Can't get bash shell in Series 1 ver 1.3 software

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Hi all,

I hope this is the correct Forum for this question.

I have a couple of the old Sony series 1 Tivo's running the 1.3 software which I use as digital recorders for manual recording. I can communicate using a handmade serial cable but I don't get a Bash prompt and I need to run settime to obviously set the time.

I have a two drive Phillips series 1 which was upgraded by digitalrecorders also with ver 1.3 software and can access the bash shell and run settime so I know it can be done.

What do I need to do? I would guess install Bash somehow?

I have upgraded both units to 120 gig drives using Hinsdale's how to so I know a bit about the files system etc.

I can get as far as hitting the B key to boot the partition but then it just halts without giving me a prompt.

I would appreciate any help I can get.

Chris

 

Well I have gotten as far as Steve Jenkins boot cd and installed his tools but I can't untar them using cpio as this command does not exist apparently in ver 1.3. I guess I need to somehow get and install a copy of tar but I don't really know where to start.

A few pointers would really help please...

 

I'm slowly moving forward by having copied tar from the mfstools cd and untarred the files but now I get no where because the rest of the instructions are for telnetting into the box and I don't have a network card.

I feel I am close but still can't get a bash prompt???

 

Well I have gone through the rc.sysinit file and it seems that MFStools has added all the right lines to enable bash already but it will not work.

Also the ttyS line is not 2 but 3, I have tried both but on a Sony Series 1 which would be the serial port, 2 or 3 ?

When I originally did the upgrade I had to use TivoMad to run ideturbo=false in order to get the image to boot. However this is the last line of the serial output that I get and to me it might be preventing the bash line to run??

Below is the output from the loggin screen using Hyper terminal: I wish I could copy the rc.sysinit file but I haven't figured out a way to get it onto my main computer.


Verify password: *******
Console switched to DSS port

------- System Info --------
Processor speed = 50 MHz
Bus speed = 25 MHz
Amount of DRAM = 16 MBytes
Video configuration 3, Serial number 0
Enet MAC address= 0:4:ac:e3:0:54
Hostname = debug-13
Auto disk locking enabled
----------------------------
IDE err = 0x4
Need to lock unit 0
Initialize IDE security on unit 0
IDE err = 0x4
Can't set security keys
IDE err = 0x4
IDE drive 0 doesn't challenge security.. Assume insecure device
IDE drive 1 is locked. chal=0xa500a5, resp=0x6ff369f1
IDE drive 1 should be unlocked now

--- Device Configuration ---
Power-On Test Devices:
000 Enabled System Memory [RAM]
----------------------------
Boot Sources:
002 Enabled EIDE disk Controller [EIDE]
gateway: 192.168.40.20
----------------------------
Autolock disk(s) on power-up
----------------------------
B - Boot from disk
N - Network (tftp) boot
X - print extended menu
->b
Loading boot image from partition 6
1644
Loaded successfull
Entry point at 0x80010000 ...
IDEprom: jump to boot_entry (0x80010000)
Boot jump to 0x80010000, params=root=/dev/hda7 runideturbo=false

 

Hi and thanks for the help!

After going through the rc.sysinit file there are a number of entries there that in my mind would have had to have been put there by anyone other than Tivo, I wish I could duplicate it here...

I wonder if someone had a go at this unit before me?? It would have had to be years ago...

Anyway I finally got it to work by adding the following line to the bottom of the rc.sysinit file:

bash </dev/ttyS3 >& /dev/ttyS3 &

This was pretty much what you had told me to do. I just copied the line which was somewhere near the bottom of the file but was in an IF statement. So apparently the the serial port is ttyS3.

Anyway all is good with the world again and I can set the clock, this is great!