moved this question out here

[defsrg]

i moved these questions out of the 2.5.2 and 3.1 upgrade thread so they were a little more visible, if anyone wouldnt mind taking a look and see what they think
thanx
http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21070&perpage=15&pagenumber=30

[SR712]

defsfg-

If you are running 2.5.2 change your rc.net file to look like this:

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (c) 2001-2002 TiVo Inc.
#

if [ "$DEBUG_BOARD" != true -o "$dhcp" == true ]; then
if detectDynamicNet; then
# mkdir -p /var/state/dhcp
# /sbin/dhclient -q "$DYNAMIC_NET_DEV" 2>/dev/null &

/sbin/ifconfig net0 192.168.1.201 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sleep 1
/sbin/route delete default 2> /dev/null
sleep 1
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev net0
fi
fi

/etc/rc.d/rc.remote-login &

[If you are using 3.1, change every instance of net0 to eth0. There are 2]

Change 192.168.1.201 to whatever you want your IP to be. I have sleep 1 in there because sometimes it wouldn't take. I think it was blowing by too fast. Reboot your unit.

Note: the line with "default gw" in it gives the TiVo access outside of your network. I use this to trade videos with my buddy across the city. If you don't want it, comment that line out with a # .

Hope this helps.

[defsrg]

thaxn dude ill try it looks right, the other problem is waht is bothering me now.my picture will pixelate and then reboot every 15minutes on the nose. i changed and checked all cables, so i hope its not the drive but it is a possiblility it just coincidental that it coincides with messing with the rc.net. if anyone has seen this please let me know as i am xtremeing an emergency drive to catch my programs to be recorded tonight
thanx

[defsrg]

now i don't believe the drive is bad as i just got done running a low level diagnostic on my wd hd and it found no errors but it still continues to reboot every 15 minutes. its not any of the cables or power supply as i re extremed my spare drive and that ran w/o a problem for almost 24 hours straight but the minute i put the old drive back in it rebooted righ at the 15 minute mark. it is not heat as i have my cover off constanly with an 8 inch clip on fan from wal mart that is attached to my entertainment center and always keeps every thing nice and cool you can literally not feel any heat at all with that baby if some of you want to try that they are only $6.74 at your local wal mart. anyways i tried a direct copy of the drive to my spare drive and now when i hook that up ive got the gsod and it goes to welcome,almost there, then gsod, im letting that run just for the heck of it to see what happens. so anyways back to the original problem as from what i read everything my my unit is doing refers to a bad hd but the quick test showed no errors. now i can do a more extensive test but i have to back up first cuz i dont want to accidentally lose anything.its just funny all this started when i messed with my rc.net.i really didnt think what i did could do this but hey stranger things have happend.
so if someone could read this thread and the other where this whole problem started and tell me what u think.
1)if someone is familiar with the west dig. diagnostic software can i do a full test of he drive w/o losing anything?
2) can this happen from changing the rc.net even though i have already put the original file back and deleted the modified one?
3) i dont think i can do anymore damage by changing the rc.net to the suggestion above, can i?
4)i was wondering if one of the hacks maybe for some reason started all this e.g.mv channels, turbo net, as it does it like right at the 15 minute mark,you could set your watch by it.
5)i just feel this is software related and would like to try and fix it as WDHD's of the 120gb variety aren't cheap.
thanx to all for the suggestions

[BubbleLamp]

If it is exactly 15 min each time, look for something running via cron at that interval.

[defsrg]

bl ur always there to find the simple crap i always overlook,lol. im still testing right now but i must have been in a hurry one day and set NOSDD to run via cron, xplusz command #29 for all those reading,all seems well right now however i did stop all xplusz hacks and i am going to add them back one by one to see if i can narrow it down.the only problem is i dont see another xplusz command to activate NOSDD unless superzap reads this and can give some insight.
thanx BL, again and again and again lol

[superzap]

NOSDD is activated with #29,1 and the intervals are adjusted with #56
The only xPlusz function that runs every 15 mins by default is TEMPMON

[defsrg]

well i don't know then dude, all i can tell you is that is the only thing running via cron and since i deactivated it i have had no reboots in almost 3 hours now. like i said i am adding the hacks back one by one and letting it set 30 minutes each so we'll see.i never run the temp mon so i don't think that is it, the only things i usually run are addlocals, noscramble,fixdemo,telnet,tivoftpd,nosdd,cron but i think that is default on startup and of course i use #60 and 61 from time to time. i really would like to figure this out as i have always liked the comfort of NOSDD even if it isnt foolproof. ill post back once i get everything reactivated and set.
thanx zap

[defsrg]

got all hacks added back including NOSDD and everything is fine so far so this is really weird. im going attemt to modify the rc.net again for the static ip which is what originally started all this so we'll see. let u know

[defsrg]

well all set changed the rc.net can now telnet and extract so i dont know what happened the first time with the reboot issues but all is well now.
thanx