Tivo Files and Images FTP Server

[nipquad]

I have a FTP that has all of my Tivo files on it. Including HDVR2 U5 images with streams, without streams, and completly hacked with bash, fixsub, and HU. I was just wondering it there was a problem with giving people the info I have have hacked images on it. Is this against forum rules? If not then Ill post the info as soon as I get a answer. Thanx for all the help guys, without you guys, this wouldn't even be possible! ;)

[CFC]

If I were to guess, I'd say it's ok to post those links, minus the HU hack as it is DTV related and not allowed over here.

[mrblack51]

if you want to post a link, thats fine. but it would be preffered if you didnt post a link to an image with hu stuff...course, based on the current situation with directv, posting such an image could be legally hazardous

[nipquad]

here is the info, I have all of my images on there, one is with BASH, and other "hacks" ;) The info:

ftp.dramaman.org <unedited>
port: 21
user/pass: tivo

have fun and feel free to upload anything someone else would find useful and that I don't already have.

edit by mrblack51: please don't link to sites with dtv hacks directly. thanks

edit by nipquad: took off bad files, should be ok

[ericchile]

Ok if I have an 80 gig drive do I have do anything besides put the drive in after doing something like

mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/dos/80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak /dev/hdc

Is that the right parameters?

Thanks

[Henry]

The only thing I needed to do was step 14 of Ingineers instructions. I will include it here:

14. Notice I skipped 13. I didn't want anything to screw up when everything has worked perfectly so far! =) Ok, now this is where we begin the modifications that mlar originally developed to get that prompt! Mount Jonnydeath’s CD by typing mount /dev/hdb /cdrom It will proceed to tell you that it is a read-only file-system, and that is it mounting it accordingly. CD to the mount by typing cd /cdrom then do an ls to verify that the img subdirectory, the genromfs and the bootpage utilities are there. (if they are not, you didn’t use Jonnydeath’s MFStools version!) Now lets verify your system is like mine was, and type this command:
bootpage -p /dev/hdc
It should spit out "root=/dev/hda7" which confirms the TiVo’s active root partition is 7, so that makes the VAR mount point at 9. Lets now mount the var partition by typing:
mount /dev/hdc9 /mnt/tivo
Then we check it by doing a:
ls /mnt/tivo
Now verify you see at least stuff like the "log" and "utils" subdirectories. Now if that is ok, we are ready for the actual modifications. The first chore is to generate the small ROMFS image that we will be placing on the last Blank Partition (determined in step 12). Do this by typing the following:
genromfs -f /romfs.img -d img/
This command should create a 1024 byte file in the root directory called romfs.img containing the ROM file system image which has the “hacks” file in it from the img subdirectory. Now we are ready to write it to the blank partition at the end of the TiVo drive. The blank partition we will use was created by us and determined in step 12. Make the write by typing this command:
(Note: The blue XX should be replaced with the blank partition number determined in step 12!)
dd if=/romfs.img of=/dev/hdcXX bs=1024 count=1
This command does a direct binary copy (dd) of the “infile” romfs.img directly to the partition which is located at device handle /dev/hdcXX. If all goes well you will see "1+0 records in" and "1+0 records out" and we have inserted our secret “hook” code into the last partiton on the TiVo drive. On to the next step.....

[SR712]

Nice FTP, nipquad, thank you.

[farlz]

Are there any special steps to put the 80gb image on a 120gb drive, and to have all the hacks still work? Thanks, farlz

[Tommy]

Thanks,worked great:D

[orangejaylove]

when i try to restore this useing

mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/c/80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak /dev/hdc

i get to about 95%- then a error about decompression can anyont help me out, whys this happening

thanks

[orangejaylove]

its a 120 gig hard drive don't know if that makes a difference

[David Bought]

Originally posted by orangejaylove
when i try to restore this useing

mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/c/80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak /dev/hdc

i get to about 95%- then a error about decompression can anyont help me out, whys this happening

thanks

You're using a bad/corrupted image. Try a different one. And if you are burning it to cd, use md5sum or a similar utility to verify its integrity immediately prior to running mfsrestore.

If the image you're trying to use contained service hacks, it is likely that the corruption at the end was a direct result of the bad karma you generated by trying to be a thief. This is an unsolvable problem so you are best off going straight.

[orangejaylove]

I've dl'd this a couple of times and tryed the restore about 4 times always get the same thing, failure decompression 95%

I think that the image is bad, couple of others PM'd me and one used the program that David Boughts suggested, he had the same probs.

So I'm guessing this image is no good...

nipquad could you do us a favor.
Could you check your backup and maybe upload it again.
Thanks alot in advance

[David Bought]

Originally posted by orangejaylove
I've dl'd this a couple of times and tryed the restore about 4 times always get the same thing, failure decompression 95%

I think that the image is bad, couple of others PM'd me and one used the program that David Boughts suggested, he had the same probs.

So I'm guessing this image is no good...

nipquad could you do us a favor.
Could you check your backup and maybe upload it again.
Thanks alot in advance

Hey, I have an idea. If nipquad's image is bad, why don't you just USE YOUR OWN DAMN IMAGE???

It's not like these boxes come with blank drives.. sheesh.

And if all you need is the U5 kernel, there are easier ways to get it.

[orangejaylove]

thought i was being really nice about it, just trying to save others the same trouble i had, he was nice enough to put the image up for others to dl, guessing he did it for other to use, just wanted to let him know.

[SledgeHammer]

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[David Bought]

Originally posted by orangejaylove
thought i was being really nice about it, just trying to save others the same trouble i had, he was nice enough to put the image up for others to dl, guessing he did it for other to use, just wanted to let him know.

If by "nice" you mean "annoying," then you're right.

If I wanted to be a **** I would point out how four months and 78 useless posts since registering, you still don't even have bash. But since I am not a **** I will not mention that (or the fact that people like you make this board look bad). But don't get me wrong, my silence on the issue is not meant to condone the ever-present, annoying n00b posts that ask questions that are thoroughly covered by the stickies and the archives.

[ericchile]

Ok lets get over the flames..

I have yet to try this. But I have burned the mfs tools and the bak up file to a disk so I can access it strait from the cdrom.

I have yet to see if the restore will work but I should be able to tell you tomorrow morning.

It seems tommy got it to work? Tommy did you have any problems getting the image to uncompress or finish? If not can you tell us the procedure you used?

I will post my results tomorrow!


:cool:

[Tommy]

I followed the guide...mount c,etc...Then typed in the Restore command....mfsrestore -s 127 -xzpi /mnt/dos/80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak /dev/hdc ....80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak I changed the name under windows to80u5.bak just so I did not have to type all of it :) . I also used a 80gig drive,trying it on a 120 tonite. When I was done,I had to do a clear and delete. This was a few days ago and its running fine still.

PS. I saved it to my C drive,and restored it from the same. I'm running XP Pro,but I left it at FAT32 verses NTFS.

PSS,:D Once it finished the restore,that is where I stopped and put the drive back in the Tivo.

[orangejaylove]

Tommy thanks, i just noticed something thats different after I mount c which you said you did your command line differs to mine

I use mnt/c, you use mnt/dos. how come is that the place you saved the image or a command

I seem to be having alot of trouble because I just can't grasp the way the file system works I understand the idea of mounting a drive say hda5 on mnt/c ok (ie. my fat32 partition is on my main xp drive seems close to your set up)

so when i do my mfsrestore -s 127 *** mnt/c/*filename
I thought thats supposed to read that way

yours says mnt/dos/*filename* correct, ANYWAY whats the dos command/location only difference I can see

sorry if im annoying but I do want to learn about this and I have been able to back up images and move files correctly sometimes and I have had bash but im looking to set things up so i don't have to keep the computer anywhere near the tv and just leave it there, if you don't want to answer me (that goes for anyone) then don't.

but i have to say that I have tons of PMs that noobs have sent me with the same questions that I have had and I love to help them, they all seem to scared to ask them on the boards cuse of the members flameing noobs, and half the time they don't even know how to ask cuse there linux impared... so I think you (DAVID) should think again about whos making who look bad...

[orangejaylove]

thought I'd also add that if anyone else wants to pm me about noob questions knock yourself out, Im ubernoob ;) i'll take the heat for the "stupid" questions so you don't :)

[ericchile]

Jaylove it shouldn't matter what directory you mount it to... As long as you can read the file you should be good. I will try putting it on my 80gig WD drive tomorrow morning. I am doing the backup strait from the CDROM (I edited the iso file to include the bak up image.. has anyone done this before?)

If it works I can just burn you a cd copy and send it to you via snail mail. Then we will find out if it is your drive or the image you have?

I will keep you up to date.

PS tommy do you know if this image has the nozkt hack on it?

[orangejaylove]

thanks alot man thats way above and beyond

[Tommy]

...I never checked to see if it did or not. It does have the hu bypass done,which is why the link was removed.

[David Bought]

Originally posted by Tommy
...I never checked to see if it did or not. It does have the hu bypass done,which is why the link was removed.

There is no public nozkt hack for the hdvr2 and there never will be.

Faking or skipping the ZKT brings to light no fewer than six different "easter eggs" or booby traps hidden in the code. DTV knew that this was going to be a high profile hack in the waning days of the P3 and they took appropriate measures in the HDVR2 to counter it.

[orangejaylove]

Tommy not sure if this may help but i ran across this site

<EDITED by mrblack51 because ojl cant seem to follow the rules. for those keeping track, this post (in addition to his past antics)caused him to be banned>

[JJBliss]

orangejaylove:

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND MAN ?!?!?!?

Your post will be deleted immediately upon being seen by one of the other mods who watch this forum.

In my opinion, you've deliberatey violated the rules of this forum. If I were KRavEN, I would ban you.

You're here by their good graces for now.

Why dontcha edit that last post......

[mrblack51]

ojl: you knew the rules, and you blatantly and purposely broke them. This is bad enough, especially since there had already been mention and edits in this thread about not linking to dss hacking material. However, based on your past history, I have no choice to ban you. Will you get unbanned, who knows...I guess the other mods and I will have to discuss that.

to others: how hard is it to follow the rules? we are pretty lax about a lot of stuff, but there are a couple things we wont tolerate- dtv hacking and service theft. most other stuff is fair game. don't link to material that violates those two items, don't ask on this board for people to tell you where to find that stuff.

[ericchile]

Well my restore worked fine. I will put it in the tivo machine tonight when I get back from work.

I guess I will let you know if I encounter any issues there.

Jaylove... Too bad you got kicked. You shouldn't have posted that... (rather just pmed it others that wanted it :D )

[shawn]

Gotta love David or L for loser. He holds nothing back Straight shooter. Keep it up dog! Dont hold nuthin back. If they deserve it,let em have it.

[Tommy]

Originally posted by ericchile
Well my restore worked fine. I will put it in the tivo machine tonight when I get back from work.

I guess I will let you know if I encounter any issues there.

Jaylove... Too bad you got kicked. You shouldn't have posted that... (rather just pmed it others that wanted it :D ) It will work...oj and I been doing I.M's back and forth,but he messed up(and he knows it) which is why I rec. the following E-Mail from him...."no it was * look down the left hand side, I wasn't even
thinking about what I was doing should have sent you a PM but I got
stupid,
no way they wont think i did it on purpose to be a d**k"...The astrekis(sp) was my doing...Other than that,it was his.

[ericchile]

So I put the 80 gig in my dsr7000. Set it as Master (no jumpers) and booted it up.

It got to the "Just about done, only a few more seconds" and never went any farther. I let it sit for a good hour.

When I set it to master with slave it did the same thing
Also when I set it to CS.

When I set it to slave it never got that far.



I know its not a lot to go off. Does anyone have any ideas? Suggestions?

[shawn]

I downed the image and restored to an 80 gig Seagate and just put it in Tivo and it boots once then restarts and completes boot process. All works just swell. Maybe some are not using MFStools 2.0. Do a clear and delete all(1hr or so) reboot.

[ericchile]

Do you do the clear and delete before it finishes booting? Should I have done a clear and delete before I get to the "almost done just a few more seconds" screen?

I am pretty sure I used the 2.0 MFStools (infact I think its Johny's version. It was almost 12 megs.)

Anyway I am open to any sugestions... Should I try to re image it using

mfsrestore -s 127 /cdrom/80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak /dev/hdd ?

I noticed after the restore it did say aprox time is now 78 hours and something about hdd14 and hdd15.

Any thoughts?

[CFC]

To do a "clear and delete" your system would have had to boot up completely. It's an option in the DTivo setup menu.
I know that some have had troubles with certain ATA133 or something like that, and that the Tivo doesn't really like that. You can search a little bit about that.
CFC
Originally posted by ericchile
Do you do the clear and delete before it finishes booting? Should I have done a clear and delete before I get to the "almost done just a few more seconds" screen?

I am pretty sure I used the 2.0 MFStools (infact I think its Johny's version. It was almost 12 megs.)

Anyway I am open to any sugestions... Should I try to re image it using

mfsrestore -s 127 /cdrom/80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak /dev/hdd ?

I noticed after the restore it did say aprox time is now 78 hours and something about hdd14 and hdd15.

Any thoughts?

[ericchile]

http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22504&highlight=ATA133

This guy had that problem but his system kept rebooting. Can you tell if you have the 133 drive from the label on the drive?

[ericchile]

Nope it appears my drive is ATA 100

WD CAVIAR WD800BB 80 GB EIDE ATA/100 HDD from spec sheet

....

[ericchile]

OK so here is an update

My orignal 40 gig maxtor that came with my dsr7000 is an ATA133..

My new 80 gig WD that I have is an ata100

So if I put the orignal one back in it works fine. If I put the 80 gig in it hangs at "almost there, few more seconds please".

If I put an non ata ide cable (normal ide cable) in with the 40 gig drive it goes to "almost there, few more seconds please" and reboots. It rebooted 4 times before I pulled the plug.

If I put the normal ide cable in with the 80 gig drive it still hangs at "almost there, few more seconds please".

Kind of intresting that with out the ata ide cable the 40 gig just reboots...

The people that moved this image successfully did you use an ata133 drive? If not did your orignal machine (I am assuming that dsr7000 vs hdvr2 isn't going to matter) come with an ata 133 drive?

TIA

[ericchile]

Well I read some other place that tivo doesn't like ata 133,100,66. But that doesn't make sense since mine came with ata 133 and when I made it go lower via the ide cable it just kept rebooting.

But I downloaded WD floppy util anyway and set the drive to ata 33 and verfied it. Hooked it up to the tivo and nothing has changed.

Im running out of ideas.

[walaroo]

I have an HDVR2
Using a self hacked 37 FLASH at version 1.18
The original Maxtor 40G Fireball 3 ATA133 works fine.
My new drive is a Western Digital WD1200.
120G ATA100 5400RPM.
I am having the same issues as ericchile
I can not get the 80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak to
successfully boot all the way.
I am using a boot floppy with MFSTOOLS 2.0
I also tried the version 1.0 MFSTOOLS with worse results.
I have used option -s 127 -xzbpi and -s 127 -xzpi,
(note the byte swapping) both to no avail.
I have gotten hdvr2-31U5.mfs to boot all the way, though.
But being a noob, couldn't get a bash going because
I can not sucessfully get the appropriate files on the drive.
So I thought I spare myself the hassle and use a prehacked file.
Any ideas?
Need any more info from me?
HELP, PLEZZZZZZ.....
W

[David Bought]

Originally posted by walaroo
I have an HDVR2
Using a self hacked 37 FLASH at version 1.18
The original Maxtor 40G Fireball 3 ATA133 works fine.
My new drive is a Western Digital WD1200.
120G ATA100 5400RPM.
I am having the same issues as ericchile
I can not get the 80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak to
successfully boot all the way.
I am using a boot floppy with MFSTOOLS 2.0
I also tried the version 1.0 MFSTOOLS with worse results.
I have used option -s 127 -xzbpi and -s 127 -xzpi,
(note the byte swapping) both to no avail.
I have gotten hdvr2-31U5.mfs to boot all the way, though.
But being a noob, couldn't get a bash going because
I can not sucessfully get the appropriate files on the drive.
So I thought I spare myself the hassle and use a prehacked file.
Any ideas?
Need any more info from me?
HELP, PLEZZZZZZ.....
W

Obviously the prehacked file does not work, so you will have to do things manually.

So my "idea" is, read the stickies and do the work yourself. (It's not like anyone is expecting you to do anything more difficult than following the ready-made directions. So quit complaining.)

[farlz]

The prehacked 80GB_U5_with_hacks-streams.bak image does work. Just follow the instructions from the 6th post on this thread, then it will work.

[ericchile]

David an Farlz

I think its a Hard Drive issue. I will test this further later

The reason I base this is that other people have restored the img just fine, installed it in their tivo and np. No step 14 from the guide or anything. And the image does work... And the only people that are having problems are myself and another person who happen to both have WD ATA 100 hard drives..

So while I agree with you we should prob just do the hacks ourselves there is two problems with that.

1. The reason we were trying to get the image to work is because it is faster. (and the only pc I have to work with is my pc at work. so faster the better). Im not trying to be lazy.

2. If it is the drive that is not being accepeted by tivo, then applying the hacks to a drive then installing the drive in the tivo still will not fix the problem right?

My next step is to try step 14 (even though others have said you don't have to). Whats it going to hurt.

Doesn't anyone else have an idea about this?

[ericchile]

Well I tried the step 14... Didn't fix it.

So I found another u5 image. Loaded up and guess what it boots. Only problem is that its not really the u5 image. Its a 3.1.1 image. I found this out after leaving the sat feed off and goign to the system test.

Well I know more now. Maybe this image that didn't work for me has something that sets it to only work with ata133 drives?

Anyway I will keep trying.

[walaroo]

My ATA100 drive worked with another image,
as previously stated in my HDVR2.
Today I got a Maxtor 120G DaimondMax ATA133.
It's a 7200RPM drive so I hope it don't make things too hot.
I'll be trying that shortly.
I might use a different PC as I get a fault with this one.
When I mount the dos drive with the image,
I get a set of messages complaining about seeks.
Then it disables DMA and shuts up.
I dunno, I used the same setup to load the image that does work.
It''s a bit weird.

ericchile - Please check your PM.

TIA,
W

[David Bought]

Originally posted by walaroo
My ATA100 drive worked with another image,
as previously stated in my HDVR2.
Today I got a Maxtor 120G DaimondMax ATA133.
It's a 7200RPM drive so I hope it don't make things too hot.
I'll be trying that shortly.
I might use a different PC as I get a fault with this one.
When I mount the dos drive with the image,
I get a set of messages complaining about seeks.
Then it disables DMA and shuts up.
I dunno, I used the same setup to load the image that does work.
It''s a bit weird.

ericchile - Please check your PM.

TIA,
W

This could be a cabling issue or a controller incompatibility. Workaround: turn off DMA with 'hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc' (or whatever drive it is) before you mount it and you won't have to wait for it to time out.

[ericchile]

OK I think I got things going. Thanks for all your help. After doing much of the work on the orignal u5 image I got things to work. And figured out what I was doing wrong with this ftp image I was first having problems with..


I am doing the clear and delete now, after that hopefully my image won't update. If it does I will have to fix that later.

Thanks to all those who posted to try and help me. It was much apprcieated.

If anyone is still haveing problems or has any new treats (hint hint) pm me. Thanks

[Tommy]

Glad you finally was able to get it:D I used the 80 gig image on a 120 Max and a 80 WD,both worked fine. The 40 gig image has different hacks than the 80.

[nipquad]

I have removed my hacked image cause Mr. Black said I couldn't have in on my site, I also had a hacked dssapp which was removed. The site is still up and has U5 imaged with backgrounds (streams). If anyone has a BASH ONLY U5 image, please upload to share, anything against the rules that is brought to my attention will be deleted ASAP. I am just trying to help others out so it'll be easier for them. Please don't ruin it for everyone. And no PM for the 80gb hacked image, there are other people who have it, ask them. Here is the info again.

site: ftp.dramaman.org
port: 21
user/pass: tivo

Hope it helps guys!
;)

[mrblack51]

Let me clarify this point. I never 'made' anyone do anything. However, as was stated in this thread, sites which contain service theft tools are not appropriate for linking from this forum. As such, nipquad chose to remove some files from his site to ensure he could be posted as a link on this site. Everyone is free to do as they wish, but there are always tradeoffs.

Remember, it is everyone's responsibility to help ensure that this board stays legit. Please let nipquad know if anything illegitimate is posted to his site.

Originally posted by nipquad
I have removed my hacked image cause Mr. Black said I couldn't have in on my site, I also had a hacked dssapp which was removed. The site is still up and has U5 imaged with backgrounds (streams). If anyone has a BASH ONLY U5 image, please upload to share, anything against the rules that is brought to my attention will be deleted ASAP. I am just trying to help others out so it'll be easier for them. Please don't ruin it for everyone. And no PM for the 80gb hacked image, there are other people who have it, ask them. Here is the info again.

site: ftp.dramaman.org
port: 21
user/pass: tivo

Hope it helps guys!
;)

[walaroo]

Ingineers step 14 did the trick.
I got Bash.
W

[buktotruth]

Has anyone tried running Tivoweb on thier newly hacked SA S2?

If you have and are willing to be my ginny pig, I'd love to know if you got a channel line up hack working.

Thanks.

[mrblack51]

Originally posted by buktotruth
Has anyone tried running Tivoweb on thier newly hacked SA S2?

If you have and are willing to be my ginny pig, I'd love to know if you got a channel line up hack working.

Thanks.

please dont clutter multiple threads with the same question. if you post in one place and dont get a responce after a day or three, then post in a different thread, but not right away please.