installing 2.5xtreme - hang at updating

[newbiepower]

I have a problem

I have no idea why it is harder the 2nd time around than the first.

I got a new hard drive and install 2.5xtreme.

I plug to teh TV and turn it on so it can do it flash and update. I am having an issue , it hanging at updating database it will take a long time.

What do i do next? The direction I got say unplug it after it say lookign for satellite link than I can upgrade to 2.5.2.

How long should the upgrade be? I have waiting for like 20 minutes now.

I did the upgrade for a friend and it went smoothly but when it my turn it all goes back

please help
thanks

[captain_video]

I'd give it anywhere from 30-60 minutes to complete the database update. 20 minutes is a bit short from what I remember.

[GREEK]

If it never completes this screen you gotta let us know where this came from.
1. Are you original owner?
2.Did you just buy it(ebay maybe) and was it working before the attemp at extreme 2.5?
3. If you are original owner do you use the phone line plogged in?

probably a bad modem, BTW, just remove the test

[newbiepower]

the first time I did it, I waiting for an 1hr and 30 minutes.

This is wierd, I try using a difference drive to see maybe it could be my 160 gig but it happen to the same thing for my 80 gigs, it will freeze up getting database, this will take a few more seconds. I wait for 15 minute and it still stay that way.

What is really wierd, is not i put in the orginal 40 gig back in, i get hang up at "power up" it will sit there for like 10 minutes,

I have a question, when you upgrade the 40 and added a 80- to it, do you need the 80 gig to be install before the ssytem can boot up?

thanks

[newbiepower]

I got it from ebay, i just got it yesterday,

I turn it on and it work somewhat ok. I had an issue where i get 28% done with I change the zip code and etc.

It was running 3.1, I wanted to install and run 2.5.2

[newbiepower]

I got it from ebay, i just got it yesterday,

I turn it on and it work somewhat ok. I had an issue where i get 28% done with I change the zip code and etc.

It was running 3.1, I wanted to install and run 2.5.2

[newbiepower]

Ok, I have try everything

I try to install 2.5 xtreme on a new 160 gig and a 80 gig drive and now thing works

I try so many thing,

1) i got a copy of 2.5.2 backup and try to install that which hangs at "updating database"

2) i got the sony t60 (40 gig) 2.5 from tivostuff.com and i still get the issue with "updating database, will take a long time"

3) i got the sony t60 (30 gig) 2.5 from tivostuff.com and I still get the issue wtih "updating database, will take a long time"

I know it might take a long time for the update datbase. I left it update for 1 hr to 12 hr, so I am at a lost here, please help me

I alsy try to play with the modem and still nothing, PLEASE HELP

[GREEK]

Do you have a serail cable? I bet 10 bucks it has a bad modem. You need to rem it out. THe question about the 40 + 80 gig is you HAVE to bless the second drive when you install 2.5 xtreme. If yoiu dont it wont work, or you need to use mfs tools to bless it, but I wouldnt try that right now, yor having enough trouble with it working with 1 drive.........if you dont have a serail cable make one or get one, yoiu need it now.

[newbiepower]

So a bad modem will hang up the system?

I order a console cable so I should have it by tomorrow. So once I get the console cable, what do I do?

I will try to console into the tivo and than what?

How to I stop it from check up on the modem? How do I turn off the modem? OR should I remove the driver for it?

thanks

I should get a bash prompt after 2 minute right?

[2ride]

http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22826&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

it has the information you seek


hope it is just the modem and not a tuner or Motherboard problem


cheers

[newbiepower]

Will this work, I have a friend who has the sony too,

I was thinking using his machine but my 160 gig hard drive and build the OS for the sony and than install it on my machine.

I try the remove the modemtest and I just hang at the power up state for like an hr

wish me luck

[newbiepower]

This suck

This is what happen, I got my friend tivo and I rebuild a new 160 gig hard drive and it work like a charm, I got it up and running within 30 to an hr.

So once it done, I take the hard drive and place it in mine and now I am stuck with "updating database" again, I keep getting stuck here

So I got my cable and try to use term pro and get nothing but junk.

This is what I did,
I use console port COm1 and set everything the same 9600, 8,1, N

HOw do I get it up and running on the console prot now

[newbiepower]

This suck

This is what happen, I got my friend tivo and I rebuild a new 160 gig hard drive and it work like a charm, I got it up and running within 30 to an hr.

So once it done, I take the hard drive and place it in mine and now I am stuck with "updating database" again, I keep getting stuck here

So I got my cable and try to use term pro and get nothing but junk.

This is what I did,
I use console port COm1 and set everything the same 9600, 8,1, N

HOw do I get it up and running on the console prot now

[newbiepower]

Ok here what I have done so far.

I got a friend tivo which is the same brand and etc. I build the OS (2.5.2 xtreme) it work fine for his tivo but than when I install it on mine I get updating dtabase a few more second, it will hagn there


i thought it was the modem, so i follow a threa saying get rid of the modemtest file in tvbin. and still no luck. I think it might be tuner but it was working fine before i touch the tivo.


If it the tuner how do I replace them, and which one? IF tuner 1 is bad, cant I just replace it with tuner 2 so it will be up and runner or it has to be both tuner in at once?


I am pasting all the log I got in /var/logs

kernel log

/var/log# tail kernel
Jan 1 00:00:17 (none) kernel: Updating system clock UID=0
Sep 5 16:48:29 (none) kernel: Time set to: Fri Sep 5 16:48:29 2003
Sep 5 16:48:29 (none) kernel: Have a nice day.
Sep 5 16:48:29 (none) kernel: Checking for additional disk...
Sep 5 16:48:29 (none) kernel: Starting EventSwitcher...
Sep 5 16:48:31 (none) kernel: Start fan control...
Sep 5 16:48:32 (none) kernel: Scanning for phase2 repair scripts
Sep 5 16:48:33 (none) kernel: Checking for database conversions...
Sep 5 16:51:26 (none) kernel: idetivo_release: drive=80116760, filp=00000000, i
node=80ce1d38
Sep 5 16:51:30 (none) kernel: idetivo_release: drive=80116760, filp=00000000, i
node=81a2cd38

/var/log# tail Okernel
Sep 5 16:34:29 (none) kernel: Checking for database conversions...
Sep 5 16:34:29 (none) kernel: Writing 346120 bytes to OSD at address 0
Sep 5 16:36:13 (none) kernel: Checking new software installation
Sep 5 16:36:14 (none) kernel: SwSystem 2.5-01-1-011 is already active, nothing
to do.
Sep 5 16:36:14 (none) kernel: Scanning for phase3 repair scripts
Sep 5 16:36:14 (none) kernel: Starting Services.
Sep 5 16:36:14 (none) kernel: Scanning for phase4 repair scripts
Sep 5 16:36:14 (none) kernel: /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: [: missing `]'
Sep 5 16:36:14 (none) kernel: rc.sysinit is complete
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) kernel: MCP startup complete
/var/log#

/var/log# tail Omessages
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats: 99 i2c
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats: 127 mixaud
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats:
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats: Block devices:
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats: 1 ramdisk
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats: 3 ide0
Sep 5 16:34:28 (none) Stats: ++ Network device info ++
Sep 5 16:34:29 (none) Stats: Inter-| Receive | Transmit
Sep 5 16:34:29 (none) Stats: face |packets errs drop fifo frame|packets errs d
rop fifo colls carrier
Sep 5 16:34:29 (none) Stats: lo: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
/var/log#

/var/log# tail Otverr
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) TmkLogger[115]: Error: No such file or directory, opening
file /var/persist/lastCallId
/var/log#

/var/log# tail Otvlog
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: setting call status to: Succeeded
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: Successfully got ServiceInfo subobject
(first successCount)
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: setting call in progress to 0 (second s
uccessCount)
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: setting LastSuccessPGDCall to 999922544

Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: End of transaction, err is 0 0x00000000
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: Setting callActive to 0
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: PhoneHome: statusValue = <0>, getREsult
= <0>
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: /State/Avalanche LastStatus was <0> and
getResult was <0>, changing to unknown
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) tcphonehome[115]: finished cleaning /Setup
Sep 5 16:36:15 (none) EvtSwitcher[75]: LaunchPhasedService
/var/log#


/var/log# tail tvlog
Sep 5 16:50:39 (none) tcl[302]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:50:40 (none) tcl[304]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:50:43 (none) tcl[306]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:50:44 (none) tcl[308]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:51:10 (none) tcl[312]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:51:11 (none) tcl[314]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:51:12 (none) tcl[317]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:51:14 (none) tcl[319]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:51:23 (none) tcl[341]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
Sep 5 16:51:25 (none) tcl[343]: Tcl created pool of 1458176 bytes
/var/log#


/var/log# tail svclog
tclient_result TCD_ID=01100005036ED46 CALL_ID=UNKNOWN TIME=1062779775 STATUS=Suc
ceeded
/var/log#

[6328]

Newbiepower, Did you ever figure out what was wrong. I have the exact same problem, My kernel files look identical to yours as well as the tvlog files.(last lines of each file) My hard drive will work in my other tivo and i have rm modemtest. Also this hung on just a few more seconds with software version 3.1 on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[6328]

Newbiepower, Did you ever figure out what was wrong. I have the exact same problem, My kernel files look identical to yours as well as the tvlog files.(last lines of each file) My hard drive will work in my other tivo and i have rm modemtest. Also this hung on just a few more seconds with software version 3.1 on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does anybody have any ideas.

[GREEK]

Ok, first of all, this thread is painful to read. Its better to type slower and PROOF read what your writing, its really hard to understand what your trying to do...........
.......Now, if this tivo came to you with 3.1, and it worked, by worked I mean booted up and got into menus, and all you did was put 2.5 on there, the only difference is 3.1 doesn NOT have modemtest, and 2.5 and 252 both have it. Now are you sure your going into /tvbin and doing rm modemtest?

If you did this, and still no boot up, there could be ALOT of things going on. Most likely, is bad lnbp chip or tuner. The only way to really troubleshoot is remove one component at a time, and see if it will boot. When it does, thats the problem. Unfortunately, most people dont have the skills to do that work. Not to mention anything on IC2 bus thats bad will stick at almost there. The tuners and chips are most likely, then the modem controller (U13) then could be ANY of the big chips.

The first thing I would do if I were you, would be to put 3.1 back on there and see what happens. Also note, that stuck on updating database after install is REALLY suck at almost there screen. The welcome screen comes off the board, so if it sticks there its not initializing the IDE circuits. If it gets to almost there, its booting but theres hardware trouble. Thats how you tell the difference.

edit: post your kernel log please

[dariussquared]

I had the exact same problem (frustrating i know)
mine was from a fried modem. To fix:

rename /tvbin/modem to something else and reboot

[GREEK]

post your kernel logs