Help Restoring Image

[Mokken]

I'm not new to this, but my mind has drawn a blank and the manual is not helping.

I have a series 2 tivo that I want to restore a 7x image file. I'm using the original Tivo drive (40 hour)...

What is the command to do this when the image file is on CD-Rom?

Thanks,

[wscannell]

You need to first mount the CD

mkdir /cdrom
mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/hdX /cdrom

Then restore your image

mfsrestore -zpi /cdrom/imagename /dev/hdY


This assumes that you are restoring to an original size drive. If you are going to a larger drive, you would want to increase swap.

[Mokken]

Thanks...Getting an error though, sent you a PM...

[wscannell]

Restore Failed: Unable to Open destination device for writing.

Would that be something to do with the drive being locked?

Series 2 drives are typically not locked. However, after Linux boots, hold the Shift key and press page up several times to scroll back in the boot sequence. You can look at the drives and the size of each drive. Make sure that the drive is recognized with its proper size. Also you can verify which drive is on which interface. You would need to use the correct drive name in the restore command. (Substitute the correct drive name for hdY)