4TB Roamio Image community edition

I do not see a link to download anything and beta test

 

Me either

 

Can you pm me the link?

 

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Did you see the part where you're supposed to PM him first with some info?

 

Might be, I don't recall the nature of the restriction but I know a couple users who were interested in a few things I listed for sale had to email directly as they weren't able to PM yet.

I might be interested but I down to a single Roamio which is a Pro at 3tb right now but I'm tempted to try your project except I'm missing a 4tb drive, but perhaps in a couple weeks....

 

I am unable to PM, but would love to test. I have a new Roamio base model (for OTA) and a shiny new WD 4 TB WD40EZRX along with a Windows 7 computer and SATA capability (I think I answered all the questions). Would be happy to test.

 

And I didn't PM you because I don't have 10 posts yet. Sorry.

 

I have tested telemark's image in a Roamio Plus and have not found any operational issues or problems with it yet. It will give you 637 hours of HD. Haven't found any missing gui elements and all the menus appear functional. I have a Motorola MCard and I lost pairing of the cableCARD. (Had to call Charter 3 times before I got someone who could re-pair the cableCARD to the TiVo). You do not have to do a C&DE after you boot the image to sync it to the TiVo, it works with first boot.

Major test not done on the image yet is to try to fill it up completely and see how it performs.

Telemark did a great job in developing this image.

 

Hi, I tried this upgrade. I powered down my utility computer used to image the drive before I grabbed the pastebin URL of the run, but it all seemed to apply fine.

However, after I put the HD back in the TiVo Roamio, it gets an initial boot screen but soon after it seems to lose HDMI output now. It doesn't come back. I have the original drive, I'm gonna verify it works fine with it.

This is a 4-tuner Roamio. Any suggestions?

 

Could it be trying to output a video format your TV can't handle? On the plus and Pro you can press the format button on the front panel however I forget if the basic Roamio has that same function? I can't recall if the basic has any external button function on the box, might try giving a few minutes to come up, press live TV then the clear buttons on the remote then the zoom button to see if the screen resolution changes but it should by default come up in a resolution that works.

 

Consider checking if the boot partitions are the same for the original image and the 4TB image.

 

I left it there all night, it comes up with an initial TiVo "Welcome" screen and then it loses signal after 10-20 seconds. Left it there all night no change.

Doubtful it is an unsupported resolution, Samsung 8-series TV.

 

Knoppix 7.2 Boot DVD on an old 2008-Dell Precision Tower.

The harddrive is: WD AV-GP WD40EURX 4TB

I booted the Roamio up before doing the upgrade and played around. There was never more than a half-second flicker switching between 480p and 1080i/p or whatever it went to next. Specifically, as it's booting, when the green light is on and begins to quickly blink back and forth between the green light and the yellowish light next to it, it immediately goes out after that quick sequence (which is typically when you can hit Pause for 2 seconds and hit the kickstart options per a Weakness page I don't have enough posts to link to). But basically right after the moment you can hit pause for 2 seconds to go into kickstart, that's when it loses output signal.

Maybe there are some differences with the smaller Roamio? I'm guessing this was only tested on Plus and Pro versions? I'll run the upgrade on the HD again and make sure I don't lose the Pastebin of the output again.

 

Ahhh so, that's interesting. How exactly should I check them? After I ran the utility, I couldn't even display the partition table with like parted or fdisk, it didn't seem to have a valid partition setup. Maybe I needed to do a partprobe first, I forgot to do that first. I'll try again.

 

I have both original and new HDs plugged into my test computer booted into Knoppix. I am unsure how to check the partition setup to compare:

Code:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ parted -l
Error: /dev/sda: unrecognised disk label                                  

Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label                                  

Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label                                  

Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label                                

Warning: Unable to open /dev/cloop0 read-write (Read-only file system).   
/dev/cloop0 has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/cloop0: unrecognised disk label                               

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 4000.8 GB, 4000787030016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486401 cylinders, total 7814037168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

I'm pretty new to TiVo upgrading, not sure if there is some TiVo specific command to pull the table.

 

Here's the output of the scripts when I run again (removed original HD first):

Code:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ wget "http://tiny.cc/c6r5gxA/autoinstall.pl"
--2014-06-18 10:17:52--  http://tiny.cc/c6r5gxA/autoinstall.pl
Resolving tiny.cc (tiny.cc)... 192.241.240.89
Connecting to tiny.cc (tiny.cc)|192.241.240.89|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51278/Tivo/4TB/autoinstall.pl [following]
--2014-06-18 10:17:52--  http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51278/Tivo/4TB/autoinstall.pl
Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... 54.243.118.205, 107.21.115.150, 23.21.154.121, ...
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|54.243.118.205|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4275 (4.2K) [text/x-perl]
Saving to: `autoinstall.pl'

100%[======================================>] 4,275       --.-K/s   in 0s      

2014-06-18 10:17:52 (278 MB/s) - `autoinstall.pl' saved [4275/4275]

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ less autoinstall.pl 
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ chmod +x autoinstall.pl 
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ ./autoinstall.pl 
ls: cannot access /dev/hd?: No such file or directory
sda:
[    1.784950] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 7814037168 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
[    1.784955] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks
[    1.785062] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    1.785067] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    1.785113] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    1.796521]  sda: unknown partition table
[    1.796902] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
4096 bytes received - [ Roamio ] - 

sdc:
0 bytes received - rejected - 

sdd:
0 bytes received - rejected - 

sde:
0 bytes received - rejected - 

sdf:
0 bytes received - rejected - 

sdg:
0 bytes received - rejected - 

sdh:
[    1.540445] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[    1.540447] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[    1.540915] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
0 bytes received - rejected - 

Target Drive /dev/sda found

Testing /dev/sda
Reading mid sector 488377323
dd if=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=1 skip=488377323 of=/dev/null 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes (4.1 kB) copied, 0.0198814 s, 206 kB/s
 - PASSED - 
Backing up mid sector 488377323
dd if=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=1 skip=488377323 of=/tmp/dd-test.bin 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes (4.1 kB) copied, 0.000167767 s, 24.4 MB/s
 - PASSED - 
Writing mid sector 488377323
dd of=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=1 seek=488377323 if=/tmp/dd-test.bin 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes (4.1 kB) copied, 0.00681929 s, 601 kB/s
 - PASSED - 
Reading last sector 976754645
dd if=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=1 skip=976754645 of=/dev/null 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes (4.1 kB) copied, 0.000143868 s, 28.5 MB/s
 - PASSED - 
Backing up last sector 976754645
dd if=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=1 skip=976754645 of=/tmp/dd-test.bin 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes (4.1 kB) copied, 0.000659207 s, 6.2 MB/s
 - PASSED - 
Writing last sector 976754645
dd of=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=1 seek=976754645 if=/tmp/dd-test.bin 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes (4.1 kB) copied, 1.7071e-05 s, 240 MB/s
 - PASSED - 

Downloading image
--2014-06-18 10:19:10--  http://tiny.cc/y8r5gx
Resolving tiny.cc (tiny.cc)... 192.241.240.89
Connecting to tiny.cc (tiny.cc)|192.241.240.89|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51278/Tivo/4TB/4TBr1.tgz [following]
--2014-06-18 10:19:11--  http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51278/Tivo/4TB/4TBr1.tgz
Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... 107.22.234.0, 184.73.187.123, 184.73.202.105, ...
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|107.22.234.0|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 41443 (40K) [application/x-gtar]
Saving to: `4TBr1.tgz'

100%[======================================>] 41,443      --.-K/s   in 0.04s   

2014-06-18 10:19:11 (1.06 MB/s) - `4TBr1.tgz' saved [41443/41443]

--2014-06-18 10:19:11--  http://tiny.cc/y8r5gxH
Resolving tiny.cc (tiny.cc)... 192.241.240.89
Connecting to tiny.cc (tiny.cc)|192.241.240.89|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51278/Tivo/4TB/HASHES.txt [following]
--2014-06-18 10:19:11--  http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51278/Tivo/4TB/HASHES.txt
Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... 184.73.187.123, 184.73.202.105, 184.73.234.37, ...
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|184.73.187.123|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 135 [text/plain]
Saving to: `HASHES.txt'

100%[======================================>] 135         --.-K/s   in 0s      

2014-06-18 10:19:11 (15.2 MB/s) - `HASHES.txt' saved [135/135]


Locating verifier
/usr/bin/md5sum
Checking hash
3b0b8870d20d329a190423fd152da20d ? 3b0b8870d20d329a190423fd152da20d  /tmp/roamio-img/4TBr1.tgz
 - PASSED - 

Extracting
4TBr1/
4TBr1/README.txt
4TBr1/mid_3900907584.bin.gz
4TBr1/bin/
4TBr1/beg_0.bin.gz
4TBr1/install.sh
4TBr1/INSTALL.txt
4TBr1/end_7814016688.bin.gz
4TBr1/bin/bpatch
4TBr1/bin/random16r1
 - PASSED - 

Viewing License Terms:
Image and Installer, Copyright 2014, telemark of tivocommunity.com
License granted for personal use within a single household.
Commercial use or redistribution prohibited, without prior permission and license.

Image has been tested by some community members, but
NO warranty is provided.
Some support may be found on the forums.

To support future projects:
Financial or Hardware donations encouraged.

Version r1, June 7th, 2014

Proceed to permanently overwrite /dev/sda ( yes / no ) ?
yes
Starting install.sh /dev/sda 4096
Countdown to Erasing /dev/sda
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 
16 @ 304
Trying 'gunzip -c end_7814016688.bin.gz | dd bs=4096 seek=976752086 of=/dev/sda'
2560+0 records in
2560+0 records out
10485760 bytes (10 MB) copied, 0.197528 s, 53.1 MB/s
Trying 'gunzip -c mid_3900907584.bin.gz | dd bs=4096 seek=487613448 of=/dev/sda'
1527758+0 records in
1527758+0 records out
6257696768 bytes (6.3 GB) copied, 53.8071 s, 116 MB/s
Trying 'cat    beg_0.bin             | dd bs=4096 seek=0 of=/dev/sda'
8+0 records in
8+0 records out
32768 bytes (33 kB) copied, 0.00876268 s, 3.7 MB/s
No Errors Reported

OK, I just figured out the problem. I reproduced the issue with factory drive. It turned out the HDMI cable went bad, probably when I was pulling it out further to work on the TiVo. Go figure. I plugged it into the HDMI cable on one of the game consoles that I knew worked, and Viola. I put the 4TB back in, and it change resolution. It's at the "Almost there..." screen now.

Problem solved, the 4TB upgrade works great! Thanks guys.