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

[JWThiers]

I ran Zipper sucessfully, as far as I can tell. Next I tried to get MRV ( Multi-Room Viewing ) to work with TivoServer. I sucessfully installed and started tivoServer, and in the DOS window it showed that my videos were found. Then I checked my tivo, but my tivoServer was not shown. A copy of the zipper session is shown below, which includes all my responses. So, a few questions:

1) Do I need tivoWeb, or any of the other options selected in the zipper, or are the options I selected OK?

2) My subscription is expired. Will MRV still work with the tivoServer?

3) 30 second skip is lost when the tivo looses power. Is this normal? I would think that this would be retained. Is there something else I need to do to enable this, i.e. run a script ( I thought that was done in the zipper ).

Thanks for any help/sugestions /Steve


Seeing that you lost the 30 sec skip, I would bet that you didn't use the correct superpatch for 6.2a. Check the zipper site for a link to the correct version.

[dcstager]

Thanks JWThiers. I actually got it fixed by going to the phone setup on the settings menu. The superpatch enables this screen and I was able to enter the various network settings and all seems fine now. Glad I didn't have to pull the drive.

I have the tivo cable that came with a series 1 which is intended to control a satellite receiver. Will that work unmodified or do I have to put a null modem adapter on it before attaching it to the computer?

[JWThiers]

I'm not sure, give it a try.

[technojunkie]

I posted this previously with no replies. Some input would be appreciated.

I re zipper my HR10-250 which received 6.3e. The program appeared to load everything correctly. When I re-installed it I now no longer have an ethernet connection. I've been using an FA120 which had worked flawlessly. I've tried changing the adapter and the cable still no go. Any idea what went wrong?

One thing I did notice that is new with this software, is an option to connect via the internet (Settings, phone). When you tell it to use the network option it checks for the USB adapter. With mine it tells me that it cannot find it. The FA120 has the power light illuminated but no communications.

[bman12]

I lost network on two of three of my Tivos. I purchased a serial cable and brought one of my Tivos to my computer and was able to get Bash. I checked net-status.tcl and all seemed OK. I am set up static and my router is the DNS. I changed the DNS to 4.2.2.2 to see if that helped and hooked my Tivo back up and still no joy for networking. I connected again via serial and noticed that it showed my router IP again as DNS. hmmmm
At this point I realized it would be easier to bring my laptop to the Tivo instead of unhooking from TV and carrying to my PC. So, I bought an adapter that connects USB from laptop to null modem serial adapter/cable. I was able to get bash. I tried again changing DNS to no avail.
I decided to try to rerun tweak.sh. After It uninstalled enhancements it could not do wget (duh no network) now I have an unenhanced tivo. I have rbautch's enhancement files on my laptop.
How do I get it on to the Tivo with only a serial connection?
What exactly would I type after bash?
How can I get my network back on these two Tivos?
How many mistakes can I make in one day?

[JWThiers]

I lost network on two of three of my Tivos. I purchased a serial cable and brought one of my Tivos to my computer and was able to get Bash. I checked net-status.tcl and all seemed OK. I am set up static and my router is the DNS. I changed the DNS to 4.2.2.2 to see if that helped and hooked my Tivo back up and still no joy for networking. I connected again via serial and noticed that it showed my router IP again as DNS. hmmmm
At this point I realized it would be easier to bring my laptop to the Tivo instead of unhooking from TV and carrying to my PC. So, I bought an adapter that connects USB from laptop to null modem serial adapter/cable. I was able to get bash. I tried again changing DNS to no avail.
I decided to try to rerun tweak.sh. After It uninstalled enhancements it could not do wget (duh no network) now I have an unenhanced tivo. I have rbautch's enhancement files on my laptop.
How do I get it on to the Tivo with only a serial connection?
What exactly would I type after bash?
How can I get my network back on these two Tivos?
How many mistakes can I make in one day?
Check the DVR-pedia (see my sig).
1. Has am entry about serial connections. Hyperterm and all the terminal programs I know have a serial transfer function.
2. See "update enhancement script failed" entry.
3. Very carefully read entries at DVR-pedia.
4. My guess would be quite a few :D , but keep trying.

[mrfloyd]

I must have missed something. I thought the zipper set up WEP along the way? If not, can I set it up wirelessly?

I just ran the zipper script for the first time. So far everything looks great! Thanks for putting this all together. Still playing with all the new toys.

Thanks!

[rbautch]

I must have missed something. I thought the zipper set up WEP along the way? If not, can I set it up wirelessly?

I just ran the zipper script for the first time. So far everything looks great! Thanks for putting this all together. Still playing with all the new toys.

Thanks!No, Zipper does not set WEP (on purpose, to keep things simple on the initial connection). You can set up wirelessly by running the /enhancements/setSSIDwep.tcl script. Then reboot.

[rbautch]

I posted this previously with no replies. Some input would be appreciated.

I re zipper my HR10-250 which received 6.3e. The program appeared to load everything correctly. When I re-installed it I now no longer have an ethernet connection. I've been using an FA120 which had worked flawlessly. I've tried changing the adapter and the cable still no go. Any idea what went wrong?

One thing I did notice that is new with this software, is an option to connect via the internet (Settings, phone). When you tell it to use the network option it checks for the USB adapter. With mine it tells me that it cannot find it. The FA120 has the power light illuminated but no communications.Hard to tell what went wrong without serial console information. You could try:
1. The troubleshooting tips on the Zipper wiki.
2. Posting your author file here.
3. Rerunning the Zipper.
4. Build/buy a serial cable and post the console output here.

[1-big-dog]

I need a little help. I Zippered my DTV Philips DSR7000 a couple of years back. Now I'm looking at what the latest tweak.sh does and thought I remembered enough to do it again. I ran the uninstall_tweak.sh. Then I ftp'd the latest tweak.sh to the /hacks directory, cd'd to /hacks and tried to run it by typing sh tweak.sh. Didn't work and got the following error messages:

: command not found
tweak.sh: line 32: syntax error near unexpected token 'fi'
'weak.sh: line 32: fi

So I said to myself, maybe there are some new enhancements to busybox that I don't have so I ftp'd the latest busybox.tar to the directory and expanded it.

Still the same error message....

So I cleared out /hacks and ftp'd the latest rbautch_files.tgz and tweak.sh to /hacks
again typed sh tweak.sh and got the same error messages.

SO, what do I need to do to run the enhancement script again?
TIA,
Tom

[CrashHD]

next time, just run the the same tweak.sh again. When it detects that it's a reinstallation instead of a new installation, it will uninstall, and download the latest enhancement file on it's own.

I had that same problem when I zippered a newly-updated-6.3e machine recently, but grabbing a newer version fixed it for me.

[Soapm]

next time, just run the the same tweak.sh again. When it detects that it's a reinstallation instead of a new installation, it will uninstall, and download the latest enhancement file on it's own..

Too bad it doesn't selectively uninstall/reinstall itself. I had everything working great then decided to add cron. I think you know what happened from there?

[mrfloyd]

No, Zipper does not set WEP (on purpose, to keep things simple on the initial connection). You can set up wirelessly by running the /enhancements/setSSIDwep.tcl script. Then reboot.

Thanks! that worked great. So the script was installed during the zipper but not activated. Good to know.

Thanks again.

[CrashHD]

Too bad it doesn't selectively uninstall/reinstall itself.

It does exactly that. When I new version of the enhancement script comes out, I run tweak.sh, which says "enhancements directory detected", or some such thing as that, then it uninstalls, downloads the latest enhancement script, and reinstalls it. There are many prompts to answer along the way (y/n stuff), but other than that it's pretty automatic.

[Soapm]

It does exactly that. When I new version of the enhancement script comes out, I run tweak.sh, which says "enhancements directory detected", or some such thing as that, then it uninstalls, downloads the latest enhancement script, and reinstalls it. There are many prompts to answer along the way (y/n stuff), but other than that it's pretty automatic.

This what I mean, say I spent two days getting NCID to work then a new version of TWP comes out (I know, bad example). Because it deleted then reinstalls the entire directory Tweak will delete all my hacks to update the one program.

[kevincad]

i have a rca dvr40 reciver and want too install tivowebplus/zipper on it.will this enable me too use my tivo service/record without paying the subscription fee?thanks

[rbautch]

i have a rca dvr40 reciver and want too install tivowebplus/zipper on it.will this enable me too use my tivo service/record without paying the subscription fee?thanksNo.

[JWThiers]

This what I mean, say I spent two days getting NCID to work then a new version of TWP comes out (I know, bad example). Because it deleted then reinstalls the entire directory Tweak will delete all my hacks to update the one program.
FYI the enhancement script (or zipper) don't always have the latest and greatest for each hack. I'm sure Russ tries to keep up with MAJOR updates or bug fixes, but I know that TWP for example usually a few rev back (its been a while since I actually checked but...). Personally, I only would rather update individual hacks as new stuff comes out rather than wait for russ. I would also bet first off that tweak itself does not get updated that frequently, most of the updates that I have noticed are for Zipper and Sapper. They both use tweak but what gets updated is the part that does the initial hacks, not tweak itself.

[JWThiers]

i have a rca dvr40 reciver and want too install tivowebplus/zipper on it.will this enable me too use my tivo service/record without paying the subscription fee?thanks
Thats a real dumb question. WILL THIS STEAL SERVICE FOR ME?

[DeereWright]

I have put some other hacks in the /enhancments/varhacks (per the wiki suggestions). If I run the tweak.sh script to upgrade, will I lose my hacks? Also, will I lose any changes I've made to the rc.sysinit.author or TWP?

Is there a changelog anywhere for the Zipper?

Sorry for all the questions, I hope I haven't missed the answers somewhere before.

Another problem. Before I ran the zipper, I had used PTVnet and InstantCake. When I did the zipper, I did not use a new image. I deleted the PTVupgrade directory, but are there other PTV files I could remove? Also, in unsucessfully trying to replace my splash screen I came across these files in /init/:

/ptv_flags/CALL_OFF
/DHCP_ON
/FTP_ON
/NETWORK_CALL_OFF
/STATIC_OFF
/TELNET_ON
/TIVOWEB_ON
/USB20_ON

/ptv_images/AlmostThere.png
/AT-firstboot.png
/factoryreset.NTSC.png

/ptv_start/ (empty directory)

001_bash.init
002_62start.init
011_usb.init



Do I need any of these files????

I am assuming that ptv_images is where my splash screen keeps getting reset from, but how? Are these init scripts still active? If so, can I disable them?

[Stevo2000]

I ran Zipper sucessfully, as far as I can tell. Next I tried to get MRV ( Multi-Room Viewing ) to work with TivoServer. I sucessfully installed and started tivoServer, and in the DOS window it showed that my videos were found. Then I checked my tivo, but my tivoServer was not shown. A copy of the zipper session is shown below, which includes all my responses. So, a few questions:

1) Do I need tivoWeb, or any of the other options selected in the zipper, or are the options I selected OK?

2) My subscription is expired. Will MRV still work with the tivoServer?

3) 30 second skip is lost when the tivo looses power. Is this normal? I would think that this would be retained. Is there something else I need to do to enable this, i.e. run a script ( I thought that was done in the zipper ).

Thanks for any help/sugestions /Steve



Thanks JWTheirs.
You nailed it. As you suggested, I didn't use the correct superpatch for 6.2a.
when I was hunting for set_mrv_name_67.tcl I found it in
superpatch-67all-NutKase-1[1].1.zip, which contained superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl, which is what I used and things didn't work. From the text file in the zip, it sounded like this did everything I needed, but I guess it is an older version. I tried again using superpatch-6[1].2a.tcl and everything works fine.
Now my 30 skip is permanant, and TivoServer is up and running.
Thanks again/Steve

[Ghetto_Superstar]

I have a HR10-250 and my previous zipper Samsung S4040.
After much reading, I got the HR10 setup fine with the Zipper hacked with 6.3c software. The menu item "Music, Photos, and more" works now for me transfering between tivos and my PC.

Here's my problem, I sliced the S4040 to the most recently OS version 6.3e. I reran Zipper, and it went perfectly. Upon reboot, I noticed the standby and "Music and photos" didn't show up in the main menu. So from past knowledge, I know this problem happens if superpatch isn't loaded. I looked in the output on telnet, and I saw no instance of superpatch being run.

On the Zipper instruction website, I see that the display of zipper_tools directory shows superpatch-67all-nutkase-1.5.tcl. I followed the link and all i see is 1.1. I have a version 1.2 superpatch file. Is there anyplace to get the version 1.5 file? Also, is running superpatch on 6.3e Dtivo good to go? Last, what do I need to input at the bash to run superpatch?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

[tsanga]

If you download the latest zipper, it has the right patches for 6.3e.

The zipper scripts don't use Superpatch for 6.3x patching (or setMVRname for that matter, since 6.3x has no MRV!), so you don't really need the latest version. When you run tweak.sh, it'll figure out that you have 6.3e and patch accordingly.

The only caveat is when you first run zipper from the CDROM with the TiVo drive in your PC, if you put in a service number other than 357 (number for HR10-250), it needs to find Superpatch to proceed. When I did my HDVR2, I just fooled it by putting in 357, since I never downloaded Superpatch.

[Ghetto_Superstar]

Took your advice, and ftp'ed the latest from the zipper site. I took a look at start.sh where it list what needed to be done for 6.3e and I saw the patches for HME. I do realize that 6.3e doesnt' have MRV just want the music and photos line to show up. When I re-ran tweak.sh, I get the following:

Bedroom-TiVo# 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...
Deleting Tivowebplus Installation...
Skipping CallerID uninstall...
Original fakecall not found, skipping restore...
Skipping driver restore...
Deleting the profile...
Restoring original author file
Restoring original splash screen...
Done!

Uninstall successful. Proceeding with main script...

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
--19:48:15-- http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak/rbautch_files.tgz
=> `/enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz'
Resolving www.mastersav.com... 69.90.236.30
Connecting to www.mastersav.com|69.90.236.30|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2,894,869 (2.8M) [application/x-compressed]

100%[====================================>] 2,894,869 555.62K/s ETA 00:00

19:48:22 (518.00 KB/s) - `/enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz' saved [2894869/2894869]

Downloaded main scripts successfully!


Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...

Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: y


Tivo software version is: 6.3e-01-2-381
Your software version was compiled on Linux kernel: 2.4.20
Your Tivo model's code name is: trinity
Your Tivo is a RID DTivo...SD-DVR80 or DVR-40


Installing new profile with aliases...
Checking for existing profile...
No existing profile detected, proceeding with installation of new
profile with the following aliases for easy keystroke entry:

1.MOUNT READ WRITE = rw (instead of "mount -o remount,rw /")
2.MOUNT READ ONLY = ro (instead of "mount -o remount,ro /")
3.START TIVOWEBPLUS WITH CONSOLE = twp
4.FIND THE LOCATION OF A FILE = ffind (instead of "find / -name")
5.EDIT YOUR rc.sysinit.author FILE = author
6.EDIT YOUR CRONTAB = root
7.RESTART TIVOWEBPLUS FROM BASH= twprs
8.START GOTOMYDVR CLIENT=gotomydvr

Adding the /enhancements directory to your PATH statement...

Do you want to install the joe text editor? [y/n]: y
Do you want to make joe your default editor? [y/n]: y
Replacing "vi" with "joe" in your profile aliases...

Enter a short name for this tivo here: Bedroom
Modifying your bash prompt with name "Bedroom"
Do you want to add color to your bash prompt? [y/n]: y

Checking network settings...
The following IP parameters found in MFS:
IP address is currently set to: 192.168.1.3
Default gateway is currently set to: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask is currently set to: 255.255.255.0
DNS Server is currently set to: 4.2.2.2
DHCP is off
NO WIRELESS PARAMETERS ARE SET IN MFS
Do you want to install netperf network performance tool? [y/n] :n
Skipping netperf installation...

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

Do you want to replace the "Almost There" splash screen [y/n]: y
Backing up existing splash screen...
Replacing splash screen...

Do you want to install callerID on your Tivo? [y/n]: n
Skipping callerID installation...

Do you want to install EndPad(Plus) for soft padding all recorded shows? [y/n]: n
Skipping EndPad(Plus) installation...

Do you want to install USB 2.0 drivers for increased speed of
MRV tranfers and video extraction? [y/n]: y

Backing up old driver(s) to /lib/modules/backups-orig, installing new drivers...

Do you want to install Tivowebplus? [y/n]: y
Installing TWP in root directory...
Appending your rc.sysinit.author file to run TWP on startup


appending fakecall.tcl to log entries in cronlog-main...

Do you want to setup cron? [y/n] :y
Creating user definitions...
Creating required cron directories...
copying the crondtab where crond expects it
appending your rc.sysinit.author file to run crond on startup

Do you want weekly reboots to only occur if no programs are recording?
Enter n if you plan to leave a phone line connected for callerID, etc [y/n]: y
Appending crontab to run safereboot every Sunday and Wednesday at 3:25am CST...

Do you want to archive your logs every week before wiping them? [y/n]: y
Appending crontab to tarball logs every week and store them in root...

Do you want to automatically make weekly backups of your season passes? [y/n]: y
Existing backup.itcl module detected. Good...
Appending crontab with weekly season pass backup task...

Do you want to make a backup of your season passes and wishlists right now? [y/n]: n
Skipping instant backup...

Do you want to customize your Tivo menus? [y/n]: y
Do you want to move the "Standby" item to the main menu? [y/n]: y
Do you want to remove the "Music & Photos" item from the main menu? [y/n]: n

Do you want Showcases and Yellow Stars? [y/n]: y
starting sc62add.tcl...
Showcases and yellow stars successfully added!
Showcases will start showing up tomorrow morning

Installing symlinks to keep hacks out of /var...
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/hack
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/bin to /var/hack
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/hack/bin
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/bin/out2osd to /var/hack/bin
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/doc to /var/hack
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/hack/doc
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/doc/out2osd to /var/hack/doc
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/etc to /var/hack
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/hack/etc
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/etc/out2osd.conf to /var/hack/etc
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/share to /var/hack
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/hack/share
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/hack/share/fonts to /var/hack/share
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/spool
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron to /var/spool
creating symlinks for hacks in /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron
symlinking /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron/crontabs to /var/spool/cron

Do you want to install the gotomydvr remote access tool? [y/n]: n
Skipping gotomydvr installation


Enhancement Installation Complete!! Please reboot now...

Bedroom-TiVo#


See how at the bottom I selected to not remove "Music & Photos". Upon reboot, still no "Music & Photos" on the S4040.
Also, Telnet, FTP, Tivowebplus, and other hacks work.

Thanks for taking a look at this.

[tsanga]

I answered no to "Do you want to customize your Tivo menus." I do, in fact, have Music & Photos and it works well with TiVo Desktop.

If you look in start.sh, customizing menus requires Superpatch67Standby.tcl to work. But I don't know if it works with 6.3e.

EDIT: After looking at your log file, I'm not sure your tivoapp patches were applied. Do a quick ciphercheck.tcl and see if encryption got turned off. start.sh should echo this line:
"Applying the following patches for 6.3e software:"
You might need /zipper_flag for start.sh to run the patch section of the script, or just do the patch commands manually.

If tivoapp wasn't patched properly, Superpatch67Standby.tcl will not work properly.

[Ghetto_Superstar]

Ran ciphercheck, here's it output:

CipherCheck - based on CipherCheck.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

TyStream encryption is currently enabled.

Here is the status of your current recordings:

Encrypted CSO Set Stream Name
--------- ------- -----------
Yes Yes Oprah Winfrey
Yes Yes As the World Turns
Yes Yes As the World Turns
Yes Yes The Bold and the Beautiful
Yes Yes The Bold and the Beautiful
Yes Yes The Young and the Restless
Yes Yes The Young and the Restless


At the moment I am baffled. Any ideas and I ran the patches manually. No such luck.

[tsanga]

Yeah, tivoapp didn't get patched.

How did you run the patches manually? Did you do this (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5413623&&#post5413623)?

[Ghetto_Superstar]

yes that's what I ran, I looked in start.sh and searched for 6.3e.
Still no luck. "I never ever see "Applying the following patches for 6.3e software:" when doing it via the instructions provided on the website.

elif [ "$trimmed4" = "6.3e" ]; then
echo "Applying the following patches for 6.3e software:"
echo "backdoors..."
echo -ne "\x24\x10\x00\x01" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=2804964
echo "encryption..."
echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=1601872
echo "30-second skip..."
echo -ne "\x10\x40\x00\x2b" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=6717416
echo "HMO/HME..."
echo -ne "\x34\x11\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=903776
echo -ne "\x24\x10\x00\x01" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=1118188
echo -ne "\x10\x00\x00\x14" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=5704588
else
echo "Tivoapp patches not yet available for $trimmed4"
fi


Glad this is the test tivo, my last resort is pull the movies and put them on the s4040 that was replaced by the hr10. I need my HME. :D (sinister laugh)

[Ghetto_Superstar]

This is why I thought that maybe superpatch-67 needed to be applied since this a non-HR10.

[tsanga]

Just to be clear...this is what you should be doing. You can copy and paste these line by line and execute them one at a time.

mount -o remount,rw /
cd /tvbin
mv tivoapp tivoapp.bak
cp tivoapp.bak tivoapp
echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=1601872
echo -ne "\x10\x40\x00\x2b" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=6717416
echo -ne "\x24\x10\x00\x01" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=2804964
echo -ne "\x34\x11\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=903776
echo -ne "\x24\x10\x00\x01" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=1118188
echo -ne "\x10\x00\x00\x14" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=5704588
sync; reboot
You won't see "Applying the following patches for 6.3e software:" unless zipper is doing the patching, but you're going to do this manually.

After you reboot, try ciphercheck again to see if encryption was disabled, indicating the patches were applied properly. Then you can proceed with Superpatch67Standby.tcl to put Standby back on the menu.

[Ghetto_Superstar]

Thanks for you help Tsanga,
I would have never guessed to do this:

mv tivoapp tivoapp.bak
cp tivoapp.bak tivoapp


I was entering the other lines of code after running tweak.sh but never the above two. HME works now. Galleon and all those other apps work, and transfering videos between the HR10 and S4040 works great. No middleman now (PC) and the wife is happy again. So you know what that means... :up: :up: :up: :D

[tsanga]

Glad to hear it worked out.

No middleman now (PC) and the wife is happy again. So you know what that means... :up: :up: :up: :D
Well, technically the middle man is still there. You just don't have to visit him very much anymore, which means more time you can spend visiting your wife! :p

[Ghetto_Superstar]

She was calling the PC my second wife. :eek: RFLOL

[Soapm]

She was calling the PC my second wife. :eek: RFLOL

Little did she know, my PC comes first???

[FTompkins73]

Ok well this is my first time to post to any thread. I have been reading and researching this for about two months now. And I will finally ask for help....LOL. I hacked my samsung sir4040r about a year ago and just recently I lost the network connection. I started by replacing the cable, then the adapter, the re-hacking the unit. Then a new hard drive, then back trough all the previous steps again double checking everything. For some reason I seem to remember having to do something specific right after running the scripts via serial cable to get it to be fully functional. The adapter lights are on, the router is showing a connection and when logging the tivos boot sequence via hyperterm it all looks like what i have seen in all the threads. I just don't know what to do next since it was working fine and now all of a sudden isn't. Nothing has changed as far as the rest of my home network, and I really believe that the hacks are working. It just seems that there is some minor thing I am missing that is preventing the connection? And BTW I do use a linksys usb200m ver 2.1 The exact same one I had b4 and it always worked fine. I have even tried the new and updated versions of the instacake and zipper etc.

[Da Goon]

If you've got serial bash you can check your ip params with ifconfig.

[dm999]

I've got 2 HR10-250's that I zippered back around April/May or so. Both are running 6.3d. Now I see 6.3e is out. With fakecall running, I'm under the impression that the units will never update on their own.

So, if I want the units to update, how to I get them to do so? I've heard of 'slicer' but haven't found a good reference on exactly how it works yet, and I haven't found an ref. yet on how to get the new images, so I thought I'd throw it out here.

Thanks in advace for you help, and a HUGE thanks for all the work that has been done here!!!

[Ghetto_Superstar]

Yes, you are right, if your tivo is hacked, it will never update on it's own. You want this because having your tivo update itself and you lose your hacks. Imagine pulling the tivo all over again and removing the HD and sticking it in your computer all over again. Not fun at all.

This is my own opinion: For the HR10, I would stick with 6.3D or Earlier. I say this because I spent a day fixing my S4040 with 6.3E. Maybe you can see my trial and error above. If you decide to take the plung, you can purchase slicer from DVRupgrade. I used this to move my s4040 from 6.2a to 6.3e.

To figure out what slices you may have on your tivo (has to be hacked first), type in your Tivo's IP address in IE or Firefox, click on MFS in the headings at the top, scroll down to until you see SwSystem and click on this. The next screen will pop and show you what versions you can upgrade your tivo to. These are the slices. This webpage (http://www.dvrplayground.com/article/13324/) has a better tutorial that if you follow to the T, you should have no problems moving up to 6.3e, unless, you don't have 6.3e. And you would have to search how to configure your tivo to get that.

Hope that helps.

[dm999]

Yes, you are right, if your tivo is hacked, it will never update on it's own.

<SNIP>

And you would have to search how to configure your tivo to get that.

Hope that helps.

LOL...That's what I was trying to do with the previous post...trying to get some info on how to config the tivo to pull down, but not install, the new software. Generally, I don't like to be the first one to take a plunge in the deep end of the pool. While I enjoy the benefits of the updates provided here, I odn't have the skills to come up with them on my own, so I'm generally not one to put a SW version in until it becomes 'stable'.

Since 6.3D and zippering my 2 tivos, I've had intermittent issues with reboots, and was hoping 6.3e would help with that. If not, then I'll pass, but in order to have the option of putting a new release on at some point, I need to know how I can config my tivos to pull the updates, but not install them until I am ready.

Thanks in advance...

[MurrayW]

LOL...That's what I was trying to do with the previous post...trying to get some info on how to config the tivo to pull down, but not install, the new software. Generally, I don't like to be the first one to take a plunge in the deep end of the pool. While I enjoy the benefits of the updates provided here, I odn't have the skills to come up with them on my own, so I'm generally not one to put a SW version in until it becomes 'stable'.

Since 6.3D and zippering my 2 tivos, I've had intermittent issues with reboots, and was hoping 6.3e would help with that. If not, then I'll pass, but in order to have the option of putting a new release on at some point, I need to know how I can config my tivos to pull the updates, but not install them until I am ready.

Thanks in advance...Search for add6x.tcl. I've got 3 hacked HR10-250's that all have 6.3e waiting for me to install if I want to do it after running add6x.tcl.

[CrashHD]

Just a suggestion for you guys,

If you put
#######################################
# Fix NPL DNS lag
if [ -z "`grep $SerialNumber /etc/hosts`" ]; then
mount -no remount,rw /
echo "127.0.0.1 $SerialNumber.localdomain $SerialNumber" >> /etc/hosts
mount -no remount,ro /
fi
in rc.sysinit.author, it removes the lag in the NPL if a DNS query gets dropped. It might be worth slipping it in rc.sysinit.author from the git-go via zipper, ya think?

[rbautch]

Just a suggestion for you guys,

If you put
#######################################
# Fix NPL DNS lag
if [ -z "`grep $SerialNumber /etc/hosts`" ]; then
mount -no remount,rw /
echo "127.0.0.1 $SerialNumber.localdomain $SerialNumber" >> /etc/hosts
mount -no remount,ro /
fi
in rc.sysinit.author, it removes the lag in the NPL if a DNS query gets dropped. It might be worth slipping it in rc.sysinit.author from the git-go via zipper, ya think?I like the idea, but this code belongs to DocTauri, who first posted it on DDB. Not sure how he'd feel about me arbitrarily adding it to the Zipper.

[Soapm]

Just a suggestion for you guys,

If you put
#######################################
# Fix NPL DNS lag
if [ -z "`grep $SerialNumber /etc/hosts`" ]; then
mount -no remount,rw /
echo "127.0.0.1 $SerialNumber.localdomain $SerialNumber" >> /etc/hosts
mount -no remount,ro /
fi
in rc.sysinit.author, it removes the lag in the NPL if a DNS query gets dropped. It might be worth slipping it in rc.sysinit.author from the git-go via zipper, ya think?

Is this for any Tivo or is this to fix a specific problem with a specific OS?

[CrashHD]

rbautch- oops. I didn't know who's code it was. I saw it somewhere else while researching the lag I'd get in the NPL whenever my dsl modem has gone offline. It worked great for me, as I like to set my router to deny my tivos internet access, and just temporarily re-enable it if I need to download a new enhancement script. With the author's approval, of course, I think it would be a good addition, but that's just my humble suggestion.

soapm- My DTivo's would have a lag in which the NPL was just blank for the first minute or so, whenever my internet would be down, or if my router was set to block them from the internet. It's apparently caused when the tivo looks for a dns server and does not find one. I think it would be useful to all series2 DTivos.

[sjmaye]

Over the last month I have had unexplained rebooting of my Zipped HR10-250. It has become more and more frequent. This morning it has now happened 3 times.

Is read this is a sign of hard drive failure or "other things".

What's the other things? :confused:

[ParanoidDarkJedi]

Long time listener, first time caller on this thread as it were...

Getting ready to hack my three DirecTiVos and have a couple of questions:

1. My list of Zipper files doesn't have the "000001" file listed as the software image. I've got just an ISO file from the InstantCake download. Where does this file come from? Am I totally missing something?

2. When using a 6.2a image, can you leave out the superpatch-67-all-NutKase-1.5.tcl file and just use the superpatch-6.2a.tcl file, or do both need to be included?

3. If Zippering an HR10-250, am I correct in reading that you can leave out the Superpatch and SetMRV files? I realize that MRV is not available on this unit, just wanted to make sure that if I left them out of the mix that things would process correctly.

4. Lastly, can this be done on a unit not currently active? My DTV service is suspended while I'm renting and shopping for a home. Would I be able to boot everything up and verify that the MRV (for the non HD units) and the other hacks are functioning? I could wait until I get the move completed, but the haXXor in me is dying to try this out!

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Gunnyman]

1) mount the iso, or burn the CD. that's where the 000000000000000000000000001 image file is
2) use the files in the zipper distribution only, much easier
3) just build the zipper cd as instructed, the software is smart enough to use only the stuff it needs
4) Yes the unit need not be subscribed or active to use the Zipper

[ParanoidDarkJedi]

Gotcha on the other points but have a follow up on this one:


2) use the files in the zipper distribution only, much easier


I got both files as listed on the Zipper page, just wanted to know if both were needed. The screen shots only show the one file, but the text says to update it w/the 6.2a file. So to clarify, would I burn the Zipper disc w/just the 6.2a file, or include both?

Just want to make sure I have my i's dotted and t's crossed before I pull the trigger with the new 500 GB drives I snagged for these over the weekend. :D

Thanks for your help, Gunny!

[ttodd1]

1) mount the iso, or burn the CD. that's where the 000000000000000000000000001 image file is


Did that '0' key get stuck Gunny?

[Gunnyman]

Did that '0' key get stuck Gunny?
yep
I stutter a little. :D

[dm999]

Search for add6x.tcl. I've got 3 hacked HR10-250's that all have 6.3e waiting for me to install if I want to do it after running add6x.tcl.

I found the script, and have run it on both my HR10-250's, but no new slices in the last couple of days. Is there any way to tell if they are still being sent out?

Thanks in advance...

[sjmaye]

Over the last month I have had unexplained rebooting of my Zipped HR10-250. It has become more and more frequent. This morning it has now happened 3 times.

Is read this is a sign of hard drive failure or "other things".

What's the other things? :confused:


Has anyone else had probs with random rebooting. Does thia really mean I need a new hard drive and need to start all over?

BTW- this is a dual drive configuration

[Da Goon]

Has anyone else had probs with random rebooting. Does thia really mean I need a new hard drive and need to start all over?

BTW- this is a dual drive configuration
Post your kernel log, or maybe even your tverr log. That's the first place to check when problems appear.

[socaljj]

I have searched hi and low for an answer but was unable to find one.

There are a lot of us who only have laptops that do NOT have ide drives. We do have a ton of USB ports and with the advent of USB to IDE hardware we could support Tivo drives that way.

Apparantly Dvrupgrade does not support anything but IDE master slave combinations. So there is no way to ZIPPER a tivo drive connect by USB? If there is please let me know how it could be done.

You would be helping a LOT of us laptoppers.

[rbautch]

I have searched hi and low for an answer but was unable to find one.

There are a lot of us who only have laptops that do NOT have ide drives. We do have a ton of USB ports and with the advent of USB to IDE hardware we could support Tivo drives that way.

Apparantly Dvrupgrade does not support anything but IDE master slave combinations. So there is no way to ZIPPER a tivo drive connect by USB? If there is please let me know how it could be done.

You would be helping a LOT of us laptoppers.use the mfslive boot cd instead of the DVRupgrade cd. It supports USB drives, but you'll have to manually place the kernel and image in the same location on the cd where the zipper expects to find it.

[dm999]

I found the script, and have run it on both my HR10-250's, but no new slices in the last couple of days. Is there any way to tell if they are still being sent out?

Hi all. I've run the add6x.tcl on both my HR10-250s, and still no joy seeing the new slices. All I have are

6.3d-01-2-357 tyDb 1791693 04/30/07 15:37 796
ACTIVE tyDb 1791693 04/30/07 15:37 796

on both.

Now, I know that fakecall will keep the units from automatically dialing in daily, but if I force a daily call : a) will the tivo actually call, and b) would that help force the download of the update?

Thanks in advance...

[kkluba]

Hi all. I've run the add6x.tcl on both my HR10-250s, and still no joy seeing the new slices. All I have are

6.3d-01-2-357 tyDb 1791693 04/30/07 15:37 796
ACTIVE tyDb 1791693 04/30/07 15:37 796

on both.

Now, I know that fakecall will keep the units from automatically dialing in daily, but if I force a daily call : a) will the tivo actually call, and b) would that help force the download of the update?

Thanks in advance...

I have the 6.3d & e slices on my 6.3c/HR10-250's but have had no luck going from C to E. Slicer worked well from B to C but fails trying to get to E. Any suggestions?

[Da Goon]

I have the 6.3d & e slices on my 6.3c/HR10-250's but have had no luck going from C to E. Slicer worked well from B to C but fails trying to get to E. Any suggestions?
Manual upgrade?

[kkluba]

how do you do a manual upgrade?

[supermatt9]

I've spent the last couple hours searching for an answer to this and can't seem to find it.

I have the hr10-250 with the latest version of the software on it. using the backup tools i made a copy of that hard drive to a new hard drive. I am now trying to zipper that new hard drive.

I used the zipper_isomaker.bat to make my iso and I burned it properly using nero. I then boot up that cd and hit enter till I have the correct prompt which looks like this...

PTVupgrade /#

I typed...

PTVupgrade /# mount /dev/hdc /cdrom

and it said

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

I then typed

PTVupgrade /# /cdrom/zipper

and it said

sh: cdrom/zipper: No such file or directory

so I browsed to the cdrom folder by typing in

PTVupgrade /# cd /cdrom

And then I typed in "dir" and it came up with the following files...

Autorun.inf*
bootpage*
busybox.tar*
custom_kernels/
drivers/
gawk*
isolinux/
network.tcl*
ptstart.exe*
rbautch_files.tgz*
rc.sysinit.author*
s2_kernels/

No sign of the zipper file! What did I do wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Matt

edited to add: I didn't use the instant cake image because I already had a hard drive with the tivo image on it. This seems obvious but I thought I'd mention it!

Edited again to add: I figured it out. I tried moving my cdrom and tivo drive to different spots on the ide cables and that didn't work. But it did inspire me to try using a different cdrom drive and when i did that - IT WORKED!!! Thanks for the help!

[jmandss]

SuperMatt9

That same exact thing happened to me, so I switched my cdrom to hdd and my tivo drive to hda and I was able to get zipper started. Try that and see if that works for you.

[jmandss]

OK guys I've tried to read through the 361 pages of this thread, but I've given up trying to find my answers, so I'm now going to be lazy and ask. I zippered up 2 dtivo today on a RCA DVR40 with a instantcake running 6.2a software. The other a Phillips DSR708 with a instantcake running 6.2 software. Ethernet adapters working fine telnet good WGet works so DNS seems to be good. I enabled MRV, but can't figure it out, it's not in my NPL on either machine. Also what program do I use to extract shows to my PC, I was using TServer with TyTools and it worked fine, but I decided today to try out zipper for the other hacks included like MVR. If you can help a brother out that would be great. If I've ask something here that I should not have, please PM me or give me a link where I might find it. Thanks in advance and I'm sorry if you think I'm being lazy, but I just gave up for today.

[JWThiers]

OK guys I've tried to read through the 361 pages of this thread, but I've given up trying to find my answers, so I'm now going to be lazy and ask. I zippered up 2 dtivo today on a RCA DVR40 with a instantcake running 6.2a software. The other a Phillips DSR708 with a instantcake running 6.2 software. Ethernet adapters working fine telnet good WGet works so DNS seems to be good. I enabled MRV, but can't figure it out, it's not in my NPL on either machine. Also what program do I use to extract shows to my PC, I was using TServer with TyTools and it worked fine, but I decided today to try out zipper for the other hacks included like MVR. If you can help a brother out that would be great. If I've ask something here that I should not have, please PM me or give me a link where I might find it. Thanks in advance and I'm sorry if you think I'm being lazy, but I just gave up for today.
We are not allowed to discuss extraction on this forum, but as to the issue about MRV since the DTivos are using different OS versions (6.2 and 6.2a), I have to ask are you sure you used the correct ve4rsions of superpatch?

[Lawrax]

I can't figure out if this has been answered yet.

I am having problems getting my Tivo to properly connect with a Trendnet TU2-ET100. I am getting the error "Didn't Find Network..."

Checking usb.map, I don't have an entry for device ax8817x. However, I do have an entry for device usbnet. One of the devices listed should be my adapter.

device usbnet
. . .
product 07b8 420a Hawking UF200/TRENDnet TU2-ET100
. . .

Any help would be appreciated.

[bengalfreak]

OK guys I've tried to read through the 361 pages of this thread, but I've given up trying to find my answers, so I'm now going to be lazy and ask. I zippered up 2 dtivo today on a RCA DVR40 with a instantcake running 6.2a software. The other a Phillips DSR708 with a instantcake running 6.2 software. Ethernet adapters working fine telnet good WGet works so DNS seems to be good. I enabled MRV, but can't figure it out, it's not in my NPL on either machine. Also what program do I use to extract shows to my PC, I was using TServer with TyTools and it worked fine, but I decided today to try out zipper for the other hacks included like MVR. If you can help a brother out that would be great. If I've ask something here that I should not have, please PM me or give me a link where I might find it. Thanks in advance and I'm sorry if you think I'm being lazy, but I just gave up for today.

Also, did you create exceptions in any firewall software for the IP's of your DTivos? I went round and round for a couple days trying to figure out what I did wrong running the zipper when I finally realized that ZoneAlarm was blocking access to my Tivos.

[jmandss]

Thanks guys I got my MRV working on my RCA DVR40 and my Phillips, and you were correct JWThiers I used the wrong superpatch when I made the Phillips zipper CD, redid the Phillips with the correct superpatch and MRV is golden! I got so jazzed up about the MRV I decided to Zipper my HR10-250 and now I've run into another problem. Other tivos in the house now show up on my NPL on my HR10-250, but when I choose one, it says there are no recordings on that tivo. What did I do wrong there. Seeing as I'm getting MRV worked out, I'll have to work or to get shows to my PC tomorrow. I know we are not allowed to discuss it here, but if someone wants to PM me and point me in the right direction to get shows downloaded to my PC that would be great. Thanks again for the help.
JMan

[JWThiers]

Thanks guys I got my MRV working on my RCA DVR40 and my Phillips, and you were correct JWThiers I used the wrong superpatch when I made the Phillips zipper CD, redid the Phillips with the correct superpatch and MRV is golden! I got so jazzed up about the MRV I decided to Zipper my HR10-250 and now I've run into another problem. Other tivos in the house now show up on my NPL on my HR10-250, but when I choose one, it says there are no recordings on that tivo. What did I do wrong there. Seeing as I'm getting MRV worked out, I'll have to work or to get shows to my PC tomorrow. I know we are not allowed to discuss it here, but if someone wants to PM me and point me in the right direction to get shows downloaded to my PC that would be great. Thanks again for the help.
JMan
Did you see the note on the zipper page saying "Note that if you have an HR10-250 tivo, neither of these tools is required." (meaning superpatch or set_mrv_name)? That is because MRV does NOT work with the HR10-250. I know that there are some work arounds "movieloader" (I think it is called) I don't have an HR10 so I really haven't read up on its use. as to the extraction thing, If you go to the other forum (DDB aka D E A L D A T A B A S E dot com) and search for the E word you will find a bunch also check out the DVR-pedia (see my sig) for a bunch of information.

[jmandss]

Thanks for the response JW, I did see that info. on the zipper home page and did not include superpatch or set_mrv_name in my HR10-250 zipper build. I'll look around some more for possible fixes. One other note about my HR10-250 I can see my other tivos in its NPL, but can not see the HR10-250 in the others NPL. Thanks again for the info.
JMan

[JWThiers]

Thanks for the response JW, I did see that info. on the zipper home page and did not include superpatch or set_mrv_name in my HR10-250 zipper build. I'll look around some more for possible fixes. One other note about my HR10-250 I can see my other tivos in its NPL, but can not see the HR10-250 in the others NPL. Thanks again for the info.
JMan
Oddly enough that kind of makes sense. I'm not sure of the exact pedigree of 6.3, but it appears to be based on a version that has MRV capabilities, but has had those features crippled. Thats why you can see your other tivo's on the 250. You can't see the 250 on your other tivo's because 6.3 does not have the section of code that would use the set_mrv_name tool. Since it can't broadcast its name the other tivo's don't see it. Like I said I don't have a 250 I don't know a lot, just some of the basics.

[rbautch]

Oddly enough that kind of makes sense. I'm not sure of the exact pedigree of 6.3, but it appears to be based on a version that has MRV capabilities, but has had those features crippled. Thats why you can see your other tivo's on the 250. You can't see the 250 on your other tivo's because 6.3 does not have the section of code that would use the set_mrv_name tool. Since it can't broadcast its name the other tivo's don't see it. Like I said I don't have a 250 I don't know a lot, just some of the basics.
That's correct. You should be able to see other MRV-enabled tivos on your HR10-250, but when click on them you get nothing. You shouldn't be able to see your HR10-250 from other tivos.

[jmandss]

That's just the way it is rbautch. Anything that can be done to share my HR10-250 as that is where most of my shows are. Hey thanks again for the zipper it is GREAT! You guys are the best.

[Da Goon]

Anything that can be done to share my HR10-250 as that is where most of my shows are.
You can install mfs_ftp and movieloader to transfer shows between tivos running 6.3x. See ddb for info. Not as nice as true MRV, but it gets the job done.

[jmandss]

Guys what am I doing wrong when I try to install files on my zipper drive. I'm using cute ftp in Binary mode trying to install MFS_FTP into my /enhancements/varhacks folder and it will not let me. Just trying to create a MFS_FTP folder in there and it will not let me.
Thanks,
JMan

[ttodd1]

is it read write or read only?

[Avenger]

Telnet in. Type rw. Hit enter. Try ftp again.

[socaljj]

I have a problem. I know this is not a linux forum but I am at my wits end.

I need to have support for a USB to IDE device. I am into Ptvnet for their software which does not support USB to IDE devices. I have tried to build the Mfslive system using the batch files provided with zipper, but each time the linux can not find initramfs.gz. If I build the iso with only the Mfslive system it boots OK. I tried 4 different burners and 2 different miso.exe with no success.

The same problem with weaknees ISO. It will "see" the USB drive but will not create a zipper iso.

Is there anyway to burn JUST the Mfslive ISO and mount the cdrom with just the zipper stuff so that it is executable? A normal mount of the cdrom will permit me to "see" the items but when I go to execute them I get sh "not found" message. I tried making a directory in the file system and copy them there, but the same "not found" problem.

Using the Ptvnet iso (which does not recognize USB to IDE devices) the batch file creates a iso image that boots and can see zipper pgm and it has an * behind it.(I think linux thinks it is executable).

Long to short story... Anyway to mount a zipper cdrom AFTER booting with a different linux image?

[Gunnyman]

umount /cdrom
swap disks
mount /dev/whatever /cdrom
execute zipper.sh

[tturkington]

How long should it take for the new drive to be recognized? I have DSR704 and used ptvnet and instant cake. Build looks like it went correctly. Installed drive and waited several hours but nothing happened. Fan is running and chips are hot. All cables appear to be connected. I put the old drive back in and it still took several hours before it was working again. Is this normal and should I just wait for a day before new 500GB drive will work?

[Gunnyman]

what do you mean will work?
is the unit booting? is the full size just not being shown?
A change in size, if done correctly, shows up immediately.

[tturkington]

When I plug in the Tivo, there are no lights and I have a black screen on the TV. After a few hours, the lights come on and I have live TV and all my saved programming is back.

[Gunnyman]

something is wrong with the tivo.

[tturkington]

This is my first time trying this and I can't find anything that tells me specifically what should happen. Step 6 on the instructions just says "Install your new drives", "use hardware instructions as a reference".
When I run PTVnet and Instantcake, the new drive shows the full 500GB and that it was successful. There were no error messages. When I install it into the Tivo unit, nothing happens. I haven't been able to find anything like this on any of the other threads or help sites.

[Gunnyman]

it does this with your original drive as well, right?

[socaljj]

Thanks for the response Gunnyman...but

I did exactly that umount change disks mounted new drive BUT I do NOT have zipper.sh just zipper
with no extension. I get the "not found" message

thanks

[tturkington]

I put the original drive back in.

This is what I have done so far over the last two weekends.

1. Bought 500GB Seagate drive. Downloaded PTVnet and Instant Cake from DVRUpgrade.
2. Used older AMD PC to install OS on new drive.
3. Installed 500GB drive into DSR704. Plugged it in and nothing. No lights, no picture but fan runs.
4. Reinstalled original drive. Plugged it in and nothing. No lights, no picture. Waited several hours and it started working.
5. Found where InstantCake and older AMD processors had problems. Used different PC with newer AMD (don't have access to Intel).
6. Reimaged 500GB drive with PTVnet and InstantCake. Had a couple of issues with bios settings but figured it out and got successful message when install was complete.
7. Installed drive in Tivo for second time and got same result. No power and no picture but fan is running.
8. Pulled the drive and put old drive back for the second time. Its been in for a few hours and I have no power light or picture.

I have checked all my cables and everything appears to be correct.

I'm checking eBay and Craigs list for 704 replacement so I can at least use the software I purchased.

[Gunnyman]

Thanks for the response Gunnyman...but

I did exactly that umount change disks mounted new drive BUT I do NOT have zipper.sh just zipper
with no extension. I get the "not found" message

thanks
is zipper a sub directory on the cd? Sorry for the stupid question, but it's been so long since I've built a disc. I haven't used Russ's new method that puts it all on one disc.

[Gunnyman]

I put the original drive back in.

This is what I have done so far over the last two weekends.

1. Bought 500GB Seagate drive. Downloaded PTVnet and Instant Cake from DVRUpgrade.
2. Used older AMD PC to install OS on new drive.
3. Installed 500GB drive into DSR704. Plugged it in and nothing. No lights, no picture but fan runs.
4. Reinstalled original drive. Plugged it in and nothing. No lights, no picture. Waited several hours and it started working.
5. Found where InstantCake and older AMD processors had problems. Used different PC with newer AMD (don't have access to Intel).
6. Reimaged 500GB drive with PTVnet and InstantCake. Had a couple of issues with bios settings but figured it out and got successful message when install was complete.
7. Installed drive in Tivo for second time and got same result. No power and no picture but fan is running.
8. Pulled the drive and put old drive back for the second time. Its been in for a few hours and I have no power light or picture.

I have checked all my cables and everything appears to be correct.

I'm checking eBay and Craigs list for 704 replacement so I can at least use the software I purchased.


Power supply fan is spinning ok? I bet you have a bum power supply.

[tturkington]

power supply fan is spinning. Checked the fuse with a meter and it is still intact. Power is getting to the circuit board as chips are warm.

[socaljj]

Once the cdrom is mounted a second time, all the files appear using ls -l /cdrom as a normal set of files
just like they should. zipper is not a directory just a 20+ k file that is not executable but has execution permissions.

[Gunnyman]

did you try to chmod +x the file?

[socaljj]

yes I chmod 777 zipper. ls -l showed that it was executable but still the "not found:

[Gunnyman]

I got nothin...

[atlynch]

Hi Folks,
Perhaps I am reading too much, but it is not clear to me that I can zipper my DSR7000 currently running 6.3e. It is not currently hacked (It was previously, but I wanted to upgrade to 6.3e). I am zipper-ing the existing drive (I have the old backup elsewhere).

I started following the instructions on the zipper webpage, but got stalled when I got to superpatch and set_mrvname. They seem only to refer to 6.2a or 3.x.

Is there a superpatch/set_mrv_name I should put on the drive? I understand that 6.3e does not support MRV.

Thanks,
Drew

[tturkington]

Gunnyman,

Thanks for your help. Thought there might be some tricks I gotta do to make this work. It appears dead and not coming back.

-Ted

[rbautch]

When I plug in the Tivo, there are no lights and I have a black screen on the TV. After a few hours, the lights come on and I have live TV and all my saved programming is back.Same thing happened to me a few weeks ago on my HR0-250. The logs indicated it was a failing hard drive. You can try and post your kernel log here so we know for sure, otherwise do a backup/restore to a new drive.

[rbautch]

Hi Folks,
Perhaps I am reading too much, but it is not clear to me that I can zipper my DSR7000 currently running 6.3e. It is not currently hacked (It was previously, but I wanted to upgrade to 6.3e). I am zipper-ing the existing drive (I have the old backup elsewhere).

I started following the instructions on the zipper webpage, but got stalled when I got to superpatch and set_mrvname. They seem only to refer to 6.2a or 3.x.

Is there a superpatch/set_mrv_name I should put on the drive? I understand that 6.3e does not support MRV.

Thanks,
DrewThere is no superpatch for 6.3e, but you can find manual tivoapp patches here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5413623&&#post5413623). I haven't gotten around to updating the instructions for 6.3e yet, figuring most people would opt for 6.2a to get MRV.

[tturkington]

How do I get kernel log?

[atlynch]

There is no superpatch for 6.3e, but you can find manual tivoapp patches here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5413623&&#post5413623). I haven't gotten around to updating the instructions for 6.3e yet, figuring most people would opt for 6.2a to get MRV.

A reasonable assumption. I use a different mechanism to get MRV-like capabilities that is not Tivo specific.

I had seen the manual tivoapp patches, and I am comfortable in doing those myself. What I am a little less clear on is whether or not I can still use the zipper to perform the other tasks, such as enabling networking, setting up endpad plus, tivowebplus, etc.

Thanks,
Drew

[rbautch]

A reasonable assumption. I use a different mechanism to get MRV-like capabilities that is not Tivo specific.

I had seen the manual tivoapp patches, and I am comfortable in doing those myself. What I am a little less clear on is whether or not I can still use the zipper to perform the other tasks, such as enabling networking, setting up endpad plus, tivowebplus, etc.

Thanks,
DrewYes, you can.

[rbautch]

How do I get kernel log?
It's in /var/log/kernel. FTP it to your PC, and then attach it to a post.

[tturkington]

Gunnyman,

My Tivo came to life after I did a rehit from Directv site. Power light came on and saved programs are there.

-Ted

[tonerburner1995]

Gunnyman,
Need your help/advice.
I have a Toshiba RS-TX60 that will no longer record to DVD. Want to access the HD to get my precious recordings onto another media (PC HD?).

[Da Goon]

I have a Toshiba RS-TX60 that will no longer record to DVD. Want to access the HD to get my precious recordings onto another media (PC HD?).
It's possible but not exactly easy. To start, you'll need to PROM mod your tivo. There would be a few ways to accomplish this, but the software required is not available on this forum, and the methods to do so can't be discussed in depth here either. Google for tivo hacking to find another forum with all the necessary information.

[socaljj]

I understand that Zipper is a compiled script? Would it be possible to get a zipper.sh file as I finally got a linux that supports USB to IDE (Rescue cd) but evertime I run zipper it says superpatch not foun or set_mrv_name not found and exits.

With the .sh I could debug and modify to make work on my system.

thanks

[socaljj]

Here is more and probably last information gathered over the last 3 weeks.

I have no ide connection so I use and USB to IDE converter to mount my Tivo drive. I can find only one Linux that will recognize the drive on the USB side AND recognize the file system on that drive. It is the ISO from Weaknees.

That was the good news. The bad is that it does not contain a bash shell. The Zipper was built for a bash shell and will not work on this Linux.

So until someone can find another Linux iso with the USB support or the authors of the Zipper provide a standard shell flavor of the Zipper we are done.

As a side note I realize the authors spent much time and effort to create the Zipper and I do not want to minimize that. I thank them but it will not help us.

[rbautch]

I understand that Zipper is a compiled script? Would it be possible to get a zipper.sh file as I finally got a linux that supports USB to IDE (Rescue cd) but evertime I run zipper it says superpatch not foun or set_mrv_name not found and exits.

With the .sh I could debug and modify to make work on my system.

thanksYou could also create dummy files with those names so it passes those tests.

[rbautch]

Here is more and probably last information gathered over the last 3 weeks.

I have no ide connection so I use and USB to IDE converter to mount my Tivo drive. I can find only one Linux that will recognize the drive on the USB side AND recognize the file system on that drive. It is the ISO from Weaknees.

That was the good news. The bad is that it does not contain a bash shell. The Zipper was built for a bash shell and will not work on this Linux.

So until someone can find another Linux iso with the USB support or the authors of the Zipper provide a standard shell flavor of the Zipper we are done.

As a side note I realize the authors spent much time and effort to create the Zipper and I do not want to minimize that. I thank them but it will not help us.
Try mfslive.

[socaljj]

mfslive does NOT work. The copy i received does not have bash shell

[Da Goon]

mfslive does NOT work. The copy i received does not have bash shell
Yes it does. If you can't get bash with it, you're doing something VERY wrong. Are you even booting from the cd? Hitting enter thru the boot prompts?? that's all it takes.

[socaljj]

I applaud you for getting mfslive to work, I can not.

First off when I builded the ISO when I boot from it it says it can not find the ram disk and fails (3 different burners).

So I burn an ISO with only MFS live. It boots. I mount /dev/hdc4(my cdrom) as cdrom. this cd has the zipper files on it. I type from root directory cdrom/zipper and I get directory or file not found /bin/bash.

I look in the /bin directory and NO bash. (there is an ash file but no bash)

this is why I says it does not work.

thanks

[Da Goon]

I mount /dev/hdc4(my cdrom) as cdrom.
I don't understand most of what you said, but you won't mount the cd at hdc4. If you have it connected as secondary master it would be simply hdc. Mount points 4 (or 7) would typically be used if you were mounting the actual tivo hard drive root partitions.

[socaljj]

Thank you for the help.

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. No access to the IDE setup. I am using a IDE to USB enclosure
to mount my Tivo Drive. I was told to use the MFSlive ISO. I can not build a single disk as each time
I use the bat file included for the zipper the ISO generated will not boot (initramfs not found). So I
make just the MFSIso boot from it and mount the zipper files. mount /dev/hdc/cdrom. The last post had a
typo by me of /dev/hdc4.

I try to run the zipper (cdrom/zipper) and I get "directory or file not found /bin/bash" I believe that this means there is no bash shell in the bin directory. I am at a loss as what else to do.

[MungoJerrie]

Thank you for the help.

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. No access to the IDE setup. I am using a IDE to USB enclosure
USB drives are SCSI-like and are typically mounted as /dev/sdc4 or whatever.

[socaljj]

Thank everyone for the help.

I think everyone is missing my point. First off the ISO must recognize the USB (tivo) drive. It may be USB or SCSI or anything. If it does not recognize the device it will not work.

Secondly if the ISO recognizes the device, it must recognize the fs on the drive. If it "reads" the device but can not recognize the partition layout it will not work.

Lastly if the ISO recognizes the device AND recognizes the fs it must have the bash shell in /bin for the Zipper to work.

My problem is that I can not find an ISO that does all three. Unless I missed one I am dead in the water.

[JWThiers]

Not to make light of your problem but a the zipper was really intended for use on a desktop PC not a laptop. The easy thing to do is find a CHEAP PC at a garage sale and try that (just about anything would do) or just buy a prehacked drive from DVRupgrade. This thread is really intended for help with the zipper script itself. What you have is more of an issue of needing to know more about linux to get your hardware to run zipper. Can it be done? I would think so given the right combination of linux iso's etc as you described. Do I know how? Not a clue, thats the deep end of the pool and its too deep for me. Either way too keep the signal to noise ratio down a bit a new thread might be in order. :up:

[zbrowns]

I just ran zipper(thanks) on my DTV. Seems to be working fine, though I don't know where to ask this question.

I am trying to run TivoServer, it runs, finds the files but stops at "Adding the Tivo: s/n" I setup the MRV with zipper, but don't have another hacked Tivo to test that with.

I can telnet in, is there anything I'm missing? The instructions seem fairly straight forward but it just doesn't seem to work. Any help is appreciated.

[ttodd1]

Check this thread:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=283007&highlight=tivoserver

[educ8ion]

someone please help. Am trying to get zipper installed for hr10-250. Can"t get past the initial "mount" command. says it is not valid. Somehow or other I did get zipper to actually run a couple of times, but it would not recognize hdg as the tivo drve. help!

[Geeks4Rent]

Greetings all,
I’m feeling small and foolish; I’ve been messing with this darn Direct TV Samsung SIR-S4120R for weeks now. And I’ve actually managed to get the Linksys USB200m to load, and then feeling all proud and excited decided to try and run the zipper(went like a charm no errors) but now I have no networking at all.

So here’s what I did in Order.
1) Installed PTVnet and Instantcake, plugged in USB200m to USB port.
2) Spent hours looking for the “network Menu” in every possible Item I could find, wasted hours and even worse gave up an left it alone for days thinking it didn’t work.
3) Scanned the Subnet my wireless is in, and found 192.168.1.103 had an unknown and unnamed device. Browsed to it and got the TiVo web interface. DOH!
4) Saw this Groovy Thread, and Yes I promise I read every one of the 10-12 post on all of the 363 pages, and committed them to memory…right. Well I did read several at least, well a few. Ok ok I read the first page and decided Zipper looked fun, let’s try it.
5) So I made the ISO and everything ran fine(as far as I can see, no smoke came out, I didn’t see any errors, my cats where still sleeping). But no networking after wards. Tried repeatedly to access the IP I’d set. Tried scanning for new ones.
6) Re-Ran the zipper_universal_CD.iso this time reloading the Instant cake image, and still no network.
7) Ran PTVNet over the zippered drive thinking it might but the network back. Than I’d try and load the scripts through ftp.
8) Still no network. But the blinky activity lights are going on the USB wired adapter.

So I’d really like to end up getting My Linksys 2 WUSB11 v2.6 (that I bought because they’re on the compatible list and it seems I’ve seen posts from people with my DVR and wireless) working on My two SIR-S4120R(s) and make them share videos and work with TiVo server. I’m sure I’m missing something. But I really don’t know much Linux, and am guessing.
At this point I guess I’ll re-image the drive with PTVnet and Instancake. And see if I can get the USB200M to work again. Than FTP over the zipper stuff and see if I can get the Wireless to work.
If anyone’s been through this on the SIR-S4120r and knows there’s some crazy step I need to do like hold it out the window while taking the blue pill, please drop me a message.
Thanks in Advance,
Yay Off to image my drive for the 274th time.
Andrew

[jking]

Okay. A silly question here, one that I'm sure has probably been answered somewhere, but I have yet to find it. I am attempting to switch my zippered DTivo from a wireless connection to a wired connection because I have switched my wireless network to WPA, which obviously isn't going to work with my DTivo box. I have purchased one of the recommended USB-Ethernet adapters. What special mojo do I have to do on my DTivo box to get my wired connection working when it has been previously set up for a wireless connection? TIA!!

[JWThiers]

Plug in the cable. Yup that about covers it.

[jking]

Plug in the cable. Yup that about covers it.

Forgot to mention that I switched from a Linksys WRT54G to an Apple Airport Extreme.

[JWThiers]

Forgot to mention that I switched from a Linksys WRT54G to an Apple Airport Extreme.
I don't know about Airport in general, but Router setup is basically the same. Just setup the router so that it uses the same subnet 192.168.yyy.xxx as the old router, make sure that it uses the same range of addresses for DHCP and you should be good to go. If your tivos are using DHCP you might have to do a bit of searching to find them, use the DHCP Client list (I assume apple has that) to find them or use a network scanner like AngryIP Scanner. If you are using Static IP's (like I prefer) like I said earlier make the settings on the new router mimic the old, Subnet, DHCP range, etc. and you should be ok.

[jking]

Just out of curiosity, is there a way to change the IP settings in the DTivo without yanking the drive... as in crossover cable or something of that nature?

[Velcro]

Has anyone else seen this?

I had a drive go bad, so I did a complete re-zipper. The install was much smoother than the old version. Thanks for all the hard work, it shows.

Everything is running well but I see an odd problem in TWP. When doing wish list searching , sub-categories work for all categories except Genre. If the Genre category is selected then no sub-categories are available.

In looking for an answer I haven't found any references to this so I'm wondering if I'm the only one. Has anyone else seen this? It seems odd that all categories but one would work.

Thanks

[dturturro]

When I zippered my drive I entered the wrong IP address. Is there a way to fix it without reimaging?

[dlmcmurr]

Everything is running well but I see an odd problem in TWP. When doing wish list searching , sub-categories work for all categories except Genre. If the Genre category is selected then no sub-categories are available.
I've seen a similar thing with Wish Lists. I set one up with an actor's name on the DTiVo. Works fine on the DTiVo, but comes up empty on TWP v.2. I believe it's searches might still be a little buggy, but it's still a great app.

Make sure you're using his latest release of TWP 2.0. Zipper might be a little behind as the releases come out frequently. I'm looking forward to seeing what v.2.1 looks like when it matures a little.

Dave

[scopus]

I just recently zippered both of my units, DSR7000 & HDVR2. I started with a new drive in both of them. I also used the same lba48 boot iso and instantcake image (drs7000).

The problem I'm having is with the HDRV2, it's freezing up every couple of days. When running the zipper, I selected the option for 2x week reboots. It froze up on Monday and then again Saturday, the remote, unit, telnet, everything stops responding. I have to pull the plug and then everything works fine again.

I'm curious if using the DSR7000 image on the HDRV2 has any adverse affects? I thought it would be ok since both units are non-ird. Should I have bought another kernel/image specific for the HDVR2? Or does this sound like a drive issue, even though it's new?

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: I took the drive out and ran diagnostics on it, no bad sectors reported. So I guess that eliminates the drive issue.

[rbautch]

When I zippered my drive I entered the wrong IP address. Is there a way to fix it without reimaging?Yes. Change it using the network module of Tivowebplus.

[rbautch]

Just out of curiosity, is there a way to change the IP settings in the DTivo without yanking the drive... as in crossover cable or something of that nature?If you have bash access, then you can change it using Tivowebplus, or by running the /enhancements/net-launch.sh script. You can also connect a serial cable and run the net-launch.sh script.

[dturturro]

Yes. Change it using the network module of Tivowebplus.

Thanks! Is there a thread that describes how to do this? I searched for Tivowebplus and got a lot of info telling people that they should use it, but not how.

[ttodd1]

Just go to Tivowebplus and click on the Net Config link.

[dturturro]

Is that .com? I went there and was definitely not in Kansas anymore!

[ttodd1]

No. Tivowebplus is/should be installed on your DTivo. Go to it's current IP address and then use the module, change ip, reboot, done.

[Orthogon]

I just want to say thanks to rbautch, Gunyman, and everyone else who made the Zipper possible. I finally zippered my second DirecTivo this weekend and got MRV working, its awesome and I wouldn't of been able to do it without the Zipper, so thanks again.

Dave

[jking]

If you have bash access, then you can change it using Tivowebplus, or by running the /enhancements/net-launch.sh script. You can also connect a serial cable and run the net-launch.sh script.

Okay, silly question #2 (or #3, I've lost track). I'm trying to run the net-launch script. The first question is enter s or d for static or dhcp. When I enter either s or d, the script kicks out with and error saying I must enter either s or d. But that's what I just did? What up with that?

[Skahl]

I purchased the Instantcake and LBA48 and ran the zipper on 2 drives: a brand new 250GB and an original 30GB drive from a different DTivo). One drive is for a Huges SD-DVR40 and the other was for a Philips DSR708. Both zippered up w/o errors, booted, rebooted as said they would fine. Both showed version 6.2a as the sw version.

The problem was that I couldn't network either of them using an Airlink ASOHOUSB USB to Ethernet adapter. I did some searching and saw that the drivers for this wouldn't necessary load if I said yes to the wireless adapter. I rezippered both drives w/o errors, this time saying no to the wireless adapter and saw that it was loading the backloaded drivers this time. Now when I try the drives again both DTivos get stuck at the Welcome, Powering Up screen. The jumper settings are CS and I did not change them from the time they worked the first time. I also checked to make sure that the white cable was seated properly.

Any ideas???

[ttodd1]

Okay, silly question #2 (or #3, I've lost track). I'm trying to run the net-launch script. The first question is enter s or d for static or dhcp. When I enter either s or d, the script kicks out with and error saying I must enter either s or d. But that's what I just did? What up with that?

It is case sensitive.

[swartzy]

Considering the size of this thread and the fact any search w/ the word "zipper" in it returns just about everything... I hope I'm not asking the same question for the 100th time.

When attempting to zipper my Hughes DirecTivo, I can't see any of the zipper files after mounting the cdrom. When mounting the cdrom, it tells me it's read-only (expected) and that it's already mounted as cdrom... if that's any indication something is wrong.

Running any of the supplied scripts (CDROM, CDRIVE, etc) return a "file not found" error.

When doing an "ls -al" on the cdrom, it returns most (if not all) of the folders, but none of the key files in the root directory of the cdrom (zipper especially).

What am I doing wrong? Looking at the cdrom from my Windows box I can see the files are physically on the disc... I just can't see them from the OS that's booted w/ the CDROM.

Any help would be greatly appreciated... I really want to eliminiate the necessity of the phone line and/or taking the box over to a friend's to dial in.

Thx,
Swartzy

[educ8ion]

after some trial and rror, have gotten my hr10-250 successfully zippered and networked. all works great except...no hdmi output. have searched threads, but no answer for this that I can find. when cnnected to composite, works great, switch to hdmi and no signal.

[jking]

It is case sensitive.

I have tried both upper and lower case. Same result. Can someone tell me how to run the tivowebplus module. I have seen comments that say "just run the tivowebplus module", but no explanation as to how to actually do that. That's stupid question #4, in case anyone is keeping tabs. TIA.

[MungoJerrie]

I have tried both upper and lower case. Same result. Can someone tell me how to run the tivowebplus module. I have seen comments that say "just run the tivowebplus module", but no explanation as to how to actually do that. That's stupid question #4, in case anyone is keeping tabs. TIA.If you're using WinXP or like telnet client, it's sending the wrong carriage return. Try:
unset crlfAs for starting tivowebplus:
/path/to/tivowebplus&

[Porterx]

I hope I'm finally in the correct thread for my questions/problems.

I have a Samsung DirecTiVo Sir-S4040 that I'm attempting to upgrade. I'm going from a 160gb to a 500gb drive. Before I had heard of the Zipper, I used InstantCake and PTVNet to upgrade the 500gb drive and all worked fine. After learning that the Zipper would do more of what I wanted, I Zippered my original 160gb dfrive as a test to see if it would work. It did. I got a bash prompt and ran the enhancements script. So I zippered my new (previously upgraded and networked with InstantCake and PTVNet) 500gb drive. It doesn't appear to be Zippered. I don't have a link light on my usb/network adapter and I still get the DVRUpgrade splash screen and not the splash screen with the moon background.

I realize that I need to get serial console output. I have a serial cable and I plan to learn to use it so that I can post that output here. If anyone has a direct link for learning how to use a serial cable, it would be greatly appreciated.

I've been trying to get serial working. All I've been able to do is get a bunch of garbled info on the screen.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: After changing the baud rate to 115k, I get the following serial output with bash prompt but it won't let me input anything:

CPU revision is: 00005430
FPU revision is: 00005410
Primary instruction cache 32kb, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kb, linesize 32 bytes.
Linux version 2.4.20 (build@buildmaster5) (gcc version 3.0) #22 Fri Feb 20 18:19
:25 PST 2004
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
zone(0): 16384 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda4 dsscon=true console=2,115200 upgradesoftware
=false
Monotonic time calibrated: 81.00 coun
Calibrating delay loop... 161.79 BogoMIPS
Contiguous region 1: 8388608 bytes @ address 0x80d00000
Contiguous region 2: 1048576 bytes @ address 0x81500000
Contiguous region 8: 10485760 bytes @ address 0x81600000
Contiguous region of 19922944 bytes total reserved at 0x80d00000.
Memory: 43820k/65536k available (1222k kernel code, 21716k reserved, 81k data, 6
4k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Checking for 'wait' instruction... unavailable.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
ttyS00 at iomem 0xb4100100 (irq = 79) is a 16550A
ttyS00 at port 0xbc010000 (irq = 133) is a unknown
ttyS00 at iomem 0xb4100140 (irq = 81) is a 16550A
ttyS00 at iomem 0xb4100120 (irq = 80) is a 16550A
Linux NET4.0 for Linux
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI en
abled
ttyS00 at 0xb4100100 (irq = 79) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0xbc010000 (irq = 133) is a unknown
ttyS02 at 0xb4100140 (irq = 81) is a 16550A
ttyS03 at 0xb4100120 (irq = 80) is a 16550A
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
hda: ST3500830A, ATA DI
ide0 at 0x400-0x407,0x438 on irq 87
hda: 976773168 sectors (500108 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=60801/255/63
Partition check:
hda: [mac] hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 hda12 hda13
hda14
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 b
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (512 buckets, 4096 max) - 152 bytes per conntrack
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed
Starting rc.sysinit
Running boot Stage A_PreKickstart scripts
Scanning for configuration files
Invoking startup scripts for:
platform 'trinity'
implementation 'Series2'
implementer 'TiVo'
Releasing /initrd and clearing ramdisk, if they exist
umount: /initrd: not mounted
Activating swap partitions
Adding Swap: 130044k swap-space (priority -1)
Loading core system drivers
Parallel modem driver loaded, 1 ports starting at /dev/ttyS1
Loading ircatch
Found rev 'F' Si2433 modem on /dev/cua1
Checking for Kickstart panic signal
Running boot Stage B_PostKickstart scripts
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 1
/dev/hda9 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Inode 6148, i_blocks wrong 28 (counted=24). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 6155, i_blocks wrong 20 (counted=8).

Inode 6152, i_blocks wrong 342 (counted=334). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Fix summary information? yes

/dev/hda9: 620/32768 files (1.5% non-contiguous), 5496/131072 blocks
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 2
/dev/hda9: clean, 620/32768 files, 5496/131072 blocks
/dev/hda9 is clean after pass 2
Mounting /var
/dev/hda9 on /var type ext2 (rw)
Cleaning up files in /var
Checking space in /var
Mounting initial environment
Starting logging daemons
Found Silicon Labs "Si2433" modem, rev F, skipping modem patch
Scanning for phase1
Running boot Stage C_MediaInitialization scripts
Loading input section drivers
cobra module was successfully installed, LNBPA 0x10 LNBPB 0x16
Loading output section drivers
Splash the screen
Running boot Stage D_PreMfs scripts
Remote control is TIVO
MFS partition on /dev/hda10
Loading Trinity dssapp
Look for debug board
/tvbin/dssappAV: DSS Interface Version 1.24, compiled on Aug 11 2006
Loading irblast
Loading ideturbo
Loading fan
Loading therm
Loading TvBus router
Updating system clock
Time set to: Tue Oct 2 19
Enabling local route
Setting TCP keepalive parameters
Checking for additional disk
Start fan control
First temperature parameters set:
Terminal temp: 71
Critical temp: 62
Logging temp: 60
Target temp: 50
Lowest fan speed: 7
/tvbin/fancontrol is running in the background.
Starting TvLauncher
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2191, protocol tcp
Waiting for launcher to start.
Launcher is running.
Scanning for phase2 repair scripts
Running boot Stage E_PreApplication scripts
Checking for database conversions
No upgrade to load
Not upgrading software
Scanning for phase3 repair scripts
Running boot Stage F_ApplicationLaunch scripts
Starting Services.
Microcode version is TiVo!
Found hpk front panel model 1
PCI: 00:0d.2 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW, correctin
g to 32
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x7b8/0x420a) is not claimed by any active driver
.
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol udp
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through f
using driver frame iter
ApgLogFrequency( 0 sec )
Finished creating ApgDriverFrameIter
Using a smartSorter!
Calling ReadStream()s
....started status session
Initialize with 2 live caches
AddInputSection 1
AddInputSection 2
TvMomMediaSwitchSource::DoSetup()
TvMomMediaSwitchSource::DoSetup()
AddInputSection 3
ApgManager Transition from state INIT to BOOT
....sending Booting event
....started status session
Scanning for phase4 repair scripts
Running boot Stage G_PostApplication scripts
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author: fakecall.tcl: command not found

rc.sysinit is complete
bash-2.02# ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to STEADY_STATE
....sending Done event
....sending Done event

[Skahl]

I purchased the Instantcake and LBA48 and ran the zipper on 2 drives: a brand new 250GB and an original 30GB drive from a different DTivo). One drive is for a Huges SD-DVR40 and the other was for a Philips DSR708. Both zippered up w/o errors, booted, rebooted as said they would fine. Both showed version 6.2a as the sw version.

The problem was that I couldn't network either of them using an Airlink ASOHOUSB USB to Ethernet adapter. I did some searching and saw that the drivers for this wouldn't necessary load if I said yes to the wireless adapter. I rezippered both drives w/o errors, this time saying no to the wireless adapter and saw that it was loading the backloaded drivers this time. Now when I try the drives again both DTivos get stuck at the Welcome, Powering Up screen. The jumper settings are CS and I did not change them from the time they worked the first time. I also checked to make sure that the white cable was seated properly.

Any ideas???

I found my problem...
When changing the HDDs in and out, I accidently pulled the cable out of the board. After putting the cable back in, it has made it past the Welcome message and seems to be working properly again. Funny that I did the same thing to both.

[Porterx]

I realize that I need to get serial console output. I have a serial cable and I plan to learn to use it so that I can post that output here. If anyone has a direct link for learning how to use a serial cable, it would be greatly appreciated.

I've been trying to get serial working. All I've been able to do is get a bunch of garbled info on the screen.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: After changing the baud rate to 115k, I get the following serial output with bash prompt:

I am able to get a bash prompt using a serial cable and hyperterminal.

I ran "cd /hacks; sh tweak.sh" It seemed to go ok. I've got to pull the drive and run the hack again because I tried to step on the old enhancements with the new and it can't get to the internet to d/l it. When I get that done, I'll save all of the console output in case it's needed.

I still get no link light on my usb adapter. I know for a 100% fact that I've gotten a link light on my 160gb drive using zipper, I think. Is it possible that the usb drivers are different between zipper and ptvnet? So I don't think that the adapter is the problem. It is a Xtersys XN-121. Could I have gotten a link light with ptvnet and not zipper or vice versa?

I never get the option to input a password on the serial console. Should I?

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: I was able to get it to ask "What is the password? I input "factory" and it asks for the password again.

Edit: Serial console output:

/dev/hda9: 289/32768 files (1.7% non-contiguous), 5313/131072 blocks
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 2
/dev/hda9: clean, 289/32768 files, 5313/131072 blocks
/dev/hda9 is clean after pass 2
Mounting /var
/dev/hda9 on /var type ext2 (rw)
Cleaning up files in /var
Checking space in /var
Mounting initial environment
Starting logging daemons
Found Silicon Labs "Si2433" modem, rev F, skipping modem patch
Scanning for phase1 repair scripts
Running boot Stage C_MediaInitialization scripts
Loading input section drivers
cobra module was successfully installed, LNBPA 0x10 LNBPB 0x16
Loading output section drivers
Splash the screen
Running boot Stage D_PreMfs scripts
Remote control is TIVO
MFS partition on /dev/hda10
Loading Trinity dssapp
Look for debug board
/tvbin/dssappAV: DSS Interface Version 1.24, compiled on Aug 11 2006
Loading irblast
Loading ideturbo
Loading fan
Loading therm
Loading TvBus router
Updating system clock
Time set to: Wed Oct 3 03:11:03 2007
Enabling local route
Setting TCP keepalive parameters
Checking for additional disk
Start fan control
First temperature parameters set:
Terminal temp: 71
Critical temp: 62
Logging temp: 60
Target temp: 50
Lowest fan speed: 7
/tvbin/fancontrol is running in the background.
Starting TvLauncher
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2191, protocol tcp
Waiting for launcher to start.
Launcher is running.
Scanning for phase2 repair scripts
Running boot Stage E_PreApplication scripts
Checking for database conversions
No upgrade to load
Not upgrading software
Scanning for phase3 repair scripts
Running boot Stage F_ApplicationLaunch scripts
Starting Services.
Microcode version is TiVo!
Found hpk front panel model 1
PCI: 00:0d.2 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW, correctin
g to 32
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x7b8/0x420a) is not claimed by any active driver
.
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol udp
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol tcp
using driver frame iter
ApgLogFrequency( 0 sec )
Finished creating ApgDriverFrameIter
Using a smartSorter!
Calling ReadStream()s
....started status session
Initialize with 2 live caches
AddInputSection 1
AddInputSection 2
TvMomMediaSwitchSource::DoSetup()
TvMomMediaSwitchSource::DoSetup()
AddInputSection 3
ApgManager Transition from state INIT to BOOT
....sending Booting event
....started status session
Scanning for phase4 repair scripts
Running boot Stage G_PostApplication scripts
Fakecall ran successfully!

Starting netserver at port 12865
bash-2.02# ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
rc.sysinit is complete
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to STEADY_STATE
....sending Done event
....sending Done event

bash-2.02#

[unclemoosh]

Okay, silly question #2 (or #3, I've lost track). I'm trying to run the net-launch script. The first question is enter s or d for static or dhcp. When I enter either s or d, the script kicks out with and error saying I must enter either s or d. But that's what I just did? What up with that?

Make sure you "unset crlf"

[DrQ]

I hacked my box back in march '05, but someone hooked the phone line back up a few months later and one morning I tried to bring up the tivo on the web and nothing. Oh well I thought. That was fun while it lasted but I didn't want to go thru that again. So when my son asked me last week if we could hack the tivo again, I hesitated. I searched google and came across this thread. 363 PAGES!!! I downloaded the entire thread and read most of it. We got the two recommended ISOs and zipper'ed a 200G drive on Sunday and the disk is now in the Tivo (Hughes SD-DVR40). No issues at all with either the zipper script or the tweak.sh script. Nice work guys.

I didn't have the local channels so I called DirecTV and it didn't prompt me for the error code, but sent me directly to a customer support rep. Uh-Oh I'm in trouble now. But nothing ever came up that I had to lie about. :-) But I do have a solution that will work (she said) 85% of the time. Use the Settings->Satellite->Guided Satellite Setup (can't remember the exact wording). I just kept pressing select and entered my zip code on one window. just skip thru most then wait for several minutes while it validates the satellites. After it was finished, I still didn't have the local channels so I was told to reboot the tivo from the tivo menus. When it rebooted the channels were there. She said that she didn't do anything from here end it was all done on my Tivo. Thought this might help someone else when this comes up.

Now a question:

Part of the tweak.sh asks the follwing question:

Do you want weekly reboots to only occur if no programs are recording?

Why would I want to reboot regularly?

[Xtra7973]

Now a question:

Part of the tweak.sh asks the follwing question:

Do you want weekly reboots to only occur if no programs are recording?

Why would I want to reboot regularly?

Go to this thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=250680), it tells you everything about what you just installed and what it does. This is the answer to your particular question "This cleans things out for better performance if you have several hacks running. Also restarts logs, and allows fakecall to reset the last successful call indicator, so your Tivo won't call home (fakecall doesn't update mfs entries without a reboot). This allows you to keep your phone line connected for PPV ordering or CallerID."

[richr69]

Does Zipper incorporate the tivoapp patch to enable the Network menu for 6.1 and 6.2?

[Harv]

Hi. First of all let me thank everyone involved with Zipper. It makes upgrading really easy. I've had 4.0.1b on two DTivos, and Zipper makes the upgrade path pretty sweet.

I went ahead and bought the InstantCake for $20 that has a minimal 6.2a image on it for my DTivo. Zipper made the universal CD from that, and everything went perfectly installing the new image onto my tivo, and running the script.

I have two problems now though. The first is that only one tuner is enabled, and the second one says it is disabled. The second is that I don't get my local channels. When I look at System Info, there is no zip code (which probably explains the local channel problem) and the second tuner (DIRECTTV2 says it is disabled.

I suspect I could probably fix both of these problems by running guided setup. However, I have no home phone line. Three years ago I canceled my home phone service and now I only use my cell phone. In the past, when I've tried to run guided setup, I get stuck on the part where it wants to make a toll free call that will download the local phone numbers. Since I have no home phone, I have not found a way past this.

Please note that fakecall.tcl won't solve this problem--at least in my experience. It only tricks the tivo into thinking it has completed a daily call, which does nothing to help guided setup to complete.

So, is there a way for me to get around this?

If necessary, I can take my TiVo to a friend's house and use his phone line, but he doesn't have DirecTV, so if I need to have a cable connected for guided setup, that won't work either.

Can any of you smart people help me?

Thanks so much.

[DrQ]

For 6.2a on my Hughes SD-DVR40, I used:

Messages & Setup -> Settings- > Satellite -> Repeat Guided Setup

I went thru this Sunday afternoon with the phone line disconnected. It never asked me to make a call. It only asked me for the zip code so it knew what satellite dish directions to give me.

[Harv]

For 6.2a on my Hughes SD-DVR40, I used:

Messages & Setup -> Settings- > Satellite -> Repeat Guided Setup

I went thru this Sunday afternoon with the phone line disconnected. It never asked me to make a call. It only asked me for the zip code so it knew what satellite dish directions to give me.

Perfect! Thanks so much. I was worried for nothing, based on my experience with 4.01b.

[Velcro]

Hopefully someone has seen this before. I've tried searching but I didn't find any information on it.

I re-zippered by system last weekend due to a hard drive failure. Everything was running great. Then Wednesday night I noticed a whole bunch of recordings that wouldn't play. The TIVO tells me:
"The Recorder was not able to record this program because there was no video signal on the channel. You may have been trying to record on a channel that you don't receive."

At first I thought, ok maybe I lost the signal or something, but then I found a recording that I had previously watched and it generated the same message. So it cannot be lost of signal. Also after additional looking most of the recording are from channels I watch all the time and the live feed is fine. One show that couldn't play was even recorded at the same time on my unzippered HD unit and it placed fine.

I have checked the disk with mfscheck and fsfix but they reported nothing wrong. I even forced a GSOD just to be sure. Nothing changed and I still cannot play the shows.

Current recordings seem OK but I'm concerned that other recordings could develop the same problem and become unwatchable. Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone have any other suggestion on what to do?

thanks
mike

[tned99]

I want to playback videos from my Mac to Tivo Series 2. I cut and pasted a script that allows TIVO to see my computer's TIVO Shows Folder. But it doesn't see any videos in the folder.

[Gunnyman]

Hopefully someone has seen this before. I've tried searching but I didn't find any information on it.

I re-zippered by system last weekend due to a hard drive failure. Everything was running great. Then Wednesday night I noticed a whole bunch of recordings that wouldn't play. The TIVO tells me:
"The Recorder was not able to record this program because there was no video signal on the channel. You may have been trying to record on a channel that you don't receive."

At first I thought, ok maybe I lost the signal or something, but then I found a recording that I had previously watched and it generated the same message. So it cannot be lost of signal. Also after additional looking most of the recording are from channels I watch all the time and the live feed is fine. One show that couldn't play was even recorded at the same time on my unzippered HD unit and it placed fine.

I have checked the disk with mfscheck and fsfix but they reported nothing wrong. I even forced a GSOD just to be sure. Nothing changed and I still cannot play the shows.

Current recordings seem OK but I'm concerned that other recordings could develop the same problem and become unwatchable. Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone have any other suggestion on what to do?

thanks
mike

This is a side effect of zippering the Unit then recording shows before you run the 2nd half of the procedure (the tweak.sh script) It is my understanding that it happens because the encryption key which gets removed by superpatch is still in effect for recorded shows, and running the 51killer.tcl script resets this key in a way that makes previously encrypted shows unwatchable. Unfortunately there is no way to make those shows viewable.

[Velcro]

Gunny thanks that explains it. So now I don't have to worry about loosing future shows. Thats a relief. :)

Also thanks for all your hard work on the Zipper. :up: :up: :up:
I would never have gotten around to it on my own.

[Porterx]

I have a Xtersys XN-121 that allowed networking through PTVNet and, I thought, with zipper and the enhancements. I can't get it to network with zipper/enhancements. Does the zipper/enhancements allow the use of different usb adapters than PTVNet? I have posted my serial console output as I was told but noone seems to have looked at it or doesn't see a problem with it. I can post more if needed.

Please help. I don't want to waste my time getting another adapter if that's not my problem. eBay only has one Netgear FA120 for sale and it's up to $36.75 with 3 days left.

If this is the wrong thread for my question, please point me to the right one.

Thanks, Porter

Edit: Maybe the better question would be: What would I input at the bash prompt that comes up when I boot using a serial cable to get this usb adapter to work and allow networking?

[ttodd1]

I want to playback videos from my Mac to Tivo Series 2. I cut and pasted a script that allows TIVO to see my computer's TIVO Shows Folder. But it doesn't see any videos in the folder.

This is not a Zipper question and double posting is rude.

[tward_biteme1]

Please help. I don't want to waste my time getting another adapter if that's not my problem. eBay only has one Netgear FA120 for sale and it's up to $36.75 with 3 days left.

Think this adapter works:

http://www.outpost.com/product/4415686

[alternate]

<warning, semi-newbie>
I scanned this thread and forum and found similar question w/answer, but not really for my particular case.

I have an RCA DVR40 with a previously upgraded 160gb drive and 3.1.1x image (circa 2005). Want to apply zipper, but also would like to save existing settings & movies. I read that this is generally possible if you respond "no" to the zipper question "do you want to apply the image?".

But since Im running 3x, do I NEED to apply the updated 6.x image? If I NEED to, is there still a way to preserve movies and/or settings?

I collected all of the components - zipper, instacake 6.2a, LBA48, SuperPatch and SetMRVName. Ive also created 2 zipper_universal_cd iso's (just in case)
.... with instacake 6.2a image (included superpatch-6.2a)
..... without instacake 6.2a image (included superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1)

Any guidance appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[JWThiers]

<warning, semi-newbie>
I scanned this thread and forum and found similar question w/answer, but not really for my particular case.

I have an RCA DVR40 with a previously upgraded 160gb drive and 3.1.1x image (circa 2005). Want to apply zipper, but also would like to save existing settings & movies. I read that this is generally possible if you respond "no" to the zipper question "do you want to apply the image?".

But since Im running 3x, do I NEED to apply the updated 6.x image? If I NEED to, is there still a way to preserve movies and/or settings?

I collected all of the components - zipper, instacake 6.2a, LBA48, SuperPatch and SetMRVName. Ive also created 2 zipper_universal_cd iso's (just in case)
.... with instacake 6.2a image (included superpatch-6.2a)
..... without instacake 6.2a image (included superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1)

Any guidance appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Still running 3.1? OK, The easiest way to go about it is to allow your unit to upgrade by itself to 6.2a. This will kill any hacks you have on the unit but should keep the recordings intact. After you are running on 6.2a use zipper.

[swartzy]

Ok... funny how pc hardware makes a difference w/ what you can and cannot see on the cd from the Linux OS zipper uses. Anyway... I ran the zipper on my original Hughes SD-DVR40 DirecTivo... I know, stupid... should've used a different drive. The Zipper appeared to do its job w/o problem. However, the tivo is stuck at the powering up screen.

I downloaded a new 6.2 image (I was pretty sure it aleady had it, but I figured what the heck) and ran it again (installing the image and then the zipper) w/ the same result.

It's highly unlikely anything is wrong w/ the hard drive or the hardware as it was running just fine before attempting all this... and the image goes on the drive and the zipper installs fine as well.

I used all the components described in TIVO Hack Script, which from everything I've read should work just fine w/ this DVR.

Now I'm getting a little concerned that something else could actually be wrong...

Any help is greatly appreciated...

[ttodd1]

Still running 3.1? OK, The easiest way to go about it is to allow your unit to upgrade by itself to 6.2a. This will kill any hacks you have on the unit but should keep the recordings intact. After you are running on 6.2a use zipper.

Problem is he may not get 6.2a. He may get 6.3e and barring the "issues" that are being reported it is different than 6.2a.

[ttodd1]

Ok... funny how pc hardware makes a difference w/ what you can and cannot see on the cd from the Linux OS zipper uses. Anyway... I ran the zipper on my original Hughes SD-DVR40 DirecTivo... I know, stupid... should've used a different drive. The Zipper appeared to do its job w/o problem. However, the tivo is stuck at the powering up screen.

I downloaded a new 6.2 image (I was pretty sure it aleady had it, but I figured what the heck) and ran it again (installing the image and then the zipper) w/ the same result.

It's highly unlikely anything is wrong w/ the hard drive or the hardware as it was running just fine before attempting all this... and the image goes on the drive and the zipper installs fine as well.

I used all the components described in TIVO Hack Script, which from everything I've read should work just fine w/ this DVR.

Now I'm getting a little concerned that something else could actually be wrong...

Any help is greatly appreciated...

Is the drive jumpered right?

[dturturro]

Ok, I just reran Zipper and entered what SHOULD BE the TiVo IP address (my last device was 105, so I entered 106). I'm trying to telnet in and the connection can not be made.

I used my router software to see if I could see the device and it doesn't show up. I'm using a D-Link DWL-G120 with no security set up.

Any thoughts on how to proceed from here?

[swartzy]

Is the drive jumpered right?

Yeah... I didn't change it and it's set for master or single (no jumper).

[gamo62]

My TWP quit and I looked in the /VAR directory and everything there is gone. The only thing that is still there is the /VAR directory itself. Any ideas on how to restore and or undelete the the files that were in there? Thanks.

G.W.

[dturturro]

Ok, i keep having problems after Zippering my drive. I got the Error #51 message and could not get rid of it and did a clear & delete all. Now it's telling me to make a test call! Since I can't telnet in can I connect the HR10 to my PC using USB? I wan't to run tweak and set some of the hacks but now I can't even record with this. :confused:

[ttodd1]

My TWP quit and I looked in the /VAR directory and everything there is gone. The only thing that is still there is the /VAR directory itself. Any ideas on how to restore and or undelete the the files that were in there? Thanks.

G.W.

You shouldn't keep things in /var for this reason. You will have to "reinstall" what you had there. I suggest you keep it in another location. If you do not like that, then I suggest you make a copy of the /var directory and keep it in a safe place so the next time this happens all you would have to do is copy it back.

[ttodd1]

Ok, i keep having problems after Zippering my drive. I got the Error #51 message and could not get rid of it and did a clear & delete all. Now it's telling me to make a test call! Since I can't telnet in can I connect the HR10 to my PC using USB? I wan't to run tweak and set some of the hacks but now I can't even record with this. :confused:

Do a search in this thread for 51. You will see several things that may help.

[ttodd1]

Yeah... I didn't change it and it's set for master or single (no jumper).

Check ALL connections to be sure they are all connected. If it still will not boot - sounds like the drive is not bootable.

[swartzy]

Check ALL connections to be sure they are all connected. If it still will not boot - sounds like the drive is not bootable.

Yeah... ahem... well, I took your advice. Little did I know I had pulled the IDE cable from the motherboard connector when I removed the drive the first time.

All is well now... thanks!

[dturturro]

Do a search in this thread for 51. You will see several things that may help.

The error 51 is no longer the issue. Clear & Delete All cleared that out but now I have the phone call nag. What's the easiest way to communicate with the box since I can't get in through wireless? I've seen people talk about using bash, but I don't see a serial port on the HR10-250, just USBs. Can I get in through them?

[ttodd1]

The serial port should be labeled and does NOT look like one you find on a pc.


http://www.dellanave.com/projects/tivo/tivocable.html

[mrfloyd]

Greetings!

Has anyone tried the Nanvue app for Xfering and converting video from their PC to Dtivo? Does it even work with 6.2a software?

I've had limited success with tivoserver and was looking at other options.

Thanks.

[ttodd1]

Greetings!

Has anyone tried the Nanvue app for Xfering and converting video from their PC to Dtivo? Does it even work with 6.2a software?

I've had limited success with tivoserver and was looking at other options.

Thanks.


This should be a thread of its own since it is not a Zipper question.

[educ8ion]

Have posted a couple of questions on thiss forum but haven't had any response. Is there a special way to ask questions that I'm not doing? Would love some input on why HDMI stopped working after Zipper...? Someone please help.

[ttodd1]

Have posted a couple of questions on thiss forum but haven't had any response. Is there a special way to ask questions that I'm not doing? Would love some input on why HDMI stopped working after Zipper...? Someone please help.


Perhaps creating a new thread would get more results.

[dturturro]

The serial port should be labeled and does NOT look like one you find on a pc.


http://www.dellanave.com/projects/tivo/tivocable.html

Ok, I just noticed the serial port next to the USBs. It's been awhile since I hacked my Series 1 DTiVo so I don't really remember how to use BASH. Is there a concise thread that covers this?

[JWThiers]

Ok, I just noticed the serial port next to the USBs. It's been awhile since I hacked my Series 1 DTiVo so I don't really remember how to use BASH. Is there a concise thread that covers this?
Its a command line interface so what to do depends on what you want. Most linux commands work so here (http://www.ss64.com/bash/) is a good site for linux commands. careful commands are case sensitive. more information can be found by goggling bash. also check DVR-pedia. see my sig.

[dturturro]

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed!

[Porterx]

Think this adapter works:

http://www.outpost.com/product/4415686

I have a Samsung SIR-S4xxx Directivo updated with a 500gb drive with the zipper. The enhancememts script were loaded through the serial console.

I just received this recommended Airlink usb adapter and am trying to install it. There has been a little progress but not enough.

When initially plugged into the tivo, I had no link light so I thought I should reboot it. Rebooting got me a link light on the usb adapter but I don't have a link light on the router. When I set zipper up initially, I set the ip as 192.168.2.105. That's within my dhcp range. Does this matter? When I was using PTVNet it didn't matter.

I have checked the cat5 cable with a cable tester and it checks good.

I have put in my spare 160gb drive and no joy.

Starting over is not a problem if that's the recommendation.

I'm lost. Please Help.

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: I have re-zippered my 500gb drive and used a ip address outside my dhcp range but still doesn't see the tivo on the network. I also re-ran the enhancements script.

[Da Goon]

If you've got serial bash you've got options. If the link light on your adapter ever lit up, then the appropriate drivers are loading and your usb.map is updated properly. What does ifconfig return from bash?

I assume somewhere down the line superpatch has been used...if it was a recent enough version, you'll have network options in the phone menu. Are there any ip settings or script calls in your rc.sysinit.author? Use cat /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author to see if there's something wrong there.

What sw version are you running? You should be able to use ifconfig over bash to set a temp ip address. Something like ifconfig eth0 $ipaddress $subnet should do it.

[alternate]

Originally Posted by alternate
<warning, semi-newbie>
I scanned this thread and forum and found similar question w/answer, but not really for my particular case.

I have an RCA DVR40 with a previously upgraded 160gb drive and 3.1.1x image (circa 2005). Want to apply zipper, but also would like to save existing settings & movies. I read that this is generally possible if you respond "no" to the zipper question "do you want to apply the image?".

But since Im running 3x, do I NEED to apply the updated 6.x image? If I NEED to, is there still a way to preserve movies and/or settings?

I collected all of the components - zipper, instacake 6.2a, LBA48, SuperPatch and SetMRVName. Ive also created 2 zipper_universal_cd iso's (just in case)
.... with instacake 6.2a image (included superpatch-6.2a)
..... without instacake 6.2a image (included superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1)

Any guidance appreciated. Thanks in advance.

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Still running 3.1? OK, The easiest way to go about it is to allow your unit to upgrade by itself to 6.2a. This will kill any hacks you have on the unit but should keep the recordings intact. After you are running on 6.2a use zipper.


Saw the warnings about upgrading to latest image by itself. Without dialing in to do this, is there a second-easiest way?

fwiw ...... getting more comfortable .....

Just to practice.... I made a backup of the drive. Successfully applied zipper and enhancements via wireless (thanks for all the hard work behind it!).

Q1 - Is there a way to set WEP once its connected?

Q2 - Before I tackle my real drive, looking for alternatives to preserve/save existing recordings?

[alternate]

Saw the warnings about upgrading to latest image by itself. Without dialing in to do this, is there a second-easiest way?

fwiw ...... getting more comfortable .....

Just to practice.... I made a backup of the drive. Successfully applied zipper and enhancements via wireless (thanks for all the hard work behind it!).

Q1 - Is there a way to set WEP once its connected?

Q2 - Before I tackle my real drive, looking for alternatives to preserve/save existing recordings?

+++++++++++++++++++

I should clarify Q1 .... is there a way to set it to something other than the pre-defined ones in the script?

[Porterx]

What does ifconfig return from bash?
bash-2.02# ifconfig
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:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2874 (2.8 Kb) TX bytes:2874 (2.8 Kb)


I assume somewhere down the line superpatch has been used...if it was a recent enough version, you'll have network options in the phone menu.
I don't really know what you mean here. I looked in Phone Dialing Options and Set Dial Prefix and Set Call Waiting Prefix are both set to *#.


Are there any ip settings or script calls in your rc.sysinit.author? Use cat /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author to see if there's something wrong there.
Here's part of my author file. I thought I'd went back and set the TiVo ip address to 192.168.2.152. Obviously not.

bash-2.02# cat /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/enhancements
export TIVO_ROOT=
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &
tivoftpd
iptables -F
fakecall.tcl
route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
/busybox/setsid bash < /dev/ttyS2 &> /dev/ttyS2 &
echo
if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
mount -o remount,rw /
if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.2.106 192.168.2.1
mount -o remount,ro /
reboot
fi
fi

#############################################
bash-2.02#


What sw version are you running?
6.2a-01-2-381


You should be able to use ifconfig over bash to set a temp ip address. Something like ifconfig eth0 $ipaddress $subnet should do it.
bash-2.02# ifconfig eth0 $192.168.2.152 $255.255.255.0
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
bash-2.02#
I hope this helps. Thank you,
Porter

Edit: My power and link lights on the Airlink USB adapter are on all of the time whether the cat5 is connected or not.

[Da Goon]

bash-2.02# ifconfig eth0 $192.168.2.152 $255.255.255.0
Remove the $

[Porterx]

Remove the $
Still no luck.

Thanks,
Porter

bash-2.02# ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.152 255.255.255.0
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device

[rbautch]

Keep in mind that this line in your author file only gets run once: tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.2.106 192.168.2.1 And that one time is the first time you boot your tivo. After it gets run, it should have rebooted your tivo automatically for the settings to take effect. From your serial bash, run the following command: tivosh /enhancements/net-status.tcl This will tell us if your network parameters are actually set in MFS. If they're not, run this command directly from serial bash to set them: tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.2.106 192.168.2.1 . Then reboot, and confirm the network params are set. If they are, and the adapter still doesn't work, we'll move on to troubleshooting your drivers. One final thing to check is that the IP of your tivo is in the same subnet at your router. Are you using a subnet mask other that 255.255.255.0 on your network?

[Porterx]

[QUOTE]Keep in mind that this line in your author file only gets run once: tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.2.106 192.168.2.1 And that one time is the first time you boot your tivo. After it gets run, it should have rebooted your tivo automatically for the settings to take effect.Yes, the Tivo booted twice when I put the drive in after running the Zipper.



From your serial bash, run the following command: tivosh /enhancements/net-status.tcl This will tell us if your network parameters are actually set in MFS.bash-2.02# tivosh /enhancements/net-status.tcl

The following IP parameters are now set in MFS:
IP address is currently set to: 192.168.2.152
Default gateway is currently set to: 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask is currently set to: 255.255.255.0
DNS Server is currently set to: 4.2.2.2
DHCP is off
NO WIRELESS PARAMETERS ARE SET IN MFS
The last time I zippered the drive, I set the ip address to 192.168.2.152 so that it would be outside the DHCP range that I have the router set up for (192.168.2.100-149).



If they're not, run this command directly from serial bash to set them: tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.2.106 192.168.2.1 . Then reboot, and confirm the network params are set. If they are, and the adapter still doesn't work, we'll move on to troubleshooting your drivers. They appear to already be set.



One final thing to check is that the IP of your tivo is in the same subnet at your router. Are you using a subnet mask other that 255.255.255.0 on your network?I checked the router and the subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0

What is the Paste keystroke shortcut at the bash prompt?

I think I understand that I wouldn't be able to use a wireless adapter at 802.11g but, if we ever get this tivo setup wired, would the tivo branded 802.11g wireless adapter work? Would it downshift to 802.11b?

Thank you,
Porter

[rbautch]

At least now you know network settings are set properly in mfs. Run the lsmod command to see what drivers are being loaded. Then check your /etc/hotplug/usb.map file to make sure your adapter is listed.

[Porterx]

At least now you know network settings are set properly in mfs. Run the lsmod command to see what drivers are being loaded.bash-2.02# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
usbcore 100528 0 (unused)
router 66896 36
therm 1488 0
fan 2240 0
ideturbo 5216 1
irblast 3792 0 (unused)
brcmdrv-rb 1228256 134
cobra 91264 4
oslink 26112 12
ircatch 26832 2
i2c_Series2 14320 0 [therm fan cobra]
modemtty_Series2 4896 1
fpga 1920 2
tivoconfig 960 0 (unused)

Then check your /etc/hotplug/usb.map file to make sure your adapter is listed.I don't know if I'm doing this right but I input/etc/hotplug/usb.map and it returned this:

/etc/hotplug/usb.map: device: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: device: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
/etc/hotplug/usb.map: product: command not found
I have begun reading this thread from the beginning but it's gonna take awhile.

Since my ignorance is obvious I tried it with joe and got the following:

bash-2.02# joe /etc/hotplug/usb.map
Couldn't load termcap entry. Using ansi default
Processing '//.joerc'...done
Processing '//.joerc'...done
Sorry, your terminal can't do absolute cursor positioning.
It's broken

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: While reading the thread something popped into my head. Maybe not important. When I reun the enhancement script, it asks me to input 3 tivo ip addresses. I believe one of the 1st 2 was for the Tivo that I was enhancing, the last one was for a Tivo that I would MRV to and I wasn't real sure what the other one was for. I hope that helps but probably not. My luck hasn't been very good so far. I see all of the success stories. It's gotta be me. Disillusioned but very appreciative for all of the work that went into this and to those that have/are helping me.

[Porterx]

I've been reading for hours and I'm not much smarter but I could have had a eureka moment.

When I first started all of this hacking, I used PTVNet and, using a xterasys xn-121 usb adapter, If you want something that works with the tivo supplied drivers:
Xterasys XN-121
Netgear FA-120
DLink DUB-E100 (Edited in after the original post: Fofer reminded me below).I was able to network this tivo. It wasn't until after I began to play around with the zipper that my troubles began. I think on another thread, rbautch had suggested that I could network with PTVNet and then run his enhancements. Hmm.

I think I need to be using the original tivo usb drivers instead of the backported drivers since the original drivers worked before.

What features would I lose by doing this as opposed to using the zipper?

Would superpatrch still be ran?

How would I get the enhancements script onto the tivo?

Would I zipper, then PTVNet, then reun enhancements on the tivo?

And, I must be able to save my recordings.


Maybe the better question is, how would I remove the backported drivers and put the original tivo usb drivers back in and leave everything else the same?

Edit: I removed the drive, zippered it, ptvneted it, booted it in the tivo. It sees the xterasys xn-121 usb adapter. Am able to telnet in. Ran the enhancement script. It made me uninstall the old then reinstall it. It didn't give me the new splash screen like it has before but I do get the colored bash prompt when I telnet in. I told it not to remove ptvnet. Maybe I should have told it to remove it? I was afraid it would enable the backported drivers but I believe that's part of the zipper. I looked at author and it looks like the enhancement hacks are running. TWP is v2.0

Thanks,
Porter

Check-out the new signature. WooHoo. Thanks everyone. I ran speed and I got 23.96.

[rbautch]

Glad you got it working. You're better off for all the reading you've done. One final clarification: PTVnet and the Zipper are two mutually exclusive ways of getting access to your tivo. You either run one or the other, not both. There are some things that may conflict, which is why you were prompted to remove some parts of PTVnet.

[Porterx]

Glad you got it working. You're better off for all the reading you've done. One final clarification: PTVnet and the Zipper are two mutually exclusive ways of getting access to your tivo. You either run one or the other, not both. There are some things that may conflict, which is why you were prompted to remove some parts of PTVnet.

I ran the PTVNet to get the original Tivo drivers instead of the backported drivers and Zipper to get everything else. That's the only way that I've found that I could get any usb adapter to work. It was probably overkill but it worked.

The only problem that I've noticed so far is that both tivo's rebooted today at the exact same time splitting the NFL games into 2 parts. Should I be concerned? Keeping an eye on it.

Thanks,
Porter

[bajafine]

I've been unable to telnet after using zipper. I suspect I'll have to redo the process in the future, but I'm worried about my recordings. I read something about encryption changes after doing the enhancement. Anyway, Everything has been fine for about a month. What problems may I expect if I never do the enhancement script?

Thanks for the help

[Porterx]

When I installed zipper, I answered that I did want to intall gotomydvr. I've tried to get gotomydvr working but keep getting the unit disconnected message. The network is up and seems to be working otherwise.

Is there something that I should do to the tivo before I can use gotomydvr?

At the gotomydvr site I've entered my service id #. I got it from the system information page. I used the line that said Service ID: and then the #. Is this correct.

Should I be running a telnet session? If so, what would I input there?

Also, one search turned up that I should use port 5400. Should I?

Thanks,
Porter

[ttodd1]

Have you looked in/asked your questions in this thread?

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=312804

[rbautch]

I've been unable to telnet after using zipper. I suspect I'll have to redo the process in the future, but I'm worried about my recordings. I read something about encryption changes after doing the enhancement. Anyway, Everything has been fine for about a month. What problems may I expect if I never do the enhancement script?

Thanks for the helpyou won't have problems if you never run the enhancement script. The problem occurs if you answered "no" when the zipper asked you if you had recordings you want to keep, and then you run the enhancement script sometime in the future after you've recorded a bunch of stuff. Those new recordings will be unplayable unless you adjust a flag set by the zipper.

[Porterx]

Have you looked in/asked your questions in this thread?

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=312804


I have now.

Thanks,
Porter

[socaljj]

I have finally had success. I am the guy with a laptop and no access to IDE. I posted about using an IDE to USB adapter. Well after WEEKS of research and trial and error I have got it to work.

Thanks to rbautch and the other creators of the scripts.

It is NOT easy, but the results are justified.

[jschweda]

Ok, heres the story. Back in March I hacked my 2 Hughes HDVR2 using the zipper. Last week on one of the receivers I stupidly "cleared and deleted everything" when I couldnt get a picture. Anyway, now I am trying to rezipper the hard drive. The problem I'm having is that the zipper cd I made in March and saved is giving me an error that states "could not find kernel image: mount" I'm not sure if things have changed since I last used the zipper.

I do notice that the hacked "almost there" image is still there, its just my MRV is gone and neither of my DirecTivos show up in my network. I dont know if using the clear and delete actually deletes everything since I still have the image. I'm assuming not, but I just dont know how to restore my MRV. Do I need to rezipper or is there something else I can do?

Can anyone help?? Thats all I'm really worried about is getting back my MRV.



THANKS!

[ttodd1]

Ok, heres the story. Back in March I hacked my 2 Hughes HDVR2 using the zipper. Last week on one of the receivers I stupidly "cleared and deleted everything" when I couldnt get a picture. Anyway, now I am trying to rezipper the hard drive. The problem I'm having is that the zipper cd I made in March and saved is giving me an error that states "could not find kernel image: mount" I'm not sure if things have changed since I last used the zipper.

I do notice that the hacked "almost there" image is still there, its just my MRV is gone and neither of my DirecTivos show up in my network. I dont know if using the clear and delete actually deletes everything since I still have the image. I'm assuming not, but I just dont know how to restore my MRV. Do I need to rezipper or is there something else I can do?

Can anyone help?? Thats all I'm really worried about is getting back my MRV.



THANKS!


No reason to post twice...

[joedavis]

I've run the zipper script according to the instructions, and when I install the 300 gig drive back into the Tivo, and power it up, it goes through the "powering up," "almost there" and "getting info from the sattelite" screens, so it appears all is well. The problem is that the Tivo never finds its way onto my network - can't even ping the IP I gave it.

I already have one zippered Tivo on my network, so just to be sure the problem wasn't some IP address quirk, I gave the new one the same IP that works on the old one (taking the old one offline, of course) and even that didn't help.

I did notice that the instructions say that the unit will reboot itself in order to set the network settings - but mine didn't do that. Could some kind soul point out where I've gone wrong?

Thanks in advance
- joe

[Gunnyman]

Joe what kind of network adapter are you using? And does it have power and/or link lights on it?

[katiebear00]

If it didn't reboot, then the network settings have not taken effect. Pull the plug to reboot manually, and if that doesn't work, run the Zipper again. If you have a serial cable, post the console output.

[joedavis]

It's an FA120, and it didn't have a link light - which got me thinking. I swapped it with the FA120 from the known working unit, rebooted, and voila! Guess I'll be shopping for a new one tomorrow. Thanks for getting me on the right track.
- Joe

[Da Goon]

Guess I'll be shopping for a new one tomorrow.
FA120's are relatively hard to come by these days and can be somewhat pricy. I remember someone a while back trying to sell them on ebay at a buy it now price of like $70-$80. :rolleyes: I believe the zipper installs backport usb modules and appends your usb.map for other adapters, so I'd recommend this one (http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4415686;jsessionid=DEOHSkNuc-zkAqx-PfU2TQ**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG). Fry's occasionally has them on sale for as low as $4.99.

[joedavis]

FA120's are relatively hard to come by these days and can be somewhat pricy. I remember someone a while back trying to sell them on ebay at a buy it now price of like $70-$80. I believe the zipper installs backport usb modules and appends your usb.map for other adapters, so I'd recommend this one.Fry's occasionally has them on sale for as low as $4.99.

Hmm - I see you're right. That Airlink adapter you linked to isn't on TiVo's "official" supported list. But if you (or others) can tell me you've used it and it works, I'll believe you. :)

Thanks in advance...
- Joe

[cr33p]

I use one with no problems :)

[bnm81002]

Hmm - I see you're right. That Airlink adapter you linked to isn't on TiVo's "official" supported list. But if you (or others) can tell me you've used it and it works, I'll believe you. :)

Thanks in advance...
- Joe




I have 2 connected on both my receivers, works flawlessly and way more less expensive than the FA120's :p

[huckafooter]

The ASOHOUSB's work great. I have 3 running with no problems. BEWARE if you buy them from eBay. I bought one as a spare and while it looked like the Airlink, and was advertised as one, when I got it the packaging was different and it would not work. Looked identical though.

[Rgonyer]

Amazing how much I forget when I don't do this for a year! Picked up another HR10-250 and would like to zipper/expand it. I have everything I need ready to go, but the one stupid detail I can't seem to find is this..... I am just going to put two brand new drives in the HR10 and keep the original for backup or whatever. Do I just zipper a single drive with my 6.3e instantcake and then expand? Or do I need to do the zipper with both drives in the PC?

[Rgonyer]

Nevermind.... figured it out. Instantcake first, zipper second.

[dturturro]

I have been having numerous issues trying to zipper my drive. I'd like to start from scratch, downloading and burning new discs, etc... I have 8 downloads left of LBA48-DL-357 and another 6.3e image. Do I need to get a more current version of LBA48?

[Soapm]

Nevermind.... figured it out. Instantcake first, zipper second.

Wouldn't you do Instantcake, a few forced connections to update OS then Zipper?

[Lowcarb]

I have a Zippered Hughes SD-DVR40. It has been working fine for quite some time but has now failed to boot. It is stuck at the Tivo Unleashed screen.
This is my Basement File server machine as identified in my tag line.

It does grab an IP address and respond to ping but I can't ftp or telnet onto it.
Here is my serial port capture during boot. I'm hoping that 1) I can get an explination of what may have broken. 2) Suggestions on the best way to recover. There are unencrypted shows on this drive I do want to retain.

Thanks, Lowcarb

implementer 'TiVo'
Releasing /initrd and clearing ramdisk, if they exist
warning: can't open /var/mtab: No such file or directory
umount: /initrd: not mounted
Activating swap partitions
Adding Swap: 130044k swap-space (priority -1)
Loading core system drivers
Parallel modem driver loaded, 1 ports starting at /dev/ttyS1
Loading ircatch
Found rev 'F' Si2433 modem on /dev/cua1
Checking for Kickstart panic signal
Running boot Stage B_PostKickstart scripts
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 1
ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/
hda9 is mounted.
/dev/hda9 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Inode 2054, i_blocks wrong 64 (counted=60). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 2051, i_blocks wrong 152 (counted=142). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 2058, i_blocks wrong 1586 (counted=1574). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 2060, i_blocks wrong 146 (counted=140). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 2061, i_blocks wrong 854 (counted=848). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Fix summary information? yes

/dev/hda9: 744/32768 files (2.8% non-contiguous), 31364/131072 blocks
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 2
ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/
hda9 is mounted.
/dev/hda9: clean, 744/32768 files, 31364/131072 blocks
/dev/hda9 is clean after pass 2
Mounting /var
/dev/hda9 on /var type ext2 (rw)
Cleaning up files in /var
Checking space in /var
Mounting initial environment
Starting logging daemons
Found Silicon Labs "Si2433" modem, rev F, skipping modem patch
Scanning for phase1 repair scripts
Running boot Stage C_MediaInitialization scripts
Loading input section drivers
cobra module was successfully installed, LNBPA 0x10 LNBPB 0x16
Loading output section drivers
Splash the screen
Running boot Stage D_PreMfs scripts
Remote control is TIVO
MFS partition on /dev/hda10
Loading Trinity dssapp
Look for debug board
/tvbin/dssappAV: DSS Interface Version 1.24, compiled on Nov 12 2004
Loading irblast
Loading ideturbo
Loading fan
Loading therm
Loading TvBus router
Updating system clock
Time set to: Sun Nov 11 18:23:00 2007
Enabling local route
Setting TCP keepalive parameters
Checking for additional disk
Start fan control
First temperature parameters set:
Terminal temp: 71
Critical temp: 62
Logging temp: 60
Target temp: 50
Lowest fan speed: 7
/tvbin/fancontrol is running in the background.
Starting TvLauncher
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2191, protocol tcp
Waiting for launcher to start.
Launcher is running.
Scanning for phase2 repair scripts
Running boot Stage E_PreApplication scripts
Checking for database conversions
No upgrade to load
Not upgrading software
Scanning for phase3 repair scripts
Running boot Stage F_ApplicationLaunch scripts
Starting Services.
Microcode version is TiVo!
Found hpk front panel model 1
PCI: 00:0d.2 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW, correctin
g to 32
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x2001/0x1a00) is not claimed by any active drive
r.
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol udp
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol tcp
using driver frame iter
ApgLogFrequency( 0 sec )
Finished creating ApgDriverFrameIter
Using a smartSorter!
Calling ReadStream()s
....started status session
InitializeProgramOrDie (myworld) failed: 0x9000c
....ended status session

[rbautch]

I have been having numerous issues trying to zipper my drive. I'd like to start from scratch, downloading and burning new discs, etc... I have 8 downloads left of LBA48-DL-357 and another 6.3e image. Do I need to get a more current version of LBA48?No.

[Rgonyer]

Wouldn't you do Instantcake, a few forced connections to update OS then Zipper?

What I wound up doing is instantcake (I bought 6.3e rather than messing with trying to get it to download), then booted up the Tivo to make sure everything was working well. Then I pulled the master drive and zippered that. Seems to work well.

On the first shot, I did instantcake and zippered it without booting up after instantcake. Not sure why that wouldn't work, but I had all kinds of problems. It booted up the first time, but I got some errors about hardware issues. After a couple of reboots, it wouldn't boot at all. So I just pulled the drives and started over.

[Da Goon]

It does grab an IP address and respond to ping but I can't ftp or telnet onto it.
Your network settings should be stored in MFS, and they would be rather difficult to knock out accidentally. Considering the fact there is no hint of serial bash being started, I would think your rc.sysinit.author is not executable. If you started bash in the same place as telnet/ftp as most people do, then that's probably the problem. You'll most likely need to pull your drive and fix your startup scripts.

edit - well, then again, you only posted a partial boot log so who knows. Grab the full kernel log from /var/log and post it as an attachment rather than actually in your post. Grab tverr while you're at it.

[Lowcarb]

edit - well, then again, you only posted a partial boot log so who knows. Grab the full kernel log from /var/log and post it as an attachment rather than actually in your post. Grab tverr while you're at it.

Thanks Da Goon, but since I can't FTP or telnet into the box I'll have to pull the drive and mount it to access the logs. Once I'm that far I think I can fix'er up. It will be simple to check rc.sysinit.author to see if it has been corrupted or worse.

Thank you for responding.

[elroy]

Has anyone had any luck upgrading a zippered tivo to tivowebplus 2.1? I tried and it appears 2.1 looks in the wrong place for the scripts and modules and because support for tivowebplus is you know where, there isn't even a place to report the problem. The whole point of me trying to upgrade to 2.1 was to try it on a zippered tivo and not being able to report my results is just stupid. Yes, I can fix it manually but that isn't the point.

[jkford]

I want to add a second hard drive to my dtivo series 2. Do I need to do anything special to run zipper with a primary slave attached? Does zipper automatically detect it? I ran it once and it only ask me where my dtivo primary master was located. I haven't tried to proceed with completing the hack installation yet. Any suggestions?

[bengalfreak]

Has anyone had any luck upgrading a zippered tivo to tivowebplus 2.1? I tried and it appears 2.1 looks in the wrong place for the scripts and modules and because support for tivowebplus is you know where, there isn't even a place to report the problem. The whole point of me trying to upgrade to 2.1 was to try it on a zippered tivo and not being able to report my results is just stupid. Yes, I can fix it manually but that isn't the point.

Ah, welcome to the catch 22 that is internet support for Tivo hacking. DDB refuses to help anyone that uses a script to hack their Tivo, and TCF won't allow any mention of DDB because of their discussion of extraction. It is an imperfect world.

[rbautch]

I want to add a second hard drive to my dtivo series 2. Do I need to do anything special to run zipper with a primary slave attached? Does zipper automatically detect it? I ran it once and it only ask me where my dtivo primary master was located. I haven't tried to proceed with completing the hack installation yet. Any suggestions?I usually add the second drive first, and boot up to make sure everything is running. Then run the Zipper on the primary master only.

[HellFish]

Has anyone had any luck upgrading a zippered tivo to tivowebplus 2.1? I tried and it appears 2.1 looks in the wrong place for the scripts and modules and because support for tivowebplus is you know where, there isn't even a place to report the problem. The whole point of me trying to upgrade to 2.1 was to try it on a zippered tivo and not being able to report my results is just stupid. Yes, I can fix it manually but that isn't the point.

There is no catch twenty-two. You just need to post your question in the right thread here. If you explain your situation in the TivoWebPlus 2.0 support/discussion (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=343471) thread here at TCF, it will likely get a response.

The people that work on TWP may not see your remarks in this thread.

[Porterx]

I apologize because I know this has been asked before but I just can't find it.

I bought instantcake for a Samsung Directivo and want to use it on a R10 Directivo. Can I use this instantcake on the R10?

I thought I had read that it would work after a clear and delete everything but I also remember reading that you didn't have to do that anymore.

I'm confused. Please advise.

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: Would it work if I used 51killer.tcl instead of cd&e?

[tivoupgrade]

I apologize because I know this has been asked before but I just can't find it.

I bought instantcake for a Samsung Directivo and want to use it on a R10 Directivo. Can I use this instantcake on the R10?

I thought I had read that it would work after a clear and delete everything but I also remember reading that you didn't have to do that anymore.

I'm confused. Please advise.

Thanks,
Porter

Edit: Would it work if I used 51killer.tcl instead of cd&e?

Definitely won't work. Nor will it even appear to work; the hardware is different.

The general rule however, is not to use an image from one model on another.

[Porterx]

Thanks for the reply. I guess I'll buy it then.

Porter

[ARC]

HR10-250 on 6.3d, zippered a year ago. I don't have a phone line, am on VOIP at home.
I need to upgrade to 6.3e, preferably with the least pain possible, since that apparently heals the CBS-caused rebooting that I am seeing throughout the day.

Is there a thread that I can't find with search that would tell me how to get the update either over the net or by going to a neighbor with my HR10-250, and using his landline?

I think/I know I need to edit something (CRAFT) to start dialing by phoneline - rem out the fakecall somewhere, I bet (!?)

I have the settings/phone set for a local phone number, can it be as easy as just carting the box and a small TV over, booting it up, and then telling it to make the phonecall with the remote? If that downloads the new version, do I use bootpage -P to remove the "upgradesoftware=false", then reboot, to start an upgrade?

Finally, will that cause me to lose network access so that I cannot run zipper again?

[ARC]

After performing a manual dial to the local number (tested the number first using a handheld phone set - it gets a modem handshake immediately), after 2 minutes of "preparing" and 4 minutes of "dialing", I get an error. The HR10-250 gives me an error message that the internal modem is not responding (P14).

Is there anything in Zipper that disables the internal modem?

[dturturro]

I'm seeing the same thing. I zippered my drive to get HMO and caller ID. If I plug the phone line in will D* know (or care) that I upgraded my drive?

[ARC]

D* doesn't care but you may not get the level of tech support you want if the guy on the other end thinks you broke something - assumes that is the problem and goes from there.
In my case, I suspect that zipper does indeed disable the modem through the fakecall or something else.

I'm seeing the same thing. I zippered my drive to get HMO and caller ID. If I plug the phone line in will D* know (or care) that I upgraded my drive?

[ARC]

mounting read write,
using JOE and putting a # sign in front of the line in
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
that calls the fakecall, saving the file, sync, and ro, reboot, does not allow the modem to successfully make the call.
The modem worked when I first got the HR10-250, but I haven't needed it since my first hack several years ago.

Is there anything else I can check to get the internal modem functioning?

[dturturro]

Then I guess my next question is if fakecall is disabling the unit will we eventually get a "phone call needed" nag?

[JWThiers]

in the author file comment out the route commands.

[ARC]

dang if I can see a route statement - am I blind or in the wrong place or maybe just dumb?

contents of /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author:

#!/bin/bash
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/enhancements
export TIVO_ROOT=
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &
tivoftpd
#fakecall.tcl
echo
echo
/busybox/setsid bash < /dev/ttyS2 &> /dev/ttyS2 &

echo
echo
sleep 60
echo
echo
echo
if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
mount -o remount,rw /
if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
mount -o remount,ro /
reboot
fi
fi
## Slicer - run network script only once.
if [ -e /slicer_firstboot ]; then
mount -o remount,rw /
if rm -rf /slicer_firstboot; then
tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.1.121 192.168.1.1
mount -o remount,ro /
sleep 30
sync
reboot
fi
fi

#############################################
# starting NCID CallerID
touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

#############################################
# starting EndPadPlus
tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 10 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &

#############################################
mkdir -p /var/TWP
export TWP_DATA_DIR=/var/TWP
# starting Tivowebplus
/TivoWebPlus/tivoweb

#############################################
# start crond after waiting 30 seconds
sleep 30
/busybox/crond

#############################################
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /enhancements/varhacks
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh
fi

[Da Goon]

Fakecall doesnt do anything other than fake a few database entries in mfs so the tivo thinks it called home already. The only reason this keeps the tivo from trying to call is because it only wants to make a call every 7 days or so. You could run fakecall and force a call home every day if you wanted. Typically callerid (NCID) and route statements in startup scripts will screw up the natural call process. NCID is your problem.

[Da Goon]

I'm seeing the same thing. I zippered my drive to get HMO and caller ID. If I plug the phone line in will D* know (or care) that I upgraded my drive?

No they wont really care, but if your box connects to tivo it may download certificates that will eventually cause HMO and MRV to stop working. The only reason I ever let my boxes phone home is to capture slices.

[ARC]

Wow, so all I need to rem out the lines:

# starting NCID CallerID
touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

- I was wondering about the lines with an IP address aftr tivosvh, but it appeared to me to be inside of a nested if that wouldn't normally execute.


I will edit the file again and give it a try...thanks for your help.
Ron

Fakecall doesnt do anything other than fake a few database entries in mfs so the tivo thinks it called home already. The only reason this keeps the tivo from trying to call is because it only wants to make a call every 7 days or so. You could run fakecall and force a call home every day if you wanted. Typically callerid (NCID) and route statements in startup scripts will screw up the natural call process. NCID is your problem.

[dturturro]

No they wont really care, but if your box connects to tivo it may download certificates that will eventually cause HMO and MRV to stop working. The only reason I ever let my boxes phone home is to capture slices.

But if the modem isn't dialing out would it even be able to phone home?

[ARC]

# starting NCID CallerID
touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &


Putting a # in front of the three commands above allowed me to FINALLY get a successful (first attempt, wahoo) dial in to the D* , and it started downloading what I hope is the 6.3e, immediately.

Uh, since I haven't done this in a year or more.....I'd appreciate confirmation of what I THINK needs to be done:

If it does download 6.3e, since I have removed the "upgradesoftware=false" using bootpage -P , will it install the update when I reboot the system, or do I need to get to a bash and execute /tvbin/installSw.tcl with the name of the file (which I can find out using "echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh" ) , and THEN reboot?

Then telnet in, and zipper the drive again?
Thanks.

[ARC]

to answer my own question - the update indeed downloaded. It installed itself without me doing anything.
After dialing in several more times just in case there was more, I returned to my house from the neighbors and booted the TiVo in place.

Aside from a brief flicker of the network lights on the Linksys wired adapter, there is no driver loaded for the adapter, which remains dormant, so the box is now completely unhacked. :)
oh well...

[rbautch]

to answer my own question - the update indeed downloaded. It installed itself without me doing anything.
After dialing in several more times just in case there was more, I returned to my house from the neighbors and booted the TiVo in place.

Aside from a brief flicker of the network lights on the Linksys wired adapter, there is no driver loaded for the adapter, which remains dormant, so the box is now completely unhacked. :)
oh well...That's because you removed the "upgradesoftware=false" parameter from bootpage, which allowed the software upgrade to proceed, overwriting your hacks.

[Soapm]

Aside from a brief flicker of the network lights on the Linksys wired adapter, there is no driver loaded for the adapter, which remains dormant, so the box is now completely unhacked. :)
oh well...

Just zipper again...

[ARC]

Just zipper again... :) no network drivers are loading, and never able to get serial cable to work - so pull!

[HellFish]

I believe that's what Soapm was alluding to. As Rbautch said 3 posts up, when you did the "upgrade," you wiped out all of your hacks. This includes network drivers.

[ARC]

Yeah, I got all that - :) which is why I said, "pull", as in PULL THE FREAKIN' DRIVE to get started on zippering again :rolleyes: but thanks. Ah, for timely posts.... or not. No big deal, I've pulled that drive several times before...though I am going to wait awhile to see if the reboots are really fixed by going to 6.3e....seems to be a few posts about that say nay...

I believe that's what Soapm was alluding to. As Rbautch said 3 posts up, when you did the "upgrade," you wiped out all of your hacks. This includes network drivers.

[CopyCat]

Is there any reason we can't run "slicer -d" and get the updates to bring us to 6.3e and then run the enhancement script or do we need to manually update for 30 second skip, encryption etc ?

[tivoupgrade]

Is there any reason we can't run "slicer -d" and get the updates to bring us to 6.3e and then run the enhancement script or do we need to manually update for 30 second skip, encryption etc ?

I don't know what the modification for the 30-second skip entails, but if its a patch to tivoapp like the encryption one is, then you'd still have to manually implement those; slicer will copy over your networking drivers, etc - but it won't make any changes to the new version of tivoapp.