Delete log files on factory direct tivo

[atlbubba]

This is my first post so please forgive me for my ignorance. I have 4 old time direct tivos here. I love them and want to keep them. I have never hooked three of them to a phone line.

I have noticed that they all start running slower over time. the one tivo I hooked up to the phone line was running really slow, and afterwards it was running fast.

My conclusion is that tivo logs every push of the remote, and my receivers are running slow because every button I push adds an entry to the log file. Well by now that log file is huge, and it takes a while for the tivo to find the end and write it's results.

Does anyone know how to delete the log files on a standard direct tivo without resetting the whole system?

I plan on updating all of my tivos when I can, but right now I would love to be able to just clear the log files.

brett

[ttodd1]

What version of software is on them?

[T1V0]

My conclusion is that tivo logs every push of the remote, and my receivers are running slow because every button I push adds an entry to the log file. Well by now that log file is huge, and it takes a while for the tivo to find the end and write it's results.
it doesn't store all keypresses. that wouldn't be the problem anyways. the tivo only has 128 megs in /var on a stock tivo which is where the logs are stored, and there's plenty of other things in /var other than logs. even if you did fill /var up, it wouldn't result in sluggish behavior. besides, the tivo rotates the logs naturally sometimes anyways.

Does anyone know how to delete the log files on a standard direct tivo without resetting the whole system?
mount /dev/hda9 /mnt and rm /mnt/var/log/* Not that it will resolve your issue though. your best bet is to replace the hard drives in your boxes since their age is probably the issue.