upgrading HD

[danny7481]

i bought a 250G HD to replace the 40G in my samsung. im following the instructions from weekness. is there a way to transfer the image and all my recordings from the 40G to the 250G, or do i have to buy an image from ptvupgrade? that way i wouldnt have to re-zipper, ect.

thanks.

[HomeUser]

Yes, see the sticky WeaKnees Interactive Online TiVo Upgrade Instructions (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/printthread.php?t=141538&p=1497136) follow the link in the first message.

[danny7481]

yes, im following those instructions (thanks)
i have another problem now
when i try to enter a command, before i can even finish, i get an error saying;
keyboard : unknown scancode e0 59

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[HomeUser]

It is an extra keycode sent from the Microsoft Wireless Keyboard. In Linux to get rid of it enter the command setkeycodes e059 126 mapping the key to a blank command

edit: I just looked at the WeaKnees CD and it does not have the setkeycodes command. If you can use a different keyboard.

And Un-plug the mouse.

[danny7481]

i thought it might be cause of my wireless keyboard
i got another one to use.....thanks.

[danny7481]

weakness said my stock HD is B and my new HD is A, and my cd drive is C
so at the prompt i entered this command:

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdY | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi - /dev/hdX

is that correct? it also said to make sure my HD isnt locked, i couldnt see why my stock HD would be locked though

please help

thanks.

[rpdre1]

weakness said my stock HD is B and my new HD is A, and my cd drive is C
so at the prompt i entered this command:

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdY | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi - /dev/hdX

is that correct? it also said to make sure my HD isnt locked, i couldnt see why my stock HD would be locked though

please help

thanks.


yea that's correct

Y in that line should be your 40GB drive,
X= the 250GB


dont worry about ypur drive being locked.

[danny7481]

yea that's correct

Y in that line should be your 40GB drive,
X= the 250GB


dont worry about ypur drive being locked.

oh, sorry, i didnt mention that i got an error message:
/dev/hdY : no such file or directory

[rpdre1]

you're supposed to replace it with where the drives actually are:

Primary Master hda
Primary Slave hdb
Secondary Master hdc
Secondary Slave hdd

[danny7481]

so the stock 40G should be hdA and the 250G should be hdC??
or your saying instead of using XYZ i should use ABC?

[danny7481]

i tried again using AB

mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdB | mfsrestore -s 127 -r 4 -xzpi - /dev/hdA

B is the stock 40G and A is the 250G
i got the 250's jumper set as master and the 40's set as slave
both on the primary cable.

is this all correct? probably not :o

[rpdre1]

try hdb (not hdB) and hda (not hdA)

[danny7481]

hmm, good idea

[kschauwe]

Remove the "-r 4", it's not needed for a 40 to 250 Gb upgrade.
Try: mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hdb | mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi - /dev/hda

[danny7481]

ive already done it. the 250 gig is ready to go in now
thanks everyone. :)