SBI]

Assuming your router is forwarding DNS information
from a bash prompt type
rw
cd /etc
joe resolv.conf
joe should have something like
search localdomain
nameserver RoutersIP
Replace "RoutersIP" with your routers IP.

then type
joe nsswitch.conf
make sure it has a line that says
hosts: files dns
Optionally you could in addition to the above add your tivos IP address to the hosts file by
joe hosts
add lines to this file that have the IP addresses of your tivo's.

After reboot, go to TWP and check the network config tab and make sure that the DNS and gateway are your routers IP.

Thanks JWThiers.

My router's IP does come up in nameserver (nameserver 192.168.1.1), and I also have "hosts: files dns" in nsswitch.conf.
Do I still need to add the line with the TiVo's IP, and if so - just a simple line with the IP?

[SBI]

Also check your author file to see if you're resetting your IP params on each reboot.

Thanks rbautch.

Can I edit this file and download it via FTP....will it work this way, or does it have to be done through telnet? As you can probably understand, I am not very comfortable with all these entries, to say the list.

[JWThiers]

Do I still need to add the line with the TiVo's IP, and if so - just a simple line with the IP?
I didn't need to do this but I am pretty sure that that is all you need.
Thanks rbautch.

Can I edit this file and download it via FTP....will it work this way, or does it have to be done through telnet? As you can probably understand, I am not very comfortable with all these entries, to say the list.
You can ftp the file to your PC, make edits, FTP back to tivo, BUT... you have to be sure that you use a unix friendly text editor (there are many, I have used Crimson editor) and you need to be sure that when you ftp back to your tivo that you transfer the file in binary mode so you don't bork the file and make it unreadable by tivo.

IMO if you have installed joe it really is easier to edit on the tivo. Before you edit be sure to make the partition read/write (type rw at bash). Make your edits with joe (at bash joe filename), after you make your edits close joe with <ctrl>+k then x (saves and exits) then make partition read only (ro at bash). No chance of borking the file format this way. The only time you really may want a more advanced editor is if you have a really large file and have a lot of cutting and pasting to do. joe can do the cutting and pasting but it is kind of kludgey if you are used to modern graphical text editors (but it is a commad line driven program so it isn't a far comparison).

If you didn't install joe when you zippered, just rerun tweak.sh and this time install joe.

[rbautch]

same boat here i made 2.8 iso using the new 6.2a.tcl when the roll out of the 6.2a upgrade was streaming, when it was time for me to use the iso zipper didnt want to run. I checked ls and the cd contained what was needed. So yesterday i had to make a new iso. i'm faced with another issue. I was wondering if drivers for Airlink usb still in zipper?Yes Airlink adapters supported.

[rbautch]

I missed this post, apparently. I went by the "Last Updated" date at the top of the Zipper homepage, and built a Zipper CD and re-built my master Tivo due to a HD failure this evening. I thought "Hey, I downloaded 2.8 a week ago, and it still says 2.8, I must still have the latest". Now the most-watched unit has nothing on it because it can't transfer shows from the backup Tivo. Can I suggest when little things like this change, maybe the version and/or date should change on the webpage???Sorry, I forgot to update the webpage to show the new version, even though the new version was attached to the download link. Everthing is up to date now, and we're up to version 3.0, which includes the latest version of the enhancement script.

[rbautch]

Quick question Rbautch,
This revision you have made, does it require a new Zipper disk to be created and loaded on the hard drives? Or can you just rerun the tweak.sh from the tivo and let it get the update from the web? My first thought was that I would need to re-zipper the files, but I don't want to have to yank my drives if I don't have too.

Side note - With TWP2.0 in order for it not to cause problems with setting up SP's and recordings you have to first record something on that channel from the tivo gui, if I re-Zipper it do I have to start all over with the process of recording a show before allowing TWP2.0 to set up a SP on a channel?

Thank you,

UtnorrisNo need to re-run the Zipper, just re-run tweak.sh. I believe TWP 2.0 handles the season passes okay, and the original problem only affected HR10-250's running 6.3x software.

[RobD]

Sorry, I forgot to update the webpage to show the new version, even though the new version was attached to the download link. Everthing is up to date now, and we're up to version 3.0, which includes the latest version of the enhancement script.

Thanks for the updates! I just built a Zipper 3.0 CD and baked a 6.2a 400GB drive. It's booting up now, all goes well so far tonight...

FYI - The installation script still said 2.9 on one of the zipper install screens... :D

[RobD]

And it now has TivoWebPlus v2.0! This just gets better and better! I had downloaded 2.0, and was expecting to have to do the upgrade.

Thank you rbautch!

[rbautch]

FYI - The installation script still said 2.9 on one of the zipper install screens... :DCrap. Just pretend is says 3.0. :)

[jschweda]

I successfully used the Zipper on a Tivo over the weekend. Now, I am trying to do the same with a second Tivo. I made the new Zipper cd with the updated superpatch 6.2a. I assigned an IP outside of my routers range, just like I did with the first. I am using the exact same setup with the Tivo HDVR2, FA120, and Buffalo Tech. ethernet converter. It rebooted in order to set network parameters. Both lights are lit on the FA120, but I cannot see them on my network. I tried Angry IP and the IP I assigned to it showed it was dead. Does anyone have any ideas what I did or need to do?

Thanks to all!

[SBI]

I didn't need to do this but I am pretty sure that that is all you need.

You can ftp the file to your PC, make edits, FTP back to tivo, BUT... you have to be sure that you use a unix friendly text editor (there are many, I have used Crimson editor) and you need to be sure that when you ftp back to your tivo that you transfer the file in binary mode so you don't bork the file and make it unreadable by tivo.

IMO if you have installed joe it really is easier to edit on the tivo. Before you edit be sure to make the partition read/write (type rw at bash). Make your edits with joe (at bash joe filename), after you make your edits close joe with <ctrl>+k then x (saves and exits) then make partition read only (ro at bash). No chance of borking the file format this way. The only time you really may want a more advanced editor is if you have a really large file and have a lot of cutting and pasting to do. joe can do the cutting and pasting but it is kind of kludgey if you are used to modern graphical text editors (but it is a commad line driven program so it isn't a far comparison).

If you didn't install joe when you zippered, just rerun tweak.sh and this time install joe.

Thanks JWThiers!! So far, after unplugging from the network and re-connect a day later it seems to be working fine. Who knows, maybe all it needed was a reset :)
If it comes back I'll do as you said.

[skinnyjm]

Crap. Just pretend is says 3.0. :)

Sorry, We notice everything.
:D

[ttodd1]

Darn kids.

[dageekkid]

I successfully used the Zipper on a Tivo over the weekend. Now, I am trying to do the same with a second Tivo. I made the new Zipper cd with the updated superpatch 6.2a. I assigned an IP outside of my routers range, just like I did with the first. I am using the exact same setup with the Tivo HDVR2, FA120, and Buffalo Tech. ethernet converter. It rebooted in order to set network parameters. Both lights are lit on the FA120, but I cannot see them on my network. I tried Angry IP and the IP I assigned to it showed it was dead. Does anyone have any ideas what I did or need to do?

Thanks to all!

Yes!

First of All if you have a Tivo that works with USB 2.0 with zipper out of the box consider yourself X-tremely lucky. This is how to make USB 2.0 work:

1. Use the Zipper CD
2. connect a TESTED USB 1.1 something like Belkin
3. telnet to it
4. run the rbautch's hack that came with the CD.
5. Reboot.
6. Telnet back in
7. make sure you can ping www.google.com
7. Run the hack again. (YES! run the hack again)
8. This will UNINSTALL hack, JUST Do it!!!!
At this point the hack script will uninstall completely and download the all new
rbautch from the site. This WILL install the valid USB 2.0 Driver that will work.
9. After the install of the script is complete, type the following:
sync; reboot
10. plug in your USB2.0 and Voila!

My linksys USB200M V2.1 would never work no matter what I did... Now, it runs like Champ.... thanks to the rbautch's script. and Gunny's CD ofcourse, but no thanks to either for finding this out after 7 reboots and 5 time removal of the drives... :)

Now, if I could only fig out ....???

[traig]

Hi all. Last week I downloaded the zipper, got the instantcake 6.2a image for my dtivo, along with the LBA image, etc. I zippered a 200GB drive and everything went perfectly until I tried to use my D-Link DUB-E100 B1 USB adapter... no link, no lights. I tested the port, tested the cables, etc.

I borrowed a serial cable and got in there to see what the issue was. When I plugged in the adapter I got the following error:

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x2001/0x3c05) is not claimed by any active driver.

After much hair pulling it looked to me like the usb.map did not have the newer devices listed. I checked the zipper.sh script and it tries to add the entries using another shell script and sed, so I decided to re-zipper the drive and examine the disk right after the zippering.

When I looked in /etc/hotplug, both the usb.map and usb.map.orig were the same size with the same timestamp, and yet the /hacks/usbmap_script.sh was there with the newer entries in it. I don't know sed that well but I tried running it from the command line exactly as the script has it and while it ran w/o error it did not update the usb.map. I noticed the usbmap_script.sh entries all look for a section called "device usbnet" but there is no section in the usb.map by that name. I edited the usbmap_script.sh and replaced all usbnet entries with ax8817x and saved it, then I ran the sed command again and voila, the usb.map has all the newer entries in it.

Trying to understand how the usbmap_script.sh file gets written, I looked over zipper.sh again and it appears that since I entered 321 as my service number, it should have set the usbmapheader variables to "device axx8817x" but that didn't happen -- it set them to "device usbnet". Does the zipper binary have some discrepancy with the shell script? I can't for the life of me see how usbmapheader1 and 2 got set to "device usbnet", since that only would have happened if I said my svc. number was 357 and I was running 6.3 software (and that didn't happen).

Is this a bug, or am I way off line?

[dageekkid]

Hi all. Last week I downloaded the zipper, got the instantcake 6.2a image for my dtivo, along with the LBA image, etc. I zippered a 200GB drive and everything went perfectly until I tried to use my D-Link DUB-E100 B1 USB adapter... no link, no lights. I tested the port, tested the cables, etc.

I borrowed a serial cable and got in there to see what the issue was. When I plugged in the adapter I got the following error:

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x2001/0x3c05) is not claimed by any active driver.

After much hair pulling it looked to me like the usb.map did not have the newer devices listed. I checked the zipper.sh script and it tries to add the entries using another shell script and sed, so I decided to re-zipper the drive and examine the disk right after the zippering.

When I looked in /etc/hotplug, both the usb.map and usb.map.orig were the same size with the same timestamp, and yet the /hacks/usbmap_script.sh was there with the newer entries in it. I don't know sed that well but I tried running it from the command line exactly as the script has it and while it ran w/o error it did not update the usb.map. I noticed the usbmap_script.sh entries all look for a section called "device usbnet" but there is no section in the usb.map by that name. I edited the usbmap_script.sh and replaced all usbnet entries with ax8817x and saved it, then I ran the sed command again and voila, the usb.map has all the newer entries in it.

Trying to understand how the usbmap_script.sh file gets written, I looked over zipper.sh again and it appears that since I entered 321 as my service number, it should have set the usbmapheader variables to "device axx8817x" but that didn't happen -- it set them to "device usbnet". Does the zipper binary have some discrepancy with the shell script? I can't for the life of me see how usbmapheader1 and 2 got set to "device usbnet", since that only would have happened if I said my svc. number was 357 and I was running 6.3 software (and that didn't happen).

Is this a bug, or am I way off line?

I did have the same issue that I had with the Linksys USB200M that you are having with DUB-E100... I returned it and instead purchased a Belkin USB1.1 if you follow my steps with any supported USB 1.1, you CAN get the USB 2.0 working with rbautch's file which needs to be downloaded from tivo... it works :)

[atlynch]

I have resolved this. There was an error in the copying of the hacks from the CD, caused by using an unsupported CD burning utility. Whodathunkit.

Anyway: Apple Disk Utility Bad
Toast 6 Titanium Good

A call to Directv restored my locals.

Thanks again to the folks who have contributed to this.

Hi Folks,
Have had my 3 zippered tivos running well until the recent Daylight Savings Time Changes, have suceeded at getting them pretty well hosed, so I wanted to start over.

I am starting with my HR10-250, which has the weaknees two drive kit in it.

1) Bought the new 6.3c instantcake
2) bought a new copy of the lba48 boot cd
3) put together the zipper image
4) put my first drive on hda, the second on hdc, cdrom on hdd
5) ran the zipper, saying yes to install new image
6) ran mfsadd -x /dev/hda /dev/hdc
7) resinstalled drives in tivo
8) was forced to clear and reset everything (did not know avbout 51killer, and still cannot find a copy of it)
9) Had no network access
10) pulled drives, installed hda in PC, ran zipper saying no to install new image.
11) reinstalled into Tivo.

I still cannot record showngs or go to now playing as a test call is required. I've tried several reboots, and have manually run fakecall.tcl to no avail.

What's up? What can I do?

Also tried tweak_uninstall to no avail...

Other problems encountered and resolved: First install ignored second drive, old lba48 boot cd missing needed parts, had the same issues with an incomplete rbautch enhancements tarball that others have posted, error 51 issues requiring clear and delete all
----
4/3
Pulled drives, ran instantcake to refresh to known good state, All seems good, satellites test properly, but cannot receive signal when tuned to a channel.

[luder]

Time for .....
percolator dance
lawn mower
then the sprinkler

Sorry if it made a tivovid but, i couldnt resist..
Lots of new stuff you guys ROCK!

[traig]

To follow up on what I posted earlier (top of page)...

Editing the usbmap_script.sh manually to change the "usbnet" entries to "ax8817x" entries worked. Running the sed command from zipper.sh after the edit then properly updated the usb.map. I installed the drive back in the DTivo, and booted it up with the D-Link DUB-E100 B1 adapter attached. A minute or two in it lit up and showed activity. (I could have just manually edited the usb.map to add the line for my adapter and it would have worked... I just wanted to see for sure where the install broke down.)

I ran the tweak.sh script and it left the modules and map alone, so after the reboot it came right back up on the network.

Great stuff. Time to check out some of these enhancements. :)

[kimsan]

Russ, Gunny, Anyone?

Is there a patch or kernel mod to clear this message on an HR10-250? I've yet to find an answer searching here or the darkside.

TIA

[rbautch]

Russ, Gunny, Anyone?

Is there a patch or kernel mod to clear this message on an HR10-250? I've yet to find an answer searching here or the darkside.

TIAits a side effect of the hmo/HME patch. Restore your original tivoapp to get rid of it.

[utnorris]

I decided to rerun the hack since Rbautch updated the hack script. Because I was setup on wireless I have been unable to install the 2.0 usb drivers during the hack. Is there a way to install them after the fact with a simple command or do I have to import them via ftp?

Thanks,

Utnorris

[James Aguirre]

I used the new Zipper, installed new Hackman and everything is working great. Except, NCID no longer works. Any ideas to check whether the problem is with NCID?

[juzzie]

When I get a new disk for my next tivo, I will have in my house tivos of 3 different service numbers (521,321,151). I'm thinking of making my own zipper disk, with all three images on it. Then I want to modify my zipper to only install images that match the service number, and I want to make it ask twice, and make me fully type "yes" each time, before installing an image. A while ago, I made a real mess for myself by accidentally installing the wrong image over a drive having recordings I still wanted to save by accidentally hitting "y".
This will give me a one-disk-does-all solution.

(edit, bad typo)

Can somebody explain what are those SERVICE NUMBERS that zipper is asking during installation? Thanks.

[dswallow]

Can somebody explain what are those SERVICE NUMBERS that zipper is asking during installation? Thanks.
It identifies the hardware platform of the TiVo receiver. By knowing what it is, the script can determine what to install when it might vary based on the hardware involved.

[utnorris]

Can somebody explain what are those SERVICE NUMBERS that zipper is asking during installation? Thanks.


Check the WIKI, it explains it. http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=FAQ

Utnorris

[kimsan]

its a side effect of the hmo/HME patch. Restore your original tivoapp to get rid of it.

Thanks Russ.

I think I'll stick with Galleon/Movieloader capabilities and just continue to ignore the message :)

[puffdaddy]

Russ, Gunny, Anyone?

Is there a patch or kernel mod to clear this message on an HR10-250? I've yet to find an answer searching here or the darkside.

TIA
You can accomplish this with a tivoapp patch. The 6.2x superpatch already includes such a patch, so it's probably just a matter of porting that to 6.3x.

[juzzie]

Check the WIKI, it explains it. http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=FAQ

Utnorris

Thanks. It seemed to me that I did read wiki carefully enough back some time ago, but apparently I missed that one. Well, thanks again :)

[kasey]

Two questions:

How can I change my EndPad times?

How can I change the name of my Tivo (MRV is fine, I mean what shows up in TWP and the bash prompt)?

Thanks!

[unclemoosh]

Two questions:

How can I change my EndPad times?

How can I change the name of my Tivo (MRV is fine, I mean what shows up in TWP and the bash prompt)?

Thanks!

Check your rc.sysinit.author for the line that starts endpadplus. Change the values there.

Hackman will allow you to change what shows up in TWP. The tweak script will allow you to change what shows up in the bash prompt. If you don't want to run the script, edit your .profile and an entry for PS1.

[kasey]

Great, thanks for the quick reply!

Now I've got my two HDVR2's networked (Linksys USB200M on each), Zippered, TWP2, gotomydvr, 160gb each, 6.2a with a dedicated pc running tivoserver and tivodesktop (for photos and music)....

Kudos to all who make these things and more possible.

[bnm81002]

I zippered my Philips receiver after ordering a new power supply that destroyed my upgraded hard drive but I get no telnet(bash) connection so that I can run the "enhancement scripts" on a new upgraded drive, I have a serial cable connected so I know the drive has the zipper installed in it as I can see it run with the serial cable, what can I do to get telnet(bash) connection? my network adapter is the airlink ASOHOUSB, I tried the zipper wiki in the troubleshooting section where it says to try "sh net-launch.sh" and enter the static IP address that I want but I get the error message of "didn't find network with default = 1, exiting..." what can I do now? thanks

[juzzie]

Gentlemen, can you recommend what brand of PCI add-on card (IDE controller) will work good with Zipper? I have some limitations on my motherboard, so it is the only way out for me to run backup Tivo and zipper utility from PCI card. Thanks.

[Da Goon]

I zippered my Philips receiver after ordering a new power supply that destroyed my upgraded hard drive but I get no telnet(bash) connection so that I can run the "enhancement scripts" on a new upgraded drive, I have a serial cable connected so I know the drive has the zipper installed in it as I can see it run with the serial cable, what can I do to get telnet(bash) connection? my network adapter is the airlink ASOHOUSB, I tried the zipper wiki in the troubleshooting section where it says to try "sh net-launch.sh" and enter the static IP address that I want but I get the error message of "didn't find network with default = 1, exiting..." what can I do now? thanks

If you do ls /etc is netfilter-enable in there?? What about ls -l /lib/modules?

[bnm81002]

If you do ls /etc is netfilter-enable in there?? What about ls -l /lib/modules?



when I did ls /etc, netfilter-enable was not there at all, I saved the serial output, tell me how to post it here please? thanks

[jschweda]

I am having a very hard time using the Zipper to hack my second Tivo unit. I have the same setup on both, HDVR2, FA120, and Buffalo Tech Ethernet Converter. I was able to hack my Living Room Tivo with no trouble. When I tried to do the same with my Bedroom Tivo, I was getting the "cp:read error: input/output error". I read in this forum that some of the burning software could be the problem. I used Roxio Easy Cd Creator with the first unit, but decided to use Nero 6 to create another disk.

Everything went fine as I received no error messages. Both lights are on, on the FA120 but I cannot see the unit on my network. I used Angry IP and it shows the IP I gave it during setup to be dead.

I'm not very experienced and honestly dont know how to proceed. Is there anything I can check or do to find the problem?? Is there any way to check the Tivo to see if the Zipper install took? Would the lights on the FA120 light up if the USB ports werent activated by the Zipper?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[SteelersFan]

... I used Roxio Easy Cd Creator with the first unit, but decided to use Nero 6 to create another disk.Why not use the original disk?

[jschweda]

When I used the original disk that I used with the first unit, that is when I got the cp input/output error. I decided to bring in the second Tivo unit and connect it via Ethernet cord to my router. It immediately recognized it and I finished with the enhancement script, MRV, and HMO. Both Tivos are on my network and MRV is working also. The only problem I'm having now is the HMO function. I have published photos and music in Tivo Desktop and in the server properties I see both of my units, but I do not see anything when I access "Music and Photos" on either Tivo.

Any ideas on this one?

[Extremist]

Well I've searched and searched and not found really a solution to my woes with my network adapter issue.

I'm getting this when I watch my Tivo boot on a hyperterminal screen through the serial cable:

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xbda/0x8150) is not claimed by any active driver

I'm using a wired USB ethernet adapter (part number Y-145) that I know works with Tivo's as it has been sitting on my office Tvio for a while and works ok there (both are DTivo's by the way)

Also, it was having a problem copying the hacks over, I used Alcohol 120% to burn the ISO and it apparently has issues. Used another PC with Nero 6 and it worked just fine, looks like the ISO only likes certain burning programs.

Any idea what I need to change to get this network adapter working? I'm plannign on getting a wireless adapter for this unit but I'll still want to use this wired adapter here in my office and I'm planning on zippering this one too.

Gunnyman and rbautch, good job on the install scripts, definetly much easier than my past expierences.

[Joe Smith]

To whoever maintains http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html - there is a significant problem with Version 3.0 (last updated 3/30/07). In step 3, part E, it should say:

E. The Zipper will start by asking you about your service number. It is the first three digits of the serial number, found on the back of your TiVo.

F. The Zipper will then ask you where your Tivo HD is located. Enter hda, hdb, etc..

[JWThiers]

To whoever maintains http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html - there is a significant problem with Version 3.0 (last updated 3/30/07). In step 3, part E, it should say:

E. The Zipper will start by asking you about your service number. It is the first three digits of the serial number, found on the back of your TiVo.

F. The Zipper will then ask you where your Tivo HD is located. Enter hda, hdb, etc..
Since the missing step is self explanatory I really wouldn't call it a significant problem. a significant problem would be he just asked for the TSN and forgot to tell you it is the first three digits of the serial number, found on the back of your TiVo in the program. Or anything else that is ommitted making it so you couldn't finish the process.

[bnm81002]

I zippered my Philips receiver after ordering a new power supply that destroyed my upgraded hard drive but I get no telnet(bash) connection so that I can run the "enhancement scripts" on a new upgraded drive, I have a serial cable connected so I know the drive has the zipper installed in it as I can see it run with the serial cable, what can I do to get telnet(bash) connection? my network adapter is the airlink ASOHOUSB, I tried the zipper wiki in the troubleshooting section where it says to try "sh net-launch.sh" and enter the static IP address that I want but I get the error message of "didn't find network with default = 1, exiting..." what can I do now? thanks



ok an update here, I rezippered the drive but still no bash(telnet) but through the serial cable, I was able to download the "enhancement scripts" and it showed my correct IP address and router address that I entered during the zipper process, I rebooted but still no bash, what can I do now? the IP and router addresses are stored in the network settings in the enhancement scripts, thanks for the help

[kimsan]

You can accomplish this with a tivoapp patch. The 6.2x superpatch already includes such a patch, so it's probably just a matter of porting that to 6.3x.

There's the rub. 6.2x superpatches work on the non-HD units. I've yet to search out where this particular pportion has been ported to 6.3x and would infer from Russ's statement that it hasn't.

I sure don't have that level for sw skills and apparently those who do either aren't bothered or can't find the patch point.

So I'll live with the innocuous message and the benefits that cause it :)

Thanks.

[puffdaddy]

I sure don't have that level for sw skills and apparently those who do either aren't bothered or can't find the patch point.It seems that they can be bothered and can find it. Check again (at the dark side) for what you seek.

I guess that we should be careful what we write, evidently they're watching...

[kimsan]

It seems that they can be bothered and can find it. Check again (at the dark side) for what you seek.

I guess that we should be careful what we write, evidently they're watching...

I'll do that! Unless it's pretty recent, I just must be searching woth the wrong keywords.

Again, thanks!

[rbautch]

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xbda/0x8150) is not claimed by any active driverThis is normal and can be ignored.
I'm using a wired USB ethernet adapter (part number Y-145) that I know works with Tivo's as it has been sitting on my office Tvio for a while and works ok there (both are DTivo's by the way)I've never heard of that adapter, and it's not on this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4473297&&#post4473297) list.

[Extremist]

Ok ok :) So I just ordered a new(ish) Intel 2011B wireless adapter off ebay... hope it works for me, only paid $16 so it's not like it will be the end of the world if it doesn't, but that'll be my 3rd wireless adapter I have lying around with no puropse if it doesn't.

Thanks for the reply rbautch!

edit:
Well I made a silly mistake... I was trying to use an IP address that was within my routers DHCP range. I pulled my drive (was green-screening for some reason) and re-zippered it from the ground up and assigned an IP outside the DHCP scope and it connected right up to the network.

Hopefully it's go this smooth this coming weekwhen my new HD and Wireless adapter get here and I can have TV in the living room again!

[DeereWright]

I have recently zippered my Philips DSR704. I had it previously hacked, but then I corrupted it, trying to upgrade somethin....don't remember what. So, I found the zipper, and used it. So far so good, but I have one question.

Why do I have to mount root as rw to run mfs_ftp.tcl. Even Hackman will not start it without root rw. I never had to do this before. I know some will say it's not a problem to leave root as rw, but I don't like doing that. Is there a way to fix it so the it will run without having to mount rw and then mount ro after? Also, sometimes it seems that mount will hang. When I try to remount ro it says that mount is busy???

Thanks for any help.

[rpdre1]

That's not really a Zipper question, but I'll answer it anyway.

mfs_ftp needs to be able to write to its cache folder and its log. If you make symlinks for those to a writeable area, like in /var/, it'll work in a ro root.

Assuming your mfs_ftp is in /mfs_ftp/


mkdir -p /var/mfs_ftp/cache/
touch /var/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log

cd /mfs_ftp/
rm -rf cache
ln -sf /var/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log .
ln -sf /var/mfs_ftp/cache/ .


After that, mfs_ftp will be able to run in a read-only root. Kinda unrelated to your question but, have you applied the mfs_ftp rollup patch yet?




The "mount is busy" error is probably because of mfs_ftp writing to its log or cache folder.

[DeereWright]

mkdir -p /var/mfs_ftp/cache/
touch /var/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log

cd /mfs_ftp/
rm -rf cache
ln -sf /var/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log .
ln -sf /var/mfs_ftp/cache/ .

Well since it is zippered my mfs_ftp is in /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/. So should the code look like this?:

mkdir -p /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/cache/
touch /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log

cd /mfs_ftp/
rm -rf cache
ln -sf /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log .
ln -sf /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/cache/ .


Also what is the mfs_ftp rollup? And where can I find it?

Thanks

[Finnstang]

not sure exactly what symlinks it creates, but have you run the var-symlinks script in /enhancements since you put mfs_ftp in /enhancaments/varhacks? that might solve the issues with the root being ro as well.

[rpdre1]

Well since it is zippered my mfs_ftp is in /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/. So should the code look like this?:


mkdir -p /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/cache/
touch /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log

cd /mfs_ftp/
rm -rf cache
ln -sf /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/port.3105.log .
ln -sf /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp/cache/ .


Also what is the mfs_ftp rollup? And where can I find it?

Thanks

No, that's completely wrong.

We're really not supposed to talk about mfs_ftp here anyway, so forget I mentioned it. I'd just run it with RW.



RE: mfs_ftp rollup

/forum/showthread.php?p=273667&postcount=1152 @ DDB

(Please no more mfs_ftp questions)

[rpdre1]

not sure exactly what symlinks it creates, but have you run the var-symlinks script in /enhancements since you put mfs_ftp in /enhancaments/varhacks? that might solve the issues with the root being ro as well.

That wouldn't work.

The point is to make the cache folder and log file actually be in /var (because /var is always writable) and have symlinks in root.. var-symlinks does the opposite.

[DeereWright]

Thanks,

I figured it out. Just needed to think about what i was symlinking.

[kimsan]

It seems that they can be bothered and can find it. Check again (at the dark side) for what you seek.

I guess that we should be careful what we write, evidently they're watching...

Okay, I'll bite. Can you point (with TCF vagueness) to a thread? I've now got a 1.9b3 superpatch generated and applied, but *still* got my "trial ends today" message.

I know the goodies are hiding over there, but wow! Such a a morass of interconnections. It's the WorldWideWeb in miniature.

[puffdaddy]

You are too slow, grasshopper, to pull the pebble from my palm...

Search on "prettiest tivo world". I think you fall squarely into situation number two.

[kimsan]

You are too slow, grasshopper, to pull the pebble from my palm...

Search on "prettiest tivo world". I think you fall squarely into situation number two.

Ya know, I never thought of that as a search string. DUH! ;)

You are correct, sir! And quite honestly I rarely if ever look in that particular forum. Mostly I stick with Series2 support and Extra-something for my particular needs.

Would you happen to know the echo commands or shall this lowly pupil be left to dig them up / learn to generate them himself?

I'll be reading, but has there been any joy in the XM recording line?

Big thanks from the little pismire.

[puffdaddy]

No need to thank me, thank the author of the hack.

I believe that you can drop the patch into your superpatch and execute it that way (you'll need to revert to your virgin tivoapp for the superpatch to work). Or if you want to go the command-line route, do a bit of searching for the exact syntax. I prefer to just FTP the tivoapp to my PC and use a hex editor--safer IMO.

Good luck with your pretty new tivo.

[kimsan]

No need to thank me, thank the author of the hack.

I believe that you can drop the patch into your superpatch and execute it that way (you'll need to revert to your virgin tivoapp for the superpatch to work). Or if you want to go the command-line route, do a bit of searching for the exact syntax. I prefer to just FTP the tivoapp to my PC and use a hex editor--safer IMO.

Good luck with your pretty new tivo.

For now I'll dig into VMAs and file offsets and see if I can come up with the echo commands...as time permits. Might as well learn something while I do cosmetic surgery :)

Until then, I'll continue to ignore the message as I've done so far.

[utnorris]

Ok ok :) So I just ordered a new(ish) Intel 2011B wireless adapter off ebay... hope it works for me, only paid $16 so it's not like it will be the end of the world if it doesn't, but that'll be my 3rd wireless adapter I have lying around with no puropse if it doesn't.

Thanks for the reply rbautch!

edit:
Well I made a silly mistake... I was trying to use an IP address that was within my routers DHCP range. I pulled my drive (was green-screening for some reason) and re-zippered it from the ground up and assigned an IP outside the DHCP scope and it connected right up to the network.

Hopefully it's go this smooth this coming weekwhen my new HD and Wireless adapter get here and I can have TV in the living room again!

Good luck on getting a wireless adapter to work with the HD10-250. I was only able to get the TIVO wireless module to work and that was after trying one from netgear and one from Trendnet. Let me know if you get it working.

Utnorris

[cr33p]

Hello all, I am getting ready to zipper up 3 D* Tivos this week and had a few questions.

1. Is there an image out there that has 6.2a ? or should I just use my existing 6.2 image and then update it from there?.

2. I have always zippered dsr704 boxes, one new box I recently aquired is a RCA dvr39, will my exisiting zipper disk that has the image for a dsr704 work?

Thanks

[JWThiers]

Hello all, I am getting ready to zipper up 3 D* Tivos this week and had a few questions.

1. Is there an image out there that has 6.2a ? or should I just use my existing 6.2 image and then update it from there?.

2. I have always zippered dsr704 boxes, one new box I recently aquired is a RCA dvr39, will my exisiting zipper disk that has the image for a dsr704 work?

Thanks
1. I believe that InstantCake from DVRUpgrade is now selling 6.2a
2. Functionally it will not matter which version you use, HOWEVER, it has been said that there are some instances ( for example when software is updated) when your tivo will compare your hardware version with the software installed and cause that operation to fail. Technically you should only run the correct version on your machine, let your conscience be your guide.

[utnorris]

I got IC from PVRupgrade for my HR10-250 and it was 6.3c. Hope that helps.

Utnorris

[cr33p]

1. I believe that InstantCake from DVRUpgrade is now selling 6.2a
2. Functionally it will not matter which version you use, HOWEVER, it has been said that there are some instances ( for example when software is updated) when your tivo will compare your hardware version with the software installed and cause that operation to fail. Technically you should only run the correct version on your machine, let your conscience be your guide.

So you are saying that I can use my existing copy of the Zipper with 6.2 on it for my DSR704, however it may cause problems in the future?

[JWThiers]

So you are saying that I can use my existing copy of the Zipper with 6.2 on it for my DSR704, however it may cause problems in the future?
If it has 6.2 on it you would have to go thru the update process (getting slices, updating software, repatching with updated superpatch...). If it has 6.2a, and the updated superpatch thats all you have to do.

Like I said FUNCTIONALLY you could use the software for the Phillips Dtivo's on the RCA Dtivo and it will work with no problems.

There is the caveat that I mentioned about obtaining updates for the tivo that it may fail because of a check that compares the actual hardware against the actual installed software (this may or may not be an issue to the actual operation of the software). Also there may be some licensing issues between DVRUpgrade and Tivo about only installing the correct version of the OS on machines. and if you tried to call for tech support and you have the incorrect version installed and they found out they might not help you. But then again the same can be said about hacking in general. Its a personal moral choice that is between you, dvrupgrade, tivo, and god. Let your conscience be your guide.

[Da Goon]

For now I'll dig into VMAs and file offsets and see if I can come up with the echo commands...as time permits. Might as well learn something while I do cosmetic surgery :)

Until then, I'll continue to ignore the message as I've done so far.

A file offset is the VMA - 400000. Use a calculator to convert the offset from hexidecimal to decimal and there you have it.

[kimsan]

A file offset is the VMA - 400000. Use a calculator to convert the offset from hexidecimal to decimal and there you have it.

Thanks! Actually been there, done that this morning and ftp-ed over the hacked tivoapp at lunchtime. I definitely prefer a hexeditor over the echo commands.

I did figure out the echo command as well, but doubt I'll be using those in the future :)

[kimsan]

No need to thank me, thank the author of the hack.

I believe that you can drop the patch into your superpatch and execute it that way (you'll need to revert to your virgin tivoapp for the superpatch to work). Or if you want to go the command-line route, do a bit of searching for the exact syntax. I prefer to just FTP the tivoapp to my PC and use a hex editor--safer IMO.

Good luck with your pretty new tivo.

Got it done. FTP and hexedit is definitely the way to go from here on out. It definitely does feel safer :)

Oh yeah, I did manage to learn a couple things in the process!

[TubaMan-Z]

I recently changed to a new router that has a set IP range of 192.168.0.x. Of course my previous router was set to a range of 192.168.1.x. I made the switch last night and woke up in the middle of the night thinking "Oh rats, what about the DirecTiVos?"

I know that I could re-run the entire Zipper again to change the IP settings, but I'd prefer not to. What file(s) (incl path) are the settings stored in?

Thanks.

[Finnstang]

I recently changed to a new router that has a set IP range of 192.168.0.x. Of course my previous router was set to a range of 192.168.1.x. I made the switch last night and woke up in the middle of the night thinking "Oh rats, what about the DirecTiVos?"

I know that I could re-run the entire Zipper again to change the IP settings, but I'd prefer not to. What file(s) (incl path) are the settings stored in?

Thanks.
Change the router settings to use the same address as your old router (eg 192.168.1.1).

[dswallow]

I recently changed to a new router that has a set IP range of 192.168.0.x. Of course my previous router was set to a range of 192.168.1.x. I made the switch last night and woke up in the middle of the night thinking "Oh rats, what about the DirecTiVos?"

I know that I could re-run the entire Zipper again to change the IP settings, but I'd prefer not to. What file(s) (incl path) are the settings stored in?

Thanks.
They're stored in MFS, so it's not as easy as just opening a file and editing it; you really need to run a short script to update the data in MFS...

If you look through the rc.sysinit.author file, you'll find near the bottom a line that's calling a network setting script and you'll see the parameters it's got on the command line. You need to edit that file to protect yourself in the future, and also actually manually enter that same line so it executes immediately.

It'll probably look something like:
tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.1.222 192.168.1.1

After changing the file AND running the command manually, you need to reboot.

Personally, I'd change the router settings. Too many things like to default to 192.168.0.x and it's just easier not to have things normally on that network. For that matter, 192.168.1.x is probably about as common. :)

[ttodd1]

+1

to change the router ip instead.

[bnm81002]

I got the hardware error message which can be fixed by running the 51killer.tcl script. The problem is that telnet or serial access is needed. I had to rezipper the drive and then run the tweak.sh which usually clears the error 51 but if not I ran the 51killer.tcl script.
BigBearf



can I run 51killer.tcl through the serial cable? if so, how do I do that? thanks

[Da Goon]

can I run 51killer.tcl through the serial cable? if so, how do I do that? thanks

You can run any script over serial the same as you can via telnet. ./ or tivosh before the file name. Just like EVERY other tcl script out there.

[bnm81002]

I zippered my Philips receiver after ordering a new power supply that destroyed my upgraded hard drive but I get no telnet(bash) connection so that I can run the "enhancement scripts" on a new upgraded drive, I have a serial cable connected so I know the drive has the zipper installed in it as I can see it run with the serial cable, what can I do to get telnet(bash) connection? my network adapter is the airlink ASOHOUSB, I tried the zipper wiki in the troubleshooting section where it says to try "sh net-launch.sh" and enter the static IP address that I want but I get the error message of "didn't find network with default = 1, exiting..." what can I do now? thanks



I reformatted the drive and rezippered again but still have this problem, can someone help me please? thank you :o :( :confused:

[TubaMan-Z]

OK - When I got the new router, it didn't appear to have a way to change the default LAN address range. But due to sufficient nudges from this august body :) , I went back and checked again. I found the problem - it was BCAK (Between Chair And Keyboard). Thanks for the push to try again. All is well.

[cr33p]

Ok so here I am again zippering up some new tivo's. I followed the instructions to generate my zipper cd, however once booted and launched it tells me there is no tivo os image on the disc. I remember before that the image file name was 000001 or something, now the directions just show to have the image file in the zipper_tools dir, I have a existing verified 704 image from back up and doesnt seem to create properly on the disc.

Any ideas??

Thanks

[JWThiers]

Is it the ISO file? or a backup file?

[Cure]

Anyone listening?
I'm trying to run the new enhancement script and it has been "Backing up old driver(s) to /lib/modules/backups-orig, installing new drivers..." for about 20 minutes. How long should it take? If it's hung, then what?

Thank you very much.

UPDATE: Never mind, answer is here:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=250680&page=79&pp=30

[cr33p]

Is it the ISO file? or a backup file?
It is a backup file *.bak

[JWThiers]

The zipper_isomaker.bat is looking for an Instantcake ISO file, not a bak file. What you want to do is make a "FAKE" Instantcake.iso file. What you want to do is with your burning software create a folder structure so that you have a copy of your bakup file called 000001 (no extension just 000001) in a directory off the CD root called "_IMAGES" (/_IMAGES/000001) and make an ISO file called "instantcake" (instantcake.iso). You can now put that in the zipper_tools directory as mentioned in "Step 2 - Create the zipper CD" of the zipper instructions. This should fool the zipper into thinking you have an instantcake image and burn that file to your zipper CD.

[ForrestB]

The problem of creating the Zipper CD seems to pop up ever other day, and there is a very simple solution that most people overlook. The solution is listed right on the Zipper site, but I think most users gloss right over it. Quoted right from the Zipper sight, Step 2 - Create the Zipper CD

"The third component is the software image you obtained in Step 1. Copy the Instantcake iso file to your zipper_tools directory, and the Zipper will extract the image from it automatically for you. If you are using a drive that has Tivo software already installed (like your original drive), then you don't need to copy an image to the zipper_tools directory."

Reread the bold text above. This means you can install the Zipper in 2 steps. Step 1, install the Tivo image from your Tivo backup image (using mfsrestore) or use Instacake to install the Tivo image on the hard drive. Step 2, make your Zipper disk MINUS the Tivo image and install the Zipper.

[cr33p]

The problem of creating the Zipper CD seems to pop up ever other day, and there is a very simple solution that most people overlook. The solution is listed right on the Zipper site, but I think most users gloss right over it. Quoted right from the Zipper sight, Step 2 - Create the Zipper CD

"The third component is the software image you obtained in Step 1. Copy the Instantcake iso file to your zipper_tools directory, and the Zipper will extract the image from it automatically for you. If you are using a drive that has Tivo software already installed (like your original drive), then you don't need to copy an image to the zipper_tools directory."

Reread the bold text above. This means you can install the Zipper in 2 steps. Step 1, install the Tivo image from your Tivo backup image (using mfsrestore) or use Instacake to install the Tivo image on the hard drive. Step 2, make your Zipper disk MINUS the Tivo image and install the Zipper.
I did know that it can load over an existing software image, or your load a fresh image to a drive via mfsrestore, however the last time I made my zipper cd I copied the image to it as well so that the zipper would handle the load of the Image and loading the zipper itself, just preference :)

Thanks

[cr33p]

The zipper_isomaker.bat is looking for an Instantcake ISO file, not a bak file. What you want to do is make a "FAKE" Instantcake.iso file. What you want to do is with your burning software create a folder structure so that you have a copy of your bakup file called 000001 (no extension just 000001) in a directory off the CD root called "_IMAGES" (/_IMAGES/000001) and make an ISO file called "instantcake" (instantcake.iso). You can now put that in the zipper_tools directory as mentioned in "Step 2 - Create the zipper CD" of the zipper instructions. This should fool the zipper into thinking you have an instantcake image and burn that file to your zipper CD.


Thank you, exactly the answer I was looking for, I remember last time I made my zipper disk which is now outdated, the instructions showed the 00001 file, but now they do not. Must be to support the sales of Instantcake :) But I already have an image :)


Hey will the zipper handle a dual drive set up from scratch? No bare drives nothing on them? Or should I use mfstools and load em up then zipper?

Thanks

[SteelersFan]

...Hey will the zipper handle a dual drive set up from scratch? No bare drives nothing on them? Or should I use mfstools and load em up then zipper?

Thanks
I would use mfs tools to set up the drives and make sure they are working then Zipper the "A" drive.

[luder]

Moved by OP

Thanks Todd

[ttodd1]

This probably should be its own thread since it is not a zipper question...

[rbautch]

The problem of creating the Zipper CD seems to pop up ever other day, and there is a very simple solution that most people overlook. The solution is listed right on the Zipper site, but I think most users gloss right over it. Quoted right from the Zipper sight, Step 2 - Create the Zipper CD

"The third component is the software image you obtained in Step 1. Copy the Instantcake iso file to your zipper_tools directory, and the Zipper will extract the image from it automatically for you. If you are using a drive that has Tivo software already installed (like your original drive), then you don't need to copy an image to the zipper_tools directory."

Reread the bold text above. This means you can install the Zipper in 2 steps. Step 1, install the Tivo image from your Tivo backup image (using mfsrestore) or use Instacake to install the Tivo image on the hard drive. Step 2, make your Zipper disk MINUS the Tivo image and install the Zipper.Good point. Also keep in mind that the Zipper iso maker cannot create an iso greater than 300MB, so if you create your own image that's larger than that, you'll either need to use a 3rd party iso creation program, or apply the image separately as you suggest above. Most (if not all) of the Instantcake images are under 300MB, which is why I use them in the instructions.

[cr33p]

Did any of the usb drivers change in the recent Zipper versions? I was able to succesfully zipper 3 machines but I cant connect to any of them via my linksys wired adapter, that worked on previous zippered boxes. The lights do come on and I have a link to the router. When I launch telnet to load the enhancements it just times out.

Thanks
Chris

[bnm81002]

Did any of the usb drivers change in the recent Zipper versions? I was able to succesfully zipper 3 machines but I cant connect to any of them via my linksys wired adapter, that worked on previous zippered boxes. The lights do come on and I have a link to the router. When I launch telnet to load the enhancements it just times out.

Thanks
Chris



that's a similar problem with my Philips unit, I tried both 2.9 and 3.0 versions of Zipper and can't get a bash prompt to install the "enhancement scripts" I've been using the Airlink ASOHOUSB adapters w/o any problems before, my other Philips unit(wife's) is working fine when I zippered it(dunno which zipper version though) just my Philips unit, I can't get a bash prompt :(

[cr33p]

that's a similar problem with my Philips unit, I tried both 2.9 and 3.0 versions of Zipper and can't get a bash prompt to install the "enhancement scripts" I've been using the Airlink ASOHOUSB adapters w/o any problems before, my other Philips unit(wife's) is working fine when I zippered it(dunno which zipper version though) just my Philips unit, I can't get a bash prompt :(
Yeah im not sure whats causing the problem, however I do still have a copy of my older zipper iso image with the dsr704 image on it, I will try rezippering with it.
If youd like I can get you a copy of that iso image pm me.

[LanceMac]

Getting an error:

Copying Hacked kernel to TIVO Drive...
cp: /cdrom/s2_kernels/7-2.2-0/vmlinux.px.gz: No such file file or directory.
Hacked Kernel not found on Zipper CD in /s2_kernels/7-2.2-0/. Aborting...

After looking at the CD, there is no "7-2.2-0 folder in the s2-kernels folder
There are the following two folders and a README file:
3.1.5
7.2.2-OTH-K1

Both folder contain a version of: vmlinux.px.gz

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lance

[rbautch]

Getting an error:

Copying Hacked kernel to TIVO Drive...
cp: /cdrom/s2_kernels/7-2.2-0/vmlinux.px.gz: No such file file or directory.
Hacked Kernel not found on Zipper CD in /s2_kernels/7-2.2-0/. Aborting...

After looking at the CD, there is no "7-2.2-0 folder in the s2-kernels folder
There are the following two folders and a README file:
3.1.5
7.2.2-OTH-K1

Both folder contain a version of: vmlinux.px.gz

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LanceWhat service number prefix are you entering? What kind of tivo do you have? For Dtivos, it should be using the 3.1.5 kernel.

[rbautch]

Did any of the usb drivers change in the recent Zipper versions? I was able to succesfully zipper 3 machines but I cant connect to any of them via my linksys wired adapter, that worked on previous zippered boxes. The lights do come on and I have a link to the router. When I launch telnet to load the enhancements it just times out.

Thanks
ChrisNo, drivers haven't changed. See if you can determine if the drivers did not get installed, or if the usb.map file didn't get edited with the backported driver entries. Mount the drive in a PC or use a serial cable to examine the files.