Networking Tivo Newbie

[goofeyfoot]

Hello:

I just for the first time installed a Turbo Net card. I also did the "Nic install" routine and everything seems like it went fine.

Now for the stupid question. Now that I have networked this thing, how can I learn about other things I can now do? I don't know anything about bash, telnet, or any of that stuff. I have heard of these terms by prowling around in forums but am not too sure what it is all about or how do do any of it. So I was wondering whether there is an understandable guide that shows what is possible, how to do it, and how to avoid breaking everything in the process.

I know this is a set of basic questions, but you gotta start somewhere.

Thanks in advance.

Michael

[luder]

JWThiers found a really good page about bash commands if you like i'll post a link
http://www.ss64.com/bash/
i'm not a pro at it yet but, this should help others with this

[goofeyfoot]

Found a good resource for newbie hackers with Series 1. Steve Jenkins has a good tutorial. If you Google it you will find it. Don't have the address handy.

This is probably the only well written, organized, nuts and bolts explanation I have seen.

So far so good. Now to go break something else!

Michael

[goofeyfoot]

OK, so I used Jenkins tutorial and everything came out fine. Only I made an extra directory with a bunch of junk in it and it is sitting in my Tivo folder.

Am trying to figure out how to delete this file which is now redundant, since I have corrected everything and located all the folders where they go.

The FTP client, FileZilla, won't let me delete the useless folder. So the question is, how do I delete the bum folder and all the bum files within it?

Thanks.

Michael

[BTUx9]

are you sure the root partition isn't set readonly? (that's the default on boot)

[goofeyfoot]

Yes the partitions were initially created automatically somehow.

But, in Jenkins guide he provides you with three or four applications. Things like extra binaries, Tivo Web and a couple others.

These optional items were to be assigned to folders according to Jenkin's instructions. Because I didn't know too much about handling directory structure in the Tivo, I stuck things in places where they didn't belong. When I got done, I realized my mistake, went back, and did it by the Jenkins instructions.

So what I am trying to delete are the Jenkins files that I no longer need. I just have to delete the files and directories and everything should work out fine.

In short, I'm not trashing any of the core stuff that came with the hack. I am just getting rid of extra Jenkins files that are now littering the partition.

Thanks.

Michael

[BTUx9]

yes, but unless you put code in to specifically remount the drive r/w on boot or did so manually, if those folders aren't under /var, then you need to "remount -o remount, rw /" before any changes can be made to the directories or files on the tivo (including via ftp)

[goofeyfoot]

Here is what I did.

Lets say that in the "/" directory I have a non -functional "hack" file. I also have a functional hack file at "/var/hack".

The reason I have a non-functional hack is that when I was initially setting up my hacks I was working in the wrong directory. So I later made the functional directory. I also modified my path statements etc to refer to the correct hack directory.

Now I want to delete the superfluous "/hack". Just a matter of housekeeping.

I went to the "/" directory and made it read-write.

I went to the FTP client (FileZilla) and tried to delete "/hack." It said some of the files could not be deleted.

So that is where I am stuck.

As you can tell I don't know anything about Linnux or whatever language the Tivo speaks. I do have a list of the bash commands and a brief description of what the correct syntax is.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Michael

[JWThiers]

Here is what I did.

Lets say that in the "/" directory I have a non -functional "hack" file. I also have a functional hack file at "/var/hack".

The reason I have a non-functional hack is that when I was initially setting up my hacks I was working in the wrong directory. So I later made the functional directory. I also modified my path statements etc to refer to the correct hack directory.

Now I want to delete the superfluous "/hack". Just a matter of housekeeping.

I went to the "/" directory and made it read-write.

I went to the FTP client (FileZilla) and tried to delete "/hack." It said some of the files could not be deleted.

So that is where I am stuck.

As you can tell I don't know anything about Linnux or whatever language the Tivo speaks. I do have a list of the bash commands and a brief description of what the correct syntax is.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Michael
Try here (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting&wallenwiki_wiki__session=e3b1fdd3b0917fabb1cc1e9b3707b820#rw _and_ro_don.27t_work.2C_what_do_I_do.3F)

[goofeyfoot]

Thanks for the link.

Looks like it is "rm" that deletes a folder, but the instructions are pretty sophisticated, at least for me. Here's what they look like.

Michael

rm

Remove files (delete/unlink)

SYNTAX
rm [options]... file...

OPTIONS
-d, --directory unlink directory, even if non-empty (super-user only)

-f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

-i, --interactive prompt before any removal

-r, -R, --recursive remove the contents of directories recursively

-v, --verbose explain what is being done

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exitTo remove a file you must have write permission on the file and the folder where it is stored.

[JWThiers]

you could just telnet in mount the disk in read/write use your ftp client to delete the directory the remount read only.

[goofeyfoot]

Look three posts up. Already tried that.

Michael

[Finnstang]

Nowhere in any of your posts does it say that you are remounting the partion as read/write instead of read-only. That is what everyone is suggesting to you. Since the hack directory you want to delete is in the root directory instead of /var, you can't delete it until you remount as read/write. BTUx9 told you the command in his second post.

[JWThiers]

I didn't see before you were read write.

are we trying to remove a file or a directory?

If it is a file is called foo, you would cd to the directory that the file is in and type

rm foo

if that doesn't work try

rm -v foo

I'm not sure if the verbose option will give any more insight but it couldn't hurt

if foo is a directory or folder then you would

rmdir foo

[goofeyfoot]

Great, thanks. I had the list of commands but I didn't dare try any unless I knew the syntax and your examples provide that. Will now give it a shot.

Thank you.

Michael