pchou
10-20-2009, 02:53 PM
My S2 TiVo failed for the 3rd time (have had it since 2002). I also used the Weaknees mod to upgrade it to use two drives, so I have some experience with the old version of MFSTools Boot CD.
First of all, I swear I have read the MFSTools thread and other Series 2 related threads, and I'm just a bit unsure about what I am supposed to do.
I want to replace my drives and make sure that I can use the entire 500GB of the new IDE drive that I ordered. However, the backup image that I do have is a very old image, and I suspect that it doesn't support partitions larger than 137GB. I think my old drive(s) are dead, I don't care about saving anything -- all I want is my TiVo to work again.
So if my current image is too old, then this is ugly, but maybe it would work:
1. Use MFSTools to re-install my old image onto the 500GB drive. It will only see 137GB of it though, due to the old image.
2. Put the drive into my TiVo box and update the SW all the way up to the latest version, which, I hope does support LBA48.
3. Now take the drive OUT of the TiVo and use MFSTools to save that image.
4. Now that the image is saved, reinstall that image onto the 500GB hard drive but this time it will see all 500GB. Now TiVo will see the entire 500GB, because the image supports LBA48.
Alternatively, I can:
Dig up an image somewhere with the latest image and install it directly.
Are these my choices? Or is there a quick and dirty way I can set up the new drive (using the copykern command? I'm not exactly sure if that will do what I want it to do).
First of all, I swear I have read the MFSTools thread and other Series 2 related threads, and I'm just a bit unsure about what I am supposed to do.
I want to replace my drives and make sure that I can use the entire 500GB of the new IDE drive that I ordered. However, the backup image that I do have is a very old image, and I suspect that it doesn't support partitions larger than 137GB. I think my old drive(s) are dead, I don't care about saving anything -- all I want is my TiVo to work again.
So if my current image is too old, then this is ugly, but maybe it would work:
1. Use MFSTools to re-install my old image onto the 500GB drive. It will only see 137GB of it though, due to the old image.
2. Put the drive into my TiVo box and update the SW all the way up to the latest version, which, I hope does support LBA48.
3. Now take the drive OUT of the TiVo and use MFSTools to save that image.
4. Now that the image is saved, reinstall that image onto the 500GB hard drive but this time it will see all 500GB. Now TiVo will see the entire 500GB, because the image supports LBA48.
Alternatively, I can:
Dig up an image somewhere with the latest image and install it directly.
Are these my choices? Or is there a quick and dirty way I can set up the new drive (using the copykern command? I'm not exactly sure if that will do what I want it to do).