Need an image? PM me for a ftp site.

[StanSimmons]

Due to TiVo's Lawyers sending C&D letters to sites hosting images, most of the sites that I know of are currently down. Sorry folks. If you don't like this state of affairs, call TiVo and gripe at them...

I know of one site that has a limited number of images in a private, password protected directory. PM me with your model number if you need an image. This site is fast, but has a limited download budget, so only ask if you REALLY need the image.

Go here for a list of images currently available. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62430&perpage=20&pagenumber=7

Since direct links to copyrighted software are not allowed on this site, I will not post the link here.

Many people are asking for images, and I have missed many requests that are imbedded in threads, so if you want the address please send me a Private Message by clicking HERE (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/private.php?s=&action=newmessage&userid=883&subject=ftp%20site). I will reply by PM only. I will NOT email you, so be sure to enable PM in your user profile.

I also do not know the details of where most of the images came from, and I have not tested any of the Sony or Series II images since I do not own any Sony or Series II equipment.

I do NOT own or operate the ftp site. I have no control over what happens with the site. The site has only been sporadicaly updated in the past year. The only images that are on the site are the ones listed in the following message.

[StanSimmons]

As of 12/15/2003, ftp://ftp.abs.net/tivo no longer contains the following images:


Make Model Ver Directory
=================================================
AT&T Ser. II 2.0.3 ATT_Series2_2.0.3-40G

Hughes DTiVo 2.0 Hughes_GXCDBOT_2.0.0
Hughes HDVR2 3.1 Hughes_HDVR2

Phillips DTiVo 2.0 Phillips_DSR6000_2.0-2DR
Phillips DTiVo 2.0 Phillips_DSR6000_2.0-40G
Phillips DTiVo 2.5 Phillips_DSR6000-25Extreme

Phillips SA 2.0.1 Phillips_HDR112_2.0.1
Phillips SA 3.0 Phillips_HDR112_3.0
Phillips SA 2.0.1 Phillips_HDR212_2.0.1
Phillips SA 1.3 Phillips_HDR312_1.3
Phillips SA 2.0.1 Phillips_HDR312_2.01

Sony DTiVo 2.0 Sony_SAT-T60_2.0.1-30G
Sony DTiVo 2.0 Sony_SAT-T60_2.0-40G
Sony DTiVo 2.5 Sony_SAT-T60_2.5

Sony SA 1.3 Sony_SVR-2000_1.3
Sony SA 2.0.1 Sony_SVR-2000_2.0.1
Sony SA 2.5 Sony_SVR-2000_2.5_30H
Sony SA 3.0 Sony_SVR-2000_3.0_30G


Some people have had difficulty downloading the images. I have had very good luck with WS_FTP LE from IPSwitch, available at: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/ws_ftp_le_support.html

Several people have asked what to use to link the image pieces back together. Most of the images are broken up into smaller pieces with WinRAR, available at: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar300.exe

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/ has detailed instructions on installing images and expanding them for large drives.

[dark strider]

When I tried to put the .rar set back together for the Philips 112, i got a message that the image might be corrupted...can anyone confirm or deny?

[Keyser Soze]

PM sent.

-k
###

[StanSimmons]

ds-- The image for the HDR112 went together fine for me. I downloaded it again just to be sure...

[SAFW]

Just out of curiosty, will a HDR112 image work on the 212 or 312? Is there somehting fundamentally different about the hardware in these machines or are they the same box with different drives?

[Mudshark517]

I should just quit and buy a new Tivo!!!
I downloaded the 212 backup image, and I'm having a real problem getting it restored on my tivo hard drive using MFSTools. I don't really know where to put it on my C: drive, so i used the dir's on the Hinsdale sheet. Is ths right? just make the c:/mnt/dos directories on my drive in win, and mount the device (hda) and the directories?

# mkdir /mnt/dos
# mount /dev/hda /mnt/dos

???
When I do this, and try to run mfsrestore, It says no such file/directory

# mfsrestore /mnt/dos/PSA_201.bak /dev/hdc

I'm just buying a new one!!!!

[SAFW]

Put the file in your root directory, C:\ , not C:\mnt\dos.

[jroysdon]

Originally posted by Mudshark517
I should just quit and buy a new Tivo!!!
I downloaded the 212 backup image, and I'm having a real problem getting it restored on my tivo hard drive using MFSTools. I don't really know where to put it on my C: drive, so i used the dir's on the Hinsdale sheet. Is ths right? just make the c:/mnt/dos directories on my drive in win, and mount the device (hda) and the directories?

# mkdir /mnt/dos
# mount /dev/hda /mnt/dos

???
When I do this, and try to run mfsrestore, It says no such file/directory

# mfsrestore /mnt/dos/PSA_201.bak /dev/hdc

I'm just buying a new one!!!!

/dev/hda/ = C:\
That's getting mounted as /mnt/dos (I prefer mount points like /mnt/c )

If your image were in C:\dos, then you'd need to restore /mnt/c/dos/PSA_201.bak (using my my point of /mnt/c instead of the confusing /mnt/dos).

If you wanted to use the confusing /mnt/dos, the file would be in /mnt/dos/dos/PSA_201.bak.

[StanSimmons]

Someone added a HDR112 v3.0 image to the FTP site. The HDR112 images can be used for HDR212 and HDR312 machines. Just expand them per the instructions in the Hinsdale How-To.

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/

THANKS!

[vertigo235]

I cant seem to find my backup :( can someone PM me the site info?

[bruceredd]

OK....I am begining to feel like an idiot.

Long story short -- My Philips DSR6000 DirecTivo died after I unplugged it without hitting the standby button.

I have downloaded and tried both the DSR6000-2.0-2dr & DSR6000-2.0-40G images to no avail.

I have tried using MFSTools 1 and 2..........

I have tried every possible combination I can think of (I have even kept track of what I have tried on paper as to not waste time)

Here is what I think should work but is not:

Drive Config:
Primary Master/hda - Fat Drive w/ DSR6000 Image on it
Primary Slave /hdb - New Drive to write image to (tried both WD and Samsung)
Secondary Slave/hdd - CD-Rom

I am booting from the MFSTools 2 Boot CD -- And when it asks I am hitting <enter> for the default boot.

Here is what I am doing next:
#> mount /dev/hda /mnt/c
#> /mfstools-20/mfstool restore -zpi /mnt/c/tivo/Phillips_DSR6000_2.0-2DR.bak /dev/hdb

I then reboot the machine and boot from CD. When it asks I now select "Swap" so that I can look at the drive.

When it starts trying to read the partitions of the /dev/hdb (the newly imaged drive) it gives me all kinds of errors. And if I boot <enter> (with no swapping) when I view the dmesg it gives me the 9214 1492 error message.

As I said, I have tried this on two brands of drives with both the 40GB image and the 2DRV image with both single and dual drive cofigs and it refuses to work.

Can anyone offer any insight?? I have spent the last 6 hours driving myself crazy :confused:



Thanks,
Bruce

[bruceredd]

Whooops -- typo

I am mounting properly -- #> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c

--Bruce

[philcruz]

Originally posted by StanSimmons
Someone added a HDR112 v3.0 image to the FTP site. The HDR112 images can be used for HDR212 and HDR312 machines. Just expand them per the instructions in the Hinsdale How-To.

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/

THANKS!

I'm having a problem using the HDR112 v3.0 image on my HDR312. The restore runs with no errors but Tivo is stuck at the "please wait" screen. I'm able to restore my original backup image fine (but it's only 2.5 and my modem is broken hence my need for 3.0).

I unzipped/unrarred on a Win2K box then copied the image to a Win98 box to do the restore. Also, I'm restoring to a new 100GD Maxtor drive.

Any ideas what to try from here?

-Phil

[bxa74]

I am having a simular problem. I have an HDR212, and had version 3.0 on my TiVO before the A drive died.

Having obtained the HDR112 image, I restored it to my new 100 gig Western Digital drive with out a problem. The issue is close to philcruz's. When I plug in the drive to the Tivo (trying every jumper combo, I tried master primary and Master single 1st).

The drive goes Black screen with the tivo icon- please wait, to the Green screen almost there, and reboots. This will go into an endless loop.

Anyway i can verifiy the image? Any ideas? I feel so close yet so far.

Thanks

Brian

[bruceredd]

From what I am gathering if you know the hard drive is good and it reboots on the Please Wait screen then there is a hardware problem with the TiVo itself.

[doslager]

Can someone PM me the FTP site location, too? I'm having problems with my SVR-2000.

Thanks,

Dave O.

[seanmcgpa]

Can someone PM me the site too? I want a backup for my Sony Sat-T60 before I upgrade ... thanks.

[doslager]

First off, this FTP site is for blank images if your HD has died (like me). You can certainly download it and use it, but you will have to reset up all the information in TiVo.

You're MUCH better off backing up the HD *before* you upgrade. It will save all your config info (phone number to dial, channel listing, cable/sat provider, etc) and your personal info (wishlists, season passes, etc).

Just follow the directions in Hinsdale's How-to and you shouldn't have any problems.

In any case, i've PM'ed the FTP site to you.

Dave O.

[sacarmic]

So, if my Sony tivo is at ver. 3, do I need a ver. 3 image or can I use the 2.5 image on the ftp site and let it upgrade itself again?

Thanks,
Scott

[StanSimmons]

You can use any version image for any particular model of TiVo. There are two rules that you MUST follow:

1. The image must match the make and model of your TiVo. (Differences in hard drive size excepted. IE, you can use a HDR112 image on a HDR212.)

2. The image must be the same version, or higher, as the version that shipped from the factory on your TiVo.

To prevent putting too much load on the TiVo servers, it is best to restore the most recent available image.

[mmcxiiad]

Can i get PM'ed too. i need to also get a backup image

[crazyles]

My tivo will only give the wait screen

[bxa74]

All

I have succesfully used an image to restore to my Western Digital 100 gig drive!!

I ended up using the "Phillips_HDR312_2.01" image on my HDR212.

I dont know why that worked and the 112 and 212 images did not(i tried all 3), but right about now I could care less why.

After I restored, i simply put the jumper setting to Master Primary, poped it in the tivo and saw it was as if it was a 30 hour HDR312. I quickly poped it back in my pc and ran the madtivo script to expand. After I put back in the tivo - Blammo! 88 hours basic, 24.5 best. Not to shabby.

I am just completing the whole configuration process. Right now i am waiting for program data to import. I of course deleting everything in the setup once I had the Tivo running (whoevers image that was he/she liked who's line is it and star trek).

Again all you HDR TiVo owners out there, I can confirm the "Phillips_HDR312_2.01" image works (on my 212 alteast!)

Thanks everyone for your help!

Brian

[yauhang]

Help!! Can someone PM me th ftp site for the image? I have a Sony SVR2000, but I don't know which version for the software is was running - yeh, my drive A died. Thanks a bunch!

[Notes Guy]

StanSimmons,
You've got PM!


Looking for a 3.0 image for Phillips HDR-112.

[DLThree]

I'd like the ftp info as well - just PM me. Thanks!

[Davemeister]

pleas PM me the ftp address as well- A drive just crapped out, and would like a fresh start !!!

Thanks :)

Dave

[digitalman2112]

Came home from business trip - Hard Drive DOA :>(

Please PM me the info - thanks.

Ian

[StanSimmons]

For those of you who keep asking me (in this thread) to PM you; No.

The title of the this thread is "Need an image? PM me for a ftp site." That should be a clue to how this works.

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM.

[bxa74]

I tried all 3 HDR Phillips( I have a 212) images on this ftp site and am having trouble.

The 112 image restores succesfully but once pluged into tivo goes from black screen to grey "almost there" back to black screen and loops endlessly.

The 212 image gets an error on restore (error 4 i believe)

the only one I am able to succesfully restore was the 312 image as I stated before. But now, I am getting another issue. Intmitent audio cutting out.. I didnt have this problem before so i am hoping its the image.

The fact that i did get the 312 to boot, etc cofirms i am doing the process correctly (the restore, right jumpers, etc)

I just restored the 312 again and am going to see how it goes.

Any other Phillips HDR images out there?

Brian

[StanSimmons]

I just downloaded and restored the HDR112v3 image to test it. It works.

[dark strider]

Originally posted by StanSimmons
I just downloaded and restored the HDR112v3 image to test it. It works.

I concur totally. I've had no problems....

[jbradway]

Stan, I was able to locate the T60 2.5 file without PM'ing you, but I did want to thank you for the info and the file.

[dan104]

Ok I downloaded the Big Zip, but it is full of indiviual rar's of the same name how do I merge it ?

dan@done-that.com

[Robert S]

You'll need to use WinRAR (or, indeed, any RAR program) to stitch them back into one file.

[willwjr]

Thanks to Stanand Robert. First to Stan for getting the images up, or pointing out to all of us that they existed, and Thanks to Robert S for responding so quickly. My drive died on Saturday and by Sunday night I had my HDR212 up and running just in time for Prime Time.

Will

[tivohaydon]

And special thanks to the person that uploaded that Series II image into the incoming directory.

Now if they'd only approve/move it into the appropriate directory.

[jpcothrenjr]

Thanks in advance

[StanSimmons]

Several people have asked what to use to link the image pieces back together. Most of the images are broken up into smaller pieces with WinRAR, available at: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar300.exe

[rar3cbte]

I downloaded the HDR312V-40 image, ran Splice.exe then WINRAR to make a 4.2 gig file. Now that is too large for linux to use MFSTools to restore.
Any help with what I am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
I need to load the 1.3 OS so I can use Playstream. Unless someone knows how to get playstream to play with Tivo 3.0 without crashing.

[Robert S]

Are you restoring to your original A drive and did you use -s 127? -s changes the size of the swap partition. 64, the default setting, is the same as on the original A drive. More swap is better if you're going for a really big TiVo (see the Fixes thread), but there's no room for extra swap on your original A drive.

[rar3cbte]

Yes, I did the - s 127 switch, and tried several other method's from Hinsdale's great How to (that was good work!)
I can not get the image from my windows drive to the new tivo drive, a 40 gig WD, has worked well with Tivo in past. I have 3 set up with WD 40gig, no problems there.
The 4.2 gig file is too large for linux to handle, and thus I can not get mfstools to run.
Do I need to place the file on it's own drive in windows, then remove and do mfsrestore from that disk to new one?

[Robert S]

Oh! I see what you mean! Yes, Linux (or at least, that rather old version on the TiVo boot disk) is limited to 2.1Gb files.

That doesn't sound right for a TiVo backup file, though. My (UK 2.5.5) backup is 340Mb and the US ones seem to range from 140Mb to just under 500Mb.

I don't use WinRAR, but the DOS version of RAR works on the fragmented archive directly - I don't think you need to run splice.exe to prepare for WinRAR. I wonder if this has confused it in some way and lead to it producing an invalid file.

If you still have the files you downloaded, try running WinRAR again.

[rar3cbte]

After I run Splice, it makes a 350 meg file with a .gz extension. Thus I thought I had to unzip. I will try to rename without .gz and see if that works.

[myorg]

>The drive goes Black screen with the tivo icon- please wait, to the Green >screen almost there, and reboots. This will go into an endless loop.

I was getting this after I used the TiVoMad disk and said the operating system was 2.0 or greater. Found out that my 112 had version 1.3 so the system went into this infinite loop like you mention above. I restored the original backup and used TiVoMad again but this time said that I didn't have 2.0 or greater and my unit now boots correctly.

My problem now is that the TiVo service updates my OS to version 3.0 at the second call. Now my machine freezes a lot and I believe the reason is that I set the operating system parameter saying that the OS was less than version 2.0. Can anyone verify this? What is the correct way of fixing this?

-Mike

[Robert S]

The 'earlier than 2.0' thing is setting an environment variable called $runideturbo to false, which is required for <=2.0 to run on non-Quantum drives. AFAIK it has no effect for >=2.0.1.

[rar3cbte]

I finally gave up on the 1.3 image. The 2.01 image was 1 file, and it worked great. However, I think I still need 1.3 for Playstream to work. Anyone have a site with the 1.3 as one file? Download time is not an issue for me, I am patient.

[Compwiz312]

Could someone PM me with the FTP info?

Thanks,
Justin

[StanSimmons]

Originally posted by Compwiz312
Could someone PM me with the FTP info?

Thanks,
Justin

Done.

[DivideByZero]

Bought a unit from a swap meet - it was already hacked. I need an image for a Philips DSR6000 dual-drive system to return to factory mode before adding it to my sub.

Thanks

/0

[DivideByZero]

Thanks to all who PM'ed.

/0

[yasko]

Can someone please PM me a link to a 3.0 image for the Sony SVR-2000. It's a later one (April 2002). My modem died, then my A-drive died. I have a 2.5 backup from when I installed my 120GB B-drive, before I installed my TurboNet.

Thanx in advance.

[voxelman]

What is the correct method for restoring the Phillips SA 1.3 Phillips_HDR312_1.3 backup. I'm to the stage mentioned above with the reassembled segments named HDR312V-40.gz. Is this an MFS backup that has been GZiped? What command do I use if I start with an MFS tools CD boot to get this from C:\ to a 30GB drive mounted at /dev/hdd?

[thornd7]

Could somoeone please PM me the location of the image files?
I need virgin image for Phillips HDR212.

I had upgraded mine to an 100GB Maxtor Drive but the drive is failing. .. reading or writing certain sectors cause it to stop and just repeatedly make a "ker-clunk" noise.. Causes the tivo to freeze until it gives up on the sector or, on occasion, lock-ups the tivo. I bought an 80gb drive and was trying to use MFS 2.0 to backup and restore over to the new drive.., but MFSbackup craps at the 42% mark because it won't give up on the bad sector.. hence it just keeps trying and drive just keeps on ker-klunking.
Only other idea I got, at this point, is to try using the maxtor powerwhatever utility and hope it will mark the sector failed so the tivo won't try to use it.

Thanks in advance..

[Robert S]

Would this be a good time to point out the title of this thread is Need an image? PM me for a ftp site? This means, you PM Stan and he'll send you the link.

Anyway, voxelman, what you've got isn't an MFS Tools backup! According to the README, that's a direct image of the TiVo hard drive.

Assuming C:\HDR312V-40.gz is your 359,093,514 byte file, you would restore it by booting TiVoMad (or anything EXCEPT MFS Tools 2.0, unless you use the magic incantation from the Fixes thread to make it byteswap) and do

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
gzip -d /mnt/hdr312v-40.gz | dd of=/dev/hdc bs=32k
umount /mnt

At least, I assume that's what he means by 'This is a byte-swapped backup' - ie, that the backup has been made in a byte-swapping environment. You might want to Ctrl-C stop it after a few minutes and have a look at the partition table with pdisk to check that sensible things are happening.

thornd7, it is worth trying PowerMax. It may well be able map out the damaged sectore and allow mfsbackup to complete. If you've lost data in the areas covered by the compressed backup it may not be a viable backup, but this should be apparent fairly quickly, so it's worth trying.

[voxelman]

Robert,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Well the reason that I asked was that I had tried to do just what you suggested but I was using the MFS 2.0 tools CD. After the restore I was looking at the boot params with the prom and I got:

orto/=ed/vdh7as ohdnsst=ur

Looked byte swapped to me but I wasn't sure why. Now I know why.

So following your advice I used the TurboNet CD and the commands you suggested. Bingo!

Boot params now read correctly:

root=/dev/hda7 shondss=true

Thanks!

[beach303]

StanSimmons you have been PM is there anyone on tonight that could PM me with the FTP site? Tivo down and need to record footbal in the am please help

[StanSimmons]

For those of you who keep asking me (in this thread) to PM you; No.

The title of the this thread is "Need an image? PM me for a ftp site." That should be a clue to how this works.

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM.

The reason that there is not a direct link to the files is that in current US law, especially in light of the DMCA, it may be illegal to have a backup of copyright material -- even if you own the hardware.

The owner of this board does not want to have to worry about lawyers extorting him, so he has made the very prudent decision to not allow links to such material. If you don't like this situation, send a letter to your congress critter.

[pghattas]

Every time I download any of the images and extract them I get some type of corrupt error message. using windows 2000 with winrar. Is anyone else having this problem?

[Tau Lepton]

I downloaded a couple of the images and used Winrar to connect them. No problems at all here. Maybe I am just lucky. :)

[pghattas]

When I was downloading the files from work, all the files were corrupted. I downloaded the same files at home and they extracted with no problem. The only difference I can think of is the firewall? Would that be the cause???

[Robert S]

The obvious problem with FTP is downloading in ASCII mode, which 'helpfully' expands CR's into CR/LF's (or vice-versa) to work around a problem with a difference in text formatting between Unix and IBM systems.

The file will be slightly larger (Unix -> DOS) or smaller (DOS -> Unix) if this conversion has occurred.

[Prelector]

anyone online and available to PM me the FTP site?

Thanx

PS - I've PM'd for the site info, just didn't want to wait if I didn't have to.

[pghattas]

Ok, I loaded the Philips 3.0 image on and everything worked great. I but it on a brand new 40gb gard drive. But it says I only have 14hrs of basic recording space. I have no recorded programs.

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance

[Autobott]

I have a sat-60 in a continuous reboot loop, weakknees said it may be worth reinstalling the software.

I have it downloaded, and I want to install it on the original drive (powermax showed no problems) can I boot off mftools and copy the backup directly from the cd or do I have to put the backup on another hard drive? Also, do I need to format the drive before restoring and if so what would be the best method to do so?

Sorry if these questions have been asked before :(

[NBAACe]

pghattas - you probably need to follow the directions below for expanding onto a larger hard drive....

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index2.html

[jumpijim]

could somebody pm me the ftp site
Thanks Jim

[Autobott]

No one has any ideas?

[viper36]

Does anyone have a dsr6000 3.0 or later image I can download? I certainly would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Dave

[thrillco]

Can someone PM me the ftp site? My DSR6000 is dying, and I'd like a fresh image for the new HD. Muchos gracias!

Troy

[lexxdawg]

Can someone please PM me the ftp site as well. My Sony TiVo's hard drive crashed on Christmas eve. Need to start over....

[andrewket]

Do you have HDVR2 images on there? If yes, would you please PM the URL? Thanks.

-Andrew

[Nascar]

Thanks :)

[davistw]

Would someone be so kind to PM me the site....

[epsilondelta]

Just want to thank Stan for kindly pointing me to WS_FTP (http://www.ipswitch.com/) so I could download the 3.0 112 image on my pokey connection. Download only interrupted twice & WS_FTP's recovery/ resume worked great. The image unzipped & unrared just fine.

Really was as easy as pi(e)...

epsilondelta

[zolter]

looking for site with image for sony svr-2000 version 3.0.
Unable to find 3.0 image...

[nazarite]

Hi,

I have an HDR212 with a dead modem, lifetime service, and I live in Mexico currently.

So, I'm wondering what version of the software will work so that I can use the unit as a dummy recorder?

thanks

[SamuraiCat]

I tried to PM StanSimmons but it says his box is full. So can someone else send me a PM with the address of the ftp site?
I had a backup image but either it was broken, or my TiVo is dead. I'm hoping it is the first, so I'd like to try a verified TiVo image. Thanks.

[davedisc]

I also am up the proverbial creek. Can someone PM me the image site please. StanSimmons is a popular guy!

[PhredC]

Same here. I REALLY need a new OS. I am almost positive that my indexer is corrupt and TiVo won't help at all. Just want to point at Philips.

[PhredC]

I need the ftp site too please!!!!!! It looked like I was cured but back in reboot hell now. I NEED a new, clean image.

[flsts]

I hate to add to the me too list but...

I need an image for my HDR112. Please PM the ftp address.
Thanks

[irving]

the philips 3.0 file is a .mfs file not a .bak file mentioned in Hinsdale. what is the command to restore a .mfs file. do we just substitute the .mfs for .bak thanks

[StanSimmons]

UPDATE:

Go check the first two posts in this thread. Three new images have been added to the archive including an AT&T, a HDVR2 and a Sony SA v3.0.

[StanSimmons]

Originally posted by irving
the philips 3.0 file is a .mfs file not a .bak file mentioned in Hinsdale. what is the command to restore a .mfs file. do we just substitute the .mfs for .bak thanks

Yes, substitute .mfs for .bak.

[brian873]

Has anyone had any trouble getting the HDVR2 image on the ftp site to work? I tried to restore it with mfsrestore per the hinsdale instructions, and it says the file ended prematurely, restore failed. It almost finishes... like 1200 out of 1400, but not quite all the way. I'm wondering if maybe the tail end of the file was cut off when it was uploaded? If anyone has had success with this image please let me know as well.

Thank You!!

Brian

[StanSimmons]

Originally posted by brian873
Has anyone had any trouble getting the HDVR2 image on the ftp site to work? I tried to restore it with mfsrestore per the hinsdale instructions, and it says the file ended prematurely, restore failed. It almost finishes... like 1200 out of 1400, but not quite all the way. I'm wondering if maybe the tail end of the file was cut off when it was uploaded? If anyone has had success with this image please let me know as well.

Thank You!!

Brian

It looks like they have removed the HDVR2 image from the site. Hopefully it is because of a faulty upload and not TiVo having kittens over the ftp site.

[bubbajoe]

Can someone PM me the FTP site so I can download a clean image? I have a Sony SVR2000 that I bought used. Now it is not allowing me to navigate in the TIVO Central screen. Once I enter that screen the system freezes for abot 30 minutes on the Playing Now line. I want to reimage my TIVO with a fresh Image.

Thanks

[TLZero]

Please PM me I need an image bad for a phillips 30hr series 1. I tried an upgrade and am in big trouble.

Thanks

[AMCross]

Hi Has anyone tried to download the Sony SA v3.0 image i've downloaded and restored to two drives but the tivo will not boots just say press power button to switch on which i did and does nothing have posted problem but so far no one has come up with anything i may have done wrong.

Thanks in advance

[irving]

i downloaded the sony version 3 and had no problem with it on my brother's tivo. seemed to take a long time with the guided setup but it did finish and all was ok. if you are not having modem problems then download version 2 or 2.5 and let tivo do the upgrade.

for my philips tivo i downloaded version 3 and guided setup keeps rebooting. did a version 2 and guided setup did finish ok. but i can't go any further until until some kind of subscription on the machine i bought off ebay

[AMCross]

Thanks irving but u may have not noticed that i am not in the usa so i cannot download version 2.5 and let tivo do the rest.Thats why i would like the latest version 3.0 just to be a pain.Microsoft bring out a new os i need it see were iam coming from sad really.Anyway thanks again at least i konow that the ftp site is okay now and will try again


Ps my heartfelt sorrow goes out to the family and friends of all the people who lost their lives today in the shuttle accident.

Keep the faith !:(

[palme]

Will someone please tell me the name of the ftp site. I've been looking for this for days! My Phillips hdr 212 drive a failed and I don't have a backup.

Thanks.
Palme

[AMCross]

@palme my friend please read the first post from the very helpful StanSimmons who has said on various occasions to pm him and he will send the info to you.He CANNOT put the ftp address on this board as its against the rules:)

[DeathwishCrew]

I need a 3.1 image for the Phillips 6000 series. It is not on Stan's awesome site. Anyone have it?

[Luis Garcia]

I need a tivo series 2 40hr backup, do you have it?

[Lurker]

Anyone got an image for a UK Thomson Tivo?

[blueyez]

I'm boot-looping w/o green screen, already have the HDR112 image to restore, but before I delete two years worth of data....is there anything else I can try to get the system back up?

[spdorsey]

Please also PM me the FTP info

Thank you very much.

--------------------------------W

[StanSimmons]

Sigh...

I guess this needs to be posted again:

For those of you who keep asking me (in this thread) to Private Message you; No.

The title of the this thread is "Need an image? PM me for a ftp site." That should be a clue to how this works.

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM. I will only reply via PM.

The reason that there is not a direct link to the files is that in current US law, especially in light of the DMCA, it may be illegal to have a backup of copyright material -- even if you own the hardware.

The owner of this board does not want to have to worry about lawyers extorting him, so he has made the very prudent decision to not allow links to such material. If you don't like this situation, send a letter to your congress critter.

[StanSimmons]

bump

[tivosohn]

Can someone please PM me for the ftp site? I need an image for my 112. Thanks.

[azitnay]

Originally posted by tivosohn
Can someone please PM me for the ftp site? I need an image for my 112. Thanks.

I think you misunderstood this thread's intent. StanSimmons wants YOU to PM HIM.

Drew

[HookedOnTivo]

Originally posted by tivosohn
Can someone please PM me for the ftp site? I need an image for my 112. Thanks.


:rolleyes:

[chh1]

Did anyone successfully use the dsr6000 40g image? I'm having trouble restore it onto my HD, always get a decompression failed? Anyone who has done so, please share your experience please!

[StanSimmons]

^bump^

[Deja-vue]

.

[StanSimmons]

TiVo's lawyers are being jerks...

See http://slashdot.org/articles/03/12/10/0333211.shtml

Call or write TiVo at:

2160 Gold Street
P.O. Box 2160
Alviso, CA 95002-2160
Phone: (408) 519-9100
Fax: (408) 519-5330

If you are an investor, contact:

Ed Lockwood
Phone: (408) 519-9345

[Robert S]

TiVo's lawyers are being jerks...

Just a thought, but you might want to be a little bit more diplomatic in your actual letter...

(Unless you're an investor and own a lot of stock).

[yahoodss1]

Hi Can somebody please email me the ftp to download a image.

Thanks

[Will Robinson]

I swear I read every message in this thread - someone early on had the same question, but I didn't understand the answer . . .

I am trying to restore an image to a new, larger hard drive, but MFS tools can't find the file. I created the image about a year ago with MFS tools 1.1 on my old computer. I moved the image to my new computer into C:/ , but when I follow Hinsdale's instructions, MFS tools 2.0 says that the file "mnt/dos/tivo.bak" does not exist. Where should I put the file, or, alternatively, where should I tell MFS tools to look for it?

[wkirke]

> but when I follow Hinsdale's instructions, MFS tools 2.0 says that
> the file "mnt/dos/tivo.bak" does not exist.

Did you execute these commands first?
# mkdir /mnt/dos
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos

This creates a directory, and then "mounts" the first parititon of your first drive on it. This assumes that your C: drive is connected as Master on your first IDE cable, and that your C: drive is the first partition on the drive.

After mount returns w/o printing error messages, try doing "ls -l /mnt/dos" (that's ell ess space dash ell) to see the files there. If mount didn't work, try it with /dev/hda2 or /dev/hda3 or /dev/hda4. (You will have to umount (the second letter is NOT "n") a previously mounted directory if you are snooping through many of them and want to reuse /mnt/dos.) Make sure you do "umount -f -r -a" when you're all done, to be nice to your drive.

All this is burried somewhere in the hinsdale how-to, but it can be hard to follow even for non-novices. That's why you might consider getting one of the tivo hacking books. <plug, even though I didn't write any>

Oh, if your C: drive is NTFS (is your C:\ running XP?), then this still won't work. Linux can't see ntfs drives. You might have to find a spare hard drive, format it as fat32, put your file there, and attach it as the first ide master.

-Bill Kirke

[Robert S]

Actually NTFS partitions usually mount. They're read only, but that's a good thing in this case (bit of pain if you're making a backup, tho).

[StanSimmons]

It looks like ftp://ftp.abs.net/tivo is no longer hosting backup images, but they do have some other tools available on their site.

I am trying to find an off-shore site that will be willing to host some images, but have had no luck so far. Check back here in a week or so.

I DO NOT have any sites that have any images right now.

[StanSimmons]

I know of one site that has a limited number of images in a private, password protected directory. PM me with your model number if you need an image. This site is fast, but has a limited download budget, so only ask if you REALLY need the image.

[colosports]

Don't waste your time searching the web for the images. Almost all sites that use to have the images, got pulled off the site at Tivo's request.

Follow the instructions from Stan (this thread) and you may get what you are looking for.

[scottdelap]

I have a Phillips 112 with a dead modem that had been working with a network card. I need a 3.0 image. Could someone please im me?

[rar3cbte]

He has said he does check this thread often, you have to PM Stan to get his attention. He answers very quickly that way.

Good luck.

[ADent]

Also check out this post: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?postid=1640942#post1640942 .

Originally posted by Juicie Juice
If you are looking for a image ICQ me @255907846. I will not reply to PM's.

[StanSimmons]

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM. I will only reply via PM. I will NOT email you, so be sure to enable PM in your user profile.

I know of one site that has a limited number of images in a private, password protected directory. PM me with your model number if you need an image. This site is fast, but has a limited download budget, so only ask if you REALLY need the image.

Most of the images are in self-extracting archive (winrar) format. After extracting the image, copy it to a FAT32 or CDROM partition/disk and use mfstools restore to install it on your TiVo drive. Detailed instructions can be found in the Hinsdale "How-To" thread in the "TiVo Upgrade Center" section of this forum.

These are raw images, provided by a wide variety of sources, and are unsupported by me or TiVo. If you are uncertain on how to deal with raw images, or want to support one of this forums sponsors, PTVUpgrade (http://partners.ptvupgrade.com/z/7/CD1/) has most of these images wrapped up in a easy to use bootable CD that walks you thru all of the steps, and they provide support. InstantCake (http://partners.ptvupgrade.com/z/7/CD1/) is a quick and easy way to create an upgrade drive inexpensively, and they have it available for immediate download for those that need it right now.

Some of the images available are:

ATT_Series2_2.0.3-40G 81,894,296 bytes
130xxx_7.2.2 133,661,600 bytes
Hughes_GXCEBOT_310c2 229,775,099 bytes
Hughes_HDVR2_3_1b 234,627,832 bytes
Hughes_HR10-250 152,003,972 bytes
Hughes_SD-DVR40_3.1.1b 286,516,641 bytes
Philips_DSR6000_3.1.0c2 198,718,234 bytes
Philips_DSR704_3.1.1b 273,124,742 bytes
Philips_DSR7000_3.1-40G 256,736,094 bytes
Philips_DSR7000_6.2 281,910,996 bytes
Phillips_HDR112_3.0 145,718,942 bytes
Pioneer_810_5.2.1a ~850,000,000 bytes
RCA_DVR39_3x 263,743,792 bytes
RCA_DVR40_3.1.1 76,772,692 bytes
Sony_SAT-T60_3.1.0b 140,267,500 bytes
Sony_SVR-2000_3.0-30G 145,699,458 bytes
Sony_SVR-3000_4.0.1 172,144,481 bytes
Toshiba_SDHD400_511B 146,458,994 bytes
Toshiba_RS-TX20_5.4.1 891,861,986 bytes
tcd140060_40 227,502,498 bytes
tcd230040_40 172,808,960 bytes
240xxx_7.2.2 157,044,736 bytes
540040_7x 681,472,000 bytes
UK_2.5.5-30G 357,465,331 bytes

The HDR112 v3 image will work on any HDR112, 212, 312 or 612. Use the Hinsdale How-To information to expand the image to fit your drive.

I do not know the details of where most of the images came from, and I have not tested any of the images. I do NOT own or operate the ftp site. I have no control over what happens with the site.

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM. I will only reply via PM.

The reason that there is not a direct link to the files is that in current US law, especially in light of the DMCA, it may be illegal to have a backup of copyright material -- even if you own the hardware.

The owner of this board does not want to have to worry about lawyers extorting him, so he has made the very prudent decision to not allow links to such material. If you don't like this situation, send a letter to your congress critter.

[kschauwe]

Their are some TiVo images (10 right now) on the Overnet/E-Donkey2000 P2P network. Go to www.overnet.com for software.

[spitfire]

just want to say thanks keep up the good work tivo newbie

[StanSimmons]

Someone just added a Series II Standalone v4.0.1b image to the server.

[Scarpad]

I bought the Weakknees kit and so far everything is working out. I have a tivo series 2 80 hour unit. In case one drive ever fails thou I'd like to have a backup image to fall back on. So I'm looking for a 4.01b image for the 80 hour unit, can anyone help ?

[kerkules]

Most of the images are in self-extracting archive (winrar) format. After extracting the image, copy it to a FAT32 or CDROM partition/disk and use mfstools restore to install it on your TiVo drive. Detailed instructions can be found in the Hinsdale "How-To" thread in the "TiVo Upgrade Center" section of this forum

how do I copy my image to a FAT32 or CDROM partition/disk (preferably CD)?

[Robert S]

"how do I copy my image to a FAT32 or CDROM partition/disk (preferably CD)?"

FAT32: boot Windows and drag it into position with Explorer.

CD: Use your CD burning software to write the file to CD as an ordinary file (not an ISO image).

[dzzy]

Here is what I play around never go that far.

Drive Config:
Primary Master/hda - tivo hd
Primary Slave /hdb - sony t60 bak cd-rom

I am booting from the MFSTools 2 Boot CD
mkdir /mnt/dos
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos

Here is what I am doing next:
#> mount /dev/hda /mnt/c
#>mfstool restore -zpi /mnt/c/sony t60.bak /dev/hdb
please let me know.
I have spent the all week so many hours driving myself crazy .

dzzy
thanks

[caleb2003]

stansimmons thanks for the link, but I am just getting decompression failure at 94%.

Anyone else using the UK image had this problem.

I have tried various cds and have used an Athlon 2800 and also tried with a Pentium 3 but the same error.

I am now at this point starting to grudgingly think that maybe I should have bought the ebay disks at the inflated prices.

Thanks to those that have already given good advice/links but Any further help would be greatly appreciated as at the moment I am a little deflated.

Cheers

[StanSimmons]

Someone just added a Philips DSR704 v3.1.1b image to the server.

[StanSimmons]

Someone just added a Hughes_HDVR2_3.1.1c image to the site.

[rca2791]

WHERE IS THE IMAGE?

[grohde]

I tried to use this image and received a "Failure to boot kernel" error on my tivo. Anyone else tried?

Thanks,
Gil

[Mike2001]

What is the ftp site for the image

[StanSimmons]

Read the first post people.

I ONLY respond via PM and you MUST specify the image (make and model) that you need.

[mur]

OK, So far there are No Samsung Series2 Directivo's SIR-S4040R Images on the List (Per Stan). If anyone has One, Will they please PM ME.

[ccallana]

I loaded up the Phillips hdr112 image on my 212, expanded it based on hinsdale's instructions with the xzpi options - everything looked ok, until I plugged it back into the Tivo and powered it up - now all I get is the Tivo boot screen saying "your device is starting up, please wait" - and I only get that out the Composite Video connection, not the RF - anybody have a suggestion?

[Robert S]

Suspicion would first fall on your cables and jumpers.

[ccallana]

Bingo!! duh - forgot to move the jumper back to Master/Single drive!

Dunno what I was thinking there. Thanks!

[wlspoon]

I tried to add a 160gb hd to my 40gb Tivo this past weekend and screwed things up. Without realizing I needed an HD with FAT32 partitioning I started the upgrade using Hinsdale's guide. When I tried to backup Tivo image I was given and I/O error and decided to reboot my computer to troubleshoot problem. Unfortunately, I had not read the warning about booting a Windows XP comp with the tivo drive attached, so my Tivo drive is now completely nonfunctional.

I have downloaded the image from the ftp site and I was wondering if it is possible to transfer the image from my computer's HD to the Tivo drive even though my computer's HD is not FAT32? (at least I don't think it is - I honestly don't know how to check).

Thanks

[Robert S]

You should find Hinsdale's instructions work. NTFS partitions are read-only under Linux, but that's no longer a problem.

Have you tried MakeTiVoBootable (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=117404)?

[StanSimmons]

One of TCF members has uploaded a Pioneer 810 v5.2.1a image.

It is VERY large (~850 Mb) and is split across 10 files. It is supposed to be one of the few images that can be expanded to larger drives.

[BoomerangThree]

but was wondering if anyone could pass the FTP site location so Stan doesn't have to bother???

Thanks...

[|Thrax|]

I need an image for a
HUGHES SD-DVR40
version# 3.1.1.b or c

[DFNYC]

I received a backup for series2 60hr model recently. After Successfully using MFS 2.0 to restore the .bak file to first an 80Gb Drive, then again trying a brand new 120Gb drive I get the same problem. EVERYTHING on the TIVO works perfectly except for recording. The Red LED never lights up, and even when it records from scheduling, If you try to play the show in the Now Playing list it just says it's not available immediately. Some sort of signal error message. Does anyone have any idea about this ? I feel the backup I got may be corrupted. I got the link on this thread.

[sjmyst]

If anyone out there could PM me the FTP site, that would be great!!

I already have a PM into Stan...

Thanks!!
sjmyst

[GarKar]

I would greatly appreciate a pm with link to image for Tivo brand TCD24008A (80)Gb. I thought I had a backup, but didn't test it.

Thanks in advance,
Gary

[DFNYC]

A quick follow up....
Apparently I had to do a clear and delete everything after going through guided setup the first time.

Everything now works 100% fine.

[johnrod]

I feel like an idiot for asking but I need an image for Hughes SD-DVR40.

I don't know how I screwed up a very easy backup - restore procedure. But I did.

I even printed the instructions and read it twice. As a working sysadmin, I have no excuse.

I would appreciate any help to getting an image. Thanks.

[StanSimmons]

Sigh...

I guess this needs to be posted again:

For those of you who keep asking me (in this thread) to Private Message you; No.

The title of the this thread is "Need an image? PM me for a ftp site." That should be a clue to how this works.

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM. I will only reply via PM.

The reason that there is not a direct link to the files is that in current US law, especially in light of the DMCA, it may be illegal to have a backup of copyright material -- even if you own the hardware.

The owner of this board does not want to have to worry about lawyers extorting him, so he has made the very prudent decision to not allow links to such material. If you don't like this situation, send a letter to your congress critter.

I know of one site that has a limited number of images in a private, password protected directory. PM me with your model number if you need an image. This site is fast, but has a limited download budget, so only ask if you REALLY need the image.

I also do not know the details of where most of the images came from, and I have not tested any of the Sony or Series II images since I do not own any Sony or Series II equipment.

I do NOT own or operate the ftp site. I have no control over what happens with the site. The site has only been sporadicaly updated in the past year. The only images that are on the site are the ones listed in a previous message. ( http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?postid=1680926#post1680926 )

[mlbonk]

Help, I am trying to load a new image I just downloaded onto a new 120GB drive and am having problems. The image is named Phillips_HDVR2_3_1b.mfs and is on the Primary master drive, C:\dos folder on a fat 32 partition. My new drive is the Primary slave. Here is everything I am typing:

mkdir /mnt/c

mount /dev/hda1 mnt/c

msrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/c/dos/Phillips_HDVR2_3_1b.mfs /dev/hdc


Then I get a message "/dev/hdc: Read-only file system"
"Restore failed: unable to open destination device for writing"

What am I missing? Do I somehow need ot mount the destination drive? If that is the case, how do I do that, or what else am I missing?

[DansAna]

mlbonk,
Your Primary slave is /dev/hdb - your command is writing to /dev/hdc which is Secondary Master.

[mlbonk]

Thanks, I had just figured that out and got my tivo back up with 105 hours of recording time. This forum was wonderful in the help I got. I have never used Linux before. Thanks to all for the help!

[honer123]

could anybody please email me? My mailserver downloads at up to 3 mpbs, so I would much appreciate it if you can spare a quick shot out to my mail server of this image. I tried edonkey etc.. and I can only seem to find series 2 images.
email is tivo@janernet.com

[dmbfan36_23]

if you use one of these images do you lose your lifetime subscription?


***found my answer.: no ***

[phreakyday]

StanSimmons, I tried to PM you but your box is full.

[altern8]

THIS MAN SAVE MY TIVO!!! THANK YOU STANSIMMONS!!!

[StanSimmons]

Originally posted by phreakyday
StanSimmons, I tried to PM you but your box is full.

Oops, it's cleaned up now. :)

[dmbfan36_23]

From Weaknees tutorial:
"If your image came from a different TiVo unit (the first three letters of the 15 digit TiVo Service Number MUST be the same) then you'll need to do a "Clear and Delete Everything" to get the software to re-serialize to this unit."

what are the service #s on these images? or are they tied into the model #s of the units?

[Deja-vue]

This Thread needs to be ***Bumped***, i see more people begging for Images now and then.
:)

[Robert S]

This Thread needs to be ***Bumped***, i see more people begging for Images now and then.

And bumping this thread helps that how? (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175853)

[StanSimmons]

Someone recently added the Hughes HR10-250 HD TiVo image.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62430&perpage=20&pagenumber=7

[drew]

I sucessfully upgraded my Series I DirecTiVo and a friend's, and I agreed to do the same for a friend at work. Let's call her "Wendy", because that's her name. Somehow I managed to kill her original 40 Gig hard drive before I got a successful image. It won't power up in any way or fashion. Bummer.

Because I put her in the lurch, I agreed to buy one of the TiVo hard drives listed on ebay. The question I have is, will it work?

I don't remember the software version on the original hard drive, but it was one of the earliest units, and it didn't have the "Home Media Option" advertisement on it out of the box.

The hard drive I bought has version 4.01. It didn't work initially, it couldn't find any valid channels, and I'm in the middle of deleting everything and starting over.

Can I use this drive? Can I take the image from this drive and then upgrade the box? Will Wendy ever speak to me again?

I would appreciate any help. If this doesn't work, my next step will be to find an image.

Thanks,
Drew

[altern8]

im pretty sure it will work after the delete everything ... all HD images need to be deleted in order for it to work on your own TIVO ...

[djensen47]

Although I should probably be more patient, I've PM'd the originator of this thread and I have not received a response with regard to where I can download the Tivo images.

Specifically, I'm looking for an image for the Sony SVR 2000 because mine is corrupt or broken or something. Basically mfstools don't work because the partition cannot be identified.

Anyway, if anybody knows where I can download an image for my Tivo. I and another user, who PM'd me, would greatly appreciate it. I just want my Tivo back especially with the advent of the new seasons of Monk and Dead Zone.

Thanks in advance!

[StanSimmons]

I don't know who you PM'd but I don't see anything from you in the past 8 days...

Originally posted by djensen47
Although I should probably be more patient, I've PM'd the originator of this thread and I have not received a response with regard to where I can download the Tivo images.

Specifically, I'm looking for an image for the Sony SVR 2000 because mine is corrupt or broken or something. Basically mfstools don't work because the partition cannot be identified.

Anyway, if anybody knows where I can download an image for my Tivo. I and another user, who PM'd me, would greatly appreciate it. I just want my Tivo back especially with the advent of the new seasons of Monk and Dead Zone.

Thanks in advance!

[outerlimits]

Originally posted by djensen47
Although I should probably be more patient, I've PM'd the originator of this thread and I have not received a response with regard to where I can download the Tivo images.

Specifically, I'm looking for an image for the Sony SVR 2000 because mine is corrupt or broken or something. Basically mfstools don't work because the partition cannot be identified.

Anyway, if anybody knows where I can download an image for my Tivo. I and another user, who PM'd me, would greatly appreciate it. I just want my Tivo back especially with the advent of the new seasons of Monk and Dead Zone.

Thanks in advance!

Double check your sent box to make sure it went to StanSimmons. Stan replied to my PM within 1 hour the other night. (YMMV). Props to Stan because he has save many many folks time and money.

[StanSimmons]

RonnyThunder on DDB has created a new version of mfstools that has some enhancements:

o native backup on mips and ppc based tivos. there are caveats.
o monte detection and backup for the most common monte configs.
o restore can either use all of >137gb drives or just the first 137gb with a switch.

To get to the original thread for this new version of mfstools do a Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Deals+Freebies+mfstools+goes+GPL+33080) search for "Deals Freebies mfstools goes GPL 33080"

[Rcrew]

Thanks for the info Stan, you continue to be the man!

[StanSimmons]

Someone recently added a image for the Toshiba DVD Combo TiVo.

Toshiba_SDHD400_511B

[dalesd]

Isn't this the kind of stuff that P2P networks were made for? The modern P2P networks have unique hashes for files, so that you can be sure the file you're getting is the one you want.

[StanSimmons]

Originally posted by dalesd
Isn't this the kind of stuff that P2P networks were made for? The modern P2P networks have unique hashes for files, so that you can be sure the file you're getting is the one you want.

If you are willing to do the work, I'll give you the links... I don't know anything about p2p and don't have any pressing need to learn about them.

[StanSimmons]

Someone just added a Philips DSR6000 v3.1.0c image (unhacked) this image is from a dual drive DSR6000 and will fit on any 30GB or larger drive.

Philips_DSR6k.310c_30G ~195MB

[dulcinea]

I've downloaded the image, but it doesn't seem to be happy; getting a segmentation fault when I try to restore the image. I tried downloading a clean image - used Mozilla first, then IE; both just saved the file - but the IE image wouldn't self-extract completely. It said the file is corrupted. The Mozilla version extracted, but it gave the segmentation fault.

Anyone have any ideas? I have a Philips SA HR112, and my original tivo.bak has become corrupted somehow, too; it gives a segmentation fault as well.

Any help will be appreciated.

[dulcinea]

Follow-up to my last message: turned out I needed to disable my firewall. Once I did that and downloaded the image using IE, it worked *perfectly*; got my TiVo to boot up and I'm currently doing the clear-and-delete.

Thank you, StanSimmons, and thank you to the other kind souls who PMed me with back-up images and fixes.

If this keeps up, I won't be able to claim I'm computer semi-literate any longer. :-) At least I seem to be having fairly good luck with hard drives (replacing one a year, which doesn't seem too bad, compared to some).

This is the greatest community/resource center. Period. You guys are fantastic.

[StanSimmons]

A kind soul just added a Sony SAT-T60 v3.1.0c2 image.

Sony_SAT-T60_3.1.0c2 181,908,973 bytes

[blackh8552]

I have a 240040 image I can upload if needed. Verified working

[nethead12]

Stan!!

I'll take one of those T-60 images

My wonderful T-60 just died saturday(yesterday).
Wonder of Wonders, it was using two 120gb Western Digital Drives...same brand of drives as my Hughes that died two weeks ago.

I awake to the 'powering up' screen...reboot and click, click, click...great drives these

Thanks!!

Originally posted by StanSimmons
A kind soul just added a Sony SAT-T60 v3.1.0c2 image.

Sony_SAT-T60_3.1.0c2 181,908,973 bytes

[Sir_Jeeves]

Looking or Pioneer 810H Expandable or Pioneer 57H Image...HELP?

[Sir_Jeeves]

Looking or Pioneer 810H Expandable or Pioneer 57H Image...HELP?

[Sir_Jeeves]

Looking for Pioneer 810H Expandable or 57H Image.

TIA.
-Mike

[wkirke]

You need to send a private message to StanSimmons (see the very first post in this thread).

[ML Wings]

I am also in need of a Series2 image. I just PMed StanSimmons so hopefully he can point me in the right direction.

[cheezus]

Wow! Thanks, StanSimmons! TiVo is alive again, thanks to you! It's in the middle of clearing and deleting everything. Can't wait to start setting up those season passes :)

[ML Wings]

THANK YOU STANSIMMONS!!! My Tivo is ready and set for the Olympics. I really appreciate it.

[y2khardtop]

I sent an IM regarding a HDVR2, hope to hear back soon!

Dave

[StanSimmons]

Someone recently added two new images to the site:

Philips_DSR6000_3.1.0c2 198,718,234 bytes

RCA_DVR40_3.1.1 76,772,692 bytes

[y2khardtop]

got mine, worked great! many Thanks!

[viperfoth]

Just PM'd good old StanSimmons for an image. Cannot wait to try this out. If anyone else can get me one asap I'd love it. Not sure Stan is still taking requests or not.

My personal backup of my virgin 810 player (never even plugged in) did not work. A pitty that they make something so difficult that seems to be a users right to do...

[StanSimmons]

This one just got added:

Hughes_GXCEBOT_310c2 229,775,099 bytes

[TiVoSoFine]

(This is long overdue...)

Thanks, Stan! You the man!

[beeba123]

i got an image-- thanks again stan-- but when i restored it, it sent me into the guided setup. i did that, and then decided (foolishly?) to go and "clear and delete everything", as i had seen suggested elsewhere. it's been doing this for over three hours now (120gb drive, so maybe that's not SO strange).

if it's a pseudo-virgin image, should i have done this? at this point if it's not needed, it's quicker for me to pull the drive and re-restore the virgin image again, since i haven't any idea how long it's going to need to "clear and delete" again.

part of why i chose to do this: i didn't see "music and photos", which i had had before (i paid for home media option when it first came out).

[jmace57]

beeba,

I don't think that is too far out of line. It took mine about 1 1/2 hours to clear and delete everything, but depending on the image you used, it might have more to delete.

As far as you Home Media issue - i suspect that the image was done before the HMO features became available. After you log in, it will upgrade you to the most recent software version, and you should see the HMO(F) again.

Good luck.

Jim

[beeba123]

hmm. after five hours, i gave up and re-restored, actually; since i'm prompted to begin guided setup, i'm going to guess that maybe C&D isn't necessary on this image...

quite odd. the best part about upgrading the software will be being able to use the network rather than a phone line (!).

thanks to everyone who made suggestions here and elsewhere and via email. this is a great community.

[gotlogos]

I think Clear and Delete is imperative as you will need to make sure you have your correct Service number and subscription info on the machine?

By the way, StanSimmons is doing a great service on the thread. I PM'd him for an image and he answered right away and patiently followed up answering some additional q's I had. Kudos to StanSimmons for his help. I am going to be attempting my upgrade tomorrow after I go to BestBuy or CompUSA and see what kind of drives can be had and the prices.

<thinking out loud>
Wonder if my Pioneer 810 case needs the special Torx screwdriver?
</thought bubble>

PSS - In the instructions you are directed to install a FAT32 drive on the primary Master IDE channel. The commands you are instructed to type seem, at first glance, to require the .bak image file to be in the root directory of this FAT32. I thought that it might mean that I needed to find a spare drive laying around and format it to FAT32 to use and remove my HP's present main drive and replace temporarily with this FAT32.

In my situation I have an HP Media Center that HP engineers have partitioned (the hdd) into two partitions, C and a second 'D' partition that contains enough room for restore software plus a few gigs more breathing room. I checked and it is formatted as a FAT32. So...StanSimmons suggested I can use this and just change the command lines to reflect that the '.bak' image is coming off the 2nd partition on the primary master (hda). As I understand this and Stan elaborated, it would change this (taken from this threads instructions):

"11) At # prompt, typed the following commands to mount my fat32 drive:

mkdir /mnt/dos
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos
"

to this:

"11) At # prompt, typed the following commands to mount my fat32 drive:

mkdir /mnt/dos
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/dos
"

hda1 to hda2 - meaning the second partition on the primary master channel...

Also, when you do the restore you will see in the instructions that the filename is given as 'ptivo.bak' whilst your .bak image will probably have a different file name. If the instructions are redone this should be expressly stated as 'n' value or variable value or something based on the actual name of your resultant file. Also maybe it would help to clarify the other thingie about mounting the FAT32 and exactly where and how that FAT32 can be and be addressed.

thanks much to all,
Daniel

[TiVoSoFine]

Originally posted by gotlogos
...
<thinking out loud>
Wonder if my Pioneer 810 case needs the special Torx screwdriver?
</thought bubble>
...
Daniel [/B]

Speaking of Torx screwdrivers, I found a set of Husky 8-in-1 Screwdrivers at Home Depot for $5.96 (search for "Torx" on their site), what a deal! I believe I paid $10 for a Torx-10 (15? the one to use to take off hard drive bracket) when I upgraded my first TiVo a few years ago.

[gotlogos]

Yeah thats right...I saw a similar deal there several months ago...

Daniel

[lajohn27]

Kudos to Stan for doing gods work.. :)

J

[klyde]

are all the images stock or are there some with hacks? I Imaged my DSR40 from a 40gb to a 160gb to get the no call hack and skip functions but it also had no software upgrade now I got the dredded guide loading banner and my Hughes is now a DSR704.

[xiskool]

Yes, another big thank you.. Thanks so much for the help Stan! My HR10-250 is happy once again.

-chris

[c52k]

I've PM'd Stan. If anyone else has the ftp info i'd appreciate it. I need an image for TCD240040.

Thanks!

[TiVoSoFine]

Originally posted by c52k
I've PM'd Stan. If anyone else has the ftp info i'd appreciate it. I need an image for TCD240040.

Thanks!

Don't worry. Stan is very responsive.

[edc_k2]

Stan, Thanks for responding so quick with a link. Tonight, I was able to restore to my new Seagate 160gb drive on my SD-DVR40. All looks good so far and I'm downloading the "c" software upgrade overnight.

[dskyz31]

Just finished downloading my svr 2000 image, can't wait to try it! Thanks again Stan! Much appreciated.

Dennis

[TimeforTivo]

I just bought a Pioneer 810H from BeachCamera.com for $436 landed. I backed it up first with MFSTools 2.0 (virgin state) and restored it to two hard drives: drive A Maxtor 160GB Diamond Max Plus, drive B WD 250GB, both 7200 RPM drives. I only get 80 hours. Bummer. I need a 57H or 'Magic' 810H image. I've PM'd Stan, so I'm sure I'll here from him soon. I'm going to image this dude tonight!

[TimeforTivo]

It worked! I now have a Maxtor 160 and WD 250 together for a total of 495 hours! Wow! I built my own mount for the second drive as well as a bracket for an additional internal fan blowing on the second drive. System Info reports 36C(Normal)! The top of the case is not even warm after running for hours!

[StanSimmons]

Someone kindly added an image for the new "night light" TiVo's

tcd540040 602,116,072 bytes

[ronj75]

is the dvr-40 from hughes *direct tv* the sdr or hdr i keep seeing? fried my friends tivo and gotta get it fixed or im dead HAHA
hoping stan can come through as my savior tonight.
your awesome for helping people like this dude.

[Quaro]

Need an image for a series 2 AT&T unit (just like the other series 2 units as far I know). Please make sure it has backgrounds for menus as I've already downloaded one which was missing them.

[StanSimmons]

Sigh...

I guess this needs to be posted again:

For those of you who keep asking me (in this thread) to Private Message you; No.

The title of the this thread is "Need an image? PM me for a ftp site." That should be a clue to how this works.

I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM. I will only reply via PM.

The reason that there is not a direct link to the files is that in current US law, especially in light of the DMCA, it may be illegal to have a backup of copyright material -- even if you own the hardware.

The owner of this board does not want to have to worry about lawyers extorting him, so he has made the very prudent decision to not allow links to such material. If you don't like this situation, send a letter to your congress critter.

I know of one site that has a limited number of images in a private, password protected directory. PM me with your model number if you need an image. This site is fast, but has a limited download budget, so only ask if you REALLY need the image.

I also do not know the details of where most of the images came from, and I have not tested any of the Sony, Toshiba, RCA or TiVo branded images since I do not own any of that equipment.

I do NOT own or operate the ftp site. I have no control over what happens with the site. The site has been sporadicaly updated in the past year. The only images that are on the site are the ones listed in a previous message. ( http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62430&perpage=20&pagenumber=7 ) The list gets updated when the server gets updated.

[djyod]

Well I guess I toasted something! I needed to replace my Directv-tivo series 2 hard drive so I was following the "Hinsdale" how-to guide. The proble is that after replacing my PC hard drive back into the pc , it will not boot. I keep getting the message "NTDETECT FAILED" . I figured well not a huge problem, I will just go ahead and reformat and reinstall window xp and surly that will fix the problem. WRONG! I have tried reformating and reinstalling window now several times but can not get past this "NTDETECT FAILED" message. I even tried another hard drive as well. I flash my BIOS. Just can't figure it out.

Thought I would pst this here in case any one else has experienced this problem or may know what to do about it.

Any suggestions?

[Jim Sanchez]

This usually means that the disk you are trying to boot from does not have the boot loader on it. Are you SURE that you don't have a floppy (or CD) in the drive and are trying to boot from this. Otherwise, you can put your windows disk into the drive and do a "repair" installation. It will add the files you need.
Jim

[djyod]

I finallly had to reformat the drive to FAT32 and than install Windows 98. After that I was able to do a full install of Windows XP. Still don't understand it all but, hey, it worked!

[brj8826]

Now that this site doesn't have the HDR112 image anymore, can someone point me to a location that does? My unit finally died after 3 years of use.

[StanSimmons]

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62430&perpage=20&pagenumber=7

Phillips_HDR112_3.0 145,718,942 bytes

[manolin]

Hi,

Is the image of the sd-h400 and the new model Toshiba_SDHD400_511B the same?

My sd-h400 tivo drive is damaged and I got one image of the Toshiba_SDHD400_511B from Stan.

Will this image work for the sd-h400?

Thanks for your help,


Manolin

[StanSimmons]

I suspect that the SDHD is a typo and should be SDH.

I don't have any control over the web site and there are several typos in the names.

[jccausey]

I was about 20% into the restore process when the status updates just stopped.

Now the drive I was trying to restore the image to is completely dead - it's not recognized by anything...

Any ideas what might have happened? I was restoring the image from a CD, but like I said, everything was progressing normally until it just "stopped".

[manolin]

Hi,

I just want to say the the Toshiba image SDHD is a typo of the SD-H400.

It works and I was able to mount the image for a 200Gb disk upgrade.

Thanks StanSimmons.

Manolín

[olanderd]

Originally posted by jccausey
I was about 20% into the restore process when the status updates just stopped.

Now the drive I was trying to restore the image to is completely dead - it's not recognized by anything...

Any ideas what might have happened? I was restoring the image from a CD, but like I said, everything was progressing normally until it just "stopped".

I had the same thing happen to me last night but I was about 65% through. The drive was making some weird sounds though. I suspect that it is going to be a DOA on my new drive. I tried another new one and it worked perfectly.

[olanderd]

Stan is great!! I PM'd late Sunday, had a response when I woke up, downloaded image while at work, restored the drive that night and everything worked flawlessly except for the fact that the first drive I tried died right out of the box. Tried another and it was perfect. Thanks to Stan for saving me some bucks and a lot of headaches!!

[Itsnotez2bme]

I'm a newbie here to all this tivo stuff, but I hope that someone here can help me.
I have a philips HDR112. No changes done to it. It was actually picked up from a resale shop for less than $10 bucks. had no remote or power cord. So when I got a hold of it, found out that you can't do anything without the remote, so I finally got a remote for it and started playing with it. I get through all of the guided setup until the point it wants to dial out. After looking at the help websites and forums, I come to find out that nearly all tivos suffer from Easy Modem Fry syndrome. I'm pretty sure that is what's happened to this one, cause the modem doesn't even make a clicking noise, nothing.. just silence. I've seen the threads that say I can use an external modem...so I searched and finally got a US Robotics 33.6 Faxmodem.. Maybe it's not the right one, not sure. I'm guessing that I don't have the new enough version for my tivo(new being 3.x) The threads say I have to have that version if I want to use an external modem. So once again, I'm stuck with this large paper weight. I really want to be able to use this thing, even just as a standalone dvr. I was thinking that I may be able to get a new image file or the update to be able to use the external modem. I have considered the ethernet adaptor, but with the luck I've had so far I'm not so sure if it'll work.

If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.

[StanSimmons]

Images:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62430&perpage=20&pagenumber=7

Ethernet is the way to go:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64240

[mikemo]

Where can I get an image for a hdvr2? At point in the Hinsdale process do I start once I have the image?

[StanSimmons]

Did you not bother to read the link in the message immediately above yours?

:rolleyes: :(

[mikemo]

I did read it, but after going to the images link, where in that thread is the link to the images?

[mikemo]

Can someone PM me with the link to the image for Hughes_HDVR2? Thanks!

[StanSimmons]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Originally posted by mikemo
I did read it, but after going to the images link, where in that thread is the link to the images?

From the link above:
I don't read this thread very often, but PM sends me an email, so I know someone wants an image. You have to PM me, then I'll reply to your PM. I will only reply via PM.

The reason that there is not a direct link to the files is that in current US law, especially in light of the DMCA, it may be illegal to have a backup of copyright material -- even if you own the hardware.

The owner of this board does not want to have to worry about lawyers extorting him, so he has made the very prudent decision to not allow links to such material. If you don't like this situation, send a letter to your congress critter.

[globbitz]

Hello Readers,

Many thanks to Stan for location of image for UK TiVo Series 1 2.5.5.

However I am experiencing the problem with the 'Decompression error' at 99.94%. I've searched widely on these forums and other than advice to find an image with low compression, has anyone overcome this problem by other means?

Many thanks in anticipation,
globbitz

[bkfraser]

I need a clean image also for a Directv Tivo box HDVR2. Can you please PM me the ftp address.

Thanks in advance.

[TiVoSoFine]

Originally posted by bkfraser
I need a clean image also for a Directv Tivo box HDVR2. Can you please PM me the ftp address.

Thanks in advance.

Please read the first post of this thread......

[that_one_person0]

Can any one send me he link to an img for my tivo?

[ClearToLand]

Is the lack of reading comprehension due to our school system or our society in general? :(

[bmugz]

Can someone PM me the image FTP site please? Thanks.

[Golem311]

CAn someone please pm me the ftp info?

Thanks

[Tonedeaf]

bmugz and Golem311 you both need to read the first post in this thread for instructions on how to get an image link.

READ!!!!!

[StanSimmons]

Guys, you must turn on your PM's for me to send back the link.

[Montaño]

All the posts in this thread should read ' Stan, I have SENT YOU a PM'
Stan is doing all of us a great favor, so the least we can do is fallow his instructions. Take your time....read the thread.....send him a PM. Once you get what you asked for, be sure to say "Thanks".

[TiVoSoFine]

Right!

People who won't spend 2 minutes to read the first post of this thread do NOT deserve any response at all.

[comandercody]

I just wanted to take a moment and thank Stan for his attention and quick response. It's people like Stan that make this hobby so enjoyable, thanks again Stan.

[carvemeister]

Wow! Thanks for the link, and the fast reply to my P/M Stan. It's downloading as I write this.

I'll soon be spared from the wrath of my son, who has become very despondent without his Simpson's season pass.

Thank you for saving us!

[tparks80]

Sent PM to Stan tonight & received a reply with link in just a few minutes. It's very nice to have someone who wants to help a newbie on this forum.

Thanks again for your help !!!!!


:D :D :D

[blackh8552]

could I get a 7.1 image so i dont have to wait?

[DucatiBoy]

As much as I hate to duplicate previous posts, I have to thank Stan. THANK YOU! Stan is the man and comes through very quickly. Just follow his instructions and he will help even noob's like me out. Thanks, I really appreciate it!

[StanSimmons]

I've had several requests for v7 images, but I don't have a source for one yet....

[shoot_dog]

i am trying to restore with the hdr112 image on a hdr31203 and i keep getting the first drive too small error. i am trying to restore to the original 30 gig drive for now until i verify that the tivo works. is the image meant for a bigger drive?? what about the image having a .mfs extension instead of .bak??? does this matter for anything?? any help please!


update:

i forgot i had to unlock the hard drive again so the image installed fine... it doesnt matter if it is .bak or .mfs

problem now is the tivo stays at the "Your Recorder is starting up, Please wait a moment..." screen. now what do i do

previously before i downloaded the new image, the tivo would freeze after the initial setup call just before the second one. the jumpers are all the same from before

help!


update #2:
ok ok im an idiot- i never connected the hard drive power or data cable-- everything seems to be working now!!!!!!!

thanks so much for the image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gregor]

Originally posted by blackh8552
could I get a 7.1 image so i dont have to wait?

I seem to remember somewhere if you load an OS beyond your current version, your Tivo will stop working, and will require a CS Call to fix....

This used to be a problem with Series 1....

Anyone?

[TivoTodd]

Thanks StanSimmons!
Got the image, and had a working Sony Tivo less than an hour after I opened the box on the larger hard drive. The old drive was making some horrible noises =).

[jfalkingham]

Hi Guys,

My DSR6000 2nd drive (120 gig) failed. When I remove this drive, it boots past the powering up, gets to a few more minutes please then reboots and continues this cycle.

1. How do I get the original drive to forget about the upgrade? (I don't have a backup, so if that is the only method, could someone point me in the right direction of getting the image)

2. If I install a new 120 gig drive, do you think it would boot up being happy that it has a 120 gig drive again?

It worked fine for years, I went to move from one TV to the next, bam, it died :-(

[viper36]

I need a 3.1.5c image for an HR10-250.

Thanks
viper36