Zipper for 6.3b - Beta Testers Wanted

rbautch · 01-15-2007, 10:03 PM

I updated the Zipper (attached) to work with 6.3x software. I'm specifically looking for feedback on how it works with a previously unhacked virgin copy of 6.3x software. No support questions please - wait for the official release.

edit 1/16: Attachment removed. Used download below.
edit 1/18: Fixed a bug that caused 6.3 tivoapp patches not to run.
edit 1/19: Modified isomaker to ignore Instantcake iso if image is already present.

edit 1/25: This version of the Zipper is now live on the website. Please post any further comments or questions in the Zipper thread.

sk33t3r · 01-15-2007, 10:59 PM

I take it we need to extract this to the zippertool directory and then make a new iso, and then boot off the cd and run zipper.sh.

Im ready to do some testing

Tivogre · 01-15-2007, 11:04 PM

Should this replace zipper.sh on the tools disk? The file has no .sh extension, and does NOT appear to be a readable script. Did I have a download or extract error?

sk33t3r · 01-15-2007, 11:37 PM

The .sh is not there as of a few revisions ago. It is still executable.

ibooyaka · 01-16-2007, 10:49 AM

Sweet, thanks for the hard work! Can't wait to give it a try, does this help with backported drivers by any chance?

toohip · 01-16-2007, 11:16 AM

Very cool. I will give this a try.

Looking forward to an updated enhancement script also. I have read other post where you say that the enhancement script works with 6.3 but I think you need TWP 1.4 to work with 6.3? No biggie as you could install that manually. I also think NCID needs to be updated to work correctly? Movieloader would be a nice addition.

Thanks for all your hard work.

BigBearf · 01-16-2007, 02:17 PM

Excellent!
I downloaded the v63b.bak file but it does not look like the exec file that the other image files have. Do I just change the name to 000001 and use the new zipper?

I will give it a try this weekend
Thanks,
Jeff

sk33t3r · 01-16-2007, 02:38 PM

I used mfsrestore to put the 63b image on, then I ran guided setup because it has the original authors information.
Just ran zipper on my PC to make the zipper cd, that went fine, and just finished with tweak and that wwent fine as well. Just rebooted,more info coming soon.

Well TWP is up, I can telnet in, everything appears to be fine, Russ!!!!

Since I had done MFSRESTORE with v63b image, I told it to leave my image. This is a single 250g hard drive for testing only.

Mem: 69860K used, 21444K free, 0K shrd, 3508K buff, 33976K cached
Load average: 0.28, 0.47, 0.87 (State: S=sleeping R=running, W=waiting)

Standby is missing, I entered Y to move it and its GONE completely.

And the 63b.bak image had some things in the todo list so a clear and delete may be needed unless you want all that crap.

rbautch · 01-16-2007, 05:00 PM

Thanks for the feedback. As far as the image goes, I don't really care what's on it since I'm not distributing it, and right now there's technically no legal way to obtain an image other than using mfsbackup to create one yourself. I'm hoping DVRupgrade releases a 6.3 Instantcake soon. I think the standby issue has since been corrected by the author, so I just have to get the new version in there.

There's two other things I'm interested in at this point:
1. Does it work with a wireless adapter?
2. Does it still work with 3.1.5f?

Feedback from other users is still welcome.

sk33t3r · 01-16-2007, 06:35 PM

I dont have a wireless adapter, and Im still waiting on the clear and delete to finish up, its been over an hour, then I can try it on 3.1.5f

I tried forcing a call on my 3.1.5f stock image but it never did download the 63b slices

Clear and delete is done , I just noticed no 30sc skip, it goes straight to the end

rbautch · 01-16-2007, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk33t3r

I dont have a wireless adapter, and Im still waiting on the clear and delete to finish up, its been over an hour, then I can try it on 3.1.5f

I tried forcing a call on my 3.1.5f stock image but it never did download the 63b slices

Clear and delete is done , I just noticed no 30sc skip, it goes straight to the end

No tivoapp patches are in the Zipper/Enhancement script for 6.3. That will be my next project.

sk33t3r · 01-16-2007, 08:46 PM

Anything else you want to look at before I blast this drive tommorow. Are you going to look at adding bufferhack in the next release?

rbautch · 01-16-2007, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk33t3r

Anything else you want to look at before I blast this drive tommorow. Are you going to look at adding bufferhack in the next release?

Blast away. Even though I love bufferhack, I can't add it without the author's permission, which ain't going to happen.

Tivogre · 01-17-2007, 05:51 PM

I've run through the process multiple times; I am not getting networking. I am using an FA120.

I elected to restore the 6.3b image.

I answered N to wireless networking. Got messages:

usb.map location could not be determined.
Skipping usb.map mods for backported drivers...
Appending usb.map for backported drivers...
Backing up old drivers to xxxxx... Installing new drivers...
Please enter a static address for your tivo:

When I boot the Tivo, it's like the USB driver's aren't getting installed. NO lights on the FA120 at all.

Re-executed the zipper with a 3.1 image; all is well; networking works with the same FA120.

What should I check / try?

sk33t3r · 01-17-2007, 09:37 PM

I had some issues with this version as well.

Tivogre · 01-18-2007, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tivogre

I've run through the process multiple times; I am not getting networking. I am using an FA120.

I elected to restore the 6.3b image.

I answered N to wireless networking. Got messages:

usb.map location could not be determined.
Skipping usb.map mods for backported drivers...
Appending usb.map for backported drivers...
Backing up old drivers to xxxxx... Installing new drivers...
Please enter a static address for your tivo:

When I boot the Tivo, it's like the USB driver's aren't getting installed. NO lights on the FA120 at all.

Re-executed the zipper with a 3.1 image; all is well; networking works with the same FA120.

What should I check / try?

Well, I feel like an idiot... but I have solved my own problem.

When creating the iso image for the zipper disc, I was placing BOTH my downloaded 6.3b image AND the InstantCake iso in the zipper tools folder. The creation process for the zipper iso was extracting the instantcake 3.15f image, replacing my 6.3b image on the zipper disc.

DOH!

Clearly, 6.3b networking hacks DO NOT work with a 3.15f image.

Perhaps the instructions can / should be modified to acomodate those who are using an image from a different source than Instantcake NOT to put the IC iso into zipper tools.

sk33t3r · 01-18-2007, 05:41 PM

But you can put the 63b.bak file in the zipper_tools dir jsut rename it to 000001, and zipper will ask if you want to restore that image. Then once restore is done it will run the zipper install.

Tivogre · 01-18-2007, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk33t3r

But you can put the 63b.bak file in the zipper_tools dir jsut rename it to 000001, and zipper will ask if you want to restore that image. Then once restore is done it will run the zipper install.

Yes. I am aware; that is what I was attempting. What I'm saying is that if you put the v63b.bak file in the zipper tools (renamed to 000001), AND you put the PTV iso in the zipper tools too, the iso maker for zipper OVERWRITES your 6.3 000001 file with the 000001 file from the PTV iso.

Lesson: if you qre supplying your own 000001 back-up image file, DO NOT put the PTV iso in the zipper tools directory.

rbautch · 01-18-2007, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tivogre

Yes. I am aware; that is what I was attempting. What I'm saying is that if you put the v63b.bak file in the zipper tools (renamed to 000001), AND you put the PTV iso in the zipper tools too, the iso maker for zipper OVERWRITES your 6.3 000001 file with the 000001 file from the PTV iso.

Lesson: if you qre supplying your own 000001 back-up image file, DO NOT put the PTV iso in the zipper tools directory.

I'll fix this to check for the 00001 image first. Thanks for the feedback.

sk33t3r · 01-18-2007, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tivogre

Yes. I am aware; that is what I was attempting. What I'm saying is that if you put the v63b.bak file in the zipper tools (renamed to 000001), AND you put the PTV iso in the zipper tools too, the iso maker for zipper OVERWRITES your 6.3 000001 file with the 000001 file from the PTV iso.

Lesson: if you qre supplying your own 000001 back-up image file, DO NOT put the PTV iso in the zipper tools directory.

Yeah I found that out myself the other day. all is well now. Im off to test on a 315f image. Well 3.1.5f with zipp27 is up, tivoweb, telnet, ftp.

I renamed my virgin 3.1.5f image to 000001 and raan the iso bat maker and used the iso.

Da Goon · 01-19-2007, 04:59 AM

Gave this a shot tonight, and it seems to be working fine with 3.1.5f. I built my boot disc with IC 3.1.5f image, and running the zipper gave no errors in the pc. After running the script I mounted the new drive and poked around for a bit and everything was in place. Booting up the first time went fine. Only errors on serial were for fakecall (which worked fine after running tweak.sh) and networking was working good (Airlink ASOHOUSB) with the ip address I set earlier.

The only error the enhancement script had was : No such file or directoryh when installing gotomydvr. After running it, ps showed all hacks running.
I installed hackman and edited installSw.itcl, ftp'd over 6.3b slices, and about to manually upgrade without copying any hacks or dd'ing my kernel over. The only thing I changed was bootpage so I could watch the bootup as it updated to 6.3b "naturally."

I'm rebooting now and installing 6.3b. Once it's up and running I'll try the zipper on it.

Da Goon · 01-19-2007, 06:01 AM

6.3b installed fine, and after putting the drive back in my pc the zipper went fine as well without any errors. While booting up all looked good on serial, and telnet/ftp access popped up at the appropriate ip address. The only error I got while running tweak.sh was the same as above for the gotomydvr client.

After running tweak and rebooting, network access was fine, but there were a few hiccups. TWP would not connect, and when I tried to run it manually it showed that the server was running. Also, ps seemed to be broken, spitting out different errors via serial and telnet. Otherwise all hacks seemed to be running (except tivoapp patches of course.)

I copied over a few of my logs and poked around a bit, and everything seemed to be there, but I don't have any more time to mess with it right now. So far it seems to work fine with 3.1.5f and 6.3b.

sk33t3r · 01-19-2007, 11:56 AM

Im going to test on 6.3b later today. 315f is still up and running after 12 hours

rbautch · 01-19-2007, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbautch

I'll fix this to check for the 00001 image first. Thanks for the feedback.

Done..

stevecon · 01-19-2007, 05:01 PM

Russ,

Can I run this over a zippered 3.1.5f - slicer'ed to 6.3a - TiVO (ie: rezipper a faulty previous installation)?

rbautch · 01-19-2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevecon

Russ,

Can I run this over a zippered 3.1.5f - slicer'ed to 6.3a - TiVO (ie: rezipper a faulty previous installation)?

Yes.

Lord Vader · 01-19-2007, 07:56 PM

Does everyone know that there now is an Instantcake 6.3b version available (not an unsliced version; rather, the whole 6.3b image is available)? I got the Email from Lou last night.

PJO1966 · 01-19-2007, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Vader

Does everyone know that there now is an Instantcake 6.3b version available (not an unsliced version; rather, the whole 6.3b image is available)? I got the Email from Lou last night.

So, providing we don't have any recordings we care to keep, we can create a new zipper disk with the 6.3b Instant Cake, pull the drive out of the TiVo, and start from scratch?

Lord Vader · 01-19-2007, 08:35 PM

Yup. No need to slice or anything. Just apply Instantcake 6.3b and voila! That's it, unless one wishes to Zipper and tweak, of course.

PJO1966 · 01-19-2007, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Vader

Yup. No need to slice or anything. Just apply Instantcake 6.3b and voila! That's it, unless one wishes to Zipper and tweak, of course.

If the drive is already tweaked, will using Instant Cake alone wipe out the existing tweaks?